In the last day of Fair Exchange Show, featuring Kyle McDonald and David Horvitz at Eyebeam, David invited friends and friends on twitter to go draw some cops. As part of the exhibit, we were hoping to pay a cop to pose for us (NYPD Paid Detail Unit), but couldn’t find one to do it,… Continue reading Life.Drawing. Night
Year: 2012
NNB
New Normal Business, is a new venture of mine. It started with desperately needing a gallery, but I didn’t have any connection to a gallery. So I thought of the ideal gallery I’d like to work with. Through encouragement from few good friends, I decided to open my own gallery. I signed a lease at… Continue reading NNB
Dark Nights #2
I’m working with the Public School New York and Recess Activities to document ‘Dark Nights of the Universe’ series. They have a plan to publish the lecture into a book. We are interested in eBook, multimedia solutions. Recess has a warmth in its space. Maia and Kamomi introducing. Daniel Colucciello Barber – Whylessness: The Universe… Continue reading Dark Nights #2
Buy me Books. I’ll write you a summary
Hi. I’d like to read these books. If you can buy them for me, I will write you the summary and email it to you. You can send the book to Taeyoon Choi 540 w 21st street, NY 10011. The picture is from the fall of 2008, obviously my reading taste has changed a bit.… Continue reading Buy me Books. I’ll write you a summary
Noise collector
I will be making new project for Codes of Contingency show at 319 Scholes in mid June. look out Bushwick! Noise Collector is inspired by the Noise Abatement Commission, which was formed by the Commissioner of Health for the City of New York in October of 1929. A group of sound expert travelled in… Continue reading Noise collector
Dark Nights
I will help facilitate and attend this class series with The Public School New York and Recess http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/3949 Dark Nights of the Universe et nox sicut dies illuminabitur April 26–29, Classes nightly at 7pm Recess, 41 Grand Street, Ground Floor A four-night theoretical exploration of mysticism in dialogue with Du noir univers, a text by François… Continue reading Dark Nights
Calder’s Circus
I think I can teach how Calder made his Circus objects. and maybe build our own. Anyone want to learn?
New Normal.Biz
I’m opening a gallery/ curatorial initiative. I’ve got a new site for it. Check it out. lots of things happening there! http://newnormal.biz/
Life.Drawing
life. drawing. wed @ 9pm at zuccotti park
On the May Day General Strike
On the May Day General Strike Time: 3.30.2012. 6~8pm Presented by: “Death to Capitalism Cinema“, “Speakers’ Corners“, “The Public School New York”, “Strike Everywhere” Location: “Speakers’ Corners”, Eyebeam Art and Technology Center Discussion moderated by Matt Paterson and Taeyoon Choi. Special guests to be announced. An evening of screening and open discussion about General Strike.… Continue reading On the May Day General Strike
Resistance and Resilience #1
Some drawings from March 23rd. Tribeca.
Kaleidoscope
From the Kaleidoscope Magazine, Spring 2012 Issue http://www.kaleidoscope-press.com/magazine Photo
Dinner party
thank you dinner for friends who helped with the Speakers Corner show.
Time Out New York
“Speakers’ Corners” Eyebeam, Tomorrow noon–6pm; Tue – Fri noon–6pm. Ending: Sat Apr 07 noon–6pm540 W 21st St (between Tenth and Eleventh Aves) (212) 937-6580taeyoonchoi.com/speakerscorners Subway: C, E to 23rd StGet directions Artist Taeyoon Choi has installed a protest area within Eyebeam to explore ideas of free speech and public space. Its permanent occupants include a series of mechanical… Continue reading Time Out New York
OWS: Share Day
How can a social movement be preserved and represented through archives? What are creative waysarchives can be utilized now and in the future through digital technologies? Since September 17th 2011, protesters with Occupy Wall Street have raised their voices in public spaces across the country and taken it to the streets as well as online… Continue reading OWS: Share Day
한가지 바라는 게 있다면
요즘 내가 한가지 바라는 게 있다면 깨끗한 전시장에서 전시를 해보고 싶다. 자연광이 적당히 들어오고 마룻바닥이나 미끈한 콘크리트 바닥이 깔렸고, 벽은 못 자국이나 페인트 얼룩이 하나도 없이 밋밋했으면 한다. 그렇다고 해서 미술관이나 박물관처럼 권위적인 공간에 들어가고 싶은 것은 아니다. 가장 비물질적이고, 과정 중심적이고, 상품가치가 없는 작업을 할 때에 그러한 환경이 쾌적하다면 많은 도움이 될 것 같다.… Continue reading 한가지 바라는 게 있다면
Beginning the Roadshow:South Korea
These research notes focus on the realm of visual culture and collective narrative regarding controversial spaces and events in South Korea in the summer of 2011.There are many information and opinion that exist in the field of civic engineering and also that of politics that provide differing perspective on the issues such as Four Major… Continue reading Beginning the Roadshow:South Korea
Kopenhagen Interview
An interview with Danish Art Webzine regarding my solo show at Aarhus. Strangely the page has gone off line, resulting place holder for images, but the text is still available. [20. december 2011] Interview Taeyoon Choi at the Opening Performance at Spanien 19C. Interview: Taeyoon Choi The title My friends, there is no friend is borrowed from Jacques… Continue reading Kopenhagen Interview
Hacking Ikea
It started when I emailed some friends at The Creators Project: http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/artist-hacks-the-largest-ikea-store-in-europe and crazy meme started.. Gizmodo: Strangest Man in Ikea Make magazine: http://blog.makezine.com/maker/taeyoon-choi/ Architizer Blog: http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/36639/art-in-the-age-of-ikea/ Hyperbeast: http://hypebeast.com/2011/12/hacking-ikea-trailer-by-taeyoon-choi/ Curbed: http://curbed.com/tags/taeyoon-choi and too much more..
Speakers’ Corners: March 3rd
The public exhibition of Speakers’ Corners began in March 1st, Thursday evening. On that night, a conversation between Mary Mattingly and Geoff Manuagh was presented by Mark Shepard as part of Urban Research Group. They focused on the topic of mobility, Mary’s recent works with the Waterpod and Flock House, and Geoff’s research on the BLDGBLOG… Continue reading Speakers’ Corners: March 3rd
Making of Koreans
Some thoughts on how to understand making of Korean generations post Korean war.
K-pop of the month
청담동 살아요 They are from the outskirts of Seoul, coincidentally found a hiatus in Chungdam dong, Upper East Side or Soho in NY context. They find roommates and extended family, a beautiful mix of randomness: self claimed cartoonist, a doctor who is paying for children to study in the US, over qualified but under appreciated waitress at… Continue reading K-pop of the month
Democracies
I have been having some troubling thoughts on the popular use of the word ‘democracy’. Here is an exercise pad you can download to problematize, criticize, agitate and improve ‘democracies’ that surround our life and consciousness. 2.2012. nyc Download: Low Res 2MB pdf : democracy_TaeyoonChoi
Containers!!!
Join TPSNY Today for an exciting class on Neo Materialism http://nyc.thepublicschool.org/class/3953 An open discussion following some ideas on Neomaterialism run by Joshua Simon, curator and writer and a 2011-2013 Vera List Center Fellow, who is researching expanded notions of Thingness as part of his fellowship. Some of the topics to be discussed – How come symbols behave… Continue reading Containers!!!
로드쇼 대한민국 풍경
This may be what it looked like, for me, roadshow, south korea in the summer of 2011.
Activist Technology Demo Day
From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, technology has played an important role in shaping contemporary resistance and the representation of these events in the media. What new tools of protest and occupation have emerged over the past year? How does their use help to shape tomorrow’s democracies? The Urban Research Group @ Eyebeam and The Public School… Continue reading Activist Technology Demo Day
8/19 youngju
8/24 Gosam
8/18 Seoul
Welcome to Seoul dear foreign friends! Orientation for Roadshow at Moonji Cultural Center: SAII. Eunseon Park of <Listen to the city> is presenting their work on design activism on urbanism. A view of photoshopped landscape. These four pictures are by Fran.Citibank colors in the city. A snapshot of happy moments in Chunggyechun. / Myungdong Mari,… Continue reading 8/18 Seoul
Activist-Tech Demo-Day
A group of us in the Eyebeam Urban Research Group and The Public School NY is planning an Activist Technology Demo-Day! The website is now live. http://demo-day.org/ Activist Technology Demo Day Saturday, January 28 3-6pm Eyebeam Art + Technology Center From Arab Spring to Occupy Wall Street, technology has played an important role in shaping contemporary resistance and… Continue reading Activist-Tech Demo-Day