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Academic Curriculum Vitae

Academic Positions
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin (Scientific Associate), Universität der Künste Berlin, Einstein Center Digital Future, Digital Education, Human-Machine Peer Learning (HMPL), Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), 2023-2024
Zulassungskommission (Admission Committee), Universität der Künste Berlin, Kunst und Medien, stellvertretendes (Deputy Member), 2022-2023
Studentische Hilfskraft (Research Tutor), Universität der Künste Berlin, Vilém Flusser Archive, 2021-2023


Awards, Grants, Selections
W2 Professorship in Artistic Research, Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln, Invited to final lecture and interview , 2025
Vilém Flusser Summer School Scholarship, DAAD, 2022
Musikfonds Artistic Research Grant FEB-II, 2022
4th DIS-TANZ-SOLO Dachverbandtanz Artistic Research Grant, 2022
Artist in residence in Vilém Flusser Archive, 2021/22
GVL Artistic Research Grant, 2021
Musikfonds Förderrunde 02-2021, 2021
Koreanisches Kulturzentrum Excellence Award, 2021
Artist Homes Residence Artist, 2020
Tongyeong International Music Festival Academy Scholarship, 2014
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestral Reading Session selected, 2013
Chosun Ilbo Rookie Concerts selected, 2012
Tongyeong International Music Festival Academy Excellence Piece, 2011


Education
Diplom (sehr gut bestanden) in Art and Media, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE, 2023
- Generative/Computational Art (Prof. Dr. Phil. Alberto de Campo) - Experimental Film (Prof. Nina Pischer)
Vilém Flusser Summer School in Media culture, Philosophy, and Aesthetics, DE/FR, 2022
B.M. in Music Composition, Ewha W. University, KR, 2013
B.A. in Philosophy, Ewha W. University, KR, 2013 
- Thesis: Schizoid thinking, Philosophical Thinking, and Melancholy


Fellowships
Gaststudentin, Lucerne Festival Academy, Composition, Conductor Sir Simon Rattle (Berliner Philharmoniker), Private student of the resident composer Unsuk Chin, CH, 2014
Tongyeong International Music Festival Academy, Composition, Salvatore Sciarrino, KR, 2014
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Composition Masterclass Programme, Prof. Johannes Schöllhorn (Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln), Pascal Dusapin (Collège de France), Prof. Tristan Murail (Columbia University in NY), Prof. York Höller (Berliner Akademie der Künste), and Unsuk Chin (SPO) KR, 2010-2014
Tongyeong International Music Festival Academy, Composition, Unsuk Chin, KR, 2011


Artistic Research Presentations
공백空白: Composition of rest III, Duo of composition for automated piano and improvisation for a human performer, Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Institut für Musik und Medien, DE, 2024
공백空白: Composition of rest, AI generated Musik-Tanz Theater, CTM/Transmediale festival, Vorspiel Opening, Silent Green, Berlin, DE (2023), ARS ELECTRONICA Sound Campus, Splace, Linz, AT (2022) 2022
A History of Defiance: 반항의 역사, AI generated Musik-Tanz Theater, CTM/Transmediale festival, Vorspiel, Gallery, UdK Medienhaus, Berlin, DE, 2022
Beyond the Past to the Present as an Independent Woman : Dance Theater Workshop, 4th DIS-TANZ-SOLO, Somatic Emotion, Cognition, and Their Relationship with Body Movement - Focused on Migrant Women, Korea Verband, Dachverband Tanz Deutschland, Berlin, DE, 2022
Don’t forget to breathe, the respiratory body expression through AI equipment, with Jo Moritz and Polina Shpazhnikova, 2022  
Shouting Through the Body Series - Therapeutic Movement, Body Cognition Theory-Practice Workshops, Korea Verband, Metoo Asians, Overseas Koreans Foundation, DE, 2021-2022
Bouncing Droplet, Physical-computational generated image-sound translation experimental piece, Artist Homes, Berlin, DE, 2021
Naive Poem 2, Dance and generative AV, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2021
Naive Poem, Gayageum, generative AV, STATE studio, Berlin, DE, 2021
LASS STECKEN #1, Dance and Water painting Improvisation, Martina Janssen, Zihern Lee, Katja Häberlein, Gosia Gajdemska, KK7, Berlin, DE, 2018
Frank Fragments, Duo for 2 Violins, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Chamber hall, Essenz Music Festival, Seoul, KR, 2014
Analecta II : Le Plaisir du Texte, Trio for free combined instruments, Lamella #1 Feminine Jouissance (Magazine, Score Printed), 2012
Peep, Quintet for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano, Konzerthaus Berlin Werner Otto Saal, Berlin, DE (2014), Kim Young Ui Hall, Seoul, KR (2013), Tongyeong Cultural centre, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Tongyeong, KR (2011), 2010
Analecta I: Gedanken ohne Inhalt sind leer, Anschauungen ohne Begriffe sind blind., Quartet for Clarinet, Cello, 2 Percussions, Ewha W. University recital hall, Seoul, KR, 2010
늙은사람, from a poem of Ki Hyung-Do, Trio for Piano, Clarinet, Percussion, Ewha W. University recital hall, Seoul, KR, 2009


Lecture-Performance Presentations
Geste, Gestaltung, und Gestimmtheit, as Director, Supervisor, Keyboard improvisation, (Participants: Benny Lichtner, Daeun Joo, Inkyung Jeong, Luisa Ungar, Ruben Bass, Stratos Bichakis), CTM/Transmediale festival, Vorspiel, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2023
매생이 전복죽 (Every life is ruined), Music, Generative art, AI art, Text, Dramaturge, Narration, Vilém Flusser Archive, Berlin, DE, 2023
Into the “Into the Universe of Technical Image”, as Director, Supervisor, (Participants: Augusto Gerardi, Daeun Joo, Fang Tsai, Jesse Torres, Jiawen Wang, Jien Park, Leon Eckard, Selenay Kiray, Yujin Song), CTM/Transmediale festival, Vorspiel, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2023
How to Get Along with Time, as Director, Supervisor, Generative artist, (Participants: Fang Tsai, Jiawen Wang, Leon Eckard, Cecilia Xuetong Feng), UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2022


Academic Teaching Experience
I and You, Universität der Künste Berlin, Medienhaus, Aula, Diplom/Master Students with Prof. Dr. Daniel D. Hromada, Studium Generale, Kulturwissenschaft (14 hours), 2024 Summer Semester
Geste, Gestaltung, und Gestimmtheit - Physical Metaphysics for Artists, Universität der Künste Berlin, Medienhaus, Vilém Flusser Archive, Diplom/Master students (32 hours), 2023/24 Winter Semester
Into the “into the Universe of Technical Image”, Universität der Künste Berlin, Medienhaus, Vilém Flusser Archive, Diplom/Master students (32 hours), 2022/23 Winter Semester
How to Get Along with Time - Philosophy in Media Art, Universität der Künste Berlin, Medienhaus, Vilém Flusser Archive, Seminar for Diplom students (32 hours), 2022 Summer Semester


Publications and Writings
“Bad Education is Worse Than No Education”: Harnessing Technology to Shape Appropriate Habits in Reading Acquisition, EDULEARN24 Proceedings, pp. 7925-7931, ISSN: 2340-1117, ISBN: 978-84-09-62938-1, doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2024.1862, 2024
Towards Technosophy, Ten days - a Dialogue Between a Guard, a Boxer, a Musician, a Teacher, and a Man. Fachhochschule Potsdam press, pp. 47-56, ISBN: 978-3-947796-10-6, https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-fhpotsdam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/2955, 2023
기억을 쓰다 2013 실내악 작품 모음집 (Writing Memories 2013 Collection of Chamber Music Works), 현대문화 (Contemporary Culture Group), ISBN: 9791185167046, 2013


Presentations, Talks, Panels, Chairing
16th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies EDULEARN24, Oral Presentation, Session Chair in “AI in Language Education”, Palau de Congressos de Palma, Palma, ES, 2024
0. Berliner Symposium über Leseförderung im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz, Leading Workshop “Track 3: Kognitive, ethische und philosophische Aspekte”, Einstein Center Digital Future, The Robert-Koch-Forum, Berlin, DE, 2024
Einstein Center Digital Future Soirée, Poster Presentation ‘Why Personal Primer?’, Einstein Center Digital Future, The Robert-Koch-Forum, Berlin, DE, 2024
How To Make Your Own Digital Primer, Presentation “AI Artefact for Language Learning”, Online Educa Berlin, with Prof. Dr. Daniel Hromada, Berlin, DE, 2023
LaborAtelier II - 20 Jahre Universität der Künste Berlin, Panel discussion "Strange Strings – Improvisation als Forschung” with Prof. Dr. George W. Bertram, Prof. Dr. Vera Bühlmann, Prof. Dr. phil. Florian Dombois, George E. Lewis, Arlette-Louise Ndakoze, Prof. Avinoam Shalev. On behalf of Prof. Dr. phil. Florian Dombois, DE, 2022
9th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & x, Future Voices - Zukunftsmusik, Presentation, the Future Voices project as a part of S4NTP (Society for Non-Trivial Pursuits collective), Online, 2021
Composer's talk, Essenz Music Festival, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Chamber hall, Seoul, KR, 2015


Solo Invited Talks
Embodied Time: Computation, Gesture, and Perception, Workshop Talk, Faculty of Computer and Information Science: Visual Computing, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz, DE, 2025 
Creativity, Sustainability, and AI: What Is Harmony in the Contemporary Environment?, Keynote Talk, Berlin School of Business and Innovation, Berlin, DE, 2025
Flusserian dialogues Vilém Flusser Archive + Towards Technosophy Book Talk, Invited Talk, Goethe Institute Ankara, Ankara, TR, 2023
The Gestured World: You and Technology, Workshop, Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), Ankara, TR, 2023
Hidden Women in History, Online Workshops, Metoo Asians, Overseas Koreans Foundation, DE, 2021


Organizing Academic Events
0. Berliner Symposium über Leseförderung im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz, Co-Organiser with Prof. Dr. Daniel D. Hromada, Einstein Center Digital Future, The Robert-Koch-Forum, Berlin, DE, 2024
Flusser: From Science Fiction to Fictional Science and Technoimagination, Co-Organiser with Dr. Anita Jóri, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2023
Vilém Flusser and Arts Now - panel discussion with Rafael Alonso, Alice Bucknell, Victoria Keddie and Hana Yoo, Co-Organiser and moderator with Dr. Anita Jóri, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2023
A joint book presentation with Daniel Irrgang and Francesco Restuccia, Co-Organiser with Dr. Anita Jóri, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2022
"A human is not a tree" - panel discussion on Vilém Flusser's Freedom of the Migrant with Michael Hanke, Sabine Zahn and Christopher Dell, Co-Organiser with Dr. Anita Jóri, UdK Medienhaus, Aula, Berlin, DE, 2022


Participation in Academic Experimental Group Projects
Six Strings, https://sixstrings.cargo.site/, the Society for Non-Trivial Pursuits (S4NTP), 2022
Future Voices/Zukunftsmusik, https://futurevoices.radio/about, the Society for Non-Trivial Pursuits (S4NTP), 2020


Related Certification
1st tier Psychological Anger Management Counsellor, 2018-001666, Issuing authority: Korea Association of Vocational Education, Ministry of Health and Welfare


Languages
Korean, Native speaker
English, EF SET English Certificate (C2 Proficient), 2023
German, B2 Certification from Universität der Künste Berlin (completed C1 course), 2022
Japanese, Intermediate
French, Basic
Italian, Basic


Professional Experience outside Academia
Advisor for AI Applications in Artwork, 2024 ARTS KOREA LAB SUPER TEST BED, Mother: Digital Umbilical Cord Service (mother.Mother2), and other projects, 2024-
Philosophical and Aesthetics Advisor for Professional Artists and Musicians, 2020-
Dancer of Berlin Korean Dance Project, and other projects, 2019-2023
Private music teacher and educational consultant, mentoring students and supervising their writing from institutions such as Dulwich College Seoul, North London Collegiate School Jeju, Ewha W. University, Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber, and Yale University, covering IB, ABRSM, and undergraduate, Master’s, etc, 2008-2015
Literary Critic 2012
Executive Assistant, Intern, ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Korea, 2008-2009


Social Activities
Financial Auditor, Metoo Asians e.V., 2023-2025
Representative Director, Co-founder, Metoo Asians e.V., 2020-2022
Member, Society for Non-Trivial Pursuits (S4NTP)
Member, Lacanian Affinities Berlin (laLAB)
Member, Künstlerhilfe e.V.
Member, Gesellschaft für künstlerische Forschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland


Technical Skills
Body: Ballet, Kung-fu Wushu (Black Belt, 2nd Dan), Korean Classical Dance, Meditation, Yoga
Musical Instruments: Cello, Flute, Gayageum, Harp, Piano
Musical Notation Software: Finale, Sibelius
Office Software: Adobe Creative Cloud, Canva, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Miro, Wordpress, Overleaf
Programming & Production: Arduino, JavaScript, Logic Pro, MaxMSP, Processing, Python, SuperCollider, TouchDesigner