Songdo
The theme of the Sea Art Festival 2011 is ¡®Songdo¡¯. Songdo Beach is often cited as the 1st beach on record in Korea and was referred to as the Naples of Asia during the Japanese occupation. Songdo Beach used to be regarded as the best beach in Busan and famous honeymoon resort before it suffered problems such as degradation of water quality, damage from storms and loss of sand. Songdo Beach is a representative tourist attraction in Seogu which has gone through many ups and downs in the past when it was interim capital of Busan. It still preserves natural beauty such as Amnam park, virgin forest and unusual and peculiar rocks. The Sea Art Festival will become a dynamic exhibition which helps people view Songdo beach and Busan from synchronic and diachronic perspective through contemporary art that fully reflects sense of place, history and natural environment of Songdo.

The Sea Art Festival 2011 will hold the international competition in order to promote Busan¡¯s unique arts and to attract many artists at home and abroad. Meantime, general competition which features imagination and experimental spirit of artists and invitation world-renowned artists will take place at the same time, which will further satisfy many visitors¡¯ needs.