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According to Yonhap News,
Gwangju Biennale 2012, a contemporary art festival, is just a month away from its opening.
About 30 percent of the main exhibition hall construction has completed and the construction of electrical wiring system will finish in mid-August.
As most of the necessary procedures, including permissions for shipping artworks and insurance, are completed, artworks are scheduled to be brought into Korea soon.
Artists, who decided to participate in "residency program," one of the unique events of this year's biennale, are coming to Korea.
Korean artist Seo Do-ho and An Gyu-cheol, Philippine's Porklong Anading and Turkey's Xurban Collective have already ended their works, and New Zealand's Scoot Eady, Australia's Craig Walsh and Japan's Hiromi Tango start their works.
This year's biennale will be held not only in the exhibition hall but in Mugak Temple, Gwangju Theater, Gwangju City Museum, Jungoi Park and Yongbong eco-wetland.
Artworks and videos reflecting cultural and historical values of Gwangju will be unveiled to the public in Gwangju Theater.
Mugak Temple, located in the urban Gwangju area, will be decorated as a place for meditation focusing on Buddhist spirit and relationship.
Korean artist U Ok-sun decorated eight small rooms in the temple for meditation, and German artist Wolfgang Laib will show an artwork titled "Endless Sea," decorated with rice grown at the temple and hazelnut pollen.
Indonesian artist Tintin Wulia plans to meet local merchants to reflect upon the meaning of the Gwangju Uprising against the dictatorship in 1980.
"We are planning to show artworks with various themes showing Gwangju sprit, its democratization movement and contemporary arts," said Jeon Gwang-mi, a member of the Biennale Federation, in charge of promotion.