The 2022 C-LAB annual exhibition The Unrestricted Society curated by CHUANG Wei-Tzu takes different angles on the issues and dilemmas arising from technological development, such as digital surveillance, facial recognition, and deep-fakes that involve digital privacy, as well as the feasibility of applying cloning to food crisis management. Treating technology as a medium, this exhibition also shows that the artists employ novel technologies to explore how artistic concepts can transmute abstract data and in turn create new sensory experiences.
Join us to explore the artistic practice of KIM Keun-Hyoung and Unhappy Circuit, the participating artists of The Unrestricted Society, in conversation with WU Dar-Kuen, the director of C-LAB Contemporary Art Platform. In this talk, KIM Keun-Hyoung and Unhappy Circuit will share their experiences and creative philosophies behind their exhibits and discuss the issues raised in the exhibition.
Time: 09/24 (SAT) 14:00－15:30
Venue: R116 Multi-function Space of Creative Base for Animators
Free Admission via Online Registration (Consecutive translation will be provided during the talk.)
Participants
｜KIM Keun-Hyoung（member of SLITSCOPE）
SLITSCOPE is a new media art team which consists of KIM Jae-Min and KIM Keun-Hyoung. The two artists have been active in their own fields, art and science respectively, and had the opportunity to collaborate on I Question in 2018. SLITSCOPE got its name from the double-slit experiment, proposing to look into the gap between the existential duality that we are not aware of. Some of their artworks include: AI conversationalist I Question who discusses art with people, AI dancer MADI, AI room maker Ludenstopia, and AI poet SIA.
｜Unhappy Circuit
Unhappy Circuit is a new media artist in Korea. His works consist of the convergence of art, science, and technology, which take a multidisciplinary perspective based on anthropology, ecology, futurology, and cosmology. The main theme that penetrates his work is an exploration of the unknown. He wants to expand our understanding of ourselves and the world surrounding us through insights gained from exploring the unknown possibilities, and ultimately seeks the next direction for humanity. His works were selected for Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH Asia Art Gallery, and Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art Collection.
Moderator
｜WU Dar-Kuen
Artist/curator, director of C-LAB Contemporary Art Platform.
WU Dar-Kuen has been highly interested in the practice of art in the field of contemporary society. He has devoted himself to visual art, public art, theater performance combined with audio-visual culture, and the convergence of technology and art for a long time. He has also initiated alternative spaces of artist and worked at art museums and art residency. WU has joined the C-LAB team since 2018.
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