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Jeanyoon Choi (b.1999) is a Computational Artist researching in interconnectivity and complexity through Multi-Device Web Artworks.
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Semantic Interaction: Dimensional Transformation
2025-02-08
Semantic interaction presents a recurring problem. Faced with an empty text field, a visitor may not know what to write. I often respond with an arbitrary word myself. Voice interfaces face the same difficulty: entering an unfamiliar exhibition does not make someone ready to contribute a considered statement.
Movement-based interactions avoid much of that demand. A body, face or gesture can influence a work without requiring an explicit linguistic contribution. But I do not want their effects to remain confined to abstract audiovisual control. How can a low-demand action open onto a socially or conceptually meaningful situation?
One possibility is dimensional transformation. A bodily action is registered as coordinates or parameters, then mapped into another domain. An x–y position, for example, could become a relation between time and money rather than remain a spatial position. The participant can discover meaning through the consequence of the action.
Everyday web interfaces already do something related. We sometimes scroll simply for the gesture itself, then encounter content as a result. A relatively nonsemantic input produces a semantic output. A familiar button, feed or scrollable interface may therefore offer a more natural entry into the work than an empty field demanding an original contribution.
The input is easy to perform, but it already belongs to a recognisable situation. Its consequences can then appear across the surrounding devices. The work does not have to choose between a purely abstract bodily input and a demanding language task.
The decisive artistic question is the transformation between domains. What unexpected relationship connects the familiar input to the output world? That relationship cannot be supplied by technical tracking alone; it requires artistic imagination.
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Interactive Multi-Device Web Artworks where audiences interact with surrounding screens and projections from their own mobile phones.
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Jeanyoon Choi
Jeanyoon Choi (b. 1999) is a Korean computational artist and researcher. He designs and researches multi-device web artworks that reflect the complexity of contemporary socio-technological systems, including AI, algorithmic culture, and economic structures. By interconnecting mobile devices and screens, these artworks create provocatively interactive environments. To develop their conceptual foundations, he draws on art, philosophy, and his scientific background, then uses software engineering and design to translate these ideas into interactive experiences.
He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Seoul National University and an MA in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art, and is currently a PhD candidate at KAIST's Experience Design Lab (XD Lab). He has also taught Computational Design Practices in the Interaction Design Department at K-Arts (Korea National University of Arts). His work has been exhibited internationally at Ars Electronica, Istanbul Digital Arts Festival, IKLECTIK London, Centre Culturel Coréen, and KAIST Art Museum. His papers have been published in the proceedings of ACM DIS and in the Leonardo journal (MIT Press), and he has served as an academic reviewer for ACM TEI, NeurIPS Creative AI, and Digital Creativity.
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