Taeyoon Choi

Unlearning Diary is based on the artist’s experience of teaching outside of traditional academic institutions. The artist focuses on the learning that can only be experienced outside of schools, and examines sites of conflict that lead to meaningful learning. He proposes pedagogy and curriculum that vanish the distinction between a student and a teacher, which may result in the world based on mutual trust and interdependence. 

“The common definition of unlearning is ‘to put out of one’s knowledge or memory, to undo the effect of: discard the habit of.’ However, I hope to use the word unlearning in a broader sense. It can mean forgetting knowledge or habits that may contain power structures worth challenging. If learning is like weaving knowledge and experience, unlearning is like untangling bias and prejudice. Our body is a machine for living, an apparatus for intervening the system, a medium to bring us together. We can use our bodies to unlearn. Street protests, community art and collaboration with other artists are places where unlearning is possible. Transforming our everyday life and environment can affect psychological space, which in turn opens up a gap for new knowledge to take place.” (Taeyoon Choi)