Alternate Paths

10.01, 3:00pm — 6:00pm
Project Gallery, Seoul Museum of Art Seosomun Main Building 3F (map)

Roundtable,?Concurrent event of?Korean Internet Tour Guide

E Roon Kang & Achim Koh & Wonyoung So

E Roon Kang?
b. 1980. Lives and works in Seoul and New York.?
E Roon Kang is based in New York, where he operates Math Practice, an interdisciplinary design and research studio. He is a TED Fellow and was previously a research fellow at SENSEable City Laboratory of MIT. Kang gave talks and lectures at TED Conferences and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity among others, and taught classes at universities including Bauhaus- Universit?t Weimar and New York University. He holds an MFA in graphic design from Yale University, and is currently an assistant professor and associate director of the BFA Communication Design program at Parsons School of Design.?

Achim Koh?
b. 1986. Lives and works in Seoul and New York.?
Achim Koh studies digital media and the contemporary society. He has worked as a translator, co-founded the music performance video blog recandplay.net, and worked as a researcher at the Making Lab of the 4th Anyang Public Art Project. He graduated Yonsei University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communication. Koh is currently in the MA in Liberal Studies program at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He also is in the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate Program, and is a Graduate Student Researcher at the New Media Lab in the Graduate Center.?

Wonyoung So?
b. 1986. Lives and works in Seoul and Boston.?
Wonyoung So is a data visualization designer that specializes in combining computational analysis and narratives, in particular, network visualization and mapping the invisible. He is also interested in developing creative systems. He has graduated from Kookmin University with a BFA in Visual Communication Design. He cofounded the crowdfunding platform Tumblbug. He is currently a data visualization specialist at SENSEable City Laboratory of MIT.

Korean Internet Tour Guide is an attempt to examine the history of Korean internet from the points of view of both users and producers as well as insiders and observers. Korean Internet Tour Guide is a collection of moments in which diverse social elements such as technological conditions, users, work style, and political and economic interests have contributed in shaping the country’s internet; these moments center around software interfaces that people used to access the internet and participate in its production.

Alternate Paths is a round table organized to initiate conversations on the past, present and future of the Korean internet, based on the personal and professional experiences of individuals invited by the artists. The documentation of the round table will be published online after the event.

Participants

Jungbae An, Secretariat of Korea Internet History Project
Binna Choi, Unmake Lab
Seung Joon Choi, Kookmin University
Eunjoo Hong, Designer
Jennifer Kang, Former General Manager of CCKOREA
Miyoung Lee, Handmade Crafts Maker
Hojun Song, Artist

Documentation

Minji Cha, Raffles Design Institute