Month: December 2024

Immersive Performance manτεία at Freespace

manτεία /Sunday, Dec 22 /3.30pm – 4.30pm and 7.30pm – 8.30pm / The BoxFreespaceWestK Tickets metamaps.hk manτεία (meaning prophecy or divination) is a new performance written and produced by MBow (Roberto Alonso Trillo and Peter Nelson) that examines how ancient practices of geomancy and divination relate to our desire to find meaning in AI. Apophenia is the human tendency to look for meaningful patterns in random patterns, from the shapes of clouds to the scratches in oracle bones, to the outputs of AI generators. As our cultures grapple with the rapid evolution of AI, manτεία returns us to the ancient quest to communicate with the transcendent, by looking for messages in clouds and melodies in noise. Premiering at Freespace West Kowloon on the 22nd of December 2024, manτεία uses a unique approach to artistic collaboration, where artists produce sculptures, compositions and virtual worlds that send signals to one another, linking them together into a chain of creation via a technical process known as ‘multimodal mapping’. A giant mechanical sculpture will create an irregular heartbeat that drives a …

Reina Sugihara 杉原玲那

Published by Brady Ng

Respirare /Empty Gallery /Hong Kong /Dec 8, 2024 – Mar 1, 2025 / Everyone experienced the Covid pandemic on different terms. There were forced lockdowns for some and productive isolation for others, social pods and cautious public encounters, with a constant reminder of strained medical systems and an immense loss of life. For Tokyo-based painter Reina Sugihara, that era provided an opportunity to slow down and start a new hobby. Like many millennials around the world, she picked up bird watching. That was one of the kernels for Respirare, an exhibition of paintings by Sugihara at Empty Gallery. After a bout of sickness that affected her breathing, the artist came across an article about a bar-tailed godwit that set a world record by flying nonstop for 11 days, covering 13,559 kilometres between Alaska and Tasmania. Sugihara began to consider how birds breathe. Unlike human lungs, which move air in and out through the same pathway, avian respiration enables a one-way air flow, making it an efficient system that enhances oxygen uptake. This is crucial for …

Yu Ji, Casey Robbins, Ho King Man, Boat Zhang and Kojiro Kobayashi at Kiang Malingue

Published by Artomity Magazine

Evaporates /Dec 13, 2024 – Feb 8, 2025 /Opening: Friday, Dec12, 6pm – 8pm / Kiang Malingue 10 Sik On Street, Wan Chai, Hong KongTuesday – Saturday, 12 – 6pm +852 2810 0317 kiangmalingue.com Evaporates at Kiang Malingue’s Sik On Street space is organised by Yu Ji, and is the first chapter born out of the self-organised residency program in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Featured in the exhibition are works by all artist friends who participated in PLAY KNOW ATTENTION: Casey Robbins (Vermont, New York), Ho King Man (New York, Guangzhou), Kojiro Kobayashi (Tokyo), and Boat Zhang (Tokyo, Shanghai). The artists reminisce about the space and time of the residency in Hong Kong, living together again at Kiang Malingue in the last month of 2024.

Hou Jianan at DE SARTHE

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Hou Jianan /Here Today, Gone Tomorrow /Nov 30, 2024 – Jan 25, 2025 / DE SARTHE26/F, M Place54 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong+852 2167 8896Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 7pm desarthe.com Here Today, Gone Tomorrow by Chongqing-based artistHou Jianan is now open at DE SARTHE Hong Kong. The exhibition features a new body of works on canvas that allude to the illusion of fulfillment that manifests in the cross-breeze of consumerist society and digital gratification. Sweet and plump yet empty and fragile, Hou Jianan’s manipulation of imagery alludes to the way in which our perception of goods is enhanced by technology, resulting in the expanded desire to consume and indulge in materialism. As we are constantly distracted, or arguably numbed, by temptations and entertainment, we fall into a false sense of security as Hou suggests through his portrayal of home environments and domestic objects. With an emphasis on artificiality, the imagery speaks to the illusion of fulfillment constructed and exacerbated by instant digital gratifications.