Expanded Dis/Closures – XR Summit

Rene Hyewon Lee
Director, Palace Immersive Goong

Rene Hyewon Lee is a producer and director of immersive storytelling, working on the boundary between art and technology and between Korea and the world. Founder of Giioii.

Tammy Ko Robinson (Moderator)
Artist-Researcher and Educator

Tammy Ko Robinson is an artist-researcher and educator based in Seoul and focused on emergent media. Her works, including videos, installations, writings, and archives, have been widely exhibited. She has held residencies with the the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, and Asia Art Archive.

Taien Ng-Chan (Moderator)
Associate Professor in Film & Media Arts, York University: York Research Chair in Marginal & Emergent Media

Taien Ng-Chan is a writer, media artist, and associate professor in Film & Media Arts at York University, where she currently holds the York Research Chair in Marginal & Emergent Media. Her digital media works have been exhibited in film festivals, conference events and galleries across Canada and internationally. She is Co-Director (with Prof. Carmela Laganse at McMaster University) of the Sari-Sari Xchange, a community-building research-creation project in emergent media.

Carmela Laganse (Moderator)
Associate Professor in the School of the Arts, McMaster University

Working in a variety of media, Carmela Laganse’s practice engages with intersections of embodied experience and perception as well as exploring the agency embedded in objects and environments. Her work explores the impact of colonialism, diasporic communities and considers how these things contribute to material culture and identity through an intersectional lens. She is Associate Professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University and collaborator with Taien Ng-Chan on several projects including the SariSariXchange.

Kuan-jen Wang
XR Program Manager, Kaohsiung Film Archive; XR DREAMLAND Curator, Kaohsiung Film Festival

Born and based in Kaohsiung. Taught film study and criticism writing as lecturer in National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology and I-Shou University. Been participating in KFF since 2011 as varied roles, including international coordinator, short film programmer, brochure editor, coordinator of Kaohsiung VR FILM LAB Originals, and curator for XR DREAMLAND since 2024. 

Hsin-Hsuan Yeh
Director, Sense of Nowhere

Born in Taiwan in 1997. Hsin Hsuan Yeh is an 2D and stop-motion animation director exploring experimental narratives and cross-media integration, a person enjoying intriguing things. In 2023, she ventured into virtual reality (VR), seeking new storytelling modes through associative thinking. Her work emphasizes tactile visuals, embodied interaction and interpretability. Her debut VR project Sense of Nowhere immerses viewers in a universe inspired by various religions and psychology, reflecting on reality, illusion, and interconnectedness.

Kuan-Yuan Lai
Director, The Train Hamasen

An independent filmmaker and XR creator whose practice reflects on environment, culture, memory, and identity—locally rooted yet globally resonant. Blending folklore, speculative futures, and tradition, Kuan-Yuan Lai uses new media to spark imagination and emotional resonance. Spanning documentary, animation, and immersive work. XR works include The Train Hamasen, Pneumo Hacker, Diving into Siraya, Missing Picture: Tsai Ming Liang, The Reflected City, Towards Jimagawod etc.

Randall Okita
Director, Book of Distance

Randall Okita is an artist and filmmaker known for his use of rich visual language and innovative storytelling. His films have screened at Sundance, Venice, Tribeca and TIFF, while his art has appeared in galleries and museums worldwide. With over twenty international awards, including two Canadian Screen Awards, a Webby, and a Japan Prize, Okita continues to push boundaries internationally. 

Tammy Ko Robinson (Moderator)
Artist-Researcher and Educator

Tammy Ko Robinson is an artist-researcher and educator based in Seoul and focused on emergent media. Her works, including videos, installations, writings, and archives, have been widely exhibited. She has held residencies with the the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, and Asia Art Archive.