Creative
Active creative practice — music performance, interdisciplinary collaborations, writing, and translation.
Active practice Music — Bands Bass · 2013–present · Screamo / Emotional Hardcore Korean screamo / emotional hardcore band — intense, chaotic, and cathartic. Released internationally via Dog Knights Productions. Guitar · 2007–2019 · Metalcore Korean metalcore band. 3rd place at the Emergenza Festival International Final (Taubertal, Germany, 2016). Nominated for Korean Popular Music Awards (2019). Guitar (guest) · 2013–2014 · Post-rock / Experimental / Gugak Korean post-rock band fusing traditional instruments with electric guitar and percussion. Featured in NPR, Pitchfork, and Vice. Writing & Translation Translation · Science writing Contributed as a science reviewer for the Korean edition of Jeff Hawkins' A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence (천 개의 뇌, 이데아, 2022). Verified technical accuracy of neuroscience and memory hierarchy passages. Essay · Honorable Mention Honorable Mention, 22nd KAIST Literary Contest, Essay/Criticism category. The piece explored the phenomenology of memory from a neuroscience perspective. Performance & Interdisciplinary Performance · BCI · Ilmin Museum Performed with artist Lang Lee at Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul. Real-time emotion recognition from facial expression and EEG drove a crowd-movement performance piece.
