Recursion
The same pattern can appear at different scales. Recursive Switch is a visual exploration of a switch made of switches, whose components are themselves switches.
A creator’s home
Sophus
Smithe.
Science, philosophy, books and art.
A place for the ideas I develop and the things I make.
LifeInformationRecursionChangeCreation
01 / Background
A scientific background.
A wider creative life.
I am Jong Bhak, a professor of biomedical engineering at UNIST. My scientific work is in bioinformatics, genomics and aging.
Sophus Smithe is the home for my writing, philosophy and visual work. It brings these different parts of my life together.
Academic background at UNIST02 / Philosophy
Small parts.
Larger patterns.
How do living systems change? How is information organized? How can simple interactions give rise to complex things? These questions connect my scientific interests, writing and art.
Change
Life is always changing. I use writing and diagrams to explore evolution, opposing forces and the ways we understand change.
Connection
Science, philosophy and art offer different ways to examine a question. I bring them together here without asking them to become the same thing.
03 / Books & writing
Current writing
Contravolution
A book project exploring evolution, change and the ways we understand living systems.
Manuscript in development
This is also a place for essays, notes and ideas as the work develops.
Contact me about the writing04 / Art & visual ideas
Thinking in shapes.
05 / Objects & goods
Some ideas become things.
The Sophus shop is one channel for my designs, starting with taegeuk and flag T-shirts.