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Beauty Lies in the Eyes of Biometrics
«Left tech» post territory ujeongguk, seoul (In Korean)
In Korea, where aesthetically modifying the body—and its representations, such as ID photographs—has become a gendered cultural practice, automated facial recognition systems emerge as a site of tension between biometric technology’s assumption of a “fixed body” and the continual reconfiguration of the face. In this talk, I reflect on my repeated failures to pass through automated immigration checkpoints due to a passport photo retouched at a studio, and on the need to renew my passport altogether after undergoing double eyelid surgery. I ask: Can these aesthetic interventions by Korean women open fissures in surveillance infrastructures and become acts of bodily resistance against biometric control? Or do they ultimately reinforce technological regulation and normative beauty standards? Can beauty lie in the eye of biometrics?
Making Odd Kin: A Genogram Drawing Workshop
Drawing from Donna Haraway’s concept of making kin, this workshop invited participants to draw odd genograms—family trees reimagined to include nonhuman, nonbiological, and unexpected relations. Through collective reflection and drawing, we explored alternative ways of mapping connection and care beyond normative genealogies, asking: Who do we claim as kin when we refuse the boundaries of species, blood, and convention?
On Art and Climate Justice
I have spoken on the role of art in addressing climate change through panels, talks, and lectures hosted by institutions including the British Natural History Consortium, Arts Council Korea, the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Green Energy Transfer Institute, and the Energy Transfer Cooperative to Counter Climate Change. My work also extends into policy: as a youth task force representative, I collaborated with the Korean Art Council and members of the National Assembly to contribute to the renewal of national art policy.