Theme: Hide-and-Seek : The Story of Those Who Are Yet to be Found

Hide and Seek: The Story of Those Who Are Yet to be Found

“Hide’’ means to purposefully conceal from sight. Most of us are intent on ‘seeking’ rather than ‘hiding’. However, there are things in this world that shine by purposefully avoiding the searching eyes of others. So, TEDxSNU 2020 Winter aims to tell the story of the things that have their special reasons for choosing to hide.

Why don’t we revisit our memories of playing hide-and-seek as children? The thrill of giggling behind the curtains, the shivers of excitement while holding our breath to avoid capture, and the delight of devising mischievous ways to fool the person who was “it”!
Let us reminisce about those times. Our younger selves, who used to wriggle into hiding places ever so gleefully grew up to become adults who only ever want to be “it”.

We all have experiences of hiding something. Valuable personal records that we want to keep to ourselves, truths so heartbreaking that you wanted to conceal from others, and heritages that survived from adversity to testify that history. Some may frown on the idea of hiding from something. But those decisions may make this world a better place.

In this society, it is rather hard to confidently state “I will hide from something”. But there exist things that gain value by hiding, or being hidden. TEDxSNU hopes to present new experiences to the audience by talking about the value of ‘hiding’ that has been underestimated. All these discussions are just a fraction of the endless talks we can have about “Hide-and-Seek”. In TEDxSNU 2020 Winter, we would like to listen to the talks about “Hide-and-Seek” from different perspectives.

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Eunyoung Oh

Magician

Eun-young Oh is a magician. She makes an effort to delight audiences though this may need to play hide-and-seek with incredulous people. Sometimes she becomes an actress, does pantomime, or acts as a plan maker to stage a performance. After she changed her job from a flight attendant to a magician, her life has been full of these challenges and learning. Facing her passion on the magical stage, the audiences get immersed in her play, even the littlest of the details. She will carry on devoting herself to magic arts, which make people wish for success of the show and become participants of her hide-and-seek.

Hyosang Lee

Hotel Architect

When we think of a hotel, luxurious chandeliers and comfortable spaces come to mind. However, Hyosang Lee, as an expert at constructing hotels, say that much more should be considered. He particularly tries to secure proper amount of space for the workers, which are called BOH (Back Of House). He believes that good hotels should not only care about the 'revealed area' for its customers, but also ensure that its workers are provided with a pleasant working condition. Therefore, he strives to persuade investors for proper amount of BOH spaces and is making changes toward the improvement of working environment for the workers.

Myungshin Cho

Reconstructive Tattoo Doctor

Myungshin Cho is a medical doctor and tattoo artist. He has worked in the field of reconstructive tattoo as a medical doctor more than 20 years. The field treats/covers scar camouflage scalp micro-pigmentation and reconstruction of nipple and areola complex after breast cancer surgery with conventional tattoo. Even though the reconstructive tattoo is not well-known to the general public, he has tried to spread its effectiveness and potential in the medical aspect which has limitation in treatment on modern medical level. He has also been trying to find another modality to overcome the incurable pigment related to skin illnesses/diseases.

Wonwoo Park

Show Creator

Wonwoo Park is a show creator. He has created a lot of TV shows, including “The King of Mask Singer” which led us to listen to his stories in TEDxSNU 2020 Winter Event. The program’s format which excludes the singer’s appearance when deciding whom to vote for gives us a chance to appreciate the voice of unseen celebrities and reveals the new voice of well-known ones. Then, where do the courage and confidence of celebrities who shine every scene of “King of Mask Singer” come from? A “mask” gives a mysterious power to people who stand on the somewhat awkward stage. That power would be the confidence which comes from finding your new ego that has been hidden behind yourself. Wonwoo Park will draw you into the world of “King of Mask Singer”