오명석 Enzo | Researcher, Sound Artist, Based in Seoul
Artistic Statement
To me, sound is the result of an unchoiceable sense. As a result, the creation process employing this is the outcome of selection in situations where choice is impossible, and the finished work is the result of selection in situations where choice is impossible. This is based on my personal experience. My artwork mirrors my life in terms of choice and experience. Just as I can't return to the crossroads of my previous life, whether the direction of creation produces the desired or unintended result, I make up the sound and move on to the next stage. That procedure makes me think of a prism. This is my life's purpose and the attitude I seek from my artwork.
To the naked eye, light is monochromatic. Numerous people, however, understand that there are many hues in one light. The reason for this is that we dismantled the light with a prism and saw the various colors in it. As a result, people are no longer duped by light's deceit, and they have realized that rainbows are the dispersion effect of light. In other words, the prism brings to the fore the essence of visual information received through the eyes. Prisms never cease searching for the essence. In this way, I hope my artwork will act as a prism for the audience. Not to quit researching the essence, not to accept fastidious information, and not to fall for virtualization and replication. This is the path I'm on, and it's why I use prism as an example.
Education
- Sogang University 『Art&Technology』 Master of Arts and Science (Master candidate)
- Seoul Institute of the Arts 『School of Media』 Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020)
- Seoul Institute of the Arts 『School of Film and Media, Broadcasting』 Associate of Fine Arts (2019)
- Seoul Institute of the Arts 『Collaborative Process for Sound Design』 Completion (2019)
- MCST & KOCCA 『Training of cultural and technological professionals by content genre, Music Sector』 Completion (2019)
- Nvidia Deep Learning Institute 『AI on Jetson Nano』 Certificate (2022)
- Nvidia Deep Learning Institute 『Fundamentals of Deep Learning』 Certificate (2022)
- Harvard University & NAVER Connect Foundation 『CS 50 (2019)』 Certificate (2022)
- Audio Kinetic 『Wwise 101』 Certificate (2022)
Work Experience
- Project Manager, GAUDIO LAB, inc (2022.06 - 2022.10)
- Researcher, ARVR Research Institute at Sogang University (2021.03 ~ 2023.02)
- Sound Designer, La MaMa International Umbria (2018.06 ~ 2018.08)
- Sound Designer, Arts Enter Cape Charles (2015.06 ~ 2015.08)
Project
- VR Exhibition |『Hotel Meta』 Hotel Yeonnam, Director & Composer (2022)
- Festival | 27th BIFF(BUSAN International Film Festival), Immersive Audio Sound Design (2022)
- Exhibition |『감각과 발견: 팔음 놀이터』 Mullae Art Factory, Director & Sound Arts (2022)
- VR Exhibition |『Erasing Silence』 Director & Sound Design (2022)
- VR Exhibition |『Project Aliasing』 Director & Sound Design (2021)
- Exhibition |『Your Holiday』 SeMA, Researcher (2021)
- Online Conference |『The Unseen Museum』 Researcher (2021)
- Exhibition |『향수를 사랑한 여인들』 OZ Gallery, Director & Sound Arts (2019)
- Exhibition |『소리, 재생』 Seoul Institute of the Arts, Director & Sound Arts (2019)
- Dance Theater |『청』 KOCCA, Sound Design (2019)
- Dance Theater |『Controller and Driver』 61st Spoleto Festival, Sound Design (2018)
Support Program
- MSS『Preliminary start-up package』 Specific Industry (2022)
- SFAC & Mullae Art Factory『Follow-up Support for Music, Sound Arts Project <Sounds On> Showcase』 (2022)
- ARKO『Support for Metaverse Arts Project』 (2022)
- SFAC『RE:SEARCH』 Music Sector (2022)
- SFAC『Urban Culture LAB [Out : School / Genre Outside]』 (2021)
- SFAC & Mullae Art Factory 『Support for Music, Sound Arts Research Project <Sounds On>』 (2021)
- KOCCA『Multimedia Performers Project Combining AR Technology and Media Art Performance』 (2019)
- La MaMa International Umbria, Italy『61st Spoleto Festival <dei Due Mondi>』 (2018)
- Arts Enter Cape Charles, USA『2015 Experimental Film Virginia』 (2015)
Research
- HCI Academic Society <Creative Award>『The Elements : A Study on the Nonlinear Composition Using ‘Latency’』 (2022)
- HCI Academic Society <Creative Award>『SEMA DOT ARCADE: Expansion of the art gallery experience through community play using the video conferencing platform Gather Town』 (2022)
- KOCCA『Art and Science Integrated Human Resources Development Project through Research and Development of Multi-user Real-time Participatory XR Exhibition Platform』 (2021)
Prize
- 2022 KEA Award for Excellence in Research 『The Elements : A Study on the Nonlinear Composition Using ‘Latency’』 (2022)
- ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE D´ARTE DRAMMATICA “SILVIO D´AMICO” EUROPEAN YOUNG THEATRE 2018 Menzione Speciale 『Controller and Driver』 (2018)