{"id":232548,"date":"2017-08-04T13:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/july-31-2017-nam-june-paik-art-center-our-bright-future-cybernetic-fantasy-e-flux.php"},"modified":"2017-08-04T13:35:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T17:35:37","slug":"july-31-2017-nam-june-paik-art-center-our-bright-future-cybernetic-fantasy-e-flux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/posthuman\/july-31-2017-nam-june-paik-art-center-our-bright-future-cybernetic-fantasy-e-flux.php","title":{"rendered":"July 31, 2017 &#8211; Nam June Paik Art Center &#8211; Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy &#8211; E-Flux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy    July 19November 5, 2017  <\/p>\n<p>    Technology\/Media Workshop: : Every Saturdays in August,    2pm, diana band, Insook Bae, Protoroom, Unmake Lab    Artist talk: July 22, 15pm, Taeyeun Kim, pela Petri;    in conjunction with the 2017 International Symposium    Coevolution: Cybernetics to Posthuman  <\/p>\n<p>    Nam June Paik Art Center    10 Paiknamjune-ro, Giheung-gu    Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do    17068    Korea    Hours: TuesdaySunday 10am6pm  <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"mailto:press@njpartcenter.kr\">press@njpartcenter.kr<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>    njpac-en.ggcf.kr    Facebook \/ Instagram \/ Twitter  <\/p>\n<p>    Artists: Taeyeun Kim, Jinah Roh, diana band,    !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Insook Bae, Nam    June Paik, Jongjun Son, pela Petri, Yang Zhenzhong, Unknown    Fields, Unmake Lab, Zach Blas & Jemima Wyman, PROTOROOM,    Joosun Hwang  <\/p>\n<p>    Curated by Jeonghwa Goo, Sooyoung Lee (Nam June Paik Art    Center)    Co-Curated by Unmake Lab    Hosted and Organized by Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi    Foundation    Cooperation Changseng Gonggan    Supported by Perrier, Snapple  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    The Nam June Paik Art Center presents a special exhibition    Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy from July 20 to    November 5, 2017. This exhibition explores modern technology    and art from the perspective of the \"Cybernetics\"of Nam    June Paik who not only gave relationship between the    technological environment and the human being but also    presented a futuristic vision to it. Under the themes of    robots, combination, post-human, the 15 participating teams    warn against the end of the geological era which has been led    by humans and requires the birth of the new human. The    participating artist Taeyeun Kim and pela Petri will give an    artist talk on July 22 in conjunction with 2017 International    Symposium of Nam June Paik Art Center, and four participating    teams (diana band, Insook Bae, PROTOROOM, Unmake Lab) will lead    a Technology\/Media Workshop on every Saturdays in August. Also    the celebration for the 1st floor renewal opening will be on    July 20, accompanied by special performances by SUDDEN THEATER,    Hyunjoon Chang and Kim Oki \/ Park Jiha \/ John Bell \/ Rmi    Klemensiewicz.  <\/p>\n<p>    Cybernetics,a scientific study established by Norbert    Wiener, was widely accepted in the field of scientific    technology around the 1940s. The theory which aimed to equally    control both living organisms and machines has dominated the    trends of technological development, that is, the \"Humanization    of the Machine\"and the \"Mechanization of the    Human.\"The belief that technological development will    open a new world to the human race is paralleled with the fear    that the very technology will take not only jobs but also the    human identity from us. Although we are on the brink of the    advent of the strongest Artificial Intelligence, we are living    on the earth which is devastated more than ever. So, is there a    future for us? Are the two options of sustainability and    apocalypse the only frame of our future?Or, is there    another option available to us were missing?  <\/p>\n<p>    The exhibition is composed of Robot, Interface, and Posthuman.    Each of themes is intended to create various questions. The    Robotsection features Nam June Paiks    Robot\/People and Robot K-567, Yang    Zhenzhongs Disguise, Jinah Rohs An Evolving    GAIA, Jongjun Sons Defensive Measure, and Zach    Blas & Jemima Wymans im here to learn so :)))))).    They not only successfully catch the conflict and oscillation    caused by the coexistence between men and machines, but also    accuse the man-machine cooperation system of being cracked. The    Interfacesection goes deeper into the crack of the    man-machine cooperation system to try to make a new seam.    PROTOROOMs Feedback of MetaPixels-Language for Digital    Atoms, Unmake Labs Rumor in the City and the    City, and Joosun Hwangs Mind!=Mind take down the    black box of machines which isolate humans, and relocate the    position of humans in the midst of machines. Besides, recent    works such as Insook Baes The Sum and diana bands    Phone in Hand: Choir Practice are also presented,    suggesting the solidarity of humans through machines. The    Posthumansection shows that the time has come when the    boundary between the human and the non-human, having been    destroyed by cybernetics, must be re-established in a network    of horizontal relationships. Taeyeun Kims Island of    A-life cultivates the artists DNA injected into a plant;    pela Petris Miserable Machine converts mussels    muscle contraction to the human labor system; Unknown Fields    Rare Earthenware shows the process of collecting the    raw material used for smart technologies, telling us that    humans have been the geological power who has power over all    creatures on the earth.  <\/p>\n<p>    In his Cybernated Art in Manifestos (1965), Nam June    Paik wrote that some specific frustrations caused by cybernated    life, require only through accordingly cybernated shock and    catharsis. So his argument is that the healing of the suffering    in this cybernated life, or smart life of today, is possible    only through smart technologies. The truly smart life is not    the objectification of each other in which robots replace    humans or in which humans control robots, but connecting deeply    inside the technological environment and thereby making new    interfaces between the human and nonhuman. The participating    artists in the exhibition Our Bright Future- Cybernetic    Fantasy encourage the birth of a new human by making    cracks in the cybernated system and actively inquiring about    our technological environment. In this way, the participating    artists warn against the end of the geological era which has    been led by humans, and requires the birth of the new human, by    creating a new relationship between the human and the nonhuman.  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the rest here: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.e-flux.com\/announcements\/141214\/our-bright-future-cybernetic-fantasy\/\" title=\"July 31, 2017 - Nam June Paik Art Center - Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy - E-Flux\">July 31, 2017 - Nam June Paik Art Center - Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy - E-Flux<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy July 19November 5, 2017 Technology\/Media Workshop: : Every Saturdays in August, 2pm, diana band, Insook Bae, Protoroom, Unmake Lab Artist talk: July 22, 15pm, Taeyeun Kim, pela Petri; in conjunction with the 2017 International Symposium Coevolution: Cybernetics to Posthuman Nam June Paik Art Center 10 Paiknamjune-ro, Giheung-gu Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 17068 Korea Hours: TuesdaySunday 10am6pm <a href=\"mailto:press@njpartcenter.kr\">press@njpartcenter.kr<\/a> njpac-en.ggcf.kr Facebook \/ Instagram \/ Twitter Artists: Taeyeun Kim, Jinah Roh, diana band, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, Insook Bae, Nam June Paik, Jongjun Son, pela Petri, Yang Zhenzhong, Unknown Fields, Unmake Lab, Zach Blas &#038; Jemima Wyman, PROTOROOM, Joosun Hwang Curated by Jeonghwa Goo, Sooyoung Lee (Nam June Paik Art Center) Co-Curated by Unmake Lab Hosted and Organized by Nam June Paik Art Center, Gyeonggi Foundation Cooperation Changseng Gonggan Supported by Perrier, Snapple The Nam June Paik Art Center presents a special exhibition Our Bright Future-Cybernetic Fantasy from July 20 to November 5, 2017. This exhibition explores modern technology and art from the perspective of the \"Cybernetics\"of Nam June Paik who not only gave relationship between the technological environment and the human being but also presented a futuristic vision to it. Under the themes of robots, combination, post-human, the 15 participating teams warn against the end of the geological era which has been led by humans and requires the birth of the new human <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/posthuman\/july-31-2017-nam-june-paik-art-center-our-bright-future-cybernetic-fantasy-e-flux.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[431647],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posthuman"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}