Videotage is pleased to present Phantasmagoria, a solo exhibition by Netherlands-based artist and tinkerer Cyanne van den Houten, working across cyber sculptures, generative code and technological folklore. During a 6-week residency in Hong Kong, they investigated outdated and renovated technological configurations in Hong Kong, mapping the roles these places played in the past and their present status.

Drawing on Phantasmagoria–an early form of screen-illusion theatre–they repurpose this atmospheric space of horror to reflect local spatial configurations that underpin the city’s technological development. Rather than terrifying visitors with concealed mechanisms, the exhibition turns the dark room into a space where “apparitions” voice obsolete knowledge and failed experiments. It frames technology not as seamless progression, but as haunted, materialised, and deeply entangled with histories of (emotional) labor, control and capitalism.

Alongside humming field recordings and flickering searchlights, the artist’s self-built sculptural devices—used as ‘ghost detectors’—display environmental parameters such as current, heat, and network presence, registering energy flows to sense lingering presence in vanished sites.

錄映太奇隆重呈獻荷蘭藝術家兼工匠 Cyanne van den Houten 個人展覽《幽園弱訊》，帶領觀眾穿梭於充斥電子雕塑、生成式編碼與科技傳說的廢墟。藝術家於香港駐留六星期，走訪城內過時或改建的科技場域，理解這些地方昔日的角色與當下狀況。

藝術家以「魅影劇場」（phantasmagoria）此一玩弄帷幕幻象的早期劇場形式為基礎，將蓄意營造的顫慄氛圍轉化為反映驅動城市科技發展之空間條件的怪異空間。在錄映太奇陰暗的展覽空間，「幽靈」不再只是令人畏懼的形象，而是述說過時知識和失敗實驗的存在。科技在此並非無縫迭代，而是與（情緒）勞動、控制權和資本主義歷史交纏、與過去記憶纏繞不斷，並被物化的結果。

在低鳴的田野錄音和搖曳的射燈之間，藝術家自行建造的「靈探」雕塑裝置顯示所收集的氣流、熱力、網絡訊號等環境數據，讓觀者意識到這些潛藏在廢置場域、真實流動的能量。

16.5.2026 – 14.6.2026
12:00 – 19:00（Wed to Sun 三至日）

Artist | 藝術家：Cyanne van den Houten (IG @cyannevdh)
Sound Design and Technical Assistance | 聲音設計及技術支援：The Living Void – Ymer Marinus (IG @telemagic.online)
Curated by | 策劃：Doris Poon 潘韻怡
Coordination and Execution | 統籌及執行：Chung Wing Shan, Stanley Ng 鍾詠珊、吳栢榮
Visual Design | 視覺設計：Lokto (IG @l0kt0)

Presented by | 主辦：Videotage 錄映太奇
Supported by | 資助：Stimuleringfonds
Venue Sponsor | 場地支援：V54 (IG @ycac.plk)