아이와 함께 — 수학·기하학·기후 데이터를 직접 만지는 무료 미디어아트 체험 〈Living Geometry 2026〉
‘수학이 왜 필요해요?’라는 아이의 질문에 작품으로 답하는 전시입니다. 영등포 타임스퀘어 지하 2층 영등포아트스퀘어에서 진행되는 KAIST XD Lab 미디어아트 특별전 〈Living Geometry 2026 · 생동 기하학〉은 학교에서 배우는 기하학·통계·미적분·기후 데이터·AI를 손과 몸으로 체험하며 이해하도록 설계된 작품들이 모여 있습니다. 무료, 예약 불필요, 휠체어·유모차 접근 가능 — 초등 고학년부터 중·고등학생까지의 자녀와 함께 60–90분에 둘러보기 좋은 체험학습 코스입니다.
왜 ‘교육적’ 전시인가
전시 제목 ‘Living Geometry · 생동 기하학’은 단순한 비유가 아니라 작품 안에서 실제로 작동하는 수학·기하학·물리 개념을 그대로 가져온 이름입니다. 7개 작품 중 4개가 — 황인태 〈Goldilocks〉·〈Vessel〉, 최정윤 〈Banpo-Xism · 반포자이즘〉, 강이연 〈Technosphere〉 — 데이터·기하학·알고리즘을 체험으로 옮긴 작업이며, 학교 교과 단원과 직접적으로 연결됩니다.
특히 인터랙티브 설치 작품들은 아이가 손으로 직접 입력을 만들고, 그 입력이 어떻게 시각적 결과로 바뀌는지를 즉시 볼 수 있게 설계되어 있어, ‘공식 → 답’이 아니라 ‘조작 → 패턴’의 방식으로 수학을 만나는 입구 역할을 합니다. 자유학기제·자유학년제 체험학습, 수학·과학 동아리의 단체 방문 코스로 적합합니다.
교과 단원과 어떻게 연결되는가
황인태 〈Goldilocks · 골디락스〉 — 통계·확률·평균·실시간 데이터. 7가지 기상 요소(기온·강수량·바람 등)를 직접 조절해 ‘나의 날씨’를 만들고, 이를 서울 실시간 데이터와 대조해 ‘집단적 골디락스 존(거주가능 영역)’을 만들어내는 작업입니다. 초등 고학년 ~ 중학교 통계·자료의 정리·평균 단원, 그리고 고등학교 확률과 통계 단원과 자연스럽게 이어집니다.
황인태 〈Vessel · 베슬〉 — 기하학·면적·비율·자료의 시각화. 서울시 1년치 이동 데이터를 ‘자치구별 인구·이동 속도’가 그대로 기하학적 면적·길이로 매핑된 데이터 조각으로 옮겼습니다. 맥박 센서에 손을 대면 그 도시의 박동이 자기 심박과 만납니다. 중학교 도형의 닮음·비례·면적, 고등학교 기하학 단원의 ‘데이터를 도형으로 옮기는’ 사고 훈련에 적합합니다.
최정윤 〈Banpo-Xism · 반포자이즘〉 — 적분·미분·다양체. 한국 부동산 가치 체계를 ‘위치(반포)와 브랜드(자이)’의 2차원 평면으로 환원하고, ‘적분(integration)’이라는 수학 비유로 그 평면을 다시 미분다양체로 펼치는 다중 기기 웹 작품입니다. 본인 핸드폰으로 직접 체험합니다. 중학교 함수 단원, 고등학교 미적분·이론물리(10차원 시공간 비유) 단원의 직관적 입구로 적합합니다. ‘적분이 도대체 왜 있는가’ 라는 질문에 작품으로 답하는 사례입니다.
강이연 〈Technosphere · 테크노스피어〉 — 알고리즘·생성·인류세. 알고리즘으로 파편화된 도시 구조물이 스스로 증식하고 질서를 찾아가는 단채널 영상 작업입니다. 중·고등학교 정보·코딩 교과의 ‘알고리즘 → 생성 패턴’ 사고, 그리고 사회·과학 교과의 ‘인류세·기후 위기’ 단원과 자연스럽게 이어집니다. 강이연 〈Vanishing 2.0〉·서민혁 〈Post-Vanishing〉은 ‘여섯 번째 대멸종’과 ‘인간 이후의 도시’를 영상으로 다루며 환경 교과와 만납니다.
자녀 연령별 추천 동선
유아·초등 저학년 (5–9세) — 〈Goldilocks〉의 7가지 기상 요소 조작 → 자기가 만든 날씨 보기 / 〈Vessel〉의 맥박 센서로 ‘내 심장과 도시의 박동’ 듣기 / 〈City'scape + Tied〉의 문 열고 닫기. 손으로 만지는 작품 위주로 약 30–45분.
초등 고학년 ~ 중학생 (10–15세) — 위 인터랙티브 동선 + 영상 작업 〈Vanishing 2.0〉·〈Technosphere〉·〈Post-Vanishing〉을 차분히 끝까지 한 번씩 보기. 약 60–80분. 통계·기하·자료의 시각화 단원과의 연결을 이야기하기 좋습니다.
중·고등학생 (14–18세) — 위 동선에 〈Banpo-Xism · 반포자이즘〉을 본인 핸드폰에서 직접 체험 추가. 함수·미적분·다양체·이론물리·생성형 AI 비평까지 한 작업 안에 들어 있어, 진로(수학·물리·디자인공학·AI·예술) 탐색에 함께 활용할 수 있습니다.
방문 후 함께 이야기해 볼 질문
‘우리가 만든 날씨가 서울 실시간 데이터 옆에 놓이면, 어떤 점이 다르고 어떤 점이 비슷했어?’ (Goldilocks · 통계·평균)
‘서울의 1년치 이동 데이터가 도형으로 옮겨졌을 때, 우리 동네는 어디쯤이었어? 왜 그 모양이 됐을까?’ (Vessel · 기하학·자료의 시각화)
‘반포자이즘에서 핸드폰을 스크롤할 때 평면이 갑자기 ‘적분(integration)’되어 다양체로 펼쳐졌지. 적분이 ‘작은 조각들을 더하는 것’이라면, 이 작품에서는 무엇을 더한 거였을까?’ (Banpo-Xism · 적분·미적분)
‘테크노스피어가 「설계자의 의도를 넘어 스스로 증식한다」고 했지. 우리가 매일 쓰는 알고리즘 — 추천 영상·지도·메신저 — 도 우리 의도를 넘어 자라고 있을까?’ (Technosphere · 알고리즘·인류세)
단체·체험학습 정보
학교·학원 단체 방문은 영등포아트스퀘어 측에 사전 문의를 권장합니다 (02-3457-7751 / ydpartsquare@gmail.com). 자유학기제·자유학년제 체험학습 코스로 활용 가능하며, 인솔자가 활용할 수 있는 작품별 학습지·교과 단원 매칭은 추후 업데이트됩니다.
Family Education Guide — Math, Geometry, and Climate Data Hands-On (Living Geometry 2026 · Yeongdeungpo Times Square)
Living Geometry 2026 — KAIST XD Lab's free media-art exhibition on the B2 level of Times Square Mall in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul — is built so children can meet geometry, statistics, calculus, climate data, and AI through their hands rather than on a worksheet. Free, no reservation, wheelchair- and stroller-accessible. The 60–90-minute visit pairs naturally with elementary, middle-, and high-school curriculum, and works as a STEM field-trip course.
Why this is an educational exhibition
The exhibition's title — Living Geometry — is not a metaphor only. Of the seven works on view, four (Intae Hwang's Goldilocks and Vessel, Jeanyoon Choi's Banpo-Xism, Yiyun Kang's Technosphere) translate concepts from geometry, statistics, calculus, and algorithm into something a child can manipulate directly and watch the result on screen — the path runs from the act of touching to the visible pattern, instead of from the formula to the answer.
That makes the show a fit for free-semester / free-year activity programs (자유학기제 / 자유학년제 체험학습) and for school clubs in math, science, and design.
Curriculum links — what each work teaches
Intae Hwang's Goldilocks — statistics, averages, real-time data. Children adjust seven weather parameters (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.) to compose 'their weather' and place it next to Seoul's live data to reveal a 'collective Goldilocks zone.' A natural fit for upper-elementary through middle-school statistics units (organising data, averages) and the high-school probability & statistics curriculum.
Intae Hwang's Vessel — geometry, area, ratio, data visualization. A year of Seoul's mobility data is mapped — district population and movement velocity — directly into the sculpture's geometric area and length. Touch the pulse sensor and the city's beat meets your heartbeat. A useful entry to middle-school geometry (similarity, ratio, area) and the high-school geometry unit's 'turning data into form' exercise.
Jeanyoon Choi's Banpo-Xism — integration, calculus, manifolds. The two-dimensional plane of Korean real-estate value (location × brand) is integrated, by the artist's mathematical figure, back into a differentiable manifold — a multi-device web work that runs on the visitor's own phone. A direct intuitive doorway into middle-school functions, high-school calculus, and the manifold/10-dimensional-spacetime metaphor in theoretical physics. Answers, in artwork form, the question 'why does integration even exist?'
Yiyun Kang's Technosphere — algorithm, generation, the Anthropocene. Fragmented urban structures, processed by algorithm, multiply and find their own order — a single-channel video that connects to middle/high-school informatics ('algorithm → generative pattern') and to the Anthropocene / climate-crisis units in social studies and science. Vanishing 2.0 (Yiyun Kang) and Post-Vanishing (Minhyeok Seo) extend the conversation to the sixth mass extinction and the post-human city.
Suggested route by age
Pre-school / lower elementary (ages 5–9): focus on the hands-on works — Goldilocks's seven weather controls, Vessel's pulse sensor, City'scape + Tied's door. ~30–45 min.
Upper elementary / middle school (ages 10–15): the hands-on route plus a calm full pass through the videos (Vanishing 2.0, Technosphere, Post-Vanishing). ~60–80 min — a good moment to discuss data visualization, statistics, and geometry.
Middle / high school (ages 14–18): add Banpo-Xism on the student's own phone. Functions, calculus, manifolds, theoretical physics, and a critique of generative AI all sit inside one piece — useful for career exploration across math, physics, design engineering, AI, and art.
Questions to discuss after the visit
“How was 'the weather we made' similar to and different from Seoul's live data?” (Goldilocks — statistics, averages)
“When a year of Seoul's mobility was turned into a shape, where did our neighbourhood end up — and why does it look like that?” (Vessel — geometry, data visualization)
“In Banpo-Xism the flat plane was suddenly 'integrated' into a manifold. If integration is 'adding small pieces,' what was being added here?” (Banpo-Xism — calculus)
“Technosphere said the city 'multiplies beyond its designers' intent.' Are the algorithms we use every day — recommendations, maps, messengers — also growing past our intent?” (Technosphere — algorithm, Anthropocene)
Group visits / school field trips
Schools and academies should contact YDP Artsquare in advance (+82-2-3457-7751 / ydpartsquare@gmail.com). Per-work worksheets and curriculum-mapping notes for teachers will be added soon.
Family Education Guide — Math, Geometry, and Climate Data Hands-On (Living Geometry 2026 · Yeongdeungpo Times Square)
Living Geometry 2026 — KAIST XD Lab's free media-art exhibition on the B2 level of Times Square Mall in Yeongdeungpo, Seoul — is built so children can meet geometry, statistics, calculus, climate data, and AI through their hands rather than on a worksheet. Free, no reservation, wheelchair- and stroller-accessible. The 60–90-minute visit pairs naturally with elementary, middle-, and high-school curriculum, and works as a STEM field-trip course.
Why this is an educational exhibition
The exhibition's title — Living Geometry — is not a metaphor only. Of the seven works on view, four (Intae Hwang's Goldilocks and Vessel, Jeanyoon Choi's Banpo-Xism, Yiyun Kang's Technosphere) translate concepts from geometry, statistics, calculus, and algorithm into something a child can manipulate directly and watch the result on screen — the path runs from the act of touching to the visible pattern, instead of from the formula to the answer.
That makes the show a fit for free-semester / free-year activity programs (자유학기제 / 자유학년제 체험학습) and for school clubs in math, science, and design.
Curriculum links — what each work teaches
Intae Hwang's Goldilocks — statistics, averages, real-time data. Children adjust seven weather parameters (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.) to compose 'their weather' and place it next to Seoul's live data to reveal a 'collective Goldilocks zone.' A natural fit for upper-elementary through middle-school statistics units (organising data, averages) and the high-school probability & statistics curriculum.
Intae Hwang's Vessel — geometry, area, ratio, data visualization. A year of Seoul's mobility data is mapped — district population and movement velocity — directly into the sculpture's geometric area and length. Touch the pulse sensor and the city's beat meets your heartbeat. A useful entry to middle-school geometry (similarity, ratio, area) and the high-school geometry unit's 'turning data into form' exercise.
Jeanyoon Choi's Banpo-Xism — integration, calculus, manifolds. The two-dimensional plane of Korean real-estate value (location × brand) is integrated, by the artist's mathematical figure, back into a differentiable manifold — a multi-device web work that runs on the visitor's own phone. A direct intuitive doorway into middle-school functions, high-school calculus, and the manifold/10-dimensional-spacetime metaphor in theoretical physics. Answers, in artwork form, the question 'why does integration even exist?'
Yiyun Kang's Technosphere — algorithm, generation, the Anthropocene. Fragmented urban structures, processed by algorithm, multiply and find their own order — a single-channel video that connects to middle/high-school informatics ('algorithm → generative pattern') and to the Anthropocene / climate-crisis units in social studies and science. Vanishing 2.0 (Yiyun Kang) and Post-Vanishing (Minhyeok Seo) extend the conversation to the sixth mass extinction and the post-human city.
Suggested route by age
Pre-school / lower elementary (ages 5–9): focus on the hands-on works — Goldilocks's seven weather controls, Vessel's pulse sensor, City'scape + Tied's door. ~30–45 min.
Upper elementary / middle school (ages 10–15): the hands-on route plus a calm full pass through the videos (Vanishing 2.0, Technosphere, Post-Vanishing). ~60–80 min — a good moment to discuss data visualization, statistics, and geometry.
Middle / high school (ages 14–18): add Banpo-Xism on the student's own phone. Functions, calculus, manifolds, theoretical physics, and a critique of generative AI all sit inside one piece — useful for career exploration across math, physics, design engineering, AI, and art.
Questions to discuss after the visit
“How was 'the weather we made' similar to and different from Seoul's live data?” (Goldilocks — statistics, averages)
“When a year of Seoul's mobility was turned into a shape, where did our neighbourhood end up — and why does it look like that?” (Vessel — geometry, data visualization)
“In Banpo-Xism the flat plane was suddenly 'integrated' into a manifold. If integration is 'adding small pieces,' what was being added here?” (Banpo-Xism — calculus)
“Technosphere said the city 'multiplies beyond its designers' intent.' Are the algorithms we use every day — recommendations, maps, messengers — also growing past our intent?” (Technosphere — algorithm, Anthropocene)
Group visits / school field trips
Schools and academies should contact YDP Artsquare in advance (+82-2-3457-7751 / ydpartsquare@gmail.com). Per-work worksheets and curriculum-mapping notes for teachers will be added soon.
Transit :: 3-min walk from Yeongdeungpo Station (Line 1 / KTX) · underground link
Accessibility :: Wheelchair- and stroller-accessible
Suggested duration :: ~60–90 min (30–80 min depending on age)
Bring :: A phone + earbuds (recommended) for Banpo-Xism
School groups :: Contact YDP Artsquare at +82-2-3457-7751 / ydpartsquare@gmail.com
About the exhibition
Living Geometry 2026 is a media-art special exhibition curated and developed by the KAIST Experience Design Lab (XD Lab) within KAIST's Department of Industrial Design. It re-threads Yeongdeungpo's visible urban landscape, its invisible data, and the emotional strata behind them in a geometric language — recasting the city, beyond a stilled aggregate of concrete, as an organism in continual pulse. Seven works span single-channel video, interactive installation, and multi-device web art.
Title :: Living Geometry 2026 · 생동 기하학 (Living Geometry)
Dates :: May 1 – Jun 28, 2026
Hours :: Daily 10:00–18:00 (last entry 17:45)
Venue :: YDP Artsquare · Times Square B2F, 15 Yeongjung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
