Artefacts

Reference record. Gangwon 2024, winner's medal of the Youth Olympic Games, silver.

Physical description

Obverse: vertical lines representing the idea of growth, interrupted by random structural changes symbolising the participants in the Games. Caption: "Gangwon 2024. 4th Winter Youth Olympic Games". Reverse: Mountain landscape, runway, snowflakes and Games emblem.

Created

Created: ELM Created: Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (2020)Created: Dante AKIRA UWAI

Materials

metal, silver

Colors

silver, blue

Dimension

ø 8 x 0.6 cm, 55.5 cm avec le ruban, 275 g

Literature

The Olympic Studies Centre. Youth Olympic Games Medals from Singapore 2010 to Lausanne 2020. The Olympic Studies Centre, 2020 Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques. Les médailles des Jeux Olympiques de la Jeunesse de Singapour 2010 à Lausanne 2020. Le Centre d'Etudes Olympiques, 2020

Type of item

Medals -> winner's medal

Reference number

166238

Keywords

Gangwon 2024, Winter Youth Olympic Games victory Ice Olympic symbol visual identity Olympic emblem olympic values

Notes

Gangwon 2024, Youth Olympic Games gold, silver and bronze medals, and medal presentation tray. With its vertical lines to convey the idea of growth, and random elements created through cutouts and texture changes to represent the diverse group of Games participants on one side, and South Korea’s mountainous landscape on the other, the medal designed by Akira Uwai is a geometric interpretation of the motto: “Grow Together, Shine Forever”. The artist conceived it as a small sculpture that could be held in one’s hand – “Something that could be picked up, viewed from different angles, and felt for its texture.” OCOG donation