The exhibition?JUST DIG/IT! ?presents for the first time as large-scale installations,?Inside the Tunnel under the Atlantic?(1995, video, 22”30’) and?Inside the Paris-New Delhi Tunnel?(1997, video, 13”00’). Presented will also be?Tunnel Shots, produced at the Pompidou Center during the exhibition of?Tunnel under the Atlantic?(1995), never before shown to the public.
The work,?Tunnel Under the Atlantic?is recognized as the:
·???????First?intercontinental virtual reality installation;
·???????First?virtual reality installation with real time dynamic architecture;
·???????First?virtual video director;
·???????First?virtual photo reporter;
·???????First?virtual librarian using artificial intelligence;
·???????First?virtual composer;
·???????First?real time video meeting inside a virtual reality environment;
·???????First?user centric content in a virtual reality environment.
New interactive works developed in 2016, titled?Border Tunnel?and?Colors Tunnel?will also be exhibited. These new tunnels probe issues surrounding stereotypes and geopolitical movement. In the real world, digging tunnels are a way to reduce distance and go through cultural, political and geographic obstacles. With the virtual tunnels, participants are invited to create a new space for dialogue.
Exhibition period:
20.04.2016 – 25.05.2016
Opening Reception:
20.04.2016, Wednesday, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Opening Hours:?
Mon – Sat: 10:30 am – 6:30 pm
Sun: 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Open to special appointments during these times.
Closed on public holidays.
Venue: osage hong kong, 4/F, 20 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
