HONG KONG STOP.MOTION – EXHIBITION PART 1 @ KAPOK

POST MO’ BILLS

WHO LIKES TO RECEIVE BILLS?

WELL, ME – REGARDING THIS PROJECT AT LEAST. I’D LIKE TO CREATE A GALLERY OF ‘RANDOM’ BILLS, WHICH PEOPLE WOULD SEND ME. I DON’T CARE IF IT’S FROM THE SUPERMARKET, THE PHONE, OR THE RENT RECEIPT – WELL, IT SHOULD ONLY CONTAIN DATA, WHICH YOU ARE FINE TO SHARE WITH ME & WWW. THE BILLS COULD BE SCANNED, TAKEN PHOTO ...Read more

POST MO’ BILLS

WHO LIKES TO RECEIVE BILLS?

WELL, ME – REGARDING THIS PROJECT AT LEAST. I’D LIKE TO CREATE A GALLERY OF ‘RANDOM’ BILLS, WHICH PEOPLE WOULD SEND ME. I DON’T CARE IF IT’S FROM THE SUPERMARKET, THE PHONE, OR THE RENT RECEIPT – WELL, IT SHOULD ONLY CONTAIN DATA, WHICH YOU ARE FINE TO SHARE WITH ME & WWW. THE BILLS COULD BE SCANNED, TAKEN PHOTO ...Read more

POST MO’ BILLS

HABITS

WHATEVER GETS PRODUCED, THERE IS FEW THINGS LEFT WHICH DON’T INVOLVE AN ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR AT SOME POINT OF THE PROCESS. BUT USUALLY WE DON’T TYPE CALCULATIONS, WE RATHER INTERACT WITH THE MACHINES THROUGH INTERFACES. OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE WHICH GETS DESIGNED TO FULLFILL CERTAIN TASKS AND PURPOSE. NEW SOFTWARE INVENTIONS WILL MOST LIKELY LEAD TO NEW DETAILS IN THE PRODUCTS PERFORMED WITH THEM.

THE REVERSE CONCLUSION IS THAT – EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE, THE PRODUCTS WIL BE OFTEN ‘LIMITED’ TO THE SET OF CALCULAT...Read more

HABITS

WHATEVER GETS PRODUCED, THERE IS FEW THINGS LEFT WHICH DON’T INVOLVE AN ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR AT SOME POINT OF THE PROCESS. BUT USUALLY WE DON’T TYPE CALCULATIONS, WE RATHER INTERACT WITH THE MACHINES THROUGH INTERFACES. OPERATING SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE WHICH GETS DESIGNED TO FULLFILL CERTAIN TASKS AND PURPOSE. NEW SOFTWARE INVENTIONS WILL MOST LIKELY LEAD TO NEW DETAILS IN THE PRODUCTS PERFORMED WITH THEM.

THE REVERSE CONCLUSION IS THAT – EVEN THOUGH EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE TO CALCULATE, THE PRODUCTS WIL BE OFTEN ‘LIMITED’ TO THE SET OF CALCULAT...Read more

HABITS

interviewed by HIP Hong KOng

I copy the interview that I had with Hip Hong Kong about the exhibition that just started last Tursday in Philia Lounge 4 Arbuthnot Rd Central ENJOY AND COME TO SEE IT REALLL!****For his new exhibition "Giraffes in the City" artist XYZ is taking his real name, Olgierd, and signing a series of paintings representing giraffes overlayed with the pattern of the city. Gloria Yu asks Olgierd some questions before the opening of his new exhibit at Philia this Thursday.

HHK: You recent...Read more

GIRAFFE IN THE CITY – ALL PAINTINGS

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I THOUGHT ONE DAY THAT THE CITY COULD BE SEEN AS A ZOO FOR HUMANS AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TAKE A WILD ANIMAL AS THE OBSERVER – THAT IS HOW THE IDEA STARTED. I WAS LOOKING FOR A SPECIES THAT WOULD BE UNADAPTED TO LIVING IN THIS ZOO BUT ALSO AN ANIMAL THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT LOOK DOWN AT.

I DECIDED UPON THE GIRAFFE. THE LONG NECK OF THE GIRAFFE HIGHLIGHTS THE VIEWING PROCESS; THEY HAVE A GENTLE AND CURIOUS WAY OF WATCHING. THE GIRAFFE HAS ALSO SOME FORMAL/METAPHORICAL SIMILARITIES WIT...Read more

GIRAFFE IN THE CITY – ALL PAINTINGS

[[Show as slideshow]]

I THOUGHT ONE DAY THAT THE CITY COULD BE SEEN AS A ZOO FOR HUMANS AND IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO TAKE A WILD ANIMAL AS THE OBSERVER – THAT IS HOW THE IDEA STARTED. I WAS LOOKING FOR A SPECIES THAT WOULD BE UNADAPTED TO LIVING IN THIS ZOO BUT ALSO AN ANIMAL THAT PEOPLE CAN NOT LOOK DOWN AT.

I DECIDED UPON THE GIRAFFE. THE LONG NECK OF THE GIRAFFE HIGHLIGHTS THE VIEWING PROCESS; THEY HAVE A GENTLE AND CURIOUS WAY OF WATCHING. THE GIRAFFE HAS ALSO SOME FORMAL/METAPHORICAL SIMILARITIES WIT...Read more