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About: Unhappy the Cosmic Traveller is a Korean new-media and interdisciplinary artist. He began his creative career in 2014 with the release of an electronic music album, and has since explored algorithmic audiovisual forms, as well as philosophical questions about the humanity reflected in artificial intelligence. He is currently working on a long-term project to create and transmit a message to an unknown intelligent lifeform that may exist somewhere in the universe. He has been selected as a creator for Hyundai Motor Group’s ZER01NE and his works have been selected and presented at institutions such as the Asia Culture Center, Arts Council Korea, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and the Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab.

From childhood, he was fascinated by space and science fiction, especially the question, “Are we really alone in the universe?” That question is closely tied to the sense of loneliness that has long been part of his inner world. In this way, his lifelong curiosity shapes an artistic practice that explores fundamental questions about the universe and existence, prompting reflection on the deepening isolation of individuals today and on humanity’s place in the vast expanse of the universe.

Education

2022
Master of Arts in Art and Technology, Sogang University — Seoul, Korea
2020
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, National Institute for Lifelong Education — Seoul, Korea
2018
Bachelor (not completed) in Metal Crafts, Kookmin University — Seoul, Korea
2011
Bachelor (not completed) in Physics, Chungbuk National University — Cheongju, Korea

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Solo Exhibition

2024
TRANSMISSION HANGEUL: The First Interstellar Message Based on Korean and Hangeul, National Science Museum, Daejeon, Korea
2024
Astro-linguistic-anthropological Data on Human Language and life, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2023
＜1 HUMAN MESSAGE＞, Science Bookshop GALDAR, Seoul, Korea

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Group Exhibition

2024
Invisible Universe, National Gwacheon Science Museum, Gwacheon, Korea
2023
Cosmos Chronology, Institut Français Indonesia, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2023
Future Fantastic Festival, Bangalore International Centre, Bengaluru, India
2022
The Unrestricted Society, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
2021
＜JMoCA 2021 New Collection: Closely Closely＞, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju, Korea
2021
ConcreteHouse.ART, Ars Electronica .ART Gallery, Online Virtual Exhibition, UK
2020
ZER01NE Day 2020: P:Layers, Hyundai Motor ZER01NE, Seoul, Korea
2019
ACT Festival: Hacking Food, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea