Cover: Arbor – Diffusion, Audiovisual installation, projectors, computer, speakers, Sound: Tzu Ni, 2025, Courtesy of Arbor and ACC
The National Asian Culture Center (ACC), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea, presents 지능시대–Artificial You, the culminating exhibition of the ACC CREATORS 2025 Residency, on view from November 26 to December 7 at the Culture Creation Studio.
Launched in 2015 with the opening of ACC, the ACC CREATORS Residency marks its tenth anniversary this year. Over the past decade, the program has evolved into an international art & technology platform supporting experimental projects by creators from Asia and around the world.
For the 2025 edition, nine teams were selected through an international open call and a recommendation from one of ACC’s regional partner institutions in Asia. Since August, the participating creators have undertaken an intensive four-month period of research, development, prototyping, and technical experimentation, now presented as this year’s exhibition and public programs.
지능시대–Artificial You brings together nine newly commissioned works that explore the entanglement of human and machine intelligence, extending the notion of subjectivity into the realms of machines, nature, objects, and other nonhuman agencies. By translating the invisible systems of data and algorithms into sensorial experience, the exhibition proposes renewed ways of perceiving a world increasingly shaped by intelligent infrastructures.
Ubac Studio(Woo Hyeun Joo & Park Ji Yun) – Realtime Blue Boundary, Live simulation, three-channel media installation, controller (CNC-cut acrylic structure, coated styrofoam, LCD touch displays, various electronic devices), multichannel sound, variable dimensions, 2025, Courtesy of Ubac Studio.
Timothy Thomasson – Centurion, Real-time 3D computer animation, installation, projectors, computer, game engine software, screens, 2025, Courtesy of Timothy Thomasson.
k0j0(Koi Ren & Joey Verbeke) – Gradi, Suite of interactive speculative wearables; custom software and firmware; open-weight AI models; embedded microcontrollers; microphones; speakers and audio amplifiers; IMU; proximity and mmWave presence sensor; micro-blower and valve; 3D-printed resin; synchronized eight-channel 9:16 video, 2025, Courtesy of k0j0.
Ruba Al-Sweel – Plastic Pilgrims, Single channel video, 38’ 39”, 2025, Courtesy of Ruba Al-Sweel.
Kat Austen – THIRST/For Knowledge, Immersive sound installation, audio, publication (KR/EN), video, 2025, Courtesy of Kat Austen.
Jeffrey Jehwan Kim – LRB – Dosan Dangsan Bamboos, Installation work, bamboo, 3D print, metal, wire, 2025, Courtesy of Jeffrey Jehwan Kim.
Arbor – Diffusion, Audiovisual installation, projectors, computer, speakers, Sound: Tzu Ni, 2025, Courtesy of Arbor.
ADHD(Yong Eun Kim & Jiha Kim) – Mathematics of Boundaries, Kinetic installation, motor, light, steel, plastic, 2025, Courtesy of ADHD and ACC
Etherom(Yiwen Tseng & Teom Chen) – Kidonsi, Digital media, screen, display, metal components, mechanical parts, plastic elements, 2025, Courtesy of Etherom.
The works span generative AI, real-time simulation, wearable devices, kinetic media, and audiovisual composition, exploring machinic temporalities, fractures within technological control, and emergent modes of existence formed across human and nonhuman interfaces. Together, the projects reflect on a self interlaced with technological civilization and speculate on new conditions of being within the intelligence age.
Alongside the exhibition, ACC presents a series of Creators Programs, including live audiovisual performances that reframe the projects in a performative context, as well as Tech Talks and Workshops held in the exhibition space, offering audiences insight into the creators’ technical processes. All programs are free and open to the public, with advance registration required for select events via the ACC website.
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ACC CREATORS 2025 Residency
November 26 – December 7
ACC, ACT Studio
38 Munhwajeondang-ro, Dong-gu,
Gwangju, South Korea
