Projects

Lab projects, industry and international collaborations, and media works.

Selected Projects and Collaborations

2026
Erasmus+ 2026, Re-Animation Programme upcoming
International · Vilnius Academy of Arts (host, Lithuania), Vilnius Tech (Lithuania), Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany), University of Greifswald (Germany), ESAD Amiens (France), Anant National University (India), Chung-Ang University (Korea)

The Department of Game Contents and Animation and AGX Lab take part in the programme together, presenting Chung-Ang University's game and animation programme.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2026
Backpack ongoing
Student competition · Global Indie Game Development Contest (GIGDC), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)

Backpack, a game by an undergraduate team including Chae Rin Kim, passed the first round of the university division and advanced to the second round of judging.

Team: Chae Rin Kim
2026
Game Media Contents Special Lecture
Special lecture · 3D Design Lab, Chung-Ang University

A special lecture series on Unreal Engine 5, Blender, and ComfyUI, hosted by the 3D Design Lab. Jeong Min Won of AGX Lab taught the Blender sessions.

Team: Jeong Min Won
2026
NEXEN Tire Media Wall Screening ongoing
Media wall video production · NEXEN Design Gallery, THE NEXEN univerCITY

Video production for the media wall at the NEXEN Tire headquarters, presented in the NEXEN Design Gallery exhibition Unlimited Space at THE NEXEN univerCITY.

Team: Jeong Min Won, Yeojin Yun, Yeonjae Kim
2026
Future Concept Mobility Collaboration ongoing
University–industry collaboration · NEXEN Tire

Next-generation mobility systems encompassing autonomous robotics, user-inclusive vehicles, and a cross-domain mobility ecosystem.

Team: Hee Seon Kim, Jeong Min Won, Chae Rin Kim, Weijie Lu
2026
VANISHING LIFE
International · Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM, Germany), Anant National University (India), Central Academy of Fine Arts (China), Chung-Ang University (Korea), Jagannath University (Bangladesh), Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania), University of Beira Interior (Portugal)

International collaborative animation seminar in which student teams from seven art schools each produced a chapter of one omnibus film, working to another team's soundtrack. The Chung-Ang University team was led by Professor Hee Seon Kim.

Team: Team Dadaism: Soeun Kim, Yuju Min, Sofiya, Yejin Son, Cheolhun Jang
2025
Constructed Feeling: How Animation and Games Shape the Architecture of Emotion
Invited lecture · Anant National University, India

Lecture on embodied affect and emotional experience in interactive and creative media contexts, given at the Mooo 1.0 Students' Moving Image Festival.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2025
Having the Courage to Start a Revolution
Invited talk · Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Germany

Invited talk on affective animation and embodied emotional experience.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2024
Martian Chronicle
International · Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM, Germany), National Institute of Design (India), Central Academy of Fine Arts (China), Jagannath University (Bangladesh), Chung-Ang University (Korea)

International exchange animation project developed by student teams from five art schools, with a Chung-Ang University team.

Team: Maksim Tsoy, Xuanyu Liu, Kyungjin Kim, Chae Rin Kim
2023
Don't Panic!
Projection mapping exhibition · Art Center Gallery 301, Chung-Ang University Seoul Campus

Taking its cue from cartoons in which a character falls into a computer and finds a world made of ones and zeros, the piece turned the gallery into a cyber space that visitors walk into, with a few surprises along the way.

Team: Kyungjin Kim, Chae Rin Kim, Hyeonjeong Park, Woomi So, Bomin Seo, Xuanyu Liu, Maksim Tsoy, Rira Choi
2023
DE RERUM NATURA: A Climate Change
International collaborative development project · Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Bauhaus University Weimar, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, National Institute of Design India, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, El Palmaral Barcelona, Chung-Ang University

International collaborative development project across seven art schools, with a Chung-Ang University student team.

Team: Juyong Jeong, Seonyu Kim, Haedeun Lee, Heewon Kim, Hyeonjeong Park
2023
Invited Screening and Discussion
Invited screening · University of Westminster, UK

Invited screening and discussion on affective animation and interactive storytelling, highlighting emotional design in digital narrative.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2023–present
Evaluator ongoing
Service · Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism

Evaluator for national content programmes.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2022
Invited Exhibition
Exhibition · Members' Hall, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Invited exhibition presenting research-based interactive animation and media installation integrating spatial experience and collective emotion.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2022–2023
Collaborative Video Composition Project
Project collaboration · Google Arts & Culture; Victoria and Albert Museum, UK

A collaborative video composition project developed for real-time audience interaction, integrating live visual synthesis, motion-based cues, and participatory media performance within immersive exhibition environments.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2021
Invited Screening
Invited screening · Chitrakatha International Festival, National Institute of Design (NID), India

Invited screening of an animated short exploring rhythm, perception, and affective response in visual storytelling.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2018, 2021
Jury
Service · Indie-AniFest, Korea

Jury member for the Korean Independent Animation Film Festival, in 2018 and 2021.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2020–2021
Wadang-Tang Tung-Tung
Installation · Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

Interactive sound- and motion-based installation exploring collective words from artists with spatial experience in animation.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2020
Ultrashorts Project
Project collaboration · Samsung R&D Bangalore × National Institute of Design, India

The affective and cognitive dimensions of ultra-short-form media, focusing on rhythm, perception, and emotional response in short interactive content.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2019
Four Seasons
Media facade · Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)

An interactive public media work transforming environmental data into emotional color mapping and dynamic architectural projection.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2017
Final Jury
Service · National Institute of Design (NID), India

Final jury member for the Chitrakatha International Film Festival.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2017
Retrospect Future
Collaborative exhibition · Seoul Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism × Yonsei University

Collaborative exhibition examining memory and urban cognition through spatial storytelling and immersive visualization.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2015
Butterfly Lover
Interactive orchestra project · Royal College of Music, UK

A cross-modal performance research project integrating emotional sonification, visual animation, and participatory audience interaction.

Team: Hee Seon Kim
2015
The River
Animated short

An animated short selected and screened at festivals in fifteen countries, with jury awards in Austria, India, and Korea. Sight and Sound (British Film Institute) selected it as Best Indie Animation of 2015, and it entered the BFI animation film collection.

Team: Hee Seon Kim

International Partnerships

  • Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Germany. Cooperation agreement, 2025.
  • Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuania. Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreement, 2026.
  • Anant National University, India. Cooperation agreement in preparation.