Lisa Park (born in 1987) is a Korean-American artist and a full-time lecturer in the Fine Arts & Design department of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. She has previously resided in both New York City and Seoul but is currently based in Philadelphia, United States.

Park is known for creating works that utilize sensor technologies like biofeedback devices and touch sensors to create audio-visual installations and performances. Her practice revolves around exploring technology as a tool to emphasize the significance of human connections in the digital age.

Early life and education

Lisa Park was born in Boston, United States, but spent her formative years being raised in Seoul, South Korea. She earned her BFA degree with early graduation in Fine Arts from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Additionally, she holds a MPS degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career

Her notable works include "Eunoia" and "Eunoia II," which are interactive installation and performance pieces where the artist utilizes a brainwave sensor to visualize real-time pools of water based on her thoughts.

On her official website, Park mentions that she "has been working with biofeedback devices (heart rate sensors, commercial brainwave headsets) to display auditory and visual representations of physiological measurements. These performances explored the possibilities of self-monitoring her physical and psychological states."[1] This was done by using electroencephalography (E.E.G.) data to create sound-waves which were pushed through pools of water, causing them to ripple. Park sat in the center of the pools as this occurred.[2] For Eunoia, Park separated the E.E.G. data into five emotions, each of which fed into one of five pools of water. For Eunoia II, she expanded her conception of brain activity to cover forty-eight pools of water, matching the forty-eight emotions described by philosopher Baruch Spinoza.[3] Also, while Park strove to control her emotions in Eunoia in order to keep the pools of water still, she changed her approach in Eunoia II to focus on expressing emotions.[4]

Another installation piece, titled "Blooming," was commissioned by Nokia Bell Labs and supported by New Museum's NEW INC. This interactive audiovisual installation features a life-sized digital cherry blossom tree that blossoms in real-time in response to participants' skin-to-skin contact. Park's official website explains that the cherry blossom tree symbolizes social connections and the transient nature of life in East Asian culture. She conveys the significance of this piece by stating, "When a cherry blossom tree flourishes, as it does in 'Blooming,' it is a reminder of human relationships at their peak."

Exhibitions

Year Exhibition
2022
  • Trapholt Museum for Moderne Kunst, Denmark [5]
2021
  • National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, South Korea[6][7]
  • Ocean Flower Island Museum, China[8]
2020
  • IA&A at Hillyer, Washington D.C[9]
  • LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Spain[10]
  • Cheongju Museum of Art, South Korea[11]
2019
  • ArtScience Museum, Singapore[12]
  • Apple Carnegie Library, Washington D.C[13]
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Busan, South Korea[14]
  • ARTECHOUSE, Washington D.C[15]
  • SXSW Art (South by South West), Austin, Texas [16]
2018
  • MANA Contemporary (Nokia Bell Labs X NEW INC), "Only Human", NJ[17][18][19]
2017
  • MANA Contemporary BSMT "Flatland", Miami, FL[20]
  • Simons Center gallery, "Manifesting Invisibles", Stony Brook, NY[21]
  • Hong Kong Art Centre, Pao Galleries, "ifva award", Hong Kong[22]
2016
  • Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, "CTRL+ALT", New York, NY[23]
  • Nuit Blanche Toronto, "And the Transformation Reveals", Toronto, Canada[24][25][26]
  • Storefront for Art and Architecture, "Work in Progress", New York, NY[27][28]
  • MassArt, "Encircling the World", Boston, MA[29]
2015
  • Today's Art Festival 2015, Hague, The Netherlands[30]
  • Red Bull Studios, "NEW INC End-of-Year Showcase", New York, NY[31][32][33]
  • Reverse gallery, "SYNAESTHETICS", Brooklyn, NY[34][35]
2014
  • Digital Art Center, "Digital Art Festival 2014", Taipei, Taiwan[36]
  • New York Hall of Science, "Maker Faire", Corona, NY[37]

Awards and fellowships

Park was the recipient of a 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship[38]

Park was a member at the New Museum's by-application-only incubator, NEW INC,[39] from 2015 to 2017.[40] Park was selected to be an artist-in-residence at Nokia Bell Labs in 2017 as part of their Experiments in Art and Technology residency program with NEW INC.[41][42][43] As part of the residency, Park was commissioned to create, "Blooming," which was featured in the exhibition Only Human at Mana Contemporary in May 2017[44] and written up in Wired.[19] Blooming was an official selection of SXSW Art in 2019.[16]

Academic profession

In Spring 2023, Park served as an adjunct professor at Hongik University's College of Design & Arts, where she was honored with the distinguished "Faculty Teaching Award" for her teaching and contributions to her students. Hongik University bestows this award upon select faculty members each semester, honoring their dedication and commitment to excellence in education.

From the Fall semester of 2023, Park has been a lecturer within the Fine Arts & Design department at the University of Pennsylvania, guiding students to navigate the convergence of art, technology, and design in an ever-evolving global landscape.

References

  1. ↑ "Bio/CV". Lisa Park. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  2. ↑ Park, Lisa. "[Eunoia http://itp.nyu.edu/shows/thesis2013/lisa-park/]." ITP Thesis Week 2013. New York University. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Mufson, Beckett. "Artist Manipulates 48 Pools of Water with Her Mind." The Creators Project. 20 November 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Stinson, Lisa. Watch An Artist Control Pools of Water With Her Brainwaves." Wired Magazine. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Trapholt Museum". Trapholt CONNECT ME. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "MMCA Gwacheon "You & Me__"". MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. 6.
  7. ↑ "MMCA Gwacheon "You & Me__"". YouTube Interview Video. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Artnet". Artist Lisa Park on How to Use Technology to Engage More Meaningfully With Human Emotion.
  9. ↑ "IA&A at Hillyer". IA&A at Hillyer "There, There".
  10. ↑ "'When the butterflies of the soul flutter their wings' at LABoral". CLOT Magazine.
  11. ↑ "Cheongju Museum of Art "Media Symphony"". Media Symphony. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "ArtScience Museum "2219: Futures Imagined"". ArtScience Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Apple store in DC's Carnegie Library opens Saturday". CNET. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  14. ↑ "Museum of Contemporary Art Busan". 마음현상: 나와 마주하기. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  15. ↑ ""In Bloom" Exhibition". ARTECHOUSE. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  16. 1 2 Faires, Robert (February 6, 2019). "SXSW 2019 Announces Art Programs". www.austinchronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  17. ↑ "Only Human". Mana Contemporary. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  18. ↑ ""Only Human" the first major exhibition of NEW INC's artists' collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs researchers - Bell Labs". www.bell-labs.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  19. 1 2 Stinson, Elizabeth (2018-05-11). "What Artists Can Teach Us About Making Technology More Human". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  20. ↑ "Flatland". Mana Contemporary. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  21. ↑ Maria. "Manifesting Invisibles: Lisa Park Solo Exhibition – Opening Reception, Thursday October 19". Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  22. ↑ 香港藝術中心, Hong Kong Arts Centre. "ifva". www.ifva.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  23. ↑ "Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center Debuts Culture Lab in New York City Veterans Day Weekend". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  24. ↑ "Nuit Blanche slightly leaner without Scotiabank sponsorship | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  25. ↑ "Nuit Blanche Toronto - Announcements - e-flux". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  26. ↑ "Nuit Blanche Toronto: Eunoia II". Arts Brookfield. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  27. ↑ "Storefront for Art and Architecture | Programming: Exhibitions: Work in Progress". storefrontnews.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  28. ↑ Johnson, Paddy; Farley, Michael Anthony (2016-09-26). "This Week's Must-See Art Events: Immortalizing Bushwick". Art F City. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  29. ↑ "Encircling the World". MassArt. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  30. ↑ "Lisa Park Debuts New Piece at TodaysArt Festival". NEW INC. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  31. ↑ "NEW INC End of Year Showcase". Red Bull Arts New York. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  32. ↑ "New Museum Co-Presents Incubator Project". artnet News. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  33. ↑ "The New Museum's NEW INC Makes Art and Technology Actually Fun". PAPER. 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  34. ↑ "SynAesthetics 5/8 – 6/6 – REVERSE". reversespace.org. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  35. ↑ Mufson, Beckett (2015-05-10). "I Moved Water with My Mind at an Art Installation". Creators. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  36. ↑ "2014台北數位藝術節 | Digital Art". Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  37. ↑ "Lucid Dreamer Uses an EEG Reader to Turn His Dreams into Image and Soundscapes | Make". Make: DIY Projects and Ideas for Makers. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  38. ↑ "List of all NYFA Fellows" (PDF). New York Foundation for the Arts.
  39. ↑ NEW INC
  40. ↑ "Year 2". New Inc. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  41. ↑ "E.A.T Residency with Nokia Bell Labs". New Inc. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  42. ↑ Michelle. "Inventing the Future: Art and Technology". Art21 Magazine. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  43. ↑ "New Museum teams up with Nokia Bell Labs to support art and technology". Archpaper.com. 2017-02-24. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  44. ↑ "ONLY HUMAN". NEW INC. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
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