Public Delivery Explained

Public Delivery
Formation:	2011^[1]
Purpose:	Commission, preserve, promote and interpret contemporary art
Headquarters:	Seoul, South Korea
Region Served:	Worldwide
Leader Title:	Executive Director
Leader Name:	Martin Schulze
Website:	http://publicdelivery.org/

Public Delivery is an organization for contemporary art, founded in Seoul, South Korea in 2011. They organize exhibitions, initiate non-institutional art projects and distribute artwork. Their focus is on public space however they work in a variety of mediums.

In 2012 they organized both Asia and the world's tallest mural in Busan, South Korea.^[2] Between 2011 and 2014 they have organized 73 performances in public space and 37 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.^[3]

Its founder, Martin Schulze of Germany, currently resides in Seoul, South Korea where he handles the organization in its entirety.^[4]

Selected Projects/Exhibitions

• Live at the Museum (An ongoing series of video works by Andre Hemer in front of numerous museums around the world.)^[5]
• El Choco (First major solo exhibition by Swiss-Bolivian artist Luciano Calderon^[6] taking place in La Paz, Bolivia)^[7]
• Asia's Tallest Mural (Organized a project by German painter Hendrik Beikirch^[8] who created a mural 70m (230feet) high in Busan)
• Counter Parts (Group show in Forum Kunst in Rottweil, Germany)^[9]
• Silence Was Golden (Site-specific and participatory project giving individuals and communities the opportunity to express themselves using golden balloons. Involving Pulitzer Prize winners, National Geographic photographers, the NBA and more.)^[10]
• Freedumb (Pop-up graffiti exhibition taking place simultaneously on six different continents.)^[11]

References

1. Web site: Public Delivery - Contemporary art . Archive.is . 2013-09-29.
2. Web site: asia's tallest mural by hendrik beikirch . Designboom.com . 6 September 2012. 2013-09-29.
3. Web site: Luciano Calderon's first museum solo exhibition . Publicdelivery.org . 2013-09-29.
4. http://www.veryshortlist.com/culture/daily.cfm/review/2635/Other_art/IndividualMomentsOfFreedom/
5. Web site: Projects . Publicdelivery.org . 2013-08-13 . 2013-09-29.
6. Web site: Main . Luciano Calderon . 2013-09-29.
7. Web site: Luciano Calderon — El Choco . Petrograff . 2013-05-15 . 2013-09-29 . https://archive.today/20130624202506/http://petrograff.com/luciano-calderon-el-choco/ . 2013-06-24 . dead .
8. Web site: hendrik beikirch . hendrik beikirch . 2013-09-29.
9. Web site: Counterparts . Counter-parts.de . 2013-09-29.
10. Web site: Silence Was Golden – Public Delivery.
11. Web site: Freedumb – Public Delivery.

External links

• Public Delivery
• Martin Schulze