SF AI+XR Film Course

Mentor

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ARK PARK, XR Artist

Director Ark Park, founder of Sixdopamine, is an artist who explores the human condition through irony, absurdity, and sarcasm. He made his directorial debut with the short film Park Ark Story in 2018, and has since been active in Seokgwan-dong while working across New York, Paris, and Berlin. A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts with a double major in Film Directing and Multimedia Art, Park began his journey into immersive technology with his first VR performance, Janggu in the Club, which won the Grand Prize at the 1st Korea Metaverse Competition. Since then, he has continued to develop tech-based performance works. His VR immersive performances Ballet Metanique and Breaking the Ice were invited to Ars Electronica, garnering international attention. Following this success, he founded Sixdopamine, a studio dedicated to delivering 'dopamine to the audience through 6DOF technology.' Under this vision, he has directed a number of AI-powered immersive productions, including Simcheong in Seongsu and 'You¡¯stalgia.

Participants

HOUSE XITA

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BAE Junwon

Bae Junwon is a director born in Seoul in 1999, beginning directing videos at Korea Animation High School and studied directing at Seoul Institute of the Arts. Silence (2023) was selected for the 2023 BIFAN and won several awards, including the Best Picture Award at various film festivals. After that, Snowfall (2024) won the Technical Award and Audience Award at the 2024 BIFAN. In addition to directing films, Director Bae Junwon also works as a writer, continuing his creative activities in various fields.

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SHIN Hyeunse

Shin Hyeonse was born in Daegu in 1999. Shin began visual storytelling at Korean Animation High School, working on storyboards for film and animation. After graduation, Shin has been working as a storyboard artist. In 2023, Shin worked on the film Silence and various visual media projects. Shin continues creative work in visual storytelling, combining storyboard work with webtoon production.

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SO Sue-jeong

So Sue-jeong is a sound artist exploring coexistence via immersive sound, interactive media, and sensory substitution. So is expanding communication with the audience by participating in numerous domestic and international festivals.

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TAO Jane

Tao Jane is a new media artist based in Seoul and Chicago. Tao creates immersive works that make the invisible visible—transforming emotions, dreams, and memories into experiential realities through experimental 3D animation, audiovisual performance, large-scale architectural projection mapping, and XR. Tao's practice invites viewers to escape the familiar and enter alternative worlds. Tao's works, ¡ºSuper Testbed¡», and ¡ºA Journey of Dream-chasing Feet¡» have been exhibited in both physical and virtual galleries worldwide including Art Korea Lab, Coex Media Tower, and Denver Digerati Emergent Media Festival.