Arrddon (Kiryung Nam)
Media Artist / Creative Technologist / Educator
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- arrddon.com
- arrddon@gmail.com
- @arrddon
- Profile
Biography
Arrddon is a media artist and creative technologist working between London and Seoul. His practice explores participation, collective imagination, and the creative possibilities of emerging technologies.
Through interactive installations, experimental systems, workshops, and community-based projects, he creates environments where people can actively explore, contribute, and imagine new possibilities together. His work combines artistic experimentation, interactive media, and creative learning to investigate how technology can foster new forms of interaction and shared experiences.
He studied Arts Management at Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts) and later taught digital media as an Adjunct Professor. Alongside teaching, he led collaborative projects and participatory workshops through the artist collective Rigidbody.
He went on to complete an MA in Information Experience Design at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. He continues to lead research at the Center for Creative Intelligence Design (CCID) in Seoul, exploring generative AI, interaction, and experimental design systems.
Education
MA Information Experience Design | Royal College of Art, London
BA Arts Management, Minor in Creative Writing | Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS), School of Drama
Professional practices
Principal Researcher | CCID (Center for Creative Intelligence Design), Seoul | Research on generative AI, interaction design, and prototyping
Creative Director | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>
Adjunct Professor | Korea National University of Arts, The Department of Multimedia | Lectures on Digital Media Visual (School of Film, TV & Multimedia), Stage Multimedia Design (School of Drama), AI Experience Design (School of Visual Arts)
Director of C&D Planning Group | Smilegate FutureLab | Led creative planning for learning initiative
Selected grants, commissions & programmes
V&A Digital Design Weekend Showcase | Not Yet Sayable: Latent Homes | Selected Project
Horniman Museum & Gardens × RCA Collaborative Programme | Unseen Orchestra | Selected Project
IFF x RCA Industry Collaboration Project | Winning Team
Snap Spectacles x RCA Programme | The Collection | Selected Participant
Arts Korea Lab Residency Programme | Artist Collective Rigidbody | Selected Resident
Arts Council Korea Online Media Art Project Grant | Home in Seoul 100! | Selected Project
Art Center Nabi Playmaker Programme | MemeMe | Selected Project
Seoul Museum of Art Commission | Museum Maker | Commissioned Project
Selected works: exhibitions & performances
Not Yet Sayable: Latent Homes | Participatory installation, developed at RCA IED, Showcased at V&A Digital Design Weekend
VAEKKER Retrospective Exhibition | Rigidbody, in collaboration with Arts Korea Lab, Arts Korea Lab Showroom
Dance of Objects | Performance, Howling Live, Seoul Arts Center Agora
Gravity | Performance, Howling Live, Junglyeogjang
From Mic to Love | Art Game, Platform Pampa
Talking of Beloved Things Vol.2 | Educational Workshop-linked Exhibition, Seoul Senior Welfare Center & Artspace Isak
Talking of Beloved Things | Seoul Senior Welfare Center
Home in Seoul 100! | Art Game, Online Media Arts Project supported by Arts Council Korea
MemeMe | AR art game, Art Center Nabi, Playmaker
Home in Seoul | AR art game, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC)
Museum Maker | AR art game, commissioned by Seoul Museum of Art, presented in Collection_Open Hacking Mining
Comes and Goes | Site Specific Serial performance, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC)
Creative learning
Almost Here: The Pool That Never Existed | Participatory workshop / performance, Battersea Arts Centre Homegrown Festival, Lead Artist & Director
Data as Behaviour / Sound of Vision | NECESSITY.INK, Director & Facilitator
Systems Practice | Creative technology workshop series, RCA Student Programme (IED), Director & Facilitator
Creative Learning <IED TouchDesigner Workshop> | RCA Student Programme, Director & Facilitator
<AI Commune> Workshop | Arts Korea Lab Super Test Bed Basic Training, Facilitator
Creative Technical Study | Korea National University of Arts, Art Collider Lab, ACCave, Director
VAEKKER#09: SOUND OF VISION | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator
VAEKKER#08: TOUCH AI–NPC | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator
VAEKKER#05: AI + VFX – Next-Gen Workflow | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator
VAEKKER#03: Interactive Procedural Modeling | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator
VAEKKER#02: Facilitation for Creative Learning | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director & Facilitator
VAEKKER#01: Visual Generative AI | Artist Collective <Rigidbody>, Director, Facilitator
TouchDesigner Advanced Class : Technical Study | Korea National University of Arts, Art Collider Lab, ACCave, Director
Mission: Raising AI | Smilegate Futurelab SEED13, Participating Artist & Instructor
Noise Jam | [Pipeline] Media Activation Project, Tutor
Collaborations
Eunjo Lee <When the Void Gazes Back> | V&A, Interaction Designer
Iklectik <Noisemas 5> | Visual Artist
Seongnam Cultural Foundation <Upscaling Seongnam Community> | Director
Smilegate Future Lab <SEED 14: From My Own Perspective> | Creative Education, Director
Art Seongsu <GhettoAlive> | Sound Festival, GetoAlive, Forum & Performance, Director
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art <Munsin: Retrospective Towards The Universe> | Immersive Sound Designer
Research
Development of an AI-Driven Design Process to Improve Design Process Efficiency | Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation, Co-researcher
Monitoring and Evaluation of the 2024 Our Neighborhood Arts Project <All Arts 31> | Seongnam Cultural Foundation, Korea National University of Arts Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Co-researcher
Operation of a curriculum for training convergence art planners and a convergence performance planning workshop <Toolkshop> | Korea National University of Arts Convergence Arts Center Art Collider Lab, Theater Department, and six other institutions' collaborative education research and development projects, researchers and instructors
<2020 Technology-Enabled Arts and Culture Education> Advisory Group and Consulting Operations | The Korean Arts and Culture Center Association, the Korea National University of Arts Convergence Arts Center Art Collider Lab, Co-researcher