“Beauty” has been a concept and value long explored since the beginning of mankind. The pursuit of beauty, which has stimulated human’s fundamental desires, existed in society through various forms, and it is evolving more and more today. When we look into the realm of contemporary art, however, discussing “beauty” seems rather outdated. The Coreana Museum of Art begins the 2017 *c-lab 1.0 with a distance toward the familiar theme, “beauty.” The fearful yet the uncanny: opening with what feels like a cliché. This may require a considerable amount of courage. What kind of story can we tell about beauty? What can “beauty” convey in contemporary culture? The Coreana Museum of Art launches the annual project *c-lab 1.0 to provide a platform where one can contemplate on and research diverse ways of practice regarding the theme of “beauty.”

Programs

* Publication: Release of *c-lab 1.0: Beauty, the Uncanny" December 20th, 2017
* Exhibition: *c-lab 1.0 Project Exhibition October 28th, 2017
* Open Discussion: "Google, Algorithm, Error, and Contemporary Art" October 28th, 2017
* Workshop: "Tech Camouflage: Anti-Face Makeup Workshop" October 25th, 2017
* Talk: "The Aesthetics of the GIF" September 25th, 2017
* University x Museum: "*c-lab Research Workshop with Ewha Womans University" September - October, 2017
* Project Teams: "JJAL Renaissance" Team and "Google, Algorithms, Error, and Contemporary Art" Team August - October, 2017
* Kids: "Reading Together in *c-lab" June 17th - July 1st, 2017
* Kids: "Imagining Together in *c-lab: Mirror Mirror" July 26th - August 11th, 2017
* Round Table: "Talking Together in *c-lab" May 13th, 2017