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Inaugural AI Content Festival kicks off at COEX

Published: 31 Oct. 2024, 15:49

YOON SO-YEON
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Visitors look at AI-created artwork at the AI Content Festival 2024 held at COEX, southern Seoul, on Oct. 31. The festival takes place until Nov. 2. [NEWS1]

The first AI Content Festival kicked off on Thursday at COEX in southern Seoul, giving creators a chance to flaunt their AI-created and AI-inspired artworks and products to the public.

The AI Content Festival 2024 was put together by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) for the first time as part of the government’s aim to bring AI-related content closer to the general public.

A total of 57 teams of creators, including students and companies, took part in exhibiting their work in six main categories: art, virtual idols and music, games and webtoons, interactive artwork and videos.

Students at Hongik University created artworks using AI tools for the art section. Virtual artists including Suvi and Appoki took part in the virtual idol and music category. Works created by Kocca’s training program, the New Content Academy, will also be on display.

Expert lectures and workshops are also available. The festival opened with speeches on creativity in the AI era by Constant Brinkman — one of the founders of the world's first AI art gallery, the Dead End Gallery — and cartoonist Lee Hyun-seh, who has been leading AI-assisted creation in the webtoon world.

Game companies and creators will hold workshop sessions for creators on Friday. The exhibition will continue until Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

BY YOON SO-YEON [[email protected]]