OpenSpace Bae is a non-profit alternative art space in Busan, South Korea. 'Bae' is a Korean noun that has multiplied meanings; a pear, a boat and number of times. The name itself signifies location of the space in the pear orchard, locality of Busan as a harbor city and promotion for art. The name represents our goal and how we have to do in contemporary art scene as an alternative space.

OpenSpace Bae has run several kinds of programs from the beginning, 2006, which like an exhibition program, an international artist-in-residence program, a public communicational art project, an artist incubating program etc.

‘Local to Local’ is a part of those programs that would be a bridge among cities not only domestic but also the global art scene. ‘Local to Local’ has been evolved with Korean cities such as Daejeon, Gwang-ju, Gyunggi, Incheon etc. and it has been expended with the global cities, Stuttgart (Germany), Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Baroda (India), Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), and Macao etc. with an exhibition and a workshop program.

‘Local to Local’ is not an international art project. It should be called an inter-city art project because it networks city-to-city and culture-to-culture through the art out of nationality boundaries. We wish the ‘Local to Local-Taipei in Busan’ is not just an ordinary international exhibition or a communicational project but also it can be good opportunities to know each other cities’ art scene, local artist, the movements and activities, etc.

‘Local to Local-Taipei in Busan’ has been co-organized with Hantoo Art Group which has been founded by Taipei local artists from 1997. OpenSpace Bae invites Hantoo Art Group for this program, Local-to-Local, and we wish this program can be a small bridge between Busan and Taipei art scenes.

Artists
Yang Mao-Lin
WU Tien-Chang
LU Hsien-Ming
KUO Wei–Kuo
LEE Ming-Chung
YANG Jen-Ming
LIEN Chien Hsing
LAI Hsin-Lung
TANG Tang-Fa
TU Wei-Cheng
DENG Wen-Jen
CHU Shu-Hsien
CHANG Ling
CHEN Ching-Yao