Connected Week 2023: More-than-Human World

· Time and money - Pierre Jodlowski : Eunhye Kim (Professor, School of Music, Korea National University of Arts)

· Pieces of Wood - Steve Reich : Eunhye Kim and 4 percussion major students from the School of Music

· Instruments and Performances for Cochlear Implant Users: Wonwoo Lee (WONWOORI, Faculty, School of Music, Korea National University of Arts)

· Lecture Performance, Unfeasible Body: Body Without Substance : Chang-ho Shin (Professor, School of Dance, Korea National University of Arts)

· Dance Film Reflecting Body, Dividing Body Using Motion Capture: Jeongseob Lee (Adjunct Professor, School of Design, Hanyang University, Representative of 'BIPOLE') and participating students in the pilot education workshop

· Remote Performance, The Room (Seokgwan-dong campus Lee Eo Ryung Art Theater ↔ Seocho-dong campus Motion Capture Studio) : Participating students in the pilot education workshop

· Keynote Connected Campus for Future Art: Our Imagination Is Connected: Chungyean Cho (Director, K-ARTS, Professor of School of Film, TV & Multimedia)

· Panel Talk

· Joong-sik Lee (Director, Institute for Culture and Arts, Seoul National University)

· Junho Oh (Professor, A&T Department, Sogang University)

· Ji-eun Hwang (Professor, Architecture Department, University of Seoul)

· Round Table: Kiwon Hong (Professor, School of Drama, K-ARTS), Chungyean Cho (Director, Korea National University of Arts, Professor at the Department of Film), Byungchan Kim (Director, Center for Art Convergence / Professor, Department of Architecture, Korea National University of Arts)

· Philosophy of Decomposition: Between Ecology and Humanities: Fujihara Tatsushi (Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University)

· We All Share the Same Sky: Gavin Pretor-Pinney (Founder & President of Cloud Appreciation Society)

· Environment, Technology, and Architecture: Architectural Practice in the Age of Climate Crisis: Namjoo Kim (Assistant Professor of Architecture at University of Seoul)

· Round Table: Moderator Soyo Lee (Visual artist, Lecturer at Korea National University of Arts)

· Cyborgs, Dogs, and Feminism: Yumi Choi (Research fellow at Beyond the Breast 104)

· Towards Symbiotic Futures: Neal White (Professor of Art/Science at University of Westminster, Co-director of CREAM)

· How to See Invisible Sculptures: Yeseul Song (Artist / Professor (assistant arts professor) at NYU Tisch’s ITP/IMA)

· Round Table: Moderator Hwayong Kim (Artist, Co-Director of the Zero makes Zero)

· Machines as Icebreakers Exploring the Latent Spaces of Art: Youngjin Oh (Invited assistant professor of Department of Convergent General Education at SeoulTech)

· Coevolution of Human and Machine: Jinah Roh (Artist, Assistant Professor of Kyung Hee University)

· Artificial Nature: Art of Artificial Ecosystems through Computational Machines: Haru Ji (Artist, Associate Professor at OCAD University, Toronto)

· Round Table: Moderator Jaesik Kwak (Novelist, Professor of Environmental and Safety Engineering at Korea Soongsil Cyber University)

· Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 / 18:00-20:30

· Audience: Current students of Korea National University of Arts and pre-registered individuals

· Details:

· Screening : A Terrible Beauty (52 minutes) 

· Artist talk: Iram Ghufran

· Moderator: May Ingawanji (Director of CREAM) / Facilitator: Hwayeon Nam (Director of Art Collider Lab)

This seminar, under the theme of 'Robotics: Digital Mass Customization,' aims to delve into the phenomenon of advanced technologies being utilized in the field of architecture and various design/art disciplines during another digital transformation era, represented by A.I., Automation, Big data, Robotics, and to discuss their potential applications.

· Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023 / 16:00-18:00

· Audience: Current students of the Department of Architecture and pre-registered individuals

· Details: 

· Host/Chairman: Kangil Ji (Professor at the Department of Architecture, Korea National University of Arts)

· Organizer: Donghwi Kim (Studio Index, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture, Korea National University of Arts)

· Presentations:
1) LIVE WIRE : Evolution of Space Frame: Donghwi Kim (Studio Index, Adjunct Professor at the Department of Architecture, Korea National University of Arts)
2) Communication in Digital: Hwan Kim (Director of Front Inc.)
3) Background and Status of the Utilization of Robotic Arms as New Creative Mediums in the Fields of Art and Architecture: Donghan Shin (Director of BAT partners Inc.)

· Discussion and Q&A

Related to the theme of 'More-than-Human,' the artist Eunhee Lee incorporates a multilayered perspective on human life and death, as well as the materiality of the body. Three pieces of Eunhee Lee's work will be introduced, followed by a discussion together.

· Date: Friday, November 10, 2023 / 14:00-16:00

· Audience: Students of the Department of Sculpture and pre-registered individuals

· Details: 

· Introduction : Hwayeon Nam Director of Art Collider Lab, Professor at the Department of Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts)

· Screening: Some Premises for Bipedalism (13m 29s), Blood Can Be Very Bad (20m 43s), Hot/Stuck/Dead (20m 43s)

· Artist Talk, Embracing flaws and contradictions: Eunhee Lee (Visual artist)

The concept of 'flaw' that cuts across the three works is introduced,

   and a methodology for analyzing the individual body and social systems is discussed.

· Moderator: Hwayeon Nam

This workshop, Sound Field Trip by the WOW-COLLECTIVE (Wonwoo Lee, Isak Han) of Zero One, introduces the operational principles and development process of the instrument 'Sombat,' developed by the creator Isak Han for urban sound exploration. Wonwoo Lee will personally explore the vicinity of Korea National University of Arts' Changjogwan, conducting diverse reverberation-based sound investigations.

· Date: Saturday, November 11, 2023 / 13:00-14:30

· Participants: Current students of Korea National University of Arts and pre-registered individuals

· Details:

· Introduction of New PO, Sombat instruments and development process sharing: Isak Han

· Sound Exploration-Sound Field Trip: Wonwoo Lee

· 1/75/75/75: 1/75 quantifies the value of a 'moment' and interprets AC-Cave as an organism connecting different spacetimes, showing a performance where three entities meet as one moment. These three fleeting moments are interconnected and balanced, representing 'the moment of virtual space overlapping with actual space,' 'the moment mapped with sound on top of it,' and 'the movement of a third non-human existence generated by space and sound.'

· Dot-Dot is a collective of two individuals who have been experimenting with a multifaceted sense of spacetime since 2022. It consists of Jiyeon Kim (Graduate of the Department of Architecture) visualizing temporality based on real and virtual spaces as an interactive medium, and Min-hwi Cha (Current student of the Department of Music Technology) linking music as temporal art with spatial dimensions. Dot-Dot explores and reconfigures various forms based on the spatial and temporal complexity inherent in the space.

· PWP(Pigeon Wants Peace) depicts the adventures of a virtual pigeon in search of food to become part of a healthy ecosystem. The audience continues the narrative by allowing the game's pigeon to obtain food and items through physical interaction. PWP was inspired by the phrase "A pigeon that finds food on its own becomes part of a healthy ecosystem" written on a "no pigeon feeding" sign. What constitutes a healthy ecosystem? Are humans part of a healthy ecosystem? Based on the question of whether pigeons want to be part of a healthy ecosystem, Team YEPS created an interactive game. The act of avoiding or chasing away the audience's pigeons paradoxically prompts reflections on the coexistence of non-humans and humans, considering each perspective on cohabitation.

· YEPS was formed in 2019 with the goal of studying programming together and has been involved in various interactive media projects. In 2020, they held exhibitions such as "Unseen, Invisible," "Dolgoji Ghost Map," and in 2021, "Village, Wishes, Shrine," aiming to allow people to see and experience various aspects of the unseen in society through their work.

Section 1 : Ecology - Perspectives for coexistence is composed of a Korean artist's digital animation focusing on humans and the animals and plants they share their habitat with.

· Garden of Rules: Gameplay Video, LOOPNTALE (6 minutes 38 seconds)

· Internal Other, Hanna Noh (9 minutes 10 seconds)

· End Island, Haejung Jung (16 minutes 56 seconds)

· Liquid Bodies, Haejung Jung (17 minutes)

Section 2 : Society - Recalling Other Futures features the Recall program, showcasing moving images from the researchers at CREAM, the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster, a partner institution of Connected Week 2023. Recall is composed of artistic research-based video works that explore various colonial legacies and prompt reflections on other futures.

· I’ll Be Back!, Hope Strickland (11 minutes)

· Trip After, Ukrit Sa-nguanhai (10 minutes)

· Imbizo Ka Mafavuke | Mafavuke’s Tribunal, Uriel Orlow (28 minutes)

· The In/Extinguishable Fire, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi (23 minutes 30 seconds)

· Leviathan Cycle Episode 8: Cris, Sandra, Papa & Yasmine, Shezad Dawood (17 minutes 33 seconds)

Section 3 : Technology - Technology of "Becoming" presents a video work, Rehearsal For A Film by Iram Ghufran, who participates at the Connected School's Screening & Artist Talk.

· Rehearsal For A Film, Iram Ghufran (20 minutes 48 seconds)