About
Hyeseon Jeong and Seongmin Yuk are an artist duo based in Cologne. They focus on the examination of new narratives through their audiovisual works. Their narratives address new eco-social structures, by speculating a hyper-connected environment, where humans, nonhumans, and machines create an alternative planetary living. They actively present their works and workshops internationally, such as at ZKM (2023/DE), Driving the Human Festival (2021-2023/DE), Bienal ‘23 Fotografia do Porto (2023/PT), Matters of Activity (2023/DE), Images Festival (2023/CA), Nordic House (2022/IS), Temporary Gallery (2022/DE), BISFF (2022/CN), ADAF (2022/GR) and among others. They have collaborated since 2021 and obtained their diploma degrees from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.
Contact ✨️
info@jjjyyy.xyz
Hyeseon Jeong: @jeolmyohan
Seongmin Yuk: @seongminyuk
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2024 Forking Room, Hyper Super X-large … Boom!, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul(KO)
2023 Speculative Ecosystems and Interspecies Collaborations, ZKM, Karlsruhe(DE)
2023 Acts of Empathy, Bienal '23 Fotografia do Porto, Portuguese Centre of Photography, Porto (PT)
2022 Driving the Human: Seven Prototypes for Eco-social Renewal, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin(DE)
2022 TALK TO ME – Other Histories of Nature, Temporary Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2021 Driving the Human: 21 Visions for Eco-social Renewal, radialsystem, Berlin(DE)
2021 Die Digitale: Digital Jokes, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Drifts Festival - Unmapping Futures, Museum of Impossible Forms / Keinulaudankuja 4E, Helsinki(FI)
2021 Underground Gallery Digitale, Die digitale Düsseldorf, U-Bahnhof Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Shifting moments, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2021 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival: The International Digital Competition, Tel Aviv(IL)
2020 H1DD3N 9ALL3RY D1G1TAL3: “DIGITAL SECRETS”, Die digitale Düsseldorf, Wallpassage, Düsseldorf(DE)
2020 Digital Secrets, Die digitale Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf(DE)
2019 Plastic Nature, Gallery Roman darzs, Liepajas(LV)
2019 COIN, Acht Brücken Festival, Cologne(DE)
2018 Film ohne Film, 31th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart(DE)
2018 * has joined the collaborative session, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne(DE)
2018 Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale, Gol(NO), Warsaw, Wroclaw(PL), Amsterdam(NL),
Valencia(ES), Düsseldorf(DE)
Screenings, Soundings (selected)
2023 Images Festival, Toronto(CA)
2023 Dunhuang Animation Festival, Dunhuang(CN)
2022 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing(CN)
2022 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival - FutuRetro, Online screening(GR)
2022 TEMPS D’IMAGES, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Kanal K: Best sound pieces from sonohr Radio&Podcast Festival, Aarau(CH)
2021 SonOhr Radio & Podcast Festival, National competition, Bern(CH)
2021 Festival Tanz NRW 21, dringeblieben.de(online)
2020 European Media Art Festival, INIT Film Program: grave new world, Osnabrück(DE)
2020 Hundertpro Festival 2020, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr(DE)
Workshops
2024 Dispatches from the Field, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior with Schloss Solitude, KULA Kulturladen, Konstanz(DE)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP), Porto(PT)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Matters of Activity, Berlin(DE)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Nordic House, Reykjavík(IS)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Temporary Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Atelier Xoda, Cologne(DE)
Awards and Grants
2024 Research Grant, City of Cologne(DE)
2024 Nomination, Fellowship Program, Future Workshop of Arts and Sciences, Kunststiftung NRW, Center for Life Ethics at the University of Bonn, and Stiftung Insel Hombroich(DE)
2022 - 2024 Atelier Grant, City of Cologne(DE)
2022 Nomination, 26. Bundespreis für Kunststudierende(DE)
2022 Shortlist, Animation, 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival(GR)
2021–2022 Research and Project Grant, Driving the Human(DE): Cooperation with Forecast/Skills e.V., HfG, ZKM, acatech(DE)
2021 Nomination, National Competition, SonOhr Radio & Podcast Festival(CH)
2020 - 2022 Auf geht’s, Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein- Westfalen(DE)
Residency
Aug 2022 Nordic House, Reykjavík(IS)
Publication
Link in Myths, 2024
Driving the Human: Seven Prototypes for Eco-social Renewal, Mosse, 2023
Artist Talks
2024 The Internet of Animals Tells Tomorrow: Between Science and Myth. Forking Room, Seoul(KO)
2023 In Collaboration with Scientific Researchers, Scientific Data and Discourse, ZKM, Karlsruhe(DE)
2022 Blueprints for Collaboration: Science and the Arts. Driving the Human, Berlin(DE)
Articles, Interviews, etc.
• Calum Ross. Driving the Human announces seven chosen projects. ARTSTHREAD. 2021 (UK)
• Interview: “SEISMIC DISASTER MYTHS REFLECT OUR PAST THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POWER OF NATURE AND NON-HUMAN AGENCIES” - Aisha Altenhofen. Driving the Human. 2021 (DE)
2024 Forking Room, Hyper Super X-large … Boom!, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul(KO)
2023 Speculative Ecosystems and Interspecies Collaborations, ZKM, Karlsruhe(DE)
2023 Acts of Empathy, Bienal '23 Fotografia do Porto, Portuguese Centre of Photography, Porto (PT)
2022 Driving the Human: Seven Prototypes for Eco-social Renewal, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin(DE)
2022 TALK TO ME – Other Histories of Nature, Temporary Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2021 Driving the Human: 21 Visions for Eco-social Renewal, radialsystem, Berlin(DE)
2021 Die Digitale: Digital Jokes, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Drifts Festival - Unmapping Futures, Museum of Impossible Forms / Keinulaudankuja 4E, Helsinki(FI)
2021 Underground Gallery Digitale, Die digitale Düsseldorf, U-Bahnhof Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Shifting moments, Choi and Lager Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2021 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival: The International Digital Competition, Tel Aviv(IL)
2020 H1DD3N 9ALL3RY D1G1TAL3: “DIGITAL SECRETS”, Die digitale Düsseldorf, Wallpassage, Düsseldorf(DE)
2020 Digital Secrets, Die digitale Düsseldorf, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf(DE)
2019 Plastic Nature, Gallery Roman darzs, Liepajas(LV)
2019 COIN, Acht Brücken Festival, Cologne(DE)
2018 Film ohne Film, 31th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart(DE)
2018 * has joined the collaborative session, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne(DE)
2018 Near-Field Communication Digital Art Biennale, Gol(NO), Warsaw, Wroclaw(PL), Amsterdam(NL),
Valencia(ES), Düsseldorf(DE)
Screenings, Soundings (selected)
2023 Images Festival, Toronto(CA)
2023 Dunhuang Animation Festival, Dunhuang(CN)
2022 Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing(CN)
2022 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival - FutuRetro, Online screening(GR)
2022 TEMPS D’IMAGES, Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf(DE)
2021 Kanal K: Best sound pieces from sonohr Radio&Podcast Festival, Aarau(CH)
2021 SonOhr Radio & Podcast Festival, National competition, Bern(CH)
2021 Festival Tanz NRW 21, dringeblieben.de(online)
2020 European Media Art Festival, INIT Film Program: grave new world, Osnabrück(DE)
2020 Hundertpro Festival 2020, Ringlokschuppen Ruhr, Mülheim an der Ruhr(DE)
Workshops
2024 Dispatches from the Field, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior with Schloss Solitude, KULA Kulturladen, Konstanz(DE)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP), Porto(PT)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Matters of Activity, Berlin(DE)
2023 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Nordic House, Reykjavík(IS)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Temporary Gallery, Cologne(DE)
2022 The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks, Atelier Xoda, Cologne(DE)
Awards and Grants
2024 Research Grant, City of Cologne(DE)
2024 Nomination, Fellowship Program, Future Workshop of Arts and Sciences, Kunststiftung NRW, Center for Life Ethics at the University of Bonn, and Stiftung Insel Hombroich(DE)
2022 - 2024 Atelier Grant, City of Cologne(DE)
2022 Nomination, 26. Bundespreis für Kunststudierende(DE)
2022 Shortlist, Animation, 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival(GR)
2021–2022 Research and Project Grant, Driving the Human(DE): Cooperation with Forecast/Skills e.V., HfG, ZKM, acatech(DE)
2021 Nomination, National Competition, SonOhr Radio & Podcast Festival(CH)
2020 - 2022 Auf geht’s, Stipendium des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein- Westfalen(DE)
Residency
Aug 2022 Nordic House, Reykjavík(IS)
Publication
Link in Myths, 2024
Driving the Human: Seven Prototypes for Eco-social Renewal, Mosse, 2023
Artist Talks
2024 The Internet of Animals Tells Tomorrow: Between Science and Myth. Forking Room, Seoul(KO)
2023 In Collaboration with Scientific Researchers, Scientific Data and Discourse, ZKM, Karlsruhe(DE)
2022 Blueprints for Collaboration: Science and the Arts. Driving the Human, Berlin(DE)
Articles, Interviews, etc.
- Christina Petridou. Driving the human seeks connections between AI & nature through seven prototypes. designboom. 2022
- India Block. What Drives Us Together. Disegno. 2022 (UK)
- Lita Lūse. Driving the Human offers innovative solutions for ecological issues. DesignWanted. 2022 (IT)
- Andrew Ayers. DRIVING THE HUMAN: HOW SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, ARCHITECTS, AND POETS ARE COMING UP WITH CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE. PIN-UP (US)
- Riya Patel. ‘Driving the Human’: an explorative event in redesigning our relationship with the planet. Stir world. 2022
- Dalia Maini. HYPOTHESIS OF ECO-SOCIAL RENEWAL ON TRIAL. Arts Of The Working Class. 2022
- Lena Rocholl. (Neue) Dialoge zwischen Mensch und Natur. Choices. 2022 (DE)
- Aisha Altenhofen. SCIENCE-BASED FICTIONS. Driving the Human. 2022 (DE)
- Aisha Altenhofen. SENSORY BIRD ROUTES. Driving the Human. 2022 (DE)
- Kieron Marchese. Driving the Human proposes 21 visionary ideas for a sustainable future. DesignWanted. 2021 (IT)
• Calum Ross. Driving the Human announces seven chosen projects. ARTSTHREAD. 2021 (UK)
• Interview: “SEISMIC DISASTER MYTHS REFLECT OUR PAST THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POWER OF NATURE AND NON-HUMAN AGENCIES” - Aisha Altenhofen. Driving the Human. 2021 (DE)