The future is wow: Robotics exhibition that pushes the boundaries of innovation
A multimedia exhibition shows how a group of artists is challenging traditional views of art, writes Vanessa Yung
IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN baffled by an exhibition and wondered where contemporary art is heading, get ready for a surprise. A new media arts and robotics exhibition arrived in Hong Kong last week and promises to challenge traditional views on art and how the public interacts with it.
Titled “The Innovationist”, the exhibition has been installed in the Atrium and Art Space of the K11mall in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Joel Kwong Kai-ling, who is curating the show for Input/Output (I/O) gallery, says the venue was chosen so the exhibition could reach a larger crowd than those who usually frequent museums.
Prior to arriving in Hong Kong, “The Innovationist” debuted at the Taiwan Museum of Contemporary Art. More interactive works, including Scott Hessel’s Sustainable Cinema and Chris Cheung Hon-him and XEX GRP’s Anadelta got to stay in the K11 show, while a few pieces from the Taiwan event have been replaced by new ones like DaDi, BeBe.5 and LuLubo Robots by Taiwanese artist Akibo (Li Ming-dao).
“The audience probably won’t experience artworks in a shopping mall the same way as they would in a museum,” says Kwong, who is the artistic director of the I/O gallery.