Artists talk on “The Network of Sensory Meaning in Daily Objects”
ARTISTS TALK ON “THE NETWORK OF SENSORY MEANING IN DAILY OBJECTS”
Why do things exist? What is the meaning of the existence of things in relation to space and relationship? A “being” (or “living existence”) appearing in a certain space is perhaps not just an object; but rather, objects are interrelated (especially in the same space) and together they form a “network of meaning” (Heidegger). In certain places and times, the network of meaning provides the text for reading certain states.
Artists Alain Chiu and Tung Wing Hong have both used daily objects as creative elements in the past as well as in the current exhibition, and they will speak about such works in this talk.
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- Conducted in Cantonese.
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Speakers
Alain Chiu
Composer and sound artist Alain Chiu’s body of work sits firmly at the juncture of contemporary music, sound art, and multimedia art. It ranges from traditional music, sound installations, experimental musical theatre, to virtual reality videos and video installations.
Alain Chiu has created commission works for West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Sotheby’s Hong Kong. Chiu’s music has been performed at Hong Kong Arts Festival, WKCDA Freespace Festival, Hong Kong Week in Taipei, Jumping Frames Italy Tour, and Cannes Film Festival.
Chiu is the founder of the Trilateral Lab, an experimental performance collective. The Lab is dedicated to challenging the existing form and structure of performing arts. It also aims at incorporating new technologies as a way to stimulate and cultivate new ideas. The Lab’s engagements include Never Seen, Collecting Sounds, a public sound installation; the Space-time Capsule of Ma Wan Village, an experiential exhibition; and According to the Order of Time, a 180-degree video installation.
Tung Wing Hong
Tung Wing Hong is a visual artist, programmer, fabricator and mechanical designer. He has been honoured as the UOB Installation Artist of the Year and received the Gold Award in the Established Artist Category in the UOB Golden Garden Installation Art Award 2015. His artworks have been exhibited at Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, Pearl Lam Galleries Soho, Shenzhen Art Museum, Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong and Siggraph Asia 2018 in Tokyo.
Exploring the spectatorship of art and spatial sensation, Tung creates site-specific installations combining moving images and mechanical movements. The synchronisation of these two time-based media interests him and sets off his continuous experimentation. He also offers his expertise in art production and technical support for local artists and tertiary institutions. Tung currently lives and works in Hong Kong.
Moderator
Keith Lam
Media artist, co-founder and artistic director of art and technology studio Dimension Plus, founder of composite space openground.
Keith Lam’s works have won awards at various international art festivals including the world-leading new media arts award Prix Ars Electronica, and Japan Media Arts Festival, among others. His works have also been shown in museums and art festivals around the world, such as the National Art Center, Tokyo, OK Center for Contemporary Art in Austria, New Technological Art Award Biennial in Belgium, Hong Kong Museum of Art.
Also committed to new media art and design education, Lam teaches and consults at various universities & institutions in Hong Kong with the aim of promoting digital fabrication in art.
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