Hyundai Motor Announces the Opening of Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven
- HMG Newsroom
- 2025.09.03 KST
- Hyundai Translocal Series: Entangled and Woven opens at Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 in Korea and runs from September 4 to November 2
- As part of the Hyundai Translocal Series, the exhibition is co-organized by Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025 and the Whitworth, The University of Manchester
- The inaugural exhibition presents new works by artists and collectives from Korea and India on the theme of ‘craft and community’
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,” said DooEun Choi, Art Director of Hyundai Motor Company. “Hyundai Translocal Series seeks to enhance collaborations among institutions, artists, and communities to foster a deeper understanding of contemporary interconnectedness.”
“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,” said Jaeyoung Kang, Artistic Director of the Cheongju Craft Biennale 2025, and Professor Sook-Kyung Lee, Director of the Whitworth. “We are deeply moved by their rigorous research and generous collaboration that reflect the tactility, labor-intensive nature and embodied way of textile practices.”
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
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
