TechiEon is a Taekkyeon performance – a traditional Korean martial arts and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity – that re-scales the biodiversity of eon, formed along with the development of human technology. Employing AI-based Augmented Reality (AR), sound generation, and Body Art, Taekkyeon Masters and digital artists overlap different senses of time and space in multi-layered media. The performance explores the organismic forms and effects of the media circulating in ecological and technological spheres of the planet. Such understanding of planetary interactions and dynamics among media and technology links to the underlying philosophy of Taekkyeon – “symbiosis” – that has its own history of over two millenniums. It aims to redistribute the senses towards the climate and habitus of the technological eons to come, while also encompassing human-nature history and its particular constructions.
Project Credits:
- Korea Creative Content Agency
- Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation
- PMC Production
- Corea Impact: Juyoung Ha(KR), Ina Hur(KR), Yeonjoong Jung(KR), Gyuri Kim(KR), Min Joon Kim(KR), Yaelim Lee(KR), Yang Kyu Lim(KR), Kyungjun Park(KR), Seho Son(KR), Inhwa Yeom(KR) // Coordinator: Hyeok Byeon(KR), Sukyoung Choi(KR), Jong-keun Shin(KR)
Biographies:
The Chungju Municipal Taekkyeon Corps. was established in 2011 with a view to preserve and prosper Taekkyeon, the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity no.76. Being Masters and National Inheritors of Taekkyeon, the Members of the Corps. have organized and participated in numerous Taekkeyon performances held in international and national stages, including the 65th Les Clefs dÓr Concierge Conference(2018), Korea-Poland International Cultural Exchange in Poland, ASTANA Expo in Kazakhstan(2017), UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity Performance in Korea(2017).
Yeonjoong Jung is a National Inheritor of Taekkyeon and Senior Master of The Chungju Municipal Taekkyeon Corps. He is a First-Degree expert in Taekkyeon Education and Art & Culture Instruction, and Committee Member of Organization for the Preservation of Taekkyeon. He studied Physical Education at Kyung Hee University.
Gyuri Kim is a National Inheritor of Taekkyeon and Member of The Chungju Municipal Taekkyeon Corps. He is a Second-Degree(Dong) Master of Taekkyeon, Third-Degree(Dan) Master of Hapkido, and Second-Degree Master of Judo.
Yaelim Lee is a National Inheritor of Taekkyeon, and is a Second-Degree(Dong) Master of Taekkyeon. She has been a Member of The Chungju Municipal Taekkyeon Corps since 2009. Having studied in Korea University, she has researched on the ways to preserve Taekkyeon in the forms of digital media.
Kyungjun Park is a First-Degree(Dong) Master in Taekkyeon, Fourth-Degree(Dan) Master in Taekwondo, Third-Degree(Dan) Master in Hapkido and First-Degree Master in Karate. He was a National Athlete of Taekwondo in 2006-2012. His research interest focuses on technological demonstration of traditional martial arts.
Seho Son is a Member of The Chungju Municipal Taekkyeon Corps. He is a First-Degree(Dong) Master of Taekkyeon, Second-Degree Master of both Karate and Japanese Fencing. He had been a National Athlete of Karate for 3 years, and Youth National Athlete of Karate for 3 years. He won the First-Placement in Iran Zamin Karate Cup, and Third-Placement in East Asia Karate Championship.
Digital Artists & Technologists
Juyoung Ha is a motion graphic designer and PhD student in the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia, and Film at Chung-Ang University, and has worked for many advertising companies in Korea. Her research interest includes human body and interactive media. She is also the winner of Best Picture Award at Seoul International Invitational Exhibition in 2017.
Ina Hur (a.k.a. Artina) is an Asia-based new media artist who combines botanical arts and light installations to depict the experiences of and affection towards global travels and nature. She was the New Media Art Director of (2018) in Seoul, and has led numerous commission-based art projects across East and Southeast Asia.
Min Joon Kim is a sound designer and technician, also a professional projection-mapper. Currently a senior student at Chung-Ang University, he majors in Electrical & Electronics Engineering, as well as Game & Interactive Media. He researches on the ways of combining the science of electricity and art, with his fervid love in music.
Yang Kyu Lim is a PhD candidate in the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia, and Film at Chung-Ang University. He received his second Master’s degree in Culture Technology from KAIST. Further, he received his first Master’s and his Bachelor’s degree in Music and Education from University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar, Germany. His researches focus on the realization of musical interaction and media art through computer languages and Artificial Intelligence.
Inhwa Yeom is a media artist and curator, and research assistant at KAIST. Her research interest mainly focuses on how “transnational” experiences in the age of technological media are remediated in the forms of visual praxes. Her works concretize as AR/VR, interactive videos, online platforms, architectural installations, performances, and academic writings.
