Taeyoon Choi: Lichenous Networks
Public virtual lecture happening TONIGHT at 6:30PM
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Poster design by Paul Bille and Jisung Park, Graphic Design MFAs ‘23.
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The Yale School of Art's Graphic Design department invites you to a virtual public lecture with Taeyoon Choi:
TONIGHT, Tuesday, November 30 at 6:30PM EST
On Zoom here >
Taeyoon Choi makes drawings, computer programs and performance. He co-founded the School for Poetic Computation in New York City. Now, he lives in South Korea.
"Networks are not only technological, they're natural. Every week, I drive about two hours south from Seoul to work on a half-acre farm in Gyeryong mountain. I used to come to the farm as a kid. The small yew trees that I planted are more than a few feet tall now. Wild weeds took over the trees while the farm was neglected for decades. I’m learning the basics of forest maintenance and farming machinery, taking solace in the physical labor of weeding and digging, and appreciating the birth and decay of life-forms. During this time, I’m in an active dialogue with the fungi, critters, and animals around the farm. The biologist Lynn Marguli advocates that individuality is a false belief. “Life did not take over the globe by combat, but by networking,” she asserts in her book Symbiotic Planet (1998). Lichens, for instance, form mutually beneficial relationships between fungi and algae, such that they coexist in interdependence while each element's integrity is maintained. The future of networking may be an interdependent relationship between virtual and real life experiences that takes its cues from the partnerships of lichens."
The Paul Rand Lecture Series is made possible through the generosity of the Paul Rand (’85 M.A.H.) Annual Lectureship in Design Fund.
Learn more on the School of Art's public events calendar >
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All-School, in-person events return!
The SoA community safely gathers together for an opening reception
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MFA students in Green Hall Gallery for the first in-person, All-School community gathering: an opening reception for the Fall 2021 First-Year MFA Show, hosted on October 29, 2021.
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On October 29, the School of Art was excited to be able to host its first in-person All-School event: a Halloween-themed opening reception for the First-Year MFA Show, ACTION REQUIRED. While attendance was limited only to current SoA faculty, staff, and students, this event marked an important turning point as the first community-wide gathering we've been able to host since the start of the pandemic.
Immense thanks to all members of the SoA community who — through regular testing, mask-wearing indoors, and continued dedication to hand-washing and hygiene — have collectively contributed, alongside an increasingly vaccinated population, to the recent low levels of COVID-19 infections among members of our campus community. While we're excited about this continuing progress (the University's alert level was changed to Green on November 4), the public is still unable to visit our in-person exhibitions and events and there are still a number of COVID-related policies in place.
We hope to welcome the public back to campus soon, but we're excited to be able to continue making our exhibitions public virtually through 3D walkthroughs and archival documentation.
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Experience the Second- & First-Year MFA Shows
Virtual walkthroughs & photo documentation now available
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Exterior installation shot of the 2nd-Year MFA Show 10268#. Photograph by Meghan Olson.
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The third Fall 2021 exhibition opened in Green Hall Gallery this week: a presentation of undergraduate work by art majors in Yale College during their senior year of study. While documentation of this exhibition will be made available shortly, we're excited to share that full documentation of the MFA exhibitions hosted this semester, including virtual walkthroughs and archival photography, is available via the School of Art's growing exhibitions archive.
Open to the School of Art community September 22 – October 8, 2021, the Second-Year MFA Show entitled 10268#, featured work by MFA students across the school's four areas of graduate study: Alex Puz, Amartya De, Anabelle DeClement, Anne Mailey, Ashley Teamer, Betty Wang, Bhasha Chakrabarti, Brennen Steines, Brett Ginsburg, Brian Orozco, Brianna Bass, Chinaedu Nwadibia, Cristóbal Gracia, Dylan Beckman, Emily Barresi, Erik Nilson, Grant Czuj, Hannah Tjaden, Ian Kline, Jessica Flemming, Jessica Tang, Justin James Voiss, Katherine Du, Kathryn-kay Johnson, Kendrick Corp, Lucas Yasunaga, Matt Smoak, Mengjie Liu, Miguel Gaydosh, Mike Tully, Opal DeRuvo, Patricia Orpilla, Rachael Anderson, Riley Duncan, Rosa Polin, Salvador Andrade Arévalo, Samantha Joy Groff, Souleye Fall, Yuan Gao, and Zoila Andrea Coc-Chang.
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Click to launch the 3-D walkthrough of the 2nd-Year MFA Show "10268#"
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With an exhibition identity created by Hannah Tjaden and Betty Wang, Graphic Design MFAs ‘22, full information about 10268# can be found in the archives here >
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Exterior installation shot of the 1st-Year MFA Show ACTION REQUIRED. Photograph by Meghan Olson.
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Following the Second-Year MFA Show, the first-year MFA students presented work collectively in an exhibition entitled ACTION REQUIRED.
Open October 22 — November 12, 2021 to the School of Art community in Green Hall Gallery, ACTION REQUIRED featured work by Justin Allen, Davion Alston, Emmanuel Amoakohene, Paul Bille, Fillip Birkner, David Bordett, Camilla Carper, Andrew Connors, Bailey Connolly, Alexandria Couch, Madison Donnelly, Sarah Elawad, Stephano Espinoza Galarza, Hunter Foster, Omar Garcia, Rina Goldfield, Daniela Gomez Paz, Jonathan Herrera Soto, Nina Hartmann, Erick Alejandro Hernandez, Soren Hope, Natalie Ivis, Christopher Jordan, Fiza Khatri, Sydney Mieko King, Younes Kouider, Osvald Landmark, SR Lejeune, Natia Lemay, Xi Li, Phoebe Little, Stephen Lordan, M.C. Madrigal, Estelle Maisonett, Adrian Martinez Chavez, Emily Oliveira, Yuseon Park, Miraj Patel, Maya Perry, Shaun Pierson, Gabriela Rassi, Lester Rosso, Kyle Richardson, Bryan Sanchez, Sophie Schwartz, Junyi Shi, Maria Vargasaguilar, David Walker, Cat Wentworth, Can Yagiz, Avery Youngblood, and Ang Zhang.
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Click to launch the 3-D walkthrough of the 1st-Year MFA Show "ACTION REQUIRED"
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With an exhibition identity created by Junyi Shi and Sam Callahan, Graphic Design MFAs ‘23, full information about ACTION REQUIRED can be found in the archives here >
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Dean Pinder hosts field trips across New Haven
Our new dean initiates a continuing series of community-focused events
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Lindsey Mancini leads a public art tour for MFA students on November 1, 2021. From left to right: Lindsey Mancini, Assistant Director of Communications, Siri Lee, Graphic Design MFA '24, M.C. Madrigal, Graphic Design MFA '23, Daedalus Li, Graphic Design MFA '24, Claire Hungerford, Graphic Design MFA '23, Dean Kymberly Pinder, Lester Rosso, Graphic Design MFA '23, David Jon Walker, Graphic Design MFA '23, Miraj Patel, Photography MFA '23, Mike Tully, Graphic Design MFA '22, Junyi Shi, Graphic Design MFA '23, and Jill Westgard, Director for Development and Alumni Relations.
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Our new dean has been organizing what she envisions as a continuing series of community-focused events in her first term, connecting the School of Art community directly with the city of New Haven. For Dean Pinder, it's a kind of reconnection as she returns to New Haven after living here in the '90s while obtaining a PhD in Art History from Yale's Department of the History of Art.
So far, these field trips have included a public art tour hosted by the School's Assistant Director of Communications, Lindsey Mancini, who maintains an independent art-mapping project, as well as a trip to Artspace with the executive director of the local contemporary art gallery and non-profit organization, Lisa Dent.
More trips are being planned for the Spring semester and beyond—including an upcoming outing with New Haven’s Director of Cultural Affairs—as the School of Art continues its engagement with communities across physical and digital spaces.
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School of Art alums are invited to submit events and exhibitions to be added to the new School of Art in the World calendar, as well as publications and initiatives to be archived on the wiki.
Members of the public are invited to subscribe to the School of Art in the World calendar, and visit the full wiki archive.
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Thank you for being part of our community. During these uncertain times, we've created support funds to help address the School's most pressing needs.
We appreciate your support!
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