하버드대 박사 과정 중인 한인 레이나 수연 문(Reina Mun, 문수연)씨가 런던 서펀타인(Serpentine) 갤러리의 AI 중심 아트·테크 펠로우에 선정됐다. 이번 펠로우에는 문씨 외에도 앨리스 버크넬, 오리아 하비, 알프레도 살라자-카로 등 아티스트와 연구자들이 뽑혔다. 

 

이 펠로십은 예술과 최첨단 기술(특히 인공지능/AI)의 접점을 연구하고 실험하는 6개월 하이브리드 연구(R&D) 프로그램으로 1인당 1만 파운드의 지원금과 런던 왕복 경비, 1:1 맞춤형 멘토 프로그램이 제공된다. 2026-27 펠로우는 Art x Convergence(예술과 융합)를 주제로 AI, 로보틱스, 거버넌스, 생태계 및 인프라의 결합을 다룬다. 

 

레이나 문은 MIT에서 공간 설치, 뉴미디어 아트, 인터랙티브 장치 등을 직접 제작 및 전시, 슈니처 예술상(Schnitzer Prize)을 수상했다. 석사 과정(SMACT)를 마친 후 현재 하버드 대학교에서 인간-컴퓨터 상호작용(HCI) 및 컴퓨테이셔널 디자인을 기반으로, 주변 환경의 다감각 중재 및 지능형 실시간 폐쇄루프 제어(Multimodal closed-loop control) 시스템을 연구 중이다. 

 

 

SERPENTINE ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF THE FUTURE ART ECOSYSTEMS R&D FELLOWSHIP 

 

Images left to right: Alice Bucknell , Auriea Harvey , Alfredo Salazar -Caro and Reina Mun.

 

Serpentine is delighted to announce the launch of the Future Art Ecosystems R&D Fellowship, a new flagship programme of Serpentine’s work facilitating artistic practice, research and experimentation in art and advanced technologies. Supported by a new, three-year partnership with Glass Castle, which also includes a significant contribution to one major commission each year, the fellowship facilitates the inquiries of four pioneering practitioners across art and technology. The programme will connect creative research and development with industry, academia and policy to shape how emerging technologies are developed, understood and used.

 

Selected from an international open call to artists, curators, organisers, producers and technologists from around the world, that attracted close to 1,000 applications, Alfredo Salazar-Caro, Alice Bucknell, Auriea Harvey and Reina Mun will undertake original research over a six-month programme commencing in September 2026, exploring how advances in AI are reshaping cultural production, institutions and public life.

 

The fellowship is founded on the belief that artists are not simply observers of technological change, but essential contributors to it, creating opportunities for practitioners to shape wider conversations about how emerging technologies are governed. The fellows will each receive a meaningful bursary and travel to London, to support their research and development activity, as well as dedicated mentorship. Together, the cohort reflects a range of disciplinary perspectives, engaging with questions that sit at the intersection of technology, culture, governance and everyday life. Each fellow approaches technology not as a finished product, but as an unsettled terrain whose assumptions, limits and possibilities need to be redrawn.

 

About the Jury

Refik Anadol, Artist

Cao Fei, Artist

Holly Herndon, Artist

Lila Ibrahim, Chief AI Readiness Officer, Google DeepMind

Mariana Mazzucato, Author & Economist

Venkatesh Rao, Writer & Consultant

Suneil Setiya, Chair, Glass Castle

Evan Spiegel, Co-Founder & CEO Snap Inc

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