360 video documentation
Otherworlds: non/digital realities
Opening Hours:
28 Jan 2021 – 7 to 10pm
29, 30 Jan 2021 – 12nn to 9pm
31 Jan 2021 – 12nn to 7pm
Venue | Gillman Barracks Block 9 Lock Road, #03-21
FREE ADMISSION
8 artists | 2 cities | Digital and physical works
Otherworlds: VR exhibition
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By Debbie Ding, Urich Lau, Yeoh Wee Hwee and Yeo Shih Yun (Singapore) & Elaine Wong, Gabriel Leung, Ivy Yeun and Yim Sui Fong (Hong Kong)
Otherworlds: non/digital realities is a mixed-reality exhibition responding to the new challenges faced by the art world, where the usual mode of presenting and viewing art is disturbed by the recent global situation. Through the incorporation of Virtual Reality (VR) technology, artists, cultural practitioners and computer engineers collectively experiment with new ways to create, collaborate and experience artworks in the face of this new reality.
As suggested by the title, "Otherworlds" opens up many aspects of realities made possible by technology. Beyond a simulation of the physical reality, the VR session within this exhibition is an expansion of the physical realm, adding new perspectives and meanings to artistic concepts. Eight artists each develop an artistic vision to be completed and experienced in both physical and VR settings, combining their own art practices with aspects of VR immersion and interactivity.
In collaboration with Altermodernists, the artists include Debbie Ding, Urich Lau, Yeo Shih Yun and Yeoh Wee Hwee from Singapore, and Gabriel Leung, Elaine Wong, Ivy Yuen and Yim Sui Fong from Hong Kong. This exhibition is curated by Hilda Chan, with its VR component realised by art and technology collective, Dude Studios.
To view Otherworlds programme (curatorial statement, layout plan, artists’ bios and statements) pls click here
Our programs:
Otherworlds: Debbie Ding 360 painting workshop
31 JAN 2021
Otherworlds: Live painting performance by Ivy Yuen from her Hong Kong Studio via ZOOM.
28 JAN 2021 7 to 10pm opening reception session. This video is the highlights.
Otherworlds: Panel Discussion Post-covid Art World
30 JAN 2021
Online panel discussion via ZOOM moderated by Jennifer K.Y Lam, curator of National Gallery and Debbie Ding (SG) and Yeo Shih Yun (SG), Yim Sui Fong(HK), Gabriel Leung(HK) and curator Hilda Chan(HK), Eugene Soh (Dudes), Chiara Passa (VR artist from Rome)
Otherworld: Curator Hilda Chan walkthrough of VR exhibition
29 JAN 2021
Otherworld: Curator Hilda Chan walkthrough of physical exhibition
28 JAN 2021
“Reality is just a point of view.”
Philip K. Dick
The 8 artists from Singapore and Hong Kong address in the exhibition the duality of reality and fictitious experience related to the new ordinary. Each develops an artistic version to be completed and experienced in both the physical and VR setting.
28-31 JAN 2021 Gillman Barracks
Otherworlds: non/digital realities
Full list of program:
Thurs 28 Jan
Exhibition opens at 7-10pm (Physical & VR exhibition)
Curator’s walkthrough (physical exhibition) 8pm
Live-drawing performance by Ivy Yuen 7-10pm
Fri 29 Jan
Exhibition opens 12noon to 9 pm
Curator’s walk (preview VR exhibition) 8-9 pm online via ZOOM
Live-drawing performance by Ivy Yuen 8-9pm
Sat 30 Jan
Exhibition opens 12noon to 9pm
Online panel discussion via ZOOM moderated by Jennifer K.Y Lam, curator of
National Gallery and Debbie Ding (SG) and Yeo Shih Yun (SG), Yim Sui Fong(HK), Gabriel Leung(HK) and curator Hilda Chan(HK), Eugene Soh (Dudes),
Chiara Passa (VR artist from Rome) 2-4pm
Live-drawing performance by Ivy Yuen 8-9pm
Sun 31 Jan
Exhibition opens 12-7pm
Online Workshop by Debbie Ding via ZOOM (360 Painting) 3-4pm
Live-drawing performance by Ivy Yuen 4-5pm