Public Question
DesignInternship Goal
Students will directly participate in Public Question's current modern art exhibition project.
Company One-liner
“Public Question offers innovative contemporary art projects and creative placemaking from temporary intervention to permanent programming.”
PublicQuestion is a question that occurs in the public area. We plan exhibitions, art production, art education, and research activities from questions. Forming a creative community with multidisciplinary experts to explore phenomena in multiple layers, Thinking about the social role of public art that can bring you closer to everyday life Create questions.
CEO & Mentors
SukJoon Jang, CEO
•‘Docking Seoul’ (2022), which won the iF Design Award for Public Design in 2023
•‘Hongje Yuyeon’ (2020), which won the iF Design Award for Public Design in 2021.
• ‘My Seoul Moment’ at Seoul Art Station (2022)
•‘Jahadam Project,’ which won the DFA (Design For Asia) Grand Award and the SEGD Global Design Award Merit Award in 2019, Invitations to the SeMA Biennale Mediacity Seoul and Ars Electronica Festival (2016)
HyungMin Yoon, ACD/EdD
•Hongje-Yuyeon (2020), which won the iF Design Award for Public Design in 2021.
•An active translator, reproducing both Lucy R. Lippard’s Overlay (Hyunsil, 2019), a classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric art
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Syllabus
Session 1-1
"Identify the key elements of a public art project" Lecture: overview of Public Question’s previous projects Hands-on activities: group discussion after lecture Assignment: reading material
Session 1-2
"Understanding the areas in public art planning" Lecture: ‘Art Forest’ introduction around site and art selection Hands-on activities: discuss the assigned reading material Assignment: research public art in the neighborhood
Session 2-1
"Understanding the relationship between site and artwork" Lecture: selecting site and artworks Hands-on activities: discuss the assignment Assignment: selecting site and topic
Session 2-2
"Introducing the basics of art event proposal" Lecture: Public Question’s proposal example and outcome Hands-on activities: discuss the assignment Assignment: writing a draft proposal
Session 3-1
"Understanding event related programs" Lecture: exploring examples Hands-on activities: discuss the assignment Assignment: create a proposal for Art Forest related program focusing on the community
Session 3-2
"Review assignment" Lecture: group and 1:1 discussion on the program Hands-on activities: same as above Assignment: fine-tuning the proposal
Session 4-1
"Exploring ways to design an exhibition/event" Lecture: examples Hands-on activities: discuss the assignment Assignment: prepare slideshow presentation
Session 4-2
"Present the proposal to persuade students’ project" Lecture: guidelines for presentation Hands-on activities: individual presentation
Schedule
Jul
12
2025
Sat
Aug
3
2025
Sun
22 days