EXHIBITION
11-25.8.2024
opening
10.8.2024
JOCKEY CLUB FUTURE LABORATORY OF ARTS TECH
3/F, South Tower, PolyU West Kowloon Campus
9 Hoi Ting Road, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon
Curator:
Chang Hoi Wood
Artists:
Kachi Chan, Haynie Sze, Wong Chun Hoi
SEMINAR
10.8.2024
Moderator:
Mr Chang Hoi Wood (Curator)
Guests:
Kachi Chan, Wong Chun Hoi, Haynie Sze
Creating Digital Twin
7.9.2024
Artist:
Kachi Chan
No. of participants:
15
We’ll have a brief talk about what goes into a digital human, setting you up with all the basics you need. Then, we’ll roll up our sleeves and get into the thick of it, showing you how to shape your own digital human.
To cap it all off, we’ll jump into demonstrating how to bring your character to the stage by making it move and interact in a virtual world.
* Participants are recommended to bring their own laptop with Meta Spark Studio installed.
TRANSFORMING OBJECTS INTO SPEAKERS
21.9.2024
Artist:
Wong Chun Hoi
No. of participants:
15
In this workshop, we will explore an uncommon type of speaker—the Transducer loudspeaker (a sound exciter). We will discover how it serves as a tool for showcasing sound creation, anchoring it within physical spaces. Participants will experience the vibrations produced by placing sound exciters on various objects, turning them into resonant speakers. Together, we will reflect on the unique physicality of sound as a medium.
5.10.2024
Speaker:
Haynie Sze
Artists
Born in Hong Kong and studied architecture. After graduation, he practised at EDGE Design Institute and oversaw the project “Suitcase House, Commune by the Great Wall” (Beijing 2002). From 2003 to 2005, he was the artist-in-residence at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany. He then joined The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and taught design. His works have been presented in exhibitions, screenings and performances in Hong Kong, U.K. and Germany over the years. He curated and organised projects and exhibitions “Building . Power”, Architecture Exhibition in Los Angeles “Island_Peninsula – Glamor, Efficiency, Orderliness & Constant Change: Making of the Hong Kong Architecture Landscape”, JCCAC Festival feature exhibition “Dimension of Living: A House is”, “Hong Kong Interior Design Week”, etc. He is currently coordinating Place-making and Arts Tech projects funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.
Kachi Chan is an artist and researcher who navigates the spaces between the physical and digital worlds. His exploration takes form through computational design, digital realities and robotics. His research primarily focused on employing cultural informatics to recast social issues artistically, all while giving voice to lesser-known perspectives within systems. Kachi was a recipient of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence, which enabled him to pursue advanced studies at the Royal College of Art and Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London.
Kachi’s research-driven artistry has gained significant recognition, including an Honorary Mention at Prix Ars Electronica, the Bartlett Medal, OPPO Renovators Creativity Award, and the Arts Council England Project Grant. His work has been exhibited at notable events such as Ars Electronica Festival, ISEA International, Art Basel Hong Kong and London Design Festival.
Kachi is currently a Research Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University where he teaches histories and theories within media art.
Haynie Sze is an architect cum artist who graduated with a Master of Art in Fine Arts (2021) and a Master of Architecture (2005) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is active in art making, curating and research, besides her career as a practising architect. She is the recipient of the Emerging Artists Development Grant of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (2022), and her award-winning artworks have been exhibited in local and international art exhibitions. Public artworks include Whistling Aloft and the Letters installed at the Hong Kong Science Museum Plaza in Tsim Sha Tsui and the Central Post Office, Hong Kong. Haynie’s artworks explore the intertwined relationship between space, body, mind and spirit, with her line of research based on spatial psychology and perception.
Haynie is also active in curatorial involvements. She is currently a curatorial panel member of the 1a space, and has been a curatorial team member of the Venice Biennale of Architecture – “Delta Four (1984-2044)” (2014), and a team member of the SZ/ HK Bi-city Biennale of Architecture – “City Mobilization” (2009) & “Beyond the Urban Edge: The Ideal City?”(2013), and Venice Biennale of Architecture – “Quotidian Architectures” (2010) & “Vertical Fabric – Density in Landscape“ (2018).
Sound designer/engineer
Graduated from the School of Creative Media in City University of Hong Kong, majored in Critical Intermedia Laboratory. He treats Anger as the initiation of making art. His works mainly involve sound and electronics. Being honest and sincere is his basic creative principle. His work aimed at exploring the necessary useless-ness of technological medium, and to regain the consciousness of articulation of them. Wong got the gold award (Media Art category) in the 23rd ifva festival. Currently working as the artistic engineer in self-run art space “Floating Projects”. Sometimes he works as sound designer and engineer.