Ink | Pulse:
A Conversation with Chris Cheung (h0nh1m)
Ink | Pulse:
A Conversation with Chris Cheung (h0nh1m)
Join Hong Kong media artist Chris Cheung and M+ Curator of Moving Image Chanel Kong to discuss the brand-new live generative work Ink | Pulse, premiering on the M+ Facade on 30 June. A cross-disciplinary collaboration between Cheung and acclaimed Taiwanese calligraphy artist Tong Yang-Tze, it is the first dual-artist commission created specifically for the M+ Facade.
Ink | Pulse is inspired by and based on Tong Yang-Tze's Silent Music, a series of 100 ink pieces that were collected from Tong’s running and cursive scripts between 2003 and 2010 and which Tong has since used in expanding conversations around ink across multiple artistic disciplines. In this algorithm-driven commission, Cheung portrays Tong’s ink strokes as the heart-like vessel for cell division, blood circulation, and the nervous system, amplifying the conceptual and rhythmic resonance between the enduring quality of Tong’s ink practice and the ever-renewing nature of life.
Cheung will share insights on how his generative art practice figures in his appreciation of traditional ink calligraphy and how his conversations with Tong Yang-Tze informed the parameters of the algorithm he has created as part of this commission.
Following the talk, attendees are invited to participate in a demonstration of the algorithm in Ink | Pulse and to attend an outdoor viewing of the work on the M+ Facade (weather permitting).
This free talk will be held in Cantonese. Click on ‘Register’ to sign up.
About the Speaker
Chris Cheung Hon Him (h0nh1m) is a Hong Kong-based artist whose installations and audio-visual performances incorporate electronic, sound, image, and creative technologies. Paying tribute to both Eastern and Western philosophies, the artist employs traditional concepts as a point of departure in his immersive soundscapes, generative art, and data art. His award-winning works and his collaborative projects as the founder of the artist collectives XCEPT and XCEED have been featured in festivals such as Ars Electronica, Electronic Language International Festival (FILE), and European Media Art Festival (EMAF), and he has performed at Sónar Festival in Hong Kong and WRO Art Biennale in Poland.
Portrait of Chris Cheung (h0nh1m). Courtesy of the artist
Related Work
Image at top: Tong Yang-Tze and Chris Cheung (h0nh1m). Still from Ink | Pulse, 2023. Commissioned by M+, 2023. Photo: Courtesy of the artists