About me

I’m a graduate student of ITP(the Interactive Telecommunications Program) of New York University. Through this program, I continue to do research on kind of interactive virtual reality. I’ve dreamed that there is the world where people can make their own stories with their own narratives derived from their very own interactions with my artwork. The world, the story or the narrative in which people walk, breathe and live in their own ways is the place I’m eager to reach.

To make steps for this, I have mainly focused on 4 subjects:

1. programming skill - the necessity to build the virtual reality and make it interactive with people
2. tangible interface - the bridge between reality and virtual reality
3. non photo realistic rendering - for visual, one of the 2 elements consisting of the world( visual and auditory )
4. connection between sound and visual

Through researches on these areas, I completed several projects.

The projects at ITP include ‘Mr. Tech’, interactive animation controlled by physical character, ‘Painterly expression’ in openFrameworks, data visualizations in processing, visual music project using Pure Data.

I also participated in the project, ‘Painterly Rendering With Designed Imperfection’, which exhibited in SIGGRAPH 2006.

Animation

I can never forget the time when I first saw the two short animations, ‘PARADISE’ made by Ishu Patel and ‘THE STREET’ by Caroline Leaf, in the Moving Image Design class of SNU. It has changed my whole life. Since then, I’ve enjoyed experimenting on various kinds of animation techniques.

- traditional techniques(cutout, clay, paint-on-glass, sand, puppet)

- digital techniques(2D, 3D, web based and interactive animation)

My works in the course of the experimentation:

‘When I met them’(2000, film, 0:04:00, Oil pastel),

‘circle, triangle, square’(2001, film, 0:03:30, Pen drawing),

‘Flower dance’(2006, DV 6mm, Color, 0:02:43, 3D Computer),

‘HArt’(2008, Interactive animation with heart beat sensor),

‘Mr. Tech’(2009, Interactive and real-time),

‘Drawing music in time’(2009, Color, 0:04:30, 2D Computer).

Cinema

I studied film theory, film making, digital sound making and traditional storytelling in non degree film institute. I have experience of making an independent short film as an assistant director. Based on my previous study on traditional cinema, I’m still doing research for future cinema.

'FUTURE CINEMA', 'EXPANDED CINEMA'

Interactive storytelling

These are my questions:

- How I can make my animation more interactive with viewers?

- Can my animation allow viewers to create their own stories irrespective of my story?

NPR

‘Painterly Rendering With Designed Imperfection’ in the Guerilla studio of Siggraph 2006. Movie file

'Painterly expression' in ITP, 2009

C++

The interest in interactivity and NPR pushed me to study programming. It was not easy but became a necessity for me to go further. And, now, I enjoy it and think it’s so fascinating.

Physical computing

The Physical Computing class in ITP showed me another world which can broaden my creativity.

Major

- Bachelor of Visual communication design in Seoul National University(SNU), Korea

- Master of Image engineering in Chung Ang University, Korea

- Currently pursuing Master of Professional Study in ITP(the Interactive Telecommunications Program), Tisch school in NYU