Our senses are incomplete. Fragments of the information collected by our sensory receptors organically constitute a form and generate unique meanings. However, then, is the world as we perceive it an actual reality? Human beings reside in realities that are full of misunderstandings and errors as they relate to the world through their seemingly perfect sensory perceptions. This is not only a natural but an inevitable mode of being for our own existence. In the history of art, which had long been focusing on the visual senses based on rationalism, gave way to a more multi-valent discursive milieu wherein varied senses are illuminated for their importance. The advent of digital media and rapid shifts in the media ecology constantly expand the horizon of human perception and experience, while new concerns about and interest in virtual senses and artificially intelligent machines are gaining traction. What new world of senses await us ahead? Coreana Museum of Art *c-lab 2.0 introduces “Sense±(Senses±),” an opportunity to explore the multiple layers of our sensory experiences.


Programs
* Publication "*c-lab 2.0: Senses± Catalogue," December 10th, 2018
* Research "*c-lab 2.0 Project #5: Senses± Thesaurus" by Seong Eun Kim, October 12th - , 2018
* Lecture Performance "*c-lab 2.0 Project #4: Sensory, Crystallized" by Sookyun Yang, September 29th, 2018
* Kids Program "Color Recipe: DIY Cosmetics," July 26th - August 11th, 2018
* Membership "*c-lab 2.0 Labmates 2nd Season," July 21st - November 10th, 2018
* Workshop "*c-lab 2.0 Project #3: The Longest Naming of People Who Imagine the Imagination" by Hand and Face, July 21st, 2018
* Performance "*c-lab 2.0 Project #2: Present sense impression" by Mu:p, June 27th & 28th, 2018
* Exhibition "*c-lab 2.0 Project #1: De-ideation" by Hoyeon Kang, May 25th - June 16th, 2018
* Resource Room "*c-lab 2.0 Resource Room," May 25th - October 31st, 2018
* Research & Discussion "*c-lab 2.0 Project Studies," April 12th - August 13th, 2018
* Membership "*c-lab 2.0 Labmates 1st Season," March 24th - June 26th, 2018
* Lecture & Roundtable "Talking Together in *c-lab," March 24th, 2018
* University X Museum "*c-lab 2.0 with Konkuk University," March 16th - June 26th, 2018

“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