You are cordially invited to the following lecture organized by the Media Arts and Design Programme (MAD), School of Culture and Creativity (SCC).
Title: Making the Invisible Visible: Media art and interaction designs in augmented reality and projection mapping
Speaker: Dr. Hannah Kum
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m., 10 January 2025 (Friday)
Venue: CC-207
Language: English
Abstract:
Augmented reality allows the designer to integrate the virtual world with the physical world. For example, it allows the creative designer to make invisible elements visible to a person moving in a room, street, or other space. I demonstrate some interaction design projects that use augmented reality to make invisible natural forces visible, make molecules that can be touched and manipulated, allow users to interact with the life-size artists in front of their paintings in a museum, or to walk through streets seeing the history of the city in 3D. I also review professional interactive designs for Google, Samsung, HP, and others. Finally, I demonstrate how students transition from design projects to professions at Meta, Sony, and other companies.
About the speaker:
Dr. Hannah Kum is an interaction designer, researcher, and media artist currently living in New York. Dr. Kum has been a faculty member at research universities in California, New York, Korea, and Singapore. Dr. Kum was trained with a Ph.D. in Interaction Science from Sungkyunkwan (SAMSUNG) University, Korea, and an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.
Dr. Kum's research has published over 25 articles, including three books in venues such as ACM SIGGRAPH, IEEE, Art Documentation, and others. Dr. Kum’s research and designs have been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (US), British Council (UK), National Research Foundation (Korea), and several other funders. Dr. Kum’s professional design experience includes projects for Google, Samsung, HP, Amazon, the President of Korea, and many other organizations. Dr. Kum’s creative and design work has received several awards. The work has been featured in over 25 solo and group art and design exhibitions spanning the globe: the U.S.A., England, Italy, Spain, Korea, Australia, and Japan.
Early in her career, before obtaining her Ph.D., Hannah Kum was an award-winning media artist in London. She was one of the young up-and-coming artists featured in the short film Three Women in the City. Hannah Kum crafted her art in various media, including sculptures of steel, silicon, and stone, as well as video art, media art, installation art, performance art, and later digital art.
We look forward to your participation.
Best Regards,
Media Arts and Design Programme
Department of Culture, Creativity and Design
School of Culture and Creativity
