Augmented reality exhibition takes virtual art outdoors in Hong Kong
- Three art installations and five virtual artworks on show at Asia Society Hong Kong
- International line-up of artists includes Carla Chan, Peter Nelson and Kikuji Kawada
The three commissioned art installations all explore the relationship between humans and technology, according to Wong.
When We are Disappearing in the Digital by contemporary artist Carla Chan features a site-specific mural in the centre’s roof garden with a cut-out of a human silhouette that the audience can physically pass through.
When viewed through an AR app (developed by BNY Mellon) on a mobile phone, human-shaped silhouettes in front of the mural become distorted and pixelated. Chan teases a more symbolic idea.
The next art installation, Data Stones by visual artist Peter Nelson, is a set of computer-generated stone sculptures that visualise his online conversations with two other people.
Hidden at a scenic lookout on the site is A Crescent, Poplars, and Moon Trailing, Tokyo, a black-and-white photograph by Kikuji Kawada, which is part of BNY Mellon’s Arts and Artifacts collection.
Upon scanning a marker with the mobile app and pointing the phone at the sky, the original photograph will appear on the screen.
“It’s a photograph where you see the waning crescent [moon], superimposed with a moon trail.
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