The Center for Art Convergence has integrated its 'lecture program', dedicated to academic research on diverse subjects, and its 'workshop program,' focused on creative methods based on media technology, into an 'educational program'. This integration aims to provide a more systematic and extensive approach to convergence arts education. Comprising a total of nine workshops and lectures led by instructors from various fields, the <Team Learning> program delves into contemporary media's social discourse and media creation environments. It goes beyond conventional artistic creation methods and emphasizes collaborative 'co-working,' 'open-source,' and 'sharing' as key concepts for practicing collective creation(team projects).

<Team Learning 2019: Hey, Strangers. Do It Together!>, an educational program for the first semester of 2019, aims to explore the relationship between human and artificial intelligence by encouraging human collaboration through playful media, which emphasizes various participation methods such as media interaction and play culture. In the series of six workshop sessions, we will deal with the question, "How reliable is the learned artificial intelligence?" Therefore, we will experiment with various object recognition exercises using Microsoft’s cloud AI platform – Azure – and Raspberry Pi. Three lectures will be offered as well to take a more in-depth approach to “open-source and sharing,” “collaboration and creation,” and “artificial intelligence and humans.”

• Period: 2019. 4. 22. (Mon) – 6. 24. (Wed), every Monday, 18:00 - 21:00, 9 times

• Venue: Art Collider Lab in Korea National University of Arts (Changjogwan 213-1, 104)

• Instructors

- Workshop: Joosun Hwang (Media artist, maker) 

- Lecture: Team void (Media artist), Egoing (operator of “life coding”), Jeongwon Lee (ETRI researcher)

• Participants: 15 bachelor/master students at Korea National University of Arts

[Understanding AI and AI APIs]

[Technical Acquisition in Programming and Physical Computing]

[Collaboration]

[Sharing Results] Instructables, Center for Art Convergence Website

1. [4.22.(Mon)] Orientation & Workshop 

 -  Introduction of workshops and setting up the working environment | Joosun Hwang

2. [4.29.(Mon)] Lecture & Team-building for Projects | Team void 

3. [5.13.(Mon)] Workshop: AI and interaction | Joosun Hwang

4. [5.20.(Mon)] Workshop: AI and physical computing | Joosun Hwang

5. [5.27.(Mon)] Lecture & Team meetings to discuss a work plan | Egoing

6. [6.3.(Mon)] Workshop: Team activity 1, presentation of the work plan | Joosun Hwang

7. [6.10.(Mon)] Workshop: Team activity 2, teamwork for product-making | Joosun Hwang

8. [6.17.(Mon)] Lecture: AI and human, recognition and consciousness | Jeongwon Lee

9. [6.24.(Mon)] Workshop: Team activity 3, presentation of outcomes and sharing | Joosun Hwang