Hojun Song is a Korean artist whose project is to launch a satellite in low earth orbit. The satellite, built by Hojun using open source design and technology, will display Morse-coded messages visible from earth, is so small it fits in a small daypack and is controllable from a website.

Listen to Hojun talk about the crossover between media arts, space grade technology, the open source movement and the ever changing role of the artist in a modern society.

Hojun Song is featured in this month's Monocle issue, read more here (pay wall). 

More info

Ossi (Open Source Satellite Initiative): www.opensat.cc          

Hojun Song: www.hhjjj.com           

Twitter: @opensat

Join Hojun on Thursday, April 1st, 7pm at W+K Shanghai, 3/F, No. 1035 Changle Lu near Wulumuqi Lu

The Talk will be in English

I wrote about Hojun recently on the April Issue of Monocle (see the link above) and I'm really thrilled by his project. When I knew he'd be in Shanghai I immediately tried to set up a speaking gig for him and here's the result.

When: This coming Thursday, April 1st, 7pm
Where: W+K Shanghai, 3/F, No. 1035 Changle Lu near Wulumuqi Lu

Make sure to book in advance (here: http://hojunsong.eventbrite.com/ )as there's limited space. Unfortunately we only had a day or so to prepare and I still have to sort out the "refreshment" thing. To be on the safe side, you might want to bring a drink if, such as yours truly, you are one of those individuals that enjoys sipping a cold beer while listening to something interesting. There's no cover charge.

Huge thanks to the guys at W+K Shanghai for making this possible.
See you on Thursday!