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Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
Art & Design Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
CHEONGJU/SEOUL, September 3, 2025 – Hyundai Motor Company today announced the opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, the inaugural exhibition of the Hyundai Translocal Series. The exhibition is co-organized by the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 (Cheongju, Korea) and the Whitworth, The University of Manchester (Manchester, UK) in collaboration with the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy (New Delhi, India). It opens as part of the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 on September 4 and runs through November 2, 2025.
This exhibition is the first presentation of the Hyundai Translocal Series, a new initiative by Hyundai Motor announced earlier this year that aims to support cross-regional artistic collaborations between art institutions in Korea and across the globe over the next decade. Hyundai Translocal Series supports participating institutions in their multi-year endeavors, including joint research, artwork commissions, exhibitions, public programming and publications.
Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven presents newly commissioned artworks by eight artists and collectives based in Korea and India – Boito, Yeonsoon Chang, Youngin Hong, Kaimurai, Somi Ko, PÉRO, Sumakshi Singh and Jounghye Yoo. In addition, a selection of historic Indian textiles from the Whitworth collection, ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, is exhibited to reveal the technical brilliance and layered histories of South Asian fabric traditions.
The exhibition examines historic and current exchanges in textile art between the three cities under the theme of ‘craft and community,’ catalyzing a dialogue that foregrounds textiles not only as aesthetic and utilitarian objects but also as carriers of knowledge, memory, power and resistance. By linking the heritage of Korean craft traditions, Indian artisanal cultures as well as British industrial and post-industrial contexts, the exhibition invites audiences to understand textiles as a dynamic site of global cultural exchange.
We are delighted to support Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, an inaugural collaboration which examines the multilayered meanings of art and expands the narrative of textile practices, spanning generations and regions. Hyundai Translocal Series seeks to enhance collaborations among institutions, artists, and communities to foster a deeper understanding of contemporary interconnectedness.
Art Director, Hyundai Motor Company
In examining historic and current exchanges in textile art between Korea, India and UK, the exhibition prioritizes interconnections and shared traditions — the artists and collectives we invited present a rich mix of reimagining their own and each other’s heritage through a contemporary lens. We are deeply moved by their rigorous research and generous collaboration that reflect the tactility, labor-intensive nature and embodied way of textile practices.
Artistic Director, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 / Director, The Whitworth
After its premiere in Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025, Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven will travel to the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy in New Delhi, India in February 2026 and to the Whitworth in Manchester, UK in July 2026.
Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
September 4, 2025 – November 2, 2025, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025
In partnership with Hyundai Motor Company
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Image Credit
- Image 1: Kaimurai, The Answer to All My Prayers Are in the Questions I Never Asked, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 2: Jounghye Yoo, Gilded Veil_A Mysterious Curtain Lightly Draped in Gold, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 3: Boito, Mohenjodaro Textile, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 4: Sumakshi Singh, Spanning the void, 2025 and PÉRO, Entangled Memories, Interwoven Stories, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 5: Somi Ko, People of One, Continuum, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 6: Yeonsoon Chang, Worincheongang I, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
- Image 7: Youngin Hong, Sacred Empires, 2025, installation view in Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven, Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 © Cheongju Craft Biennale Organizing Committee, photo by Wooil Kim
Hee Chon
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Global PR Strategy & Planning · Hyundai Motor Company
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About Cheongju Craft Biennale
Since 1999, Cheongju Craft Biennale has hosted the world's first specialized biennial for crafts and is held in the only ‘World Crafts City’ in South Korea, designated by the World Crafts Council (WCC). The Cheongju Craft Biennale attracts an average of 1,000 artists from over 60 countries worldwide and welcomes 300,000 visitors to its each edition, fostering a shared appreciation for the value of crafts. As a cultural event that blends the everyday and artistic aspects of crafts to resonate with the emotions and sensibilities of the contemporary, the Biennale aims to lead the future of crafts together with the world.
About the Whitworth, The University of Manchester
Established in 1889, the Whitworth is one of the largest and most significant public galleries in the UK. Its founding mission to serve 'the perpetual gratification of the people of Manchester’ remains at the heart of its ethos. The gallery has also developed a reputation for its national and transnational exhibition programmes including touring projects. We work in partnership to initiate and deliver major exhibitions, underlining our commitment to present and create new knowledge around the work of international artists and makers. The Whitworth holds an outstanding and internationally renowned collection of over 62,000 works of art, textiles and wallpapers, which form the core of our changing displays. The gallery also presents a dynamic programme of displays and engagement projects that connect audiences with the most current social and political issues of today.
About Hyundai Motor’s Art Projects
For over a decade, Hyundai Motor Company has deepened its partnerships with global museums and cultural organizations, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Tate, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Hyundai Translocal Series is a new partnership initiative that roots itself in fostering dialogues and collaborations among art institutions in Korea and across the globe. Hyundai Motor’s own art-initiatives include open call programs such as the VH AWARD, the Hyundai Blue Prize+, and Artlab Editorial, a digital platform dedicated to art writing by transnational voices. These ongoing collaborations embrace the complexities of the cultural landscape by exploring new ideas and perspectives within and beyond the art ecosystem. For further information, visit artlab.hyundai.com or follow @hyundai_mediahub #HyundaiArtlab.
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