A7-Shared Campus Exhibition "bring, connect, expand"

メタバース展覧会 / Metaverse Art Exhibition

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参加作品紹介 / Exhibit Showcase

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  092524

  Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland / Zurich)

  Artist : Sascha AT Huth

  Format : Still image data

  Description :The anxiety of our era has to do fundamentally with space. Crossing borders. A bridge, a gate, a step. Chicago, Illinois. Media: Aluminum, Tar, Wood, Paint, Nails, Time Dimension: 75x52x43cm (29 1/2 x 21 x 17 in.)

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  My Tibet

  Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland / Zurich)

  Artist : Nikita Phurpu

  Format : Still image data

  Description :Blending researched materials, personal interpretations, and memories of my father's stories, My Tibet reflects my experience of living and preserving Tibetan culture, while exploring identity and heritage through the complexity of diaspora.

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  Greetings from Japan

  Zurich University of the Arts (Switzerland / Zurich)

  Artist : Michael Tulio

  Format : Video data

  Description :Greetings from Japan, 2024 Film, 6`34`` The short film “Greetings from Japan” is a poetic expression in which a narrative voice reflects on her experiences in Japan in various temporal dimensions. Similar to a greeting card or a voice message on an answering machine, the protagonist conveys her impressions and encounters. The film shots are deliberately blurred and out of focus, while muffled noises and short melodies, the chirping of birds and raindrops sound like memories in the background. “Greetings from Japan” lures the viewer into an imaginary, emotional world that comes to life through her personal imagination. The work serves as a reflection on our way of moving in the world, how we perceive it and how it is reflected in us. It encourages us to think about the meaning of memory and the construction of personal identity by conveying subtle nuances and sensations through visual and acoustic elements. By Michael Tulio

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  OMG! It’s so unbelievable! Dare you believe that??

  Taipei National University of the Arts (Taiwan / Taipei)

  Artist : YenChen Liu

  Format : Still image data

  Description :Although Taiwan and China both use Mandarin as official language, there are significant differences in the writing systems and even language conventions. I felt confused that even though the political relation between Taiwan and China visibly deteriorates daily, those of us who share the same language, be it Taiwanese or Chinese, often lack a proper understanding of each other. This lack of transparent communication leads to misunderstandings and allows false information circulation. This work humorously played with the two languages, pretending as a photographer from China capturing scenes in Taiwan, writing about Taiwan's stereotypes and mockery in the style of Chinese posters from the Cultural Revolution era. However, in reality, both the photos and texts were fabricated, and the use of incorrect language hinted at the dubious nature of the work. It shows that the hatred and impressions between the two sides may have been entirely inaccurate or altered by human intervention.

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  Forgetting To Remember You

  LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore / Singapore)

  Artist : Matthew Sim Zhi Jie

  Format : Still image data

  Description :Artwork Medium: Yarn, spoons and forks. Artwork Installation Dimensions: Approximately 1.7m in length and 10cm in height. Drawing inspiration from the word “heartworm”, the artwork aims to capture the complex yet tender relationship with my grandfather suffering from dementia. In hopes of portraying the suspense felt in the same way that my relationship with my grandfather was left hanging, the final work consists of a large pile of forks and spoons, each individually wrapped with yarn to mask their full identities. Through the act of continuously wrapping each individual utensil with yarn, it also intends to mirror the patience and resilience that I have developed for him over time as his illness progressed.

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  33°00'06" E: Echo Line

  LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore / Singapore)

  Artist : Sim Meng Ying

  Format : Still image data

  Description :Medium: Digital collage Year: 2024 Description: The work blends grids, schematics, and architectural fragments to posit a speculative plan in which each fragmented component acts as a node within a synaptic web of connections.

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  DEAR EXCHANGE

  LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore / Singapore)

  Artist : PHUA WEI XIANG VINSON

  Format : Video data

  Description :This documentary project is about exchange students sharing their experience in the form of a letter. The idea for this project came about when I wanted to express my feelings of my exchange. Soon after talking with other students sharing the same experience, I realised that somehow or another, we share that similar bond, in that all of us were going through the same exact thing when all the thoughts came together. The project documented all the exchange students in Emily Carr University of Art and Design for the semester of Fall 2015 using slide film as well as them penning down their thoughts- in their own language on paper. As a performative piece, a projector was also used to project the slides on a screen with it going in and out of focus before moving on to the next portrait. This personal project serves to capture and document what other exchange students are going through and to serve as an effort to comfort others who are going through the same experience.

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  The Barren Era

  School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : MAO Yuxuan

  Format : Video data

  Description :The game takes place in the future where genetic modification technology is already widely developed. However, the Earth had been destroyed by nuclear weapons in the Third World War. Players need to utilize genetic modification technology to combine various body parts from different animals to create their own creatures to survive in the barren world. The main mechanic is to collect body parts of different creatures and combine them with the player's own creatures. Each body part has its unique abilities. Players need to think both creatively and strategically in order to build a strong creature with powerful skill combinations to fight against other creatures.

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  The Core

  School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : LEE Kai Zheng, Nick

  Format : Video data

  Description :The Core aims to create a 3D isometric puzzle game utilising the rotation mechanism of a Rubik's cube. The player manipulates the surrounding blocks to solve the puzzles and reach the game's objectives.

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  Dad, Will You Teach Me Calligraphy?

  School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : ¡wénrán zhào!

  Format : Still image data

  Description :After witnessing my father practicing calligraphy year after year, I decided to collect his calligraphy works and train a machinelearning algorithm to learn, or imitate, his style. The algorithm is also capable to generate non-existent Chinese characters-characters that look like Chinese but actually make no sense. Therefore, on the left, we get a purely generated calligraphy piece written in a false language, in my dad’s style. On the right is dad’s attempt of recreating the generated work-in his familiar brushstroke style, while the language background was stripped away. Like those pupils learning calligraphy, he started imitating his own style from scratch. This two-way imitation--machine imitating dad’s style and dad imitating the generated output—is where the intimate relationships between dad and calligraphy, digital and analog, and dad and me, get to be explored and perceived.

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  Untitled50

  Hong Kong Baptist University (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : Tom Choi

  Format : Still image data

  Description :Inspired by Alvin Lucier’s I Am Sitting in a Room (1969), I delve into the elusive nature of memory—how it fades and transforms through re-imagination over time. Just as Lucier’s text recordings distorted when recaptured over time, I am retraining a 3DGS model 50 times based on each previously trained model, with each iteration inherently adding layers of distortion, causing the original scene to slip beyond recognition. Memory connects us to specific people and places, re-emerging through each re-imagination. As the landscape shifts, it reflects our own recollections—familiar yet unrecognizable. Distortion invites reinterpretation and expands our memories, making them destined to linger only in our minds, gradually fading with time. Is “this place” still “this place”?

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  Presence

  Hong Kong Baptist University (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : So Ka Lee

  Format : Video data

  Description :With its luminance expanding in the sky, a firework can be an ode of celebration and an omen of death declared in the civilization of men. The presence of "Bring, Connect, Expand" weaves creation that surrounds, defines, and propels men to the future. Perceive, and savor the ebb and flow of the world.

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  Fire of revelation

  Hong Kong Baptist University (China / Hong Kong)

  Artist : Lam Wai Chak

  Format : Video data

  Description :A lightning strike ignited the dry tree on the prairie at an unknown time and place. Meanwhile, an unnamed man carefully picked up a burning branch back to his cave. From that moment, fire connects to human life. In later generations, we have mythologized this story, viewing it as a blessing from gods like Zhurong and Prometheus. Perhaps, at the very beginning, it may have simply been a group of primitive man beings drawn to the warmth of the fire in the cold wilderness. Then, they created a world with high-rise buildings and developed a road network. This is a myth, written by humans. A lightning strike ignited the dry tree on the prairie at an unknown time and place. Meanwhile, an unnamed man carefully carried a burning branch back to his cave. From that moment on, fire became intertwined with human existence. In later generations, we mythologized this event, viewing it as a gift from gods like Zhurong and Prometheus. Yet, at its core, it may have simply been a group of early humans drawn to the warmth of fire in the cold wilderness. From those humble beginnings, they would go on to build towering skyscrapers and develop intricate road networks. This is a myth—a narrative crafted by humanity.

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  MAY DAY IN KOREA, CHEJU-DO, 1948

  University of the Arts London (UK / London)

  Artist : Jihye Kang

  Format : Video data

  Description :In 1948, the documentary film ‘May Day in Korea, Cheju-do, 1948’ was documented by the United States Department of the Army (U.S. Department of the Army, 1948). In 2024, the animation film ‘May Day in Korea, Cheju-do, 1948’ was animated by My Grandmother, My Mother, and I who had lost a family member during Jeju 4.3, the tragic civilian massacre that took place on Jeju Island at the dawn of the Cold War.

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  FLYING FISH

  University of the Arts London (UK / London)

  Artist : Mengmeng Ming

  Format : Video data

  Description :FLYING FISH blends real family archives with fictional narratives to explore the complex journey of self-discovery and gender identity. Through childhood photo studio portraits, it reveals connections between traditional photo studios and drag performances. In a reimagined, fictional photo studio, the filmmaker encounters a group of crocodile companions, where they are free to dance without societal constraints. The film reflects the fluidity of memory and the boundless possibilities of fantasy.

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  Finding Ground (2024)

  University of the Arts London (UK / London)

  Artist : Angela McIntosh

  Format : Still image data

  Description :In Spring 2024, I brought together a small group of people from different cultural, generational and professional backgrounds. We gathered on rural land in Canada, located on traditional lands and treaty territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Here we undertook a collaborative movement experiment, leading to a creative output of structures assembled from foraged materials. Following my practice values, the focus of the performance was connection through process. The temporary structures can be viewed as an impermanent archive of this process. Creative practice on and with the land provides opportunities for unlearning and self-discovery. Utilizing materials from the site, and working together in silence, allows for deeper understanding and connection with the land; with ourselves; and with one another. I subsequently created a composite still image from aerial video footage, capturing co-regulated movements between participants as they interacted with one another and the land. Viewed from above, figures and ground meld. Shifting visual perspective speaks to the need to take an expansive and curious view when trying to understand complexity and find common ground.