MMCA Cheongju Opens “Nostalgia for Technology” With 26 Media Works

Maria Kim

sayart2022@gmail.com | 2026-11-10 19:53:38

The collection exhibition runs through March 14, 2027, tracing media art from CRT television to artificial intelligence.
An interior view of MMCA Cheongju, photographed before the current exhibition. Courtesy of Korea Tourism Organization.

[SayArt = Maria Kim] The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea opened “Nostalgia for Technology” at MMCA Cheongju on November 6. The exhibition runs through March 14, 2027, in the fifth-floor Special Exhibition Gallery.

The museum lists 26 works by 23 artists. The selection follows developments in media art from early video works using cathode-ray-tube televisions to contemporary works involving artificial intelligence and live simulation.

Works include Nam June Paik’s “Zen for TV,” Han Kyungwoo’s “Red Cabinet,” Kim Sooja’s “Bottari Truck – Migrateurs” and Ho Tzu Nyen’s “Phantoms of Endless Day.”

MMCA organized the exhibition in cooperation with Sogang University’s Art and Technology Department. Admission is 2,000 won.

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