The Far Game: Constraints Sparking Creativity

The exhibition curated by Sung Hong Kim at the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale analyses the nation’s hunger for living space in a hyper-dense urban environment, as well as the desire to satisfy it by any means possible. In South Korea, most clients and landowners are paying for the invisible quantity of the building, not the visible quality of the architecture, at the expense of a clear Korean architectural identity. The so-called “Far Game” is particularly relevant due to recent unprecedented growth, with Seoul being the prime example. Rather than resist, critics argue that Korean architects must welcome the inherent tension, using it to spark creativity and innovation.