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Dr. Kim Hong-hee is an art historian, curator, and critic based in Seoul, who specializes in video art and feminist art. She is chairperson of the board of the Nam June Paik Cultural Foundation and served as Director of the Seoul Museum of Art (2012–16) and the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (2006–10). She was a member of the Finding Committee of Documenta 14 (2017), Artistic Director of the 6th Gwangju Biennale (2006), and Commissioner of the South Korean Pavilion at the 50th Venice Biennale (2003).

Kim Hyesoon is one of the most influential contemporary poets of South Korea. She is the first female poet to receive the prestigious Midang and Kim Su-yong awards, and her work has been translated into many languages, including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish. Kim lives in Seoul and teaches creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts. Kim has won several international literature prizes, including the National Book Critics Circle Award (2024).