Planaria – What “Crawls” around Goes around.

Sasaoka’s video installation, Planaria, courtesy of PHD Group At the time of this writing, pictures and videos of the deadly stampede in South Korea are going viral. Who would have thought that more than a hundred people, in their playful costumes and makeup, were joining the party of no turning back? Who would have thought …

Don’t Go Ape, Go Deep

Exhibiting across the street from each other in the past month (October, 2021), Sherrie Levine’s solo exhibition and the inaugural edition of the Digital Art Fair Asia incidentally brought into perspective the rapid transformation of artistic creation and its reception precipitated by the acceleration of technological development. Their proximity in space amplified the dramatic change in …

Coffin Dance and Fantasy Coffins – Turning Bereavement into Creativity

Thanks to my son’s persistent day and night brainwashing with its catchy music, I have come to know the “coffin dance” meme that has gone viral over the internet lately. Featuring a group of African pallbearers dancing while carrying a casket, the video clip has been widely used to raise awareness for the Covid-19 pandemic …

Salted Fish and Grandma

Only second to the distinctiveness of the smell of a fart (pardon, but it is true!), the aroma of salted fish, a traditional Chinese staple and the must-have dish on the dining table of every household in the last generation, is more than the warmth of Christmas morning that the scent of cinnamon brings; or …

Artificial Intelligence in Visual Art

One of the most debated topics in recent years is the threat of artificial intelligence replacing human across a broad range of activities and jobs. While it is still believed that creativity and intuition are innate features exclusive to human, nevertheless, this growing concern of technology rivaling human has infiltrated in the art field, pushing …