KENNYWONG
Kenny Wong was born in 1987 in Hong Kong. Wong’s works explore the delicate relationship between daily experiences and perceptual stimulations by hybridising analogue and digital representations. Wong is interested in exploring visual patterns, motions, and sound textures, as well as presenting works in the form of computational kinetic sculptures. Wong actively works as a collaborating artist, multimedia designer, mechanical engineer/designer, and art researcher. 黃智銓 1987 年出生於香港。他關注跨界模擬信號與數位表現法,以日常經驗及感知刺激之間的微妙關係作 為創作元素。 黃智銓熱衷於探索視覺模式丶運動、聲音質感,以及電腦動力學裝置。黃氏以多媒體設計師、機械工程師 /設計師和藝術研究員的身份與其他媒體藝術家、聲音藝術家及戲劇演員等積極合作。
Wong’s solo and collaborative works have been exhibited in over 10 countries, including Ars Electronica Festival (Austria), WRO Media Art Biennale (Poland), Athens Video Art Festival (Greece), Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre (UK), NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery (UAE), BIAN Montreal (Canada), FILE Festival (Brazil), 404 Festival (Argentina), Seoul International NewMedia Festival (Korea), Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong), Goethe-Institut (Hong Kong) and numerous international exhibitions. Wong has named one of the Golden 15, as part of the 3rd International Emerging Artist Award (UAE). He also received the Award for Young Artist 2014, Media Arts (Hong Kong) and was unanimously selected for the Bloomberg Digital Arts Initiative 2013 (Hong Kong). 黃智銓的作品獲邀於全球超過 10 個國家展覽展出,包括:林茨電子藝術節(奧地利)丶 WRO 媒體藝術雙 年展(波蘭) 丶雅典錄像藝術節(希臘)丶 Phoenix 電影及藝術中心(英國)丶纽约大学阿布扎比分校畫 廊(阿聯酋)丶 BIAN 國際媒體藝術雙年展(加拿大)丶 LOOP 巴塞羅那(西班牙)丶 FILE 電子藝術節 (巴西)丶 404 藝術節(阿根廷)丶首爾國際媒體藝術節(韓國)丶藝術門(香港)丶歌德學院(香港)以及眾多國際展覽。 黃氏獲第三屆國際新晉藝術家獎(阿聯酋)Golden 15 提名。他亦獲頒 2014 年香港藝術發展局藝術新秀獎 (媒體藝術組別),以及獲選「Bloomberg 數位藝術培育計劃 2013」(香港)。 黃智銓現是獨立藝術家和設計師並成立了創作工作室 Things That Move,曾於十下創作擔任創意工匠(Creative Technologist),以及在加拿大蒙 特利爾 Concordia University 修讀碩士,主修雕塑。他 2015 年於香港城市大學創意媒體學院兼任講師。藝 術家 2011 年獲得香港城市大學創意媒體文學士(榮譽)學位。
Awards
Awards
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2018 | Special Mention, Interactive Media Category, the 23th Incubator for Film & Visual Media in Asia (ifva) - Hong Kong Arts Centre |
2017 | Jury Selections, The 20th Japan Media Arts Festival - Japan |
2014 | Award for Young Artist (Media Arts), The Hong Kong Arts Development Awards - Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
2014 | Golden 15, the 3rd International Emerging Artist Award 2014 - UAE |
2014 | Finalist of Hong Kong Fine Art Prize 2014 - Hong Kong Contemporary 2014 |
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Grants
2014 | Funding recipient, AIR at Ars Electronica Futurelab - Burger COLLECTION Romania Cultural Institute |
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2014 | Grantee, Arts Development Fund (File Festival 2014 Sao Paulo and ISEA 2014 Dubai) - Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong |
2014 | Grantee, Media Arts Production Project Grant (File Festival 2014 Sao Paulo and ISEA 2014 Dubai) - Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
2013 | Grantee, Bloomberg Digital Arts Initiative 2013 (with Marco De Mutiis) - Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation / Bloomberg |
2013 | Grantee, Emerging Artist Grant, (displace_pivot) - Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
Residencies
2014 | Ars Electronica Futurelab Residency (with Chloe Cheuk) - Linz, Austria |
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Solo Exhibitions
2018 | “Moving Average” - Goethe-Gallery, Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong |
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2017 | “New Positions” @ Art Cologne 2017 - Pearl Lam Galleries, Germany |
2017 | “Human, I am lack of confidence”(with 3 collaborators), Tohu & Chromatic Festival - Montreal, Canada |
2016 | “The Canvas of Resonance” - Cube Gallery, Phoenix Art Centre, Leicester, UK |
2014 | “displace_pivot” - 100 ft. Park, Hong Kong |
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2013 | “][LIMINAL][” (with Marco De Mutiis) - K11 Art Space, Hong Kong |
Commissions
2017 | The Dancing Necklace (Permanent Collaborative Installation of Ricci Wong & Kenny Wong) - SHKP Park Yoho Venezia Clubhouse, Hong Kong |
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2016 | Jockey Club ifva Everywhere ifva Carnival - Hong Kong Observation Wheel, Hong Kong |
2014 - 2015 | HZ Hong Cheng Wall Light Project - Guangzhou, China |
2013 - 2014 | Grand Century Place Digital Art Project - Hong Kong |
Exhibitions and Festivals
2018 | “Algorithmic Art: Shuffling Space and Time” (with Angela Su, Cedric Maridet) - City Hall, Hong Kong |
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2018 | “Artboty”, Małopolska Garden of Arts - Krakow, Poland |
2018 | “Absorption As A Way Of Seeing” - Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong |
2018 | “On the Road: Young Media Artists in China” - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
2018 | 23rd ifva - Pao’s Gallery, Hong Kong |
2018 | “觉•物”互联网与中国人的日常生活艺术展 - 751D•Park, Beijing, China |
2017 | On The Road - Guan Shanyue Art Museum (關山月美術館), Shenzhen, China |
2017 | Chromatic Festival 2017, Chromatic Pro - Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada |
2017 | “Nuit Blanche 2017” - Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada |
2016 | Invisible Threads: Technology and its Discontents - NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, UAE |
2013 | SCM7/K11 – TRANSCENDENT ORDINARINESS - K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong |
2011 | Machines of Fetish - Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong |
2013 | Embark! Beyond the Horizon Exhibition - Oil Street Art Space, Hong Kong |
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2013 | Chai Wan Mei 2013 - Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong |
2012 | Soundtracking #John Cage 4’33’’ - Videotage, K11, Hong Kong |
2012 | Datagaga - Videotage, Hong Kong Cultural Centre |
2012 | The Next State of Mind - Nexto Contemporary Art, Hong Kong |
2011 | Art East Island, Studio 52 - Pure Art Foundation, Hong Kong |
2011 | 16th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards (ifva) Festival - Hong Kong Arts Center |
2011 | CityU Information Day 2011 - Creative Media Centre, City University of Hong Kong |
2011 | XII School of Creative Media Graduates’ Showcase 2011 - Room 502, Hong Kong |
2011 | Videos as Writing Machine, Writing Machine Collective (episode 4) - Funded by Hong Kong Art Development Council, Hong Kong |
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2014 | Hong Kong Contemporary Art Fair 2014 - The Excelsior, Hong Kong |
2014 | Chloe Cheuk | Kenny Wong | Marco De Mutiis | Open Studio Exhibition 2014 - Foo Tak Building, Hong Kong |
2014 | The International Festival of Digital Arts and New Media, Athens Video Art Festival - Athens, Greece |
2014 | FILE – Electronic Language International Festival (FILE SP 2014) - Sao Paulo, Brazil |
2014 | Ars Electronica Festival (with Chloe Cheuk) - Linz, Austria |
2016 | The Interstitial: Alan Kwan and Kenny Wong Two-Person Exhibition - Pearl Lam Galleries SOHO, Hong Kong |
2016 | The furniture we are forever rearranging 2 - ArtHelix, New York, USA |
2016 | BIAN 2016 - AUTOMATA – International Digital Arts Biennal – Montreal, Canada |
2016 | ISEA 2016 Juried Exhibition – 22nd International Symposium on Electronic Art - Hong Kong |
2016 | The furniture we are forever rearranging - Grey Nuns Building, Montreal, Canada |
2015 | Test Exposure, 16th WRO Media Art Biennale - Wroclaw, Poland |
2014 - 2015 | Ars Electronica Center (with Chloe Cheuk) - Linz, Austria |
2014 | ISEA 2014, 20th International Symposium on Electronic Art - Dubai, UAE |
Performances
2019 | “The Breathing Canvas” (with Karen Yu, Zihua Tan), Sound Forms - Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong |
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2014 | “Squint” Installation Performance (With Dennis Wong aka Sin:Ned) - Videotage, Hong Kong |
Bibliography
2016 | Radio Interview, “大世界好香港 (bigworldsohongkong) – 10-11 藝術閒話:嘉賓黃智銓Kenny Wong (20/9/2016) - 新城知訊台 (FM 99.7) |
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2016 | Ai Weiwei, Liu Bolin, and More Explore the ‘Invisible Threads’ of Technology (29/7/2016) - The Creators Project |
2016 | The Interstitial – Alan Kwan & Kenny Wong (by John Batten, Autumn 2016) - Artomity |
2016 | 5 Hong Kong Artists Shaping the Tech Space (by Eleanor Johnson, 12/8/2016) - Hong Kong Tatler |
2016 | Stuck in time and place: emerging artist Alan Kwan and Kenny Wong at Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong (9/8/2016) - Art Radar |
2016 | 天馬行空的想像 跨媒體藝術家黃智銓 (12/8/2016) - HK01 |
2016 | "Mixed Emotions” (by Trista Yeung, 19/8/2016) - The Standard |
2016 | Mind the gaps and watch your steps at joint show of visual art (by John Batten, 12/8/2016) - Post Magazine |
2016 | 處於間隙的觀者自觀 (by 曾家輝, 1/8/2016) - 立場新聞 |
2013 | omething new: Watch out! - Post Magazine, South China Morning Post |
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2013 | 刻下生命中的半秒 - ][LIMINAL][ 展覽 (15/10/2013) - Arts News (藝頻) |
2013 | 空間.人群.聲音—][Liminal][ (Fri, 11/10/2013) - Arts News (藝頻) |
2012 | Radio Podcast: 109 – 專題介紹藝術展覽「境心相遇」 - Mindustry 腦作大業, Hong Kong |
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2011 | 創意媒體新啟視 What A Beautiful Mind (25/05/2011) - Oriental Daily News |
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2011 | Record-breaking ifva haul for creative media students (25/05/2011) - CityU NewsCentre |
2011 | 本土最年青創作力量 ﹣專訪得IFVA獎者 (by Delta Zhi, Issue 2, May 2011) - AMCNN |
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2013 | Art show using footage from drones opens at K11 in Tsim Sha Tsui - South China Morning Post |
2013 | ][LIMINAL][ Interview (4/11/2013) - Randomartzine |
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2014 | Reflected glory (2/1/2014) - 48 Hours Magazine, South China Morning Post |
2014 | In a new light (3/1/2014) - The Standard |
2014 | 為你而跳的光之舞 — 黃智銓個展「瞇」 (7/1/2014) - Arts News (藝頻) |
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2014 | 不忘記因那日光的反射而瞇眼的黃智銓 (19/1/2014) - Pixelbread / 主場新聞 |
2014 | Kenny Wong Interview (11/3/2014) - art4d.asia |
2014 | “Drown” (22/10/2014) - Ars Electronica Blog |
2015 | ong Kong Arts Development Awards 2014 Interview (4/2015) - Hong Kong Arts Development Council |
2016 | INTERVIEW WITH ‘CANVAS OF RESONANCE’ ARTIST KENNY WONG (5/2/2016) - phoenix.org.uk |
2016 | 《間隙》與科技打交道 探討關係與記憶 (27/7/2016) - Wen Wei Po |
2016 | 香港青年艺术家创作中的“港味”元素 (14/8/2016) - 雅昌艺术网 |
Presentations
2016 | Guest Speaker, (A TALK OF :THE PATH TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST-FROM SCHOOL TO THE ART WORLD) - Hong Kong Design Institute |
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2016 | “dist.duo” @ labsession#10 - Société des Arts Technologiques, Montreal, Canada |
2016 | “The Canvas of Resonance” Artist Talk - Cube Gallery, Phoenix Art Centre, Leicester, UK |
2014 | “Public Space” (with Chloe Cheuk), the 6th European – Chinese Cultural Dialogue - Bucharest, Romania |
2014 | “Social Media in Umbrella Revolution” (with Chloe Cheuk) - Master’s degree program Web Sciences, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria |
2014 | “Perceptual Resonance” - (Ewha Womans University) Videotage, Hong Kong |
2013 | “Perceptual Resonance”, SCM7/K11 – TRANSCENDENT ORDINARINESS - K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong |
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2011 | “10Hz”, lecture of Installation Fundamentals - School of Creative Media, City University |
2007 | “數碼媒體設計講座” (with CMYK) - The Chinese Foundation Secondary School |
Workshops
2015 | “new media new idea – infinite Creativity X Electronic Workshop” - Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, LCSD, Hong Kong |
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2014 | “Chinese Temple, Electronics and Heritage” - The Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage (長春社文化古蹟資源中心CACHe), Munsang College (九龍民生書院), Hong Kong |
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2013 | “How to make some noise and make it fly” (with Marco De Mutiis) - K11 Art Mall, Hong Kong |
2013 | “How to make some noise and make it fly” (with Marco De Mutiis) - Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO), Hong Kong |