Art-Tech Camp Offers Up to 10 Million Won in Support... Recruiting 120 Participants for "APE CAMP"

The Korea Arts Council (Chairman Jung Byungguk) announced on the 11th that it is recruiting domestic and international participants for the 5th APE CAMP, to be held from June 13 to 16 at COEX Magok Square Ballroom A in Seoul.

The Korean Arts & Culture Committee (Chairman Jeong Byeongguk) announced on the 11th that it is recruiting domestic and international participants for the 5th APE CAMP, to be held from June 13 to 16 at COEX Magok Square Ballroom A in Seoul. Photo by Korean Arts & Culture Committee

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APE CAMP is a collaborative program in which artists, producers, and engineers form teams to experiment with the convergence potential of art and technology. It began in 2022 and marks its fifth edition this year.

This year, the camp will be expanded from the previous two nights and three days to three nights and four days. During the camp, participants will be matched into teams to carry out assigned missions, develop project ideas, and pitch them. On the final day, a new familiarization tour program will be offered to help overseas participants better understand Korean culture and to expand domestic and international exchange.

In particular, this year the council has established the 1st ARKO Youth Forum on Art-Tech Convergence as the opening program of the camp. It is an exchange-centered program where young creators, researchers, and corporate professionals share early-stage ideas and problem awareness, with the goal of laying the groundwork for collaboration during the camp.

The camp will recruit a total of 120 participants, including 80 from Korea and 40 from overseas. In the arts sector, eligible applicants are artists and producers under the age of 39 who are active in literature, theater and musicals, traditional arts, and multidisciplinary arts. In the technology sector, applicants may include professionals working in cutting-edge technology fields such as performance technology, AI, robotics, VR, AR, XR, the metaverse, motion capture, and big data, as well as those engaged in basic science-based technologies in life sciences, physics, chemistry, and geology. The camp will adopt an AI-based interpretation system to support collaboration among participants.

This year's camp missions will be organized around themes that encompass contemporary art and technology discourse, such as "Agentic AI" and "Robotics" as cutting-edge technology keywords, and "Non-human," "Symbiosis," "Entanglement," and "Coevolution."

After the camp concludes, follow-up support programs will also be provided. APE Global Connect (Research Trip) will be held from August 22 to September 14 in cooperation with overseas partner institutions. APE LAB will provide between 2 million and 3 million won in experimental activity funding per team for approximately 10 teams in Phase 1, and in Phase 2 will select around 3 teams and provide up to 10 million won per team. The Chairman's Award will be presented to two outstanding participants.

Prior to the camp week, the 4th ARKO International Conference on Art-Tech Convergence will be held on June 12 at ARKO Arts Theater, where domestic and international convergence experts will share the latest trends.

Applications can be submitted through the official ARKO website, and the deadline is March 12.

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