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Digital art show seeks new dimensions
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VISITING this exhibition is an experience akin to entering a labyrinth, as everything inside is dark except several flickering screens on the wall.
“Metamorphosis of the Virtual 5+5,” a rare digital art exhibition in Shanghai presents a new wave of Chinese and French digital art. But beyond that, it aims to instill forward-thinking discussion on change and societal advancement by elevating the art genre to a new dimension. The exhibition is aimed to create new cultural dialogues between artists and the community and conjure a new curiosity and understanding of digital art form, as well as disprove the common misconception that Chinese digital artists lag behind their Western peers.
“Aided by evolving technologies and the Internet, we can be moved and empowered to make a difference to our world, however small the change is,” said Adrian Cheng, founder and chairman of KAF, the organizer of the exhibition.
The show features major pieces by internationally renowned and emerging Chinese and French artists. It is divided into five sections: Flux, Life Forms, Cityscape, Morphogenetic and Avatar.
French artist Pascal Haudressy’s work creates a link between the real and the virtual. He works on installations that combine digital images, objects and sculptures.
‘Heart’
The artist’s “Heart” belongs to a series titled “Organs,” and is a video loop of a beating heart that endlessly recreates the diastolic/systolic movement of the organ. Although it can be seen as a simple medical imagery, it is more a question of process, cycle and rhythm than of anatomical accuracy.
Another highlight of the exhibition comes from Chinese artist Miao Xiaochun. He is renowned for his expansive photographic works that document the realities of contemporary Chinese cities and affirm the relationship between the inhabitants and the constructed spaces.
In recent years, he also uses digital technology to create entirely new conceptual worlds, often as 3D animations. Miao’s idiosyncratic adaptations and interpretations of masterworks of European art from the early modern period are direct. He parades China’s own history of art and playfully presents the present attitude to introduce a future possibility.
For some visitors, the attraction lies in the exhibition’s interactive work, and Zheng Da’s “Virtual Portrait — Invasion Project” is such a piece. Zheng’s digital video installation allows a person to interact with an electrical image. When the visitor enters an area, houses respond in a wild explosion, putting the visitor at the center of the art piece.
Date: Through August 31, 10am-6pm
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