IAB 05

업체 eobchae

is an artist collective based in Seoul, working across video, web, sound, and performance. Their practice constructs speculative worldviews by probing emergent technologies and overlooked perspectives. Their work has been shown at SeMA Bunker, DOOSAN Gallery, Museumhead, MMCA, Nam June Paik Art Center, and Taipei Digital Art Center. They received the DOOSAN Yonkang Arts Award and a nomination at the Korean Music Awards.

rola rolls (2024)

ROLA ROLLS imagines a future depleted of fossil fuels, where humans evolve into a species called “Rola.” The installation unfolds through an AI-generated family tree, Tree of Rola, and the figure of R, who undertakes self-remodelling to become Rola. By combining sci-fi storytelling with machine learning, eobchae reflects on the accelerated technological adaptation and the logics of capitalism. The work envisions cybernetic futures where mutation becomes survival strategy, while also critiquing the fantasies of optimisation that underpin both AI and extractive industries. ROLA ROLLS questions whether technological evolution liberates or further entangles humanity within systems of crisis.

ROLA ROLLS, 2024, single-channel video, color, sound, 10min, 2sec., courtesy of the artist.

LOCATION: Zerostrasse Tunnels

김아영 Ayoung KIM,

Alice Bucknell ,

Živa Božičnik Rebec,

Gerard Ortín Castellví,

Maks Bricelj and Ema Maznik Antić,

Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler,

Lawrence Lek,

Nestor Siré,

Suzanne Treister,

Anna Engelhardt and Mark Cinkevich,

刘窗 Chuang LIU,

Marina Xenofontos,

Laibach Kunst,

Dragan Živadinov and Dunja Zupančič,

Tanit Plana,

Heba Y. Amin,

Andrej Beštak and Anja Leko,

Aleksandra Domanović,

Abu Bakarr Mansaray,

Selena Savić and Gordan Savičić,

Sandro Ðukić,

!Mediengruppe Bitnik,

Sophie Cundale,