99U's video: Taeyoon Choi: Strategies for Embracing Our Contradictions

About this talk: Taeyoon Choi, an artist and co-founder of the School for Poetic Computation, is well-practiced at finding beauty in the chaos, and unafraid to dig into the complicated ways we connect and learn from each other. In this nuanced talk, illustrated with excerpts from his journal, he discusses the concept of unlearning, nurturing relationships that allow room for disagreement, and making space to be your whole self (contradictions and all). This talk was recorded remotely on May 24, 2020 About this speaker: Taeyoon Choi is an artist, educator, and activist based in New York and Seoul. Taeyoon teaches at New York University’s ITP program and co-founded the School for Poetic Computation, where he continues to organize sessions and teach classes on electronics, drawings, and social practice. Recently, he’s been focusing on unlearning the wall of disability and normalcy, and enhancing accessibility and inclusion within art and technology.