Alice in Wonderland
'06 ITP Spring Show Surveillance, voyeurism, self discovery

The audience is first lured to peer through a small hole, curious to witness Alice in her little house. But upon opening the door, they do not find Alice—they encounter their own back of themselves.

How easily we trace the flaws and mistakes of others, how naturally we observe the lives unfolding outside us. Yet the mirror turns slowly inward. We are often the last to recognize the quiet fractures and hidden beauty within our own selves.

Spec
Arduino · Processing (Java) · Camera · MacBook · Wood
Alice in Wonderland installation view Peephole detail Name card
먹방 / eat with me
2026– Interactive installation

An immersive installation exploring mukbang, ASMR, and the epistemology of slop. It is organized around the question of what it means to trust what we consume, see, and feel through a screen.

eat with me is a 1:1 encounter with an avatar that mirrors the most-viewed mukbang video on YouTube in real time. The performance of eating without hunger, without body. It eats for you. The copy has become the source. The avatar shifts look from one mukbang to the next. It doesn't parody mukbang. It becomes the perfect mukbanger, eating as pure performance. From Will Smith Eating Spaghetti to this, glitch optimized into synthetic intimacy, the meme perfected, and the viewer, satisfied.

When an avatar mirrors the most-viewed mukbang creator with same food, same sounds, same intimacy, but no body, no hunger, no need, who is the source?
The copy doesn't refer back to an original anymore. It is the thing. Banana milk doesn't taste like bananas. It tastes like banana milk. Las Vegas isn't a fake city. It's just Vegas. The simulation swallows the original.
And when it looks at you, feeds you, makes you feel known. Was the intimacy ever about who was on the other side?

eat with me — experience eat with me — experience zoomed in eat with me — replica example
Einstein's Dreams: prototype
'25 Physical computing Breath, time, microphone

Inspired by Alan Lightman's Einstein's Dreams. In his essay dated April 24, 1905, he imagines a world with two kinds of time: mechanical time, rigid and predetermined, and body time, fluid and unpredictable.

In this world, there are two times. There is mechanical time and there is body time. The first is as rigid and metallic as a massive pendulum of iron that swings back and forth. The second squirms and wriggles like a bluefish in a bay. Each time is true but the truths aren't the same.
— Alan Lightman, 24 April 1905

Building on this, I envisioned a world where time follows the rhythm of one's breath and heartbeat. To explore this, I created a prototype where a microphone detects the speed of a participant's breathing and adjusts the tempo of a clock accordingly. The faster or slower you breathe, the faster or slower time itself seems to pass.

Funji: look up
'06 Urban intervention Street signs, traffic lights, buildings

An urban intervention designed to create small moments of pause in the fast pace of city life. Installed on top of street signs, traffic lights, and the corners of buildings, the mushroom-like sculpture points toward the sky, gently inviting passersby to look up.

In cities, our eyes are often fixed on phones, traffic, and the ground beneath our feet. Funji interrupts this downward gaze, offering a playful reminder to take a breath and shift perspective. By simply noticing the sculpture and following its direction, people momentarily disconnect from the rush of urban routines and reconnect with the larger world above them—the sky, the clouds, the changing light.

The name combines "Fun" with "Munji" (the Korean word for dust), nodding to the cycle of "dust to dust, ashes to ashes." Funji transforms something as small and overlooked as dust into a whimsical guide for reflection.

Science of Luck Press
2026– Print San Francisco

A way to resist automation and mass production. A way to express in the most labor intensive format.

A San Francisco–based art practice making prints, books, and objects that expand your relationship with luck, connection, and the present moment.

01 — Manifesto
8 page pamphlet stitch, risograph, on Fabriano #46, 4.25×5.5 inch · 2026 · First edition sold out · Second edition in production
Manifesto poster
02 — 60-Day Mission Book
Tear one. Do it. Log it. A 60-day coupon book of real-world missions. Sold at zine fairs in San Francisco. Made by hand.
64 page padding compound, inkjet, on Vallum Bristol, 4.25×2.75 inch · 2026 · First edition sold out · Second edition in production
Mission book Mission book Mission book Mission book
03 — Manifestations
Six objects. Six affirmations. Each a physical object — poster, mini print, keychain — designed to hold a single intention. Risograph, on Vallum Bristol, 5.5×8.5 inch · First Edition 100 per print
Jail Break
Jail Break
"I release what holds me back."
Boundary Spell
Boundary Spell
"I am safe in my own energy."
Flow State
Flow State
"I move with what flows to me."
Lucky Basket
Lucky Basket
"Opportunities find me."
Own It
Own It
"I own all of who I am."
Be Steady
Be Steady
"I stay the course."
scienceofluck.org ↗ @solucklab ↗ Substack ↗ Mission Book Live Feed ↗
Imaginary Engineering
2025– Blueprints

I was observing daily life and writing essays when these started appearing. Blueprints for machines I dream about, and for the utopia I'm working toward. Each one could go in many directions. Do any of these resonate? Email me to collab.

Compassion Machine CM-01
Interpersonal Empathy Induction Apparatus. Calibrates breath rate, activates empathy neuron systems, disengages overconfidence. User exits with calibrated process, not guaranteed happiness.
Compassion Machine blueprint
Alignment Chamber AC-01
Personal Alignment & Calibration Pod. Aligns neural pathways, refines cognitive intentions, sculpts heart oscillation. Feeling aligned is tuning the instrument of the self — neither indulgence nor punishment.
Alignment Chamber blueprint
Love Station LD-01
Self-serve. When lost, afraid, or disconnected, fill up 10 liters of love. Love opens the heart, restores connection, and aligns to the universe. Open 24 hours / love is the answer. Love is the configuration.
Love Station blueprint
Soul Bridge
Transdimensional Reconnection Gateway. Souls linger for 3 days before dispersing into the universe. Reunion resets timer, allowing the soul to visit loved ones one by one. Open 24 hours / love is the answer.
Soul Bridge blueprint
Vibe Shield VS-01
Personal Energy Protection Device. Breath resonance monitor, gesture adaptation sensor, harmonic field microcurrents. Guard your vibe and emerge only when you're ready.
Vibe Shield blueprint
60-day mission feed
2026– Participatory Science of Luck Press

60 real-world missions. One a day. Logged live.

Each day, tear off a mission from the book and do it. Scan the QR code on the back to log your action to the global feed — a live record of strangers completing small acts of curiosity, connection, and presence around the world.

The feed is a collective document. Every entry is someone who stepped outside their routine for a moment and let the universe play through them.

mission 017 — Stranger Upgrade
Start a conversation. Ask deeper. Let it go where it goes.
View global feed ↗ Get the book ↗ @solucklab ↗
shinyoung | 신영

Artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Working across internet culture, the handmade, and the space where physical and digital experience meet.

My work reveals beauty in the ugly, surfaces the unknown, rediscovers the forgotten. It is a resistance against the violence of sameness, the flattening that comes from the pervasiveness of social media.

Past life: leading teams building mobile games and MMORPGs. This life: dreaming of a city that is harmonious, collaborative, inclusive, and open to diversity. My projects are the tools and machines to get there.

Find me somewhere in San Francisco with guitar in hand, dog Max beside me, putting up posters about what it means to be lucky. I'll sing you the Guava song.

Searching for Beauty
Ongoing Essays Substack

I write and paint as a way of staying with things a little longer.

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Selected works
2025– 먹방 / eat with me, multi-channel installation, tiat gallery SF
2006 Alice in Wonderland, interactive installation
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