APE CAMP open call web poster. (Arko photo)The Arts Council Korea, known as Arko, said Tuesday it is recruiting participants from South Korea and abroad for the fifth APE CAMP, to be held June 13-16 at COEX Magok Square Ballroom A.
The program has been expanded from two nights and three days to three nights and four days. Arko also added a new opening program, the first Arko Arts-Technology Convergence Youth Forum, designed as an exchange-focused session where young creators, researchers and company workers share early-stage ideas and questions.
Arko will select 80 participants from South Korea and separately choose 40 from overseas for a “global camp.” In the arts track, artists and planners age 39 and under working in fields such as literature, theater and musicals, traditional arts and multidisciplinary arts may apply.
In the technology track, applicants may include professionals in performance technology such as stage lighting, sound and video, as well as advanced fields including AI, immersive audio, robotics, VR, AR, XR, the metaverse, motion capture and big data. Workers in basic science-based technologies, including life science, physics, chemistry and geology, are also eligible. To reduce language barriers, the camp will introduce an AI-based interpretation system.
This year’s mission combines advanced-technology keywords such as “agentic AI” and “robotics” with themes in contemporary arts-technology discourse, including “nonhuman,” “symbiosis,” “entanglement” and “co-evolution.” Participants will form teams to develop ideas based on the keywords and build them into creative projects.
Arko said it will run follow-up support programs after the camp. “APE Global Connect (research trip)” will run Aug. 22 to Sept. 14 at overseas partner institutions to help participants network with experts worldwide. “APE Lab” will support turning camp ideas into works: In the first stage, about 10 teams will receive 2 million to 3 million won per team for experimental activities; in the second stage, about three teams from the first stage will be selected for up to 10 million won per team in additional support.
Application details are available on Arko’s official website.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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