We have opened new horizons for future-oriented arts education by integrating the arts and technology, to promote a new template for the arts.
PRESIDENT’S GREETINGS
In 2020, for the first time in our institute’s history, we were unable to hold our entrance and graduation ceremonies due to the unexpected COVID-19 outbreak. Subsequently, we faced a major crisis because lecture and practical studio classes were forced to be conducted online.
The entire institute came together to overcome the challenges of moving courses online. These transitions accelerated the digital transformation of our institute and we viewed this shift as a new opportunity.
Seoul Institute of the Art – Cultural Epicenter
The year 2022 will be the 60th anniversary of Seoul Institute of the Arts. Our founding doctrine was established to educate students of our nation’s inherent artistic essence and provide training so that they may recreate and globalize the spirit through art making. Many of those who have received the unique education have gone on to be leaders in the artistic fields of performance and media. In the 1980’s, through the project <Special Studies>, SeoulArts organised it’s own system of art making methodologies in education. The system based that art is created using the elements of <time, space, rhythm, and energy>. The convergence of the ideas can lead to new forms of artistic expression. In addition, with the CultureHub network of New York, Los Angeles, Umbria (Italy), and Bandung (Indonesia), SeoulArts is able to stand as a cultural epicenter and keep up with cultural trends of the world.
Time – Space – Rhythm – Energy
This Annual Review will look back at the year 2020 in the context of time, space, rhythm, and energy. We have highlighted events in chronological order. Physical space has changed to support artistic activity. The artistic activity was documented rhythmically with narrative structure.
The energy of social impact that was made by the people who participated in the artistic activity was presented.
New digital technologies are changing the way we live on a daily basis. Content that was viewed through broadcast or in theaters are now delivered to any location and anytime on mobile devices using streaming technologies and on 5G networks. Due to Corona, performances are going beyond the theater and watched remotely using extended reality and virtual technologies. We must now adapt our curriculum to educate through transdisciplinary methods and produce cutting-edge contents.
We will record and present the past but we will also dream of the future 6o years with the belief that “a pupil can excel his master” and “a son can excel his father.”