As part of the K-platforms project, we will have a workshop on redrawing Korean media landscapes with Birdcall in Seoul at 2-4.30pm on 3rd June 2026 (a public holiday due to the local elections in South Korea).

This follows a visit to see Jisu Lee at Birdcall last summer. Since then we’ve been keeping in touch - and looking for ways to collaborate and exchange between overlapping scenes and spaces in Seoul and London.

We also caught up with Jisu at the (salt) art space in Aewol, Jeju - together with Elliot Cost co-editor of the Internet Phone Book and co-founder of HTML Energy, who was doing a residency with (salt) and birdcall.

At the workshop we will explore creative and participatory approaches for understanding Korean platform cultures and histories. The workshop call can be found here and copied below.

6/3(수) ‘K-플랫폼의 풍경’

2000년대의 인터넷, 네이버와 다음은 어떤 모습이었을까요? 왜 어떤 버튼은 사라지고, 어떤 배너는 점점 커졌을까요? 이번 워크숍에서는 인터넷 아카이브 @interenetarchive 의 웨이백 머신에 저장된 네이버와 다음의 연도별로 살펴보며, 인터페이스와 기능이 어떻게 변화했는지, 그 변화가 문화·기술·경제·정치적으로 갖는 의미와 이에 따른 개인적 경험들을 나눕니다.

*이 프로그램은 버드콜, 서울대학교, KAIST, 킹스칼리지 런던, 퍼블릭 데이터 랩이 함께하는 K-플랫폼 연구 프로젝트의 일환으로 진행합니다.

• 진행

• 양차미 @donnaland_77(서울대학교 언론정보학과 조교수)
• Liliana Bounegru @lbounegr(킹스 칼리지 런던 디지털 미디어·문화·사회학과 부교수)
• Jonathan W. Y. Gray @jwyg(킹스 칼리지 런던 비판적 인프라 연구교수)

• 시간과 장소

• 날짜: 6월 3일(수)
• 시간: 오후 2시 - 4시 30분
• 장소: 서울시 종로구 자하문로 12길 10-7, 1층 버드콜

• 대상(5명)

• 인터넷, 인터페이스의 역사에 관심 있는 사람• 언어 영어로 진행하며 한국어 통역을 제공합니다.

• 참여비 무료

• 신청 버드콜 프로필 링크의 신청서 제출

• 기타 문의 및 제안 mail@birdcall.online

June 3 (Wed) the media landscapes of Korean platforms

What did the Internet, Naver, and Daum look like in the 2000s? Why did certain buttons disappear, while others grew larger? In this workshop, we will examine Naver and Daum year by year using the Wayback Machine on the Internet Archive @interenetarchive. We will explore how their interfaces and functions have changed, the cultural, technological, economic, and political implications of these changes, and personal experiences related to them.

This program is conducted as part of the K-Platform research project, a collaboration between Birdcall, Seoul National University, KAIST, King’s College London, and the Public Data Lab.

• Faciltators

• Chamee Yang @donnaland_77 (Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Seoul National University)
• Liliana Bounegru @lbounegr (Associate Professor, Department of Digital Media, Culture and Sociology, King’s College London)
• Jonathan W. Y. Gray @jwyg (Reader, Critical Infrastructure, King’s College London)

• Time and Place

• Date: June 3 (Wed)
• Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
• Venue: Birdcall, 1F, 10-7, Jahamun-ro 12-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul

• Target Audience (5 people)

• People interested in the history of the Internet and interfaces • Language: Conducted in English with Korean interpretation provided.

• Participation Fee Free

• Application Submit your application form via the Birdcall profile link

• Other Inquiries and Suggestions

mail@birdcall.online