The Korea National Research Center for the Arts under the Korea National University of Arts hosted hosted the Spring Conference 2019 on the theme of “Big Data and Art” at the hall on the first floor of Daehak-ro Campus on May 24, 2019. 

This conference first discussed how the mobile phones, social networks, smart devices, etc. were applied in everyday life. It further discussed how and what impact big data made in the environments where the massive information was produced and circulated with respect to creating, distributing, and policy making in the field of culture and art with experts from respective fields of studies.

For the keynote speech, Song Gil Young, the vice president of Daumsoft, gave a lecture titled “What Is Meant to Happen, Will Happen.” In the first part of the conference, Chang Minho, the assistant professor in the New Media Music Department of Sangmyung University presented “Technology in the Field of Music and Big Data,” and Shin Jeongwon, the senior researcher of Korea National Research Center for the Arts presented “Creation of Artificial Intelligence: the Role of Big Data in Visual Arts.” In part 2, Jeon Gwang-ryeol, the senior researcher of Korea Culture & Tourism Institute presented “The Uses of Big Data in Cultural Welfare Services,” and Kim Jin-wook, the associate professor in the Department of Performing Arts and Moving Image Contents at Pyeongtaek University presented “The Utilization of Big Data in Film Industry.” Later in the debate presentation, Kim Hyun-jin, the director of information analysis at Korea Arts Management Service and Professor Lee Yoon-A of University of Brighton participated in the discussion. The opportunity for a comprehensive discussion was provided in the end of conference led by the senior researcher Shin Jeongwon. The experts, lecturers, researchers and students who are interested in changes made in the field of arts caused by hyper-connectivity of big data participated in this discussion.

This conference offered an opportunity to study and discuss how the massive data produced by the individuals influence the possibilities of creating works, analysis of audience’s taste, culture and art policies in the hyper-connected society. The results of this research will be published in  Issue 25, in September.