LO-08 (the creative practice of an individual)

Taeyoon Choi is an artist, educator, and activist who works in New York and Seoul. He studied in the Art Institute of Chicago and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and technology and holds a BFA and MS respectively. He presents his work as an intersection between art and technology, physical technology as a platform for understanding life and the experience of it. He presents his technological work as a design and artistic process where he pursues creative moments when they’re provided to him. For instance, the project he started with was the creation of a computer from scratch. He educated himself in the language of computers and through practice and innovation eventually created his own version of what a computer could/should be. And further extending from that was experimentation of time and computing in which he created a machine that would capture the users own sense of time. After watching him present his work and process, I’ve gained a deeper appreciation for the contemporary integration of technology and artistic expression.