Jae Wook Lee

Voir en ligne : http://www.jaewooklee.com

Jaewook Lee is an artist, writer, amateur scientist, semi-philosopher, and sometime curator. Lee is the founder and director of Mindful Joint (http://mindfuljoint.com), an annual symposium that focuses on non-hierarchical knowledge sharing in contemporary art. Lee is the recipient of awards such as the 4th SINAP (Sindoh Artist Support Program) and the SeMA Emerging Artists and Curators Supporting Program by the Seoul Museum of Art. Lee has participated in exhibitions, talks, performances, and screenings at such venues as Hong-Gah Museum in Taiwan (2018), Art Sonje Center in Seoul (2017), the Guggenheim Museum in New York (2017), the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju (2016), and MEINBLAU Projektraum in Berlin (2016), among others. Sculpture Magazine featured the oeuvre of Lee’s work in May 2017. Lee received MFAs from Carnegie Mellon University and the School of Visual Arts. Lee previously taught at the University of Chicago, the School of Visual Arts (SVA), and SUNY Old Westbury. Lee is an assistant professor of New Media Art at Northern Arizona University.


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lundi 26 février 2018

An Exhibition as Libertarian Paternalism

Recent Novel Prize laureate in Economics, Richard R. Thaler, strongly advocates the idea of libertarian paternalism as he believes that it would lead society to a healthier place.

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dimanche 28 janvier 2018

Acquisition of Empathy in Contemporary Art

“What’s Next : A five-hour marathon conversation and more on immigration, migration and home” took place as part of the “Brown People Are the Wrens in the Parking Lot” exhibition at the Logan Center Gallery at the University of Chicago on January 4, 2018. The event was initiated by artist William Pope.L and curator Dieter Roelstraete and brought together University of Chicago faculty, students, staff and community members to reflect on issues of connectedness, home and immigration.

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lundi 27 novembre 2017

Note on Mirror Neurons

Mirror neurons are neurons that are thought to allow us to empathize with the behavior, emotion, intention, and feelings of others. The neurons are activated both when we recognize behavior and emotion in others, and while we are actually performing the same behavior and emotion.

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dimanche 9 juillet 2017

Needs for Systematic Inventions

Inventions in our culture appear and disappear over time. Think about music as an example. Digital audio formats, online streaming and cloud technology are our go-to’s in this genre.

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dimanche 2 avril 2017

Tales of Our Time

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum presents an ambitious group exhibition of contemporary Chinese art curated by Xiaoyu Weng and Hou Hanru.

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dimanche 2 avril 2017

Notations–Min Oh

Imagine you are walking in the forest with your eyes covered. You don’t see anything. You don’t know what is going to happen to you. Darkness, chaos, and disorder are invading the recesses of the heart. Now you are listening carefully to your surroundings.

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jeudi 2 février 2017

Games People Play

My niece is now a four-year-old. Her name is Jiyou. Between ages one and two, she mostly enjoyed touching things, especially glittering ones.

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