Eastside Projects: Mixrice
Mixrice: Migrating Flavours
As part of The Midlands Korea Season, Eastside Project present the first solo exhibition in the UK.
As part of The Midlands Korea Season, Eastside Project present the first solo exhibition in the UK of Korean art group, Mixrice, based on the stories, recollections and memories of the migrant and asylum-seeking communities in Birmingham and Seoul.
Working together since 2002 as Mixrice, Cho Ji Eun (b. 1975) and Yang Chul Mo (b. 1977) have engaged in a number of direct collaborations with migrant workers through which they address their diverse situations and investigate traces, processes, routes and results of relocation and the experiences and memories of individuals forced to leave their homeland for economic or political reasons.
‘Migrating Flavours’ was part of the Midlands Korea Season, led by New Art Exchange and Eastside Projects. The MKS created a platform for contemporary visual arts from Korea, with a focus on artists who explore issues of migration, borders, and displacement. The exhibition was part of Korea/UK 2017-18, a national celebration of British and Korean art and culture funded by Arts Council England and Arts Council Korea, supported by the Korean Cultural Centre UK.
Eastside Projects is an artist-run multiverse, commissioning, producing & presenting experimental art practices & demonstrating ways in which art may be useful as part of society. In partnership with Birmingham City University, Eastside Projects provides vital infrastructure, supports best practice & works to expand the role of artist-run spaces.
Midlands Korea Season was funded by Arts Council England and Arts Council Korea
