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Digital Connections

Emphasising the dynamic interplay between new technologies and lived experience.

A screenshot of Xin Liu’s ’The Earth Is an Image’, one of M+’s digital commissions in 2021. The screenshot shows a grey globe against a dark background that is slightly out of focus, resembling images sent from a far distance. White and subtle grid lines overlay the entire image. Spread across the image is text in English and Chinese delineating the work’s title and parameters of a satellite’s journey.
A screenshot of Xin Liu’s ’The Earth Is an Image’, one of M+’s digital commissions in 2021. The screenshot shows a grey globe against a dark background that is slightly out of focus, resembling images sent from a far distance. White and subtle grid lines overlay the entire image. Spread across the image is text in English and Chinese delineating the work’s title and parameters of a satellite’s journey.

Cosmic Gaze: On Xin Liu’s ‘The Earth Is an Image’

How do three ageing satellites orbiting overhead prompt reflections on humanity’s place in the cosmos?
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
A person standing in a studio space, facing the camera, with wooden sculptural artworks in the background.
A person standing in a studio space, facing the camera, with wooden sculptural artworks in the background.

Miao Ying: Pixelated Pasts

Miao Ying explores Chinese internet culture through installations and simulations that challenge our perceptions
7 mins: 
Visual Art  / Moving Image  / Digital  /  Video
A still of a single-channel video artwork featuring an opaque blue screen through which we can see a man standing in what appears to be a study. The work’s title is emblazoned across it in English and Chinese.
A still of a single-channel video artwork featuring an opaque blue screen through which we can see a man standing in what appears to be a study. The work’s title is emblazoned across it in English and Chinese.

From Alien Enslavement to Information Overload: Lin Ke on Digital Experience

Lin Ke’s ‘Like Me’ examines information overload, short attention spans, and the risks of entrancing society in endless digital experiences
4 mins: 
Visual Art  / Moving Image  /  Article
Red typewriter resting on a picnic blanket placed on lush green grass.
Red typewriter resting on a picnic blanket placed on lush green grass.

My Dear Valentine: How Olivetti’s Artful Advertising Imbued Machines with Desire

The Olivetti Valentine’s innovative design and ads made it the Apple of its time, portraying it as a stylish, emotional companion
6 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article
Six models are filmed on a phone at Shanghai Fashion Week. The phone is on the left of the image and held horizontally by a pair of hands. Through the screen, the models are seen standing in formation. Beyond the phone, a model wearing a short-sleeved black dress with a yellow flower design is seen from the chest up on the right of the image.
Six models are filmed on a phone at Shanghai Fashion Week. The phone is on the left of the image and held horizontally by a pair of hands. Through the screen, the models are seen standing in formation. Beyond the phone, a model wearing a short-sleeved black dress with a yellow flower design is seen from the chest up on the right of the image.

China and the Cosmotechnics of Fashion: Interactive Fashion Weeks and the Rise of Independent Innovators

Anouchka van Driel explores China’s fashion sector and changing dynamics between designers, users and consumers via online platforms
7 mins: 
Design and Architecture  / Critique  /  Article
Close-up portrait of a young woman illuminated by soft lighting in a night scene with falling snow-like substance, looking directly at the camera. City lights visible in the background.
Close-up portrait of a young woman illuminated by soft lighting in a night scene with falling snow-like substance, looking directly at the camera. City lights visible in the background.

‘PILLARS’ - a Short Film by Benny Woo

‘PILLARS’ - a film by Benny Woo that challenges social media stereotypes and explores how we shape our identities
12 mins: 
Moving Image  / Visual Culture  /  Video
Dusk view of buildings across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, which stretches across the frame at the bottom. A campus of buildings stands on the viewer's right, including a rectangular block illuminated with the words 'M+'.
Dusk view of buildings across Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour, which stretches across the frame at the bottom. A campus of buildings stands on the viewer's right, including a rectangular block illuminated with the words 'M+'.

Behind the Screen: The M+ Facade

The M+ Facade in Hong Kong challenges traditional museum displays, encouraging audiences to explore the relationship between art and the urban space
6 mins: 
Moving Image  / Behind the Scenes  /  Article
A square size image showing a composite of graphics of orange trees, highways, and grassland with a pair of blue dialogue boxes at the bottom.
A square size image showing a composite of graphics of orange trees, highways, and grassland with a pair of blue dialogue boxes at the bottom.

Programmable Life: Artist Ryan Kuo in conversation

Discover the creative process behind Ryan Kuo’s M+ digital commission ‘Puzzle’
11 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
A digital, blob-like form comprises six protrusions rendered in bright colours.
A digital, blob-like form comprises six protrusions rendered in bright colours.

A Blobby Stretch

As technology advances, the human affinity for blobs has only grown stronger. Kate Gu from M+ responds to Zachary Lieberman’s new digital commission of creative coding, ‘Atlas of Blobs’
7 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Video still of two long images. They are displayed on top of one another. Each depicts scenes rendered in a 1980’s style video game aesthetic showing people in space suits firing futuristic weapons at one another. A CCCP satellite with a hammer and sickle is visible in the background, as are US spaceships which also feature modules made out of Cola-Cola cans.
Video still of two long images. They are displayed on top of one another. Each depicts scenes rendered in a 1980’s style video game aesthetic showing people in space suits firing futuristic weapons at one another. A CCCP satellite with a hammer and sickle is visible in the background, as are US spaceships which also feature modules made out of Cola-Cola cans.

The Digital Art Revolution

From ‘Zen for TV’ to ‘Touch for Luck’, a brief history of new media at M+
12 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
The artist Beeple stands next to a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens in a concrete-walled gallery space. With his arms crossed, Beeple is staring face to face with the projection of a helmeted human figure in an astronaut suit within a virtual botanical landscape in vibrant neon colours.
The artist Beeple stands next to a metal-framed box constructed from LED screens in a concrete-walled gallery space. With his arms crossed, Beeple is staring face to face with the projection of a helmeted human figure in an astronaut suit within a virtual botanical landscape in vibrant neon colours.

An Infinite Journey In the Virtual Realm: On Beeple and ‘HUMAN ONE’

Curator Sunny Cheung traces Beeple’s trajectory in digital art from his NFT ‘Everydays’ to the artist’s recent work, the video sculpture ‘HUMAN ONE’
10 mins: 
Digital  / M+ Exhibitions  /  Article
Photograph showing several people floating in a spacecraft interior. A woman is floating horizontally in the foreground. She has black hair dyed blue and is wearing a grey, skin-tight spacesuit. She is tethered to the floor by a black cord and is holding up a hand-sized, white mechanical device in both hands. In the background are other people dressed in blue uniforms and floating at various heights.
Photograph showing several people floating in a spacecraft interior. A woman is floating horizontally in the foreground. She has black hair dyed blue and is wearing a grey, skin-tight spacesuit. She is tethered to the floor by a black cord and is holding up a hand-sized, white mechanical device in both hands. In the background are other people dressed in blue uniforms and floating at various heights.

The Satellite Chaser: Artist Xin Liu in Conversation

Artist and engineer Xin Liu on dead satellites, space art, and the relationship between technology and humans
10 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Photograph showing a busy street corner. Above the street is a green, orange and yellow neon sign advertising ‘GOLDEN COMPUTER CENTRE’ in Chinese and English. The signs are attached to a tenement-style building. Cars wait at a stoplight outside the building, and people cross the street.
Photograph showing a busy street corner. Above the street is a green, orange and yellow neon sign advertising ‘GOLDEN COMPUTER CENTRE’ in Chinese and English. The signs are attached to a tenement-style building. Cars wait at a stoplight outside the building, and people cross the street.

Region Locking Really Hertz

Curator Sunny Cheung investigates the regional lockout strategies that fuelled the success of Nintendo's early home gaming consoles
14 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article
Photograph showing two people in multi-coloured, skin-tight body suits standing serenely against a two-toned purple and blue background.
Photograph showing two people in multi-coloured, skin-tight body suits standing serenely against a two-toned purple and blue background.

Web Design Is Visual Culture

Designers Anton & Irene share how they created a website for M+ that is as vibrant and distinctive as Hong Kong itself
10 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article
Photograph of a blue sky with white clouds.
Photograph of a blue sky with white clouds.

Staring at the Sky: Yoko Ono Connects the World on Zoom

William Smith shares three observations about Yoko Ono's instruction-led, participatory practice on the occasion of the Zoom event 'T.V. to See the Sky'
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Pixel art illustration of three figures wearing virtual reality headsets. Each figure has its head tilted up as beams shoot from the headsets. Three-dimensional diamonds and grey shapes float around the beams. Each figure wears a blue shirt with an identical white logo.
Pixel art illustration of three figures wearing virtual reality headsets. Each figure has its head tilted up as beams shoot from the headsets. Three-dimensional diamonds and grey shapes float around the beams. Each figure wears a blue shirt with an identical white logo.

On Digital Ways of Seeing

Haidy Geismar explores how digital museum visualisation technologies both change and perpetuate long standing traditions in how we access cultural artefacts
8 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Screen capture from the online world Second Life. In a calm blue sea a small island is clogged with modern skyscrapers and futuristic buildings.
Screen capture from the online world Second Life. In a calm blue sea a small island is clogged with modern skyscrapers and futuristic buildings.

Unboxing Cao Fei's ‘RMB City’

Curator Pi Li and conservator David Smith unbox the offline version of Cao Fei’s ‘RMB City’, a virtual world that originated on the platform Second Life
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Video
Nine rows of sixteen emojis depicting different images and with different monochromatic colours. Each emoji fits into just twelve by twelve pixels.
Nine rows of sixteen emojis depicting different images and with different monochromatic colours. Each emoji fits into just twelve by twelve pixels.

Which Old-School Emoji Are You?

Which old-school Docomo emoji best represents you? Take our quiz to find out!
1 min: 
Design and Architecture  / Digital  /  Quiz
Computer animated still depicting a square grassy island in the middle of an ocean at sunset. A row of increasingly tall, alternating trees and unicorn horns sticking out of the ground divides the island into two. Several shapes covered in white fabric covered in logos lie on the island.
Computer animated still depicting a square grassy island in the middle of an ocean at sunset. A row of increasingly tall, alternating trees and unicorn horns sticking out of the ground divides the island into two. Several shapes covered in white fabric covered in logos lie on the island.

Miao Ying and the ‘Chinternet’ Can Help You Detox from the World Wide Web

We chat to artist Miao Ying about her work Hardcore Digital Detox, a playful reflection on both the ‘Chinternet’ and World Wide Web, housed on M+ Stories
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
Video game still of a person sitting on a motorbike with their back towards us. In front of them is an urban landscape in a rainy, dusky atmosphere. The street is lit up by neon signs showing Chinese lettering, and a red Hong Kong taxi is seen driving.
Video game still of a person sitting on a motorbike with their back towards us. In front of them is an urban landscape in a rainy, dusky atmosphere. The street is lit up by neon signs showing Chinese lettering, and a red Hong Kong taxi is seen driving.

Why Is Hong Kong Such a Popular Video Game Location?

There are around 140 video games set in Hong Kong, but relatively few game developers. Hugh Davies explores why—and how—games feature Hong Kong so frequently
6 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
A video in which black text flashes rapidly on a white background, with two strips of black on the top and bottom. On the top black strip, green text in Korean flashed across the screen, while green text in English flashes across the bottom black strip. All three sets of text move across the screen at the same pace. Each one tells a separate story, creating three simultaneous narrative as one watches the video.
A video in which black text flashes rapidly on a white background, with two strips of black on the top and bottom. On the top black strip, green text in Korean flashed across the screen, while green text in English flashes across the bottom black strip. All three sets of text move across the screen at the same pace. Each one tells a separate story, creating three simultaneous narrative as one watches the video.

Why M+ Acquired YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES’ Entire Body of Work

In late 2016, M+ acquired artist’s proof 2 of 2 of the entire body of work of the artist duo YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES. Here's what, how, and why
10 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Article

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