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Seonghoon Ban, Ph.D.

< Education and Experience >

Ph.D. and M.S., Graduate School of Culture Technology 2011.9 – 2018.8 KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Korea
B.S., Material Science and Engineering 2006.2 – 2011.2 KAIST, Korea

< Status >

CEO, RECON Labs Inc., 2019.11 – present.

Lecturer, School of Film, TV & Multimedia, 2018.3 – 2020.8. Korea National University of Arts, Korea.
Researcher, The Department of Interior Architecture Design, 2018.9 – 2019.8, Hanyang University, Korea.
Invited Researcher, CEDRIC Lab. 2015.5 – 2015.6, CNAM, France

Residency Artist, Kinetic Media Lab, 2016.7 – 2017.3, Asia Culture Center(ACC), Korea
Technician, Studio. KIMCHI and CHIPS, 2017.6 – 2018.7, Korea 
Collaborator, BIRDHAND,  2018.11 – present, Korea

< Biography >

  Seonghoon Ban studied material science, then interactive art and variable form displays at Graduate School of Culture Technology at KAIST. His interest is in installation of motion graphics works existing at the interface of material and space that incorporate the audience’s responses immediately into the works themselves. Using displays that change shape in reaction to the viewer’s gaze and position, he has produced media arts that express the audiences’ action s and peculiarities as a collection of emotions in the digital society. As an HCI(Human-Computer Interaction) researcher and artist, he is continually devising systems and interfaces that enable novel experiences and creative productions. He currently lectures at the School of Film, TV & Multimedia, Korea National University of Arts, and also operates art research studio RECON Labs Inc..

 

< Projects >

• Virtual Mob, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid , Spain 2023.11
• Intersection of Seeing, Daejeon Biennale 2020, KAIST Vision Hall, Korea 2020.9
• COEXISTENCE, Gwansa #16 Gallery, Daejeon, Korea 2020.2
• Pixel of Matter, Daejeon Mesuem of Art, Daejeon, Korea 2019.11
• Virtual Mob, Daejeon Mesuem of Art, Daejeon , Korea 2019.11
• Thumbs Up!, (Director: Seonghoon Ban), Platform L contemporary art center, Seoul, Korea 2019.9
• Shake Up!, (Director: Seonghoon Ban), Platform L contemporary art center, Seoul, Korea 2019.2
• node 5:5, ACC Kinetic Media Lab(Director: Ryoichi Kurokawa), Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea 2016.11-2017.3
• Virtual Mob, Korea Science Makers Challenge, Daejeon, Korea 2015.10
• City of Voices, Daejeon Science Festival, Daejeon, Korea 2015.10

< Collaborations >

• Scarecrow, Worked as KARTS team, Sundance film festival 2020, Park City, U.S. 2020.1
• HALO, Worked as Kimchi and Chips studio technician, Somerset House, London, UK 2018.6
• Vocatif, Worked as CEDRIC Lab(Director: Cécile Le Prado), Des Histoires d’art t d’interactivité, Paris, France 2015.6
• Sound Planet, Worked as EXP Lab(Director: Kwangyun Wohn), Dong-dae-mun Design Plaza (DDP), Seoul, Korea 2014.5 – 2016.5
• People, Worked as EXP Lab(Director: Kwangyun Wohn), Art Informel in Paris, LeeUngno Museum, Daejeon, Korea 2014.10 – 2015.6
• Robot Essay, Worked as EXP Lab(Director: Kwangyun Wohn), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2015.5
• Spectrum of Sound, Worked as EXP Lab(Director: Kwangyun Wohn), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2012.11-2014.10

< Publications >

• Intersection of Seeing: New Ways of Experiencing Reality using Autonomous Volumetric Capture System, Seonghoon Ban, Taeha Lee, Kyung Hoon Hyun, SIGGRAPH Art paper 2023 
• Real-Time Physical Prototyping Tool Design Based on Shape-Changing Display, Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Applied Sciences(SCIE) 2021 
• Pixel of Matter: New Ways of Seeing with Active Volumetric Filmmaking System, Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, SIGGRAPH 2020 Art papers, MIT Leonardo journal(A&HCI) 2020 
• 3D Computational Sketch Synthesis Framework: Assisting Design Exploration Through Generation Variations of User Input Sketch and Interactive 3D Model Reconstruction, Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Computer-Aided Design(SCI) 2020
• Directional Force Feedback: Mechanical Force Concentration for Immersive Experience in Virtual Reality , Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Applied Sciences(SCIE) 2019
• Designing a User Participation-Based Bike Rebalancing Service, Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Sustainability(SCIE) 2019
• Curvature-based distribution algorithm: rebalancing bike sharing system with agent-based simulation, Seonghoon Ban, Kyung Hoon Hyun, Journal of Visualization(SCIE) 2019
• Design and applications of shape-changing display with closed surface based on spherical coordinate system, Seonghoon Ban, KAIST Dissertation 2019
• Closing the Loop of Inspiration-to-Creation: Responding with Programmable Sphere, Seonghoon Ban, Shengen Lim, Byungjoo Lee and Kwangyun, MIT Leonardo journal(A&HCI) 2018
• Sound Planet: An Interactive Sound Visualization on the Spherical Display for Group Work, Seong-hoon Ban, Kwangyun Wohn, ACM GROUP 2014
• Sound Surfing Network (SSN): Mobile Phone-based Sound Spatialization with Audience Collaboration, Sae-byul Park, Seong-hoon Ban, Dae-ryong Hong, Woon Seung Yeo, NIME 2013

< Research Projects >

• Development of VR Contents Scenario and Experience Design for Mental Health, Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning 2018 – 2020
• Contents One Campus <Interdisciplinary Cross-Media Education through Extended Reality Development with Performance Motion Capture Technology, Korea Creative Content Agency(KOCCA) 2019-2020
• Developing a methodology for artificial intelligence in design, National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) 2018-2019
• Information Visualization and Interaction for the Tiled Display System, National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2014 – 2016
• A Study of Eye-gaze based E-book System for Enhancing Reading Experience, High-Risk High-Return Program, KAIST 2014
• Interactive Contents Planning for Spherical Display, Design Experience, Decoree 2014
• Development of the VR Interface for Large-Scale Data Visualization, Visual Super Computing Team, KISTI 2013
• Planning for VR Interface using Projector, HRP Project, Korea Science Academy (KSA) 2012

< Patent >

• Method and Apparatus for Redistribution of Shared Transportation, Korea Patent Number 10-2019-0127384, Korea Intellectual Property Office 2019
• Automated Design Generation Method and System, Korea Patent Number 10-2018-0096440, Korea Intellectual Property Office 2018
• Video Communication Device and Auxiliary Device for Video Communication, Korea Patent Number 10-1427853, Korea Intellectual Property Office 2014

< Honor and Award >

• Korea Creative Content Agency VR content Contest , Grand Prize, Shake Up, 2019
• Artience (Art+Science) Idea People Contest, Prize of excellent works, Augmented Hologram, 2012
• 21th Yujaeha Music Concours, Indignity 2010