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Videotage and Epöch coffee bar & desserterie co-present:
THE MOVING MAO
An interactive art installation by Henry Chu
Opening: March 23, 7 pm
Epöch coffee bar & desserterie, 12-14 Wing Fung Street, Wan Chai (»Map)
Exhibition lasts until May 23, 2007
Inquiries: by »email or telephone 2573 1869
The Moving Mao
Videotage brings art to the people: joining forces with Epöch coffee bar & desserterie in Wan Chai, we present Hong Kong Designer and Media Artist Henry Chu's newest piece at Epöch coffee bar. THE MOVING MAO is an large-scale projection (approx. 4 x 2 meters) of an object similar to a canvas. The projection changes shape as people move into a certain area with in the cafe space, causing the image to blurr and warp.
Henry Chu being one of the most promising of Hong Kongs upcoming artists and designers, we are proud to bring his work to the Hong Kong public in an delightfully unconventional manner. THE MOVING MAO will be on display at Epöch coffee bar until May 23.
Co-presented by Videotage
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Co-presented by epöch coffee bar & desserterie
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Artist Statement
The Moving Mao is an extension of my experiment "Video Brush" about converting body gestures to visuals through a video camera. The way how people move in front of the screen will manipulate this canvas and it moves correspondingly. Sometimes the canvas looks like a distorted mirror, sometimes it leave traces on the screen and creates painting-like visuals.
Using the body gestures instead of a paint brush could be more expressive and more direct, it also require less skills, thus anyone could join the creation process.
Henry Chu
Henry Chu is a Hong Kong based digital artist / interactive web designer. After he finished his Engineering Degree in University of Auckland, New Zealand, he came back to his birthplace and started his digital design career in 1998. In 2004, Henry set up his own design studio »pill & pillow to help clients to create interactive online experience.
Henry has received various awards from local and international design/art competition/festival, including 3 Hong Kong Designer Association awards, 4 »Favourite Website Awards, an Gold award in the London International Awards. His work "TV Clock" has won a Silver award of IFVA 2006 in the single-screen based interactive category.
Henry was a guest lecturer of The Hong Kong Polytechnic, School of Creative Media of City University and The Art School. He is now a executive committee member of Hong Kong Designer Association.
Videotage
Videotage is a non-profit, interdisciplinary umbrella for the promotion, presentation and circulation of new media art. Striving towards a better understanding of the merge of art and technology, we organize and conduct events on a regular basis. With financial support by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the help of a considerable number of local and international artists and institutions, Videotage induces the art into your digital everyday life.
FUSE is Videotage's Artist-in-Residency programme. Hosting a number of international artists in the past years, FUSE aims to support the development of Media Art in Hong Kong through collaborations with artists, designers, programmers and scholars. Henry Chu's in-depth research on interactive media brings forward a unique presentation of design and technology in Media Art.
63 Ma Tau Kok Road, To Kwa Wan KLN »http://www.vt.org.hk
epöch coffee bar & desserterie
Located in the burgeoning dining, arts and cultural district of Star Street,
ēpöch coffee bar & desserterie is a unique retail destination that brings
together authentic Italian coffee, great music and divine desserts. A
desire to explore new directions and boundaries has led to the creation of
ART@epöch.
ART@ēpöch is an ongoing art showcase that aims to bring the work of local
artists to a broader audience. It is also an exploration of how art can be
infused into a working shop-scape in innovative and unexpected ways.
ART@ēpöch is privileged to be working with Videotage and Henry Chu on Moving
Mao, its exciting inaugural exhibition.
12-14 Wing Fung Street, Star Street Precinct, Wan Chai »http://www.epochdesserts.com
