The inaugural Tsinghua Alumni London Art Exhibition, themed "Ubiquitous Technology: The Science of Aesthetics," will be held from October 9 to November 18, 2024, at 20 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6QY. We warmly invite everyone to attend!
In our previous preview, we introduced young artists like Hongyi JiA, who showcased the unique charm of techno-aesthetics through various subjects, themes, and materials. Additionally, this exhibition has attracted the participation of several internationally renowned artists. Now, let us explore their remarkable new works together!
Preview
Artworks
Rob and Nick Carter are a husband-and-wife artist duo who have been collaborating for over 25 years inLondon, England. Their work examines the boundaries between the analogue and the digital using camera-less photography, painting, installation, neon, sculpture, robotics and time-based media. The artists’overarching goal is to reference historical processes and practices while harnessing new technologies thatwouldn’t have been available to artists of the past.Their work is housed in public and private collections around the world, including the Mauritshuis,The Hague; the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; David RobertsFoundation, London; Städel Museum, Frankfurt; and the Fondation Custodia, Paris. They are the onlyliving artists to have shown a work at the Frick Museum, New York. For more information about them, please refer to this post (click to read more).
Light painting Transforming Still Life Painting, by Rob&Nick Carter
Light painting Spectrum Circles, by Rob&Nick Carter
The Carters Transforming series exemplifies the seamless fusion oftraditional art and modern technology.Byemploying digital animation tobring iconic paintings, drawings, and photographs to life, the Cartersingeniously transform these historical artworks. This use of cutting-edge,computer-generated imagery not only re-engages audiences withclassical art but also encourages prolonged contemplation, addressingthe modern challenge of brief art viewing times in museums.The Spectrum Circles series further highlights the Carters' exploration oftechnology in art. These light paintings, created in complete darknesswith light shone onto revolving light-sensitive paper, produce mesmer-izing concentric circles of color. This process is a direct application ofscientific principles, utilizing light and motion to generate visual art. Themethodical and experimental nature of Spectrum Circles underscores theinfluence of scientific thinking patterns on contemporary artdemonstrating how technology can be harnessed to create new forms ofbeauty.
Professor Zhigang WANG, is the Chair of the Department of Information Art and Design at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University. In the interdisciplinary background of engineering and art, he is dedicated to frontier exploration in the field of new media art. Over the past 20 years, he has accumulated rich experience in various creation and design projects, especially in the field of art-technology integration, where he has achieved fruitful results. He has led the "Technology Winter Olympics" project under the Key R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) Art Studies Project, and the National Arts Fund communication and promotion project. He served as the video director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, striving to showcase unique charm through the integration of technology and art that earned widespread recognition.
Video work Mind Wave，by Zhigang WANG
Video work City Memory， by Zhigang Wang
Mind Wave explores the communication between oracle bone inscriptions and gods, ghosts and nature in the process of divination, and theform reflected in the spiritual world. City Memory, an immersive new media work of art, is an artistic explora-tion and expression of the connection between human beings and thedevelopment of science and technology. The work takes immersivepanoramic sound as the key to open the door of memory and classicaliterary works condense as the bridge of emotional expression.
SHEN Wei, choreographer, painter, dancer and director. Born in China' s Hunan province was trained in Chinese opera, painting, and modern dance. As a founding member of the first modern dance company inChina 1992 (The Guangdong Modern Dance Company). He receipt of a fellowship from Nikolais/Louis Dance Lab moved to New York City in1995.In 2000, he founded Shen Wei Dance Arts at American Dance Festival, his company based in NYC and toured in over 30 countries in 140cities. As a painter, Shen Wei has had solo exhibitions in leading galleries and museums: Chambers Fine Art Gallery (New York), Crow Collection of Asian Art (Dallas), Tucson Museum of Art, MDC Museum of Art + Design(Miami), Asian Society Hong Kong Center, Contemporary Museum of Art Shanghai, and the lsabella Stuart Gardner Museum in Boston.
Painting Reflecting Element series，by SHEN Wei
Oil on linen, is a part of the Reflecting Element series of 8 paintings. The Reflecting Element series was completed in my studio in Paris between 2019 and 2022. Yes, the painting from China's Northern Song Dynasty has been continuously influencing my creations and thoughts over these years, both in terms of content and form. At the same time, I happened to be reading Dante's Divine Comedy. Unexpectedly, the world was also undergoing major changes and facing the challenges of the pandemic. You could say this is my macro perspective on history and human development. All of these are reflected in this series of works.
Selected Artists
Artists
Emmanuel BARCILON
Enrique BRINKMAN
Rob and Nick CARTER
Si CHEN
Junhui FANG
Shang GAO
Shan HUA
Edward Hongyi JIA
Fan JI
Ao LEI
Yinglong Ll
Mi LIN
Bingqing LIU
Silin LIU
Weifang LIU
Xin LIU
Keita MIYAZAKI
Raoul MARKS
Bongsu PARK
Ezquiel PINI (Six N Five)
Ni QIN
Run Xin
Danyang SONG
SHEN Wei
Yiyuan SHI
Xindi TONG & Ting SHEN
Black Void
Zhigang WANG
Ziling WANG
Yaoyao XIN
Team
Team
Producer
Nancy Zetian Zhang
Director
Yuan Gao
Artistic Advisors
Xiaoxin Li (V&A Museum)
Lanyi Jiang (Christie’s)
Curators
Tong Zhao
assisted by Yiyuan Shi
Mi Lin
Fan Ji
Exhibition Operation
Fengning Yang
Chao Sun
Youran Ji (JD.com)
Rachel Ma (JD.com)
Lighting
Jiarun Duan
Yiyuan Shi
Marketing Lead
Tong Xia
Zhenzhen Chai (JD.com)
Exhibition Design
Bingrui Chen
Robin Yijie Zhang
Social Media
Yiyuan Shi
Shuyan Li
Fan Ji
Robin Yijie Zhang
Exhibition Website
Zhixiang Chen
Lifeng Zhang
Filming &Photography
Yi Zhao
Junkang Zhou
JEVA London
Xin Studio
Legal
Teng Wang
Compliance
Mi Lin
Zhenzhen Chai (JD.com)
Daisy Qing Yang
Bingrui Chen
Ya Liu
Yuanxiong Cao
Yi Zhao
Exhibition Assistants
Jiayu Song
Yiming Yuan
Special thanks to JD
for their strong support of this art exhibition:
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内容 | 夏彤
海报设计 | 姬凡 陈冰蕊 张伊洁
校对 | 赵彤
审稿 | 高远 章泽天
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