Crossmedia Design lecturer Kurina Sohn wins international award for installation Synthetic Halo

Kurina Sohn, lecturer in Material and Project at Crossmedia Design at AKI ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design in Enschede, has won the international Art of Neuroscience (AON) Award for her interactive installation Synthetic Halo. In this work, she explores the connections between technology, perception and spirituality.

photo: Tetem

Sohn is a multidisciplinary designer and artistic researcher from South Korea. She developed Synthetic Halo at Tetem. The installation translates visitors’ brainwaves into a changing, meditative landscape. Through this work, Sohn explores whether light can be perceived, measured and shared.

The jury praised the work’s dreamlike aesthetic, which brings together elements including woodcraft, animals, rivers, plants, 3D scans, temples and graphs. According to the jury, the calm yet stimulating presentation invites visitors to explore the work further.

The award is international recognition of Sohn’s experimental design practice, in which art and technology come together.