| Title | Joint Online Jikji Exhibition with Google Arts & Culture |
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| Writer | Liberal Sciences Research Office |
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Joint Online Jikji Exhibition with Google Arts & Culture
- Teaching the Whole World about CheongjuEarly Printing Museum’s Jikji and Movable Metal Type Printing – Cheongju Early Printing Museum and Google Arts & Culture will be collaborating in the ‘Once Upon a Try ’ project, the world’s largest online exhibition for inventions and discoveries. The project, which commemorates the astonishing science and technology of humanity, highlights the brilliant achievements and figures in the thousands of years of human history through over 400 online exhibitions that display the collections and stories provided by over 110 museums, such as Cheongju Early Printing Museum, from 23 countries around the world. In an effort to raise Korea’s status as the originator of Jikji and movable metal type printing, Cheongju Early Printing Museum began working alongside Google’s Once Upon a Try project last year. As such, the project will display approximately 30 notable pieces of the museum’s collection, such as a reprinted copy of the ‘jabidoryangchambeopjiphae (A Collection of Commentaries on the Repentance Ritual of Great Compassion)’ published at Heungdeoksa Temple and the Cheongju print of ‘Myeongsimbogam (Precious Mirror for Illuminating the Mind-Heart)’, and feature 2 exhibitions – one dealing with the story behind the invention of the world’s first movable metal type, and the other explaining how Goryeo’s movable metal type was made. ‘The invention of movable metal type: Goryeo technology and wisdom’ delves into the invention of the movable metal type, Jikji, how Jikji came to become a part of the collection of the National Library of France, and Dr. Park Byeong-seon, who played a vital role in making Jikji known to the rest of the world. Meanwhile, ‘How to Make Movable Metal Type of Goryeo: Beeswax Casting’ is a detailed look into how Im In-ho, who was designated as a National Intangible Cultural Heritage as a master craftsman of movable metal type, restores and creates the movable metal type of Goryeo using traditional methods. The method and process of making movable metal type can also be seen at ‘Movable Metal Type: Great Invention of Korea’, a new expedition tour produced by the museum in collaboration with the Children’s Museum of the National Museum of Korea. With this, people can visit the actual workplace of the GeumsokHwaljajang (Metal Movable Type Making), designated the National Intangible Cultural Heritage 101, in the virtual world at any time and from any place to see the process in lifelike detail. This project and exhibition can be found by visiting the Google Arts & Culture website and looking up ‘Cheongju Early Printing Museum’ or the website for ‘Once Upon a Try’ project (g.co/onceuponatry). A city official stated, “We are delighted that our participation in Google Arts & Culture’s Once Upon a Try project has given us the opportunity to teach the whole world about Jikji and Korea’s movable metal type through the web.” AmitSood, the Director of Google Arts & Culture, stated, “This Once Upon a Try exhibition project is our first attempt, and is filled with a sense of challenge to realize ideas and dreams,” and added, “We hope you will be able to experience the marvelous moments of discovery and innovation by humanity, which contributed to the creation of the world as we know it today, through the stories provided by our 110+ partner museums.” ▶ Inquiries: Liberal Sciences Research Team, Liberal Sciences Research Office (☎043-201-4298) |
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