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Hangeul Truck Project
Hangeul Truck is the first-ever mobile public art project traveling to East Coast Ivy League universities, organized by the Korean Cultural Center New York, Ik-Joong Kang Foundation, and Samsung Electronics.
Hangeul, the Korean alphabet, was created to ensure literacy and the freedom of communication for all. Inspired by this spirit, the project invites next-generation leaders to share their hopes and visions for the future.
The Truck itself is a large-scale public art installation, composed of works by artist Ik-Joong Kang and a large LED media wall that brings participants’ creations to life.
Starting September 26 in Boston, the Truck will journey through Brown, Yale, Penn, Princeton, and Cornell. At each stop, students can create their own messages, transform them into distinctive Hangeul artworks, and see them come alive on the Truck’s LED media wall.
📍 Campus Tour Stops
9/26 (Fri): Cambridge Common -
Harvard · MIT9/29 (Mon): Brown
9/30 (Tue): Yale
10/2 (Thu): Penn
10/6 (Mon): Princeton
10/8 (Wed): Cornell
🎉 Finale Celebration
📅 Thursday, October 9, 2025 - Hangeul Day
📍 Military Island at Times Square
(7th Ave & 43rd St)
Nam June Paik: The Communicator
On view: September 26 - November 22, 2025
Tuesday - Friday: 10 AM - 6 PM / Saturday: 11 AM - 5 PM
It is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Venue: Korean Cultural Center New York
122 E 32nd Street, New York, NY, 10016 (1st & 2nd Floors)
The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation. In commemoration, the Korean Cultural Center New York, in collaboration with the Nam June Paik Art Center and the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation, presents Nam June Paik: The Communicator.
Nam June Paik (1932–2006), the founder of video art, was a pioneering artist who freely crossed the boundaries between art and technology. Yet he was more than a mere media experimenter. Through technology, he sought to open new possibilities for connection—between individuals, across cultures, and through shared sensibilities. Above all, he was “a communicator,” an artist of exchange and resonance.
For Paik, art was not an object of contemplation but a site of participation, encounter, and communion. Traversing tradition and modernity, East and West, analog and digital, he realized through art the very spirit of cultural connectivity that underpins today’s K-Culture.
Hangeul Wall: Things I Love to Talk About
Venue: Atrium at the KCCNY
- 122 East 32nd Street, New York, NY, 10016
The Hangeul Wall, measuring 26 x 72 feet (8 x 22 meters) and composed of 20,000 Hangeul tiles, connects the wisdom and experiences of global citizens. Developed in collaboration with LG CNS, KCCNY launched a website in May 2024, enabling people worldwide to create their own artworks using the site's translation and coloring functions under the theme “Things I Love to Talk About.” The website attracted over 8.2 million visits from more than 50 countries and received 7,000 artwork submissions within two months. From these, 1,000 pieces were selected through public online voting and artist review, culminating in this monumental installation.
The Hangeul Wall stands as a symbol of the rich cultural heritage of Hangeul and the universal freedom of expression, serving as a testament to our shared human narratives. Traditionally, walls are seen as barriers that divide and separate; however, the Hangeul Wall represents a different kind of structure—a wall of peace and unity. It transcends the conventional notion of separation to become a canvas of connection and harmony.
Ik-Joong Kang
Hangeul Wall: Things I Love to Talk About, 2024
20,000 Hangeul tiles (Mixed media on wood: 3x3 inches each)
Dimensions: Approximately 26 x 72 ft (8 x 22 meters)
Korean Cultural Center New York
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