Artist Talk | Art x Tech: A world in the mind of machine

From "The Moon Is Leaving Us" to "And the rest is stardust", interdisciplinary artist Phoebe Hui will share her insights into the marriage of art and technology, with her series of works on astronomy. She will also engage in an open dialogue with Popo-Post Art Group on the blood, sweat and tears of art world (red alert).

Exhibited at Tai Kwun Centre for Art and Heritage, "The Moon Is Leaving Us" comprises two major bodies of work: Selena, a custom-built drawbot that produces intricate Moon drawings; and Selenite, a kinetic robot that projects varying Moon imagery on screens. Meanwhile, "And the rest is stardust" is an installation that reimagines Qing astronomy of 28 constellations, which is now on show at Hong Kong Palace Museum.

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About Speaker

Phoebe Hui

Phoebe Hui is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher primarily working in the relationship between language, sound and technology. Her recent projects increasingly rely on interdisciplinary ideas drawn from the machine learning, philosophy of science, system aesthetics and the concept of indeterminacy. Hui received her MFA at UCLA Design Media Art, Los Angeles, her MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, and her BA in Creative Media from City University of Hong Kong.

Hui is the recipient of a number of grants and awards, including the 5th Audemars Piguet Art Commission selected artist, HKETO Yale-China Art Fellowship, Hong Kong Art Development Council Young Artist Award and Artist of the Year (Media Arts), Asian Cultural Council Altius Fellowship, Bloomberg Emerging Artist Award, Asian Cultural Council United States-Japan Arts Program Research Fellowship, Hong Kong Art Development Council Art Scholarship, Hong Kong Design Association Design Student Scholarship, among others. She has presented her research-based art practice and papers globally at venues including Ars Electronica, ISEA, the MIT Media Lab, Asian Contemporary Art Week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the International Festival of Arts and Ideas.

About Guest

Popo-Post Art Group

Formed in 2018, the Popo-Post Art Group take WhatsApp as their HQ, denying the physical comfort of and desire for a studio. In response to Hong Kong’s always burgeoning financial sector, they use idle and underrated spaces. They mix high-quality cultural cement and use it to fill up the slivers and gaps in this city.