A..L.I.C.E Museum 2009: Future School

Art Center Nabi and SOMA Museum of Art showcase [A.L.I.C.E Museum 2009; Future School] that increases creativity of children who will be the leaders of next generation from May 1 to June 21, 2009.

• Title: A.L.I.C.E Museum2009, Future School
(A.L.I.C.E = Artistic Lively Intelligent Creative Eco-friendly)
• Date: May 1 (Fri.) –June 21 , 2009 (Sun.)
• Time: am 10:00- pm 6:00
• Holiday: Monday
• Venue: SOMA Museum of Art in Olympic Park

• Host: Art Center Nabi, KSPO

www.nabi.or.kr/alice2009

Art Center Nabi and SOMA Museum of Art present A.L.I.C.E Museum 2009:Future School that encourages creativity of children who will be the leaders of next generation is on view from May 1 to June 21, 2009.

It showcase 21 artworks and consists of 5 sections-
▲Artistic Studio ▲Lively Station ▲Intelligent Platform ▲Creative Engine ▲Eco-Friendly Wonderland.

In Artistic Studio, children create artworks through media art workshops with artists. In Lively Station, Children play game as well as massage their parents through . In Intelligent Platform, kids talk to which is a 5m high Stelarc’s head model and also listen to his songs. In Creative Engine, children explore diverse levels of education such as which creates music performance and which produce 3D puppeteers. In Eco-Friendly Wonderland, children can question about the human relationships and virtual life in digital ecology.

1. Artistic Studio
Creating the imagination world through experiencing media workshops with artists
* Workshop Instructors: Seung Joon Choi, Magazine King, Jung Hwa Lee, Chun Sik Nam, pPlay& Reborn Team, Celine Bacque Kim& Hyo Jung Seo, Dance Theater CcadoO, Young Ran Park, Zune Lee& Woon Seung Yeo

2. Lively Station
Encouraging kids to communicate with each other while they are sharing physical intimacy
* Artists: Kobakant (Mika Satomi and Hannah-Perner Wilson)

3. Intelligent Platform
Communicating with a 3D character in the futuristic space
* Artists: Stelarc, Bernd Halbherr

4. Creative Engine
Exploring creatures, sounds, narrations through diverse levels of education
* Artists: Hiroshi Matoba, Carnegie Mellon Entertainment & Technology Center, Pertri Purho, Minha Yang, Seung Joon Choi, Squidsoup, Julian Oliver, Erik Svedäng , Jana Linke

5. Eco-Friendly Wonderland
Questioning about the human relationships and virtual life in digital ecology
* Artists: TheGreenEyl and Denise Faust , Squidsoup, Ando Takahiro, Kichul Kim, Ruairi Glynn, Ji, Haru & Graham Wakefield

Sound of [a:i] Island

Art center nabi will showcase an exhibition ‘Sound of [a:i] Island’ as a part of from Jan 14 to Feb 27. Project [I], kids becoming artists by themselves with cooperations of artists, is an annual arts social contribution program started from 2005.

Project[I] 4.0 held three different workshops; International Mongolia School, Ansan Multiculture Center and Goseong branch school of Yemi Elementary School in Jeongseon.

Children artists of will present results of their 4-months-length workshop as a musical and performance. Teens of International Mogolia School will stage a musical ‘Thanks…daddy’ and kids Ansan Multiculture Center will present a performance which integrated dance, music and screen media arts. Also musical instruments made by Goseoug Branch School of Yeme Elementary School children and a documentary film which shows the process of becoming an [I] artist will showcase from Jan 14 to Feb 27 at Art Center Nabi (free of admission, closed on weekends)

■ Exhibition Information (Free of admission)
Title : Sound of [a:i] island
Date : Jan 14, 2009 (Wed) - Feb 27, 2009 (Fri)
Venue: Art Center Nabi
Hosted by Art Center Nabi
Sponsered by SK Telecom
Cooperate organizations: Goseoung Branch School of Yemi Elementary School, Artiumopus

■ Performance Information (Free of admission)
Date : Jan 22, 2009 (Thu) 4PM
Venue: Kookmin University Auditorium
Hosted by Art Center Nabi
Sponsered by SK Telecom
Cooperate organizations: Artiumopus, Goseoung Branch School of Yemi Elementary School, Ansan Multiculture Center, Kookmin University R&DB Foundation

isangHANGUL

isangHANGUL view from inside of art center nabi

The entrance of art center nabi

isangHANGUL view from the library

Hangul Pictogram System by Jung hun Lee

Listen, Bill by Thomas Zoritchak

Interactive work Soothe by Lisa Lee

Interactive work Digestion by Lisa Lee

Hangul Fabric by Seung Kwan No

[Geodaran, and omnivorous animal]: based on The Wing by Lee, Sang

Visual Design by Young Im Park

Sound Design by Min Woo Kimjung

Interactive work 'Go' is not 'Go' 'Come' is 'Come' by Hyung Woo Choi

Sound of Letter by Kye Ryoon Han

Interactive work JungShin Byung

This is a cooperative work of concrete poetry writer Won Koh and Media Artist Ji hoon Byun.

Interactive work ㅅ - Cogito - ㅅ by Kichul Kim

Men in Suit

Conversation

Text abstractExpression

Expression/ Text abstraction/ Conversation/ Men in suit by Hansol Huh

Motion graphic work Hangul by Joo Myung Song

Bloom, Hangul by Sang Soo Ahn.

isangHANGUL:media+HANGUL

Art Center Nabi, a specialized institution for Media Arts, showcases new experience and communication with Hangul (the Korean character) and new media. is on view from October 7th through November 18th.

▲The section shows aesthetic approaches of Hangul- which comprises works that show typography and visualization of Hangul. Included are signboard abstracted installation that utilized moving Hangul fonts by Seung Kwan No, a co-project by Won Koh and Jihoon Byun which incorporated concrete poetry and interactive media art. ▲ Sound art works that attempt rhythmical aspects of Hangul are on view at the section. ▲ The section shows works of interactive storytelling and communication that emphasize semantic appearances of Hangul. Included are works by Lisa Lee trying new approaches in storytelling through daily activities such as using chopsticks and hair brushing.

The opening reception on October 7th will show performance of the MilMul Modern Dance Company that expresses the beauty, excellency and originality of Hangul with 3D stereo-scopic images, calligraphy and human body.
“ tries to explore new possibilities and interactivity of Hangul in the media era through the original role of Arts, which is to think differently.”, said Dooeun Choi, Art Center Nabi curator.

Digital+Hangul

isangHANGUL

:This phrase in Korean simultaneously could be understood as various meanings from the reader's perspective.

JungShin Byung by Won Koh and Jihoon Byun

This is a cooperative work of concrete poetry writer Won Koh and new media artist Jihoon Byun. The work gives interaction of Byun into the concrete poetry idea of Ko. A letter "jung" and "shin" is produced by a spectator's breath, and blows it into "Byung(1.bottle)". The bottle is just a bottle itself, but as they put "jung" and "shin" into "byung", all of these three combined becomes "jungshin(mental) byung(2.disease)", which means psychopathic.

Soothe by Lisa Lee

Soothe is an interactive installation that was created by questioning the introspective notion of the mundane gesture - brushing hair. It is an interactive installation that interprets the gesture of brushing into a typographical embodied poem. This interpretation is the process of visualizing the mundane unconscious action to beauty. The poem deals with a physical object a brush that induces clear intuitive interaction as interface.

Expression by Hansol Huh

Hansol Huh, a typographer has created a variety of art works such as type drawing, open space and sound journey since 2005.

Nabi Forum 2008: New Media and Expanded Arts

Bonding Company

Bonding Company is an experimental zone of communication and realationship.
It consists of four different sections, which are OPENING, SHARING, SPARKLING, and EXPANDING.

It will be held from September 4th-6th at Jeju island as a partner of LIFT Asia 2008 conference. Seven interactive installations will be shown at the Bonding Company.


Zone 1. Opening

When people meet for the first time, they start to interact by introducing themselves. They can slowly open themselves up through the introduction. This is a zone where the artwork meets the audience and start to open up to each other.

title: LOVE Shaker 2.0
artist: Jun Kim, SeungJoon Choi


Zone 2. Sharing

As people open up they start to share stories and experiences of their lives. In this zone, people can see where others are from and start to find common interests and similarities. Such process will prompt the people to share more about themselves and get to know each other.

machine 1

title: arconn.org

artist: kyoungSoo Kim

machine 2

title: nowThen. Crowded?

artist: Sey Min

machine 3

title: Filtering & Connecting

artist: WonYoung So

machine 4

title: Programmed Life vo. 1; Birth

artist: Hyeri Rhee

machine 5

title: Lonely C _ lonely cubes, lonely creators, lonely connectors, lonely curators.....

artist: SeungJoon Choi


Zone 3. Sparkling

Sparks appear. Now the people have introduced themselves and shared personal information. This is the “aha!” moment where they figure out that they are not total strangers to each other.

title: PI _ playful Interaction

artist: pPLAY_ nabi artist community

Zone 4. Expanding

At this point people have become acquainted with one another. Now it’s time to let the new relations grow into a stronger bond.

title: wind-tree

artist: Byen Ji Hun

Act wisely Eco friendly; Shall we?

The entrance image of Act wisely Eco friendly: Shall we?

Used bicycle, used paper and net to describe eco-friendly transportation is threatened by industrial products.

Recycled used papers to decorate the walls. The recycled paper wall divides inner and outer of exhibition space

Music video Untitled 1 by Sigur Ros. A music of peace and hope, song by a language that does not exist.

An interactive media artwork by Korean artist Yang, Min-ha.

Bamboos were used for the efficiency of space and visitor's traffic line.

Four moving images in the theme of Sustainable Architecture.

The image of UCC (User Created Contents) part winner at Climate Cool contest.

Above two images show the winners' works of Climate Cool contest in June, 2008.