The Art Center Nabi is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own Collection (artwork), collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. A ...

in Seorin-dong,

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. It was relocated to the 4th floor of SK building of

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in 2000 and reborn as

digital art Digital art refers to any artistic work or practice that uses digital technology as part of the creative or presentation process, or more specifically computational art that uses and engages with digital media. Since the 1960s, various names ...

museum. Art Center Nabi has produced and exhibited various kinds of

at the intersection of

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and

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Exhibitions and Projects

* Why Future Still needs Us- AI and Humanity(2016): For the coming epoch of

Cognitive Revolution The cognitive revolution was an intellectual movement that began in the 1950s as an interdisciplinary study of the mind and its processes. It later became known collectively as cognitive science. The relevant areas of interchange were between th ...

, the exhibition, from November 2016 to January 2017, featured multilateral approaches to

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

with artists, inventors, programmers. This exhibition introduced various artworks, bringing AI and various other fields together and produced by diverse artists such as Harshit Agrawal,

Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, the In ...

, Gene Kogan. * Nabi

Artist Residency Artist-in-residence, or artist residencies, encompass a wide spectrum of artistic programs which involve a collaboration between artists and hosting organisations, institutions, or communities. They are programs which provide artists with space a ...

2016: an international residency program from July 25 to september 14, 2016. Media artists, Harshit Agrawal and Mischa Daams developed their artworks with Art Center Nabi’s E.I.Lab creators. On the 24th of August they gave an artist talk. * Robot Theatre(2016): Employing Robot to the most human-like area, this exhibition pursued the idea of

Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (; July 20, 1932 – January 29, 2006) was a Korean American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "electronic super hi ...

‘Humanizing Technology'. Robot Theatre introduced a trend of modern art using robots in various areas such as music, performance, media art. *

Robot A robot is a machine—especially one programmable by a computer—capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. A robot can be guided by an external control device, or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be c ...

Party(2015): The exhibition Robot Party was held from December 2015 to January 2016. The Robot Party conveyed the interaction between humans and robots. Various artists, DIY makers, and Startups participated in the exhibitions. * Butterfly 2015(2015): The exhibition Butterfly 2015:

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Art was the series Butterfly of 2015 and demonstrated the wearable technology art, which employed the wearable computing technology as a tool for new expression and communication. Butterfly 2015 was produced by diverse artists such as Bang&Lee, HongBum Kim, Sanghwa Hong, Hyuns Hong, Chungyo Ha, MinHye Lee, Eunmi Jung, JaePil Choi, JiYe Kim and JiHyun Yun. * Makeable City(2015): The exhibition Makeable City was held together with the Global Summit 2015 -

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in Seoul in October 2015. The Makeable City is organized to convey the picture of the city as a new community created by creative makers, such as TeSoc Hah, NamHo Cho, DongHoon Park, YoungBae Suh, Hyun Park, and Dizi Riu. * Butterflies 2014(2014) *

SPECIAL EXHIBITION : HOMAGE TO GOOD MORNING MR. ORWELL(2014) * BEAM the Night(2013, 2014) * Nabi

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(2013-) * INDAF(2010) * Come Join Us, Mr. Orwell!(2009) * P.Art.y(2007) * Trialogue(2001)

Educations

* Goyang Media Art School of Dreams: This education program is designed for students from 9 to 15 years old. It was held from July 15, 2015 to February 4, 2016 and May 10 to December 23, 2016 * Creative Mentoring Program for Young Professionals: This education program is designed for people who want to create contents in

media art New media art includes artworks designed and produced by means of electronic media technologies, comprising virtual art, computer graphics, computer animation, digital art, interactive art, sound art, Internet art, video games, robotics, 3D prin ...

robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...

interaction design Interaction design, often abbreviated as IxD, is "the practice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems, and services." Beyond the digital aspect, interaction design is also useful when creating physical (non-digital) produ ...

digital manufacturing Digital manufacturing is an integrated approach to manufacturing that is centered around a computer system. The transition to digital manufacturing has become more popular with the rise in the quantity and quality of computer systems in manufacturin ...

fields. * Media Art School of Dreams: This education program is designed for middle school students to experience the

design thinking Design thinking refers to the set of Cognition, cognitive, strategic and practical procedures used by designers in the process of Design, designing, and to the body of knowledge that has been developed about how people reason when engaging with des ...

process and learn about

entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...

through hands-on activities.

Publications

* Digital Art by Director SohYeong Roh (published in 2014) * Lay Artists (published in 2012) * 10 Years of Art Center Nabi (published in 2010)

References

External links

*
Nabi Maker website
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