Democracy Movement Memorial Special Exhibition ‘Search for Coexistence: Labor to Democracy’

On the 13th, the 56th anniversary of Jeon Tae-il's death, the Democracy Movement Memorial Association will open a special exhibition, 'Search for Coexistence: From Labor to Democracy', at the Democracy Movement Memorial Hall in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

This exhibition was planned to look back on the history of the labor movement and democracy and examine how the meaning of coexistence and solidarity is expanding in today's changing labor environment.

Accordingly, it does not stop at introducing the major events of the labor movement, but also focuses on the process by which democracy in Korean society expanded through workers' solidarity.

After examining the main history of the labor movement and the meaning of solidarity in parts 1 and 2, the third part tells the story of today's different labor sites, including layoffs, restructuring, and migrant labor, through videos, photos, and installation works.

The 'Strength of Solidarity Movement' is a grammar of performing arts that captures the activities of workers moving together in solidarity at the high-altitude sit-in site of laid-off Sejong Hotel workers.

Gyeongin Collective's 'Disassembly and Reassembly' looks back on the workers' skills and memories contained in one car through the process of dismantling the 'Trax', the last car model produced at GM Korea's Bupyeong Plant 2, which was shut down.

The exhibition will run until March 28th next year, and can be viewed every day from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed every Monday.

The exhibition opening ceremony will be held at the multipurpose hall on the first floor of the Democracy Movement Memorial Hall E (Education Building) at 2 p.m. on the 13th.

Minister of Employment and Labor Kim Young-hoon, Senior Secretary to the President for Government and Integration Jeon Seong-hwan, and Lee Jae-jin, Chairman of the Emergency Response Committee of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, are scheduled to attend.