Chaey Lee (b. 1998, Chaeyoung Lee )
Media Artist · Art Theorist · Researcher
www.chaeys.com | IG @chaey17
chaeyleeart@gmail.com
Research Interests: Posthuman Ontology · Cybernetic Systems · Informational Biopolitics · AI-driven Identity Construction · Datafication of Memory & Emotion · Technical Individuation · Digital Capitalism and Algorithmic Subjectivity · AI Sound
Chaeyoung Lee(Chaeylee), is a media artist and researcher based in Seoul. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Art Theory from Hongik University, where she developed a body of work grounded in philosophical inquiries into digital capitalism and posthuman subjectivity. Her key conceptual contribution, the “Infoborg,” theorizes a new form of subjectivity constituted algorithmically through the recursive structuring of emotional, mnemonic, and bodily data. Unlike conventional notions of the cyborg or digital twin, the Infoborg represents a non-material, computational entity—a posthuman subject formed through data circulation and technological interactivity. Chaeylee’s research draws on cybernetics, the biopolitics of information, and Yuk Hui’s technogenesis to critically examine how late capitalism renders human emotion, memory, and corporeality as extractable and programmable units of information. Her media art experiments employ platforms such as Unity, Unreal Engine, and AI generative systems to sensorially articulate the ontology of information-based beings. Currently, Chaeylee is expanding the Infoborg discourse into narrative frameworks, proposing a new aesthetic and theoretical paradigm that interrogates how the meanings of humanity, subjectivity, and life are being reconfigured within digital infrastructures.
이채영은 서울을 기반으로 활동하는 미디어, 예술학 연구자이다. 홍익대학교 예술학과에서 학사와 석사 과정을 수료하였으며, 디지털 자본주의와 포스트휴먼 주체성에 대한 철학적 탐구를 바탕으로 작업을 전개한다. 그의 주요 개념인 ‘인포보그(Infoborg)’ 는 감정, 기억, 신체 데이터를 정보 단위로 환원·재구성하는 동시대 기술 환경을 비판적으로 반영하며, 알고리즘적으로 구성된 비물질적·연산적 주체의 가능성을 이론화한다. 이는 단순한 디지털 트윈이나 사이보그 개념을 넘어서, 자기참조적 정보 순환 구조 속에서 작동하는 탈신체적 존재론을 지향한다. 이채영은 사이버네틱스, 정보 생명정치(bio-politics of information), 육후이의 기술 존재론 등을 기반으로, 현대 자본주의가 인간의 감정·기억·신체를 호출 가능한 정보 자산으로 추출·활용하는 메커니즘을 분석하며, 이를 시각적·서사적으로 구현하는 실험적 미디어아트를 제작해왔다. Unity, 언리얼 엔진, AI 기반 생성 시스템을 활용한 그의 작업은 정보 기반 존재가 지닌 감각적 실재성을 탐색하는 데 집중한다. 최근에는 인포보그 개념을 내러티브적 장치로 확장하여, 디지털 환경에서 인간성, 주체성, 생명의 의미가 어떻게 재정의되고 있는지를 성찰하는 새로운 이론–실천 기반의 예술 패러다임을 구축하고 있다.
[Education]
M.A. in Art Theory (Completed Coursework, Degree Pending)
Hongik University, Seoul Campus, Seoul, South Korea
Completed all required coursework for the degree
Master’s thesis submitted and currently under review (2025)
Received a full scholarship for all four semesters of the master’s program
B.A. in Art Studies (Completed)
Hongik University, Seoul Campus, Seoul, South Korea
Admitted as the class valedictorian
Received full scholarship for all four years
[Experience]
Poster Presenter, ISEA 2025 (International Symposium on Electronic Art)
Seoul, South Korea (May 23–29, 2025)
Curator, “TWO Here: To Hear” Exhibition
Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art (HOMA), Seoul, South Korea (2022)
Online Supporter, Next Art Fair
Zero Gravity Zone, Seodaemun, Seoul, South Korea (Aug–Sep 2021)
Student Art Manager, ASYAAF & Hidden Artists Festival
Chosun Ilbo, Seoul, South Korea (2021)
Participant, Hongik Biz Hackathon for Winter
Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea (Jan 2020)
5th Generation Youth Docent
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), South Korea (2014)
[Certifications & Programs]
Participant, “ACC Expert Content Discovery: Part 1 ” (Ongoing)
Asia Culture Center (ACC), Gwangju, South Korea (May–Jul 2025)
Participating in a multi-phase program encompassing online training, practical application, and field immersion
ACC Expert Content Discovery: Part 1 – “ACC Exhibition Connection”
Participant, “Preliminary Expert Training Program” in Art Education
Hosted by National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MMCA), South Korea (Jul 2023)
[Awards & Recognitions]
Special Selection, Han Young Textile Competition (2021)
