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
"Understanding Project Structures" Lecture: Case studies of major projects by Public Question Activity: Analyzing and discussing the project life cycle Assignment: Case study on exhibitions and projects
Session 1-2
"The Role of Curator & Research" Lecture: Roles of a curator and the preparation process Activity: Hands-on research practice based on current projects Assignment: Data exploration and collection for the assigned project
Session 2-1
"Exhibition Planning: Ideation" Lecture: Starting points for planning and ideation techniques Activity: Keyword extraction and theme setting Assignment: Concretizing the thematic direction
Session 2-2
"Exhibition Planning: Deep Research" Lecture: Researching subjects(people, places, and data) linked to the theme Activity: Participating in live exhibition project research Assignment: Organizing research results and drafting the framework
Session 3-1
"Designing the Exhibition Layout" Lecture: Methods for organizing artworks, data, and programs Activity: Designing an exhibition layout based on research findings Assignment: Finalizing the exhibition structure plan
Session 3-2
"Mid-term Review & Iteration" Lecture: Effective feedback and critique methods Activity: Project sharing and peer-to-peer feedback sessions Assignment: Revising and refining 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