Abstract
Border Diggers
Students from CityU School of Creative Media and Nanjing University Art Institute tracking the obstacles in mediated communication.
Date: 20 Dec 2017 – 20 Jan 2018
Venue: Creative Media Centre 3/F, School of Creative Media, CityU HK (HONG KONG)
Museum of Fine Art, Art Institute Nanjing University (Nanjing, CHINA)
During the first decades of digital computing and networking, the emphasis was put on the potential of the “information highways”. Everything was conceived on the model of transportation means, pipes rail and roads. The positive vision, back then, was a simplistic interpretation of the notion of progress and speed in transaction and dialogue.
During the last semester, students from CityU School of Creative Media MFA/MA have been working together with students from the Art Institute of Nanjing University on the topic of “Obstacles in communication”. They created works connected between both Universities.
On December 20th to January 20th, they exhibit their work in the Hong-Kong Nanjing Tunnel, a virtual reality tunnel that allows dialogue, visual communication inside virtual setups. This new partnership between City University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University opens a new potential for long-term cultural exchanges and academic collaborations. In Nanjing, This exhibition can be considered as the first media art exhibition in the City. Digging new tunnels between Nanjing and Hong Kong, Border Diggers draw our attention on the complexity of dialogue in the networked era.
Students from CityU School of Creative Media and Nanjing University Art Institute tracking the obstacles in mediated communication.
Date: 20 Dec 2017 – 20 Jan 2018
Venue: Creative Media Centre 3/F, School of Creative Media, CityU HK (HONG KONG)
Museum of Fine Art, Art Institute Nanjing University (Nanjing, CHINA)
During the first decades of digital computing and networking, the emphasis was put on the potential of the “information highways”. Everything was conceived on the model of transportation means, pipes rail and roads. The positive vision, back then, was a simplistic interpretation of the notion of progress and speed in transaction and dialogue.
During the last semester, students from CityU School of Creative Media MFA/MA have been working together with students from the Art Institute of Nanjing University on the topic of “Obstacles in communication”. They created works connected between both Universities.
On December 20th to January 20th, they exhibit their work in the Hong-Kong Nanjing Tunnel, a virtual reality tunnel that allows dialogue, visual communication inside virtual setups. This new partnership between City University of Hong Kong and Nanjing University opens a new potential for long-term cultural exchanges and academic collaborations. In Nanjing, This exhibition can be considered as the first media art exhibition in the City. Digging new tunnels between Nanjing and Hong Kong, Border Diggers draw our attention on the complexity of dialogue in the networked era.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 20 Dec 2017 |
| Event | Border Diggers (Hong Kong): Collective Exhibitions of Nanjing University and City University of Hong Kong - L3 Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, CityU, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Duration: 20 Dec 2017 → 20 Jan 2018 http://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/event/171 https://www.facebook.com/events/241047639766400/ |