XPERIENCE THE BEST OF DIGITAL ART
Digital Art Fair Xperience Hong Kong 2022 is returning from 20 October to 6 November. Showcasing thousands of scintillating digital and NFT artworks in both physical and virtual formats, Hong Kong’s homegrown art fair will transform the ground and first floor of the Asia Standard Tower into an interactive high-tech Web 3.0 art space using the latest interactive Web 3.0 technologies.
Since launching a year ago, the fair has dedicated itself to driving the global digital art landscape. “This time around the audiences are much more educated about digital art so we’ve been giving much more thought into curating the exhibitions,” says Heiman Ng, Head of Business Development of Digital Art Fair.
“Xperience” is the buzzword this year so expect to see an art extravaganza – animation, videos, large-scale installations, immersive experiences, photography, and more – that will tantalise art lovers old and young.
Besides the participation of international galleries, expect to see Hong Kong-based new media artist Henry Chu, whose “Piano Wind” NFT artwork, will be exhibited at the fair. The immersive zone will showcase Chinese contemporary pop artist Jacky Tsai’s signature works over the past decade in a visually invigorating display of videos and holograms, alongside a range of NFT art, prints and sculptures.
Tsai (shown on this page) says: “This historic collaboration with Digital Art Fair is indeed a breakthrough of my career as a London-based Chinese contemporary artist. The idea is to create some genuinely Chinese digital artworks with unique East-meets-West cultural elements, style, logic, value and thoughts. I really look forward to meeting and exchanging ideas with all the audiences at the upcoming fair.”
The fair will also be bringing visitors and audiences into the mix with the art installation “The Xperience Art Project”, displaying the art-making process in real-time on the show venue’s facade wall.
Digital Art Fair Xperience香港2022將於10月20日至11月6日期間回歸中環泛海大廈地下及一樓，為大家帶來Web 3.0高科技互動藝術體驗空間。作為一場紮根香港的藝術盛事，今屆Digital Art Fair將在面積達二萬呎的會場，展出數以千計的數碼藝術及NFT作品。一眾令人驚艷的藝術品屆時將透過區塊鏈、VR及元宇宙等Web 3.0互動科技，同時以實體和虛擬的形式呈現。
自一年多前面世起，Digital Art Fair一直以推動環球數碼藝術發展為目標，推廣來自香港、亞洲和世界其他地方的知名及年輕藝術家。Digital Art Fair策展人伍常表示：「今屆的觀眾無疑對數碼藝術認識更深，因此我們投放了很
多心思在展覧策劃方面。」他續指，Digital Art Fair的出現，源於希望為藝術收藏家、買手、數碼藝術家和藝廊，建立一個連結交流的平台。
「Xperience」一字作為今年流行，預示了一場百花齊放的藝術盛宴— —不論是動畫、錄像、大型裝置、沉浸式體驗、攝影作品還是其他作品，均保證能滿足不同年齡的藝術愛好者，並激發他們的好奇心。
除了國際級畫廊的參與，今屆展覽亦帶來一眾香港藝術家的精彩作
品，當中包括香港新媒體藝術家Henry Chu（朱力行）的NFT新作《Piano Wind》，而中國當代普普藝術家Jacky Tsai（蔡贇驊），亦是展覽的另一亮點。Jacky（如圖所示）以擅長運用富象徵性的符號，並糅合傳統東方藝術和西方普普藝術元素而聞名。他最為人熟悉的NFT作品之一《中式鮮花骷髏》，去年在蘇富比拍賣並以超過30萬美元成交。Heiman指，展會的Immersive Zone將會展出Jacky過去十年間的標誌性作品，這批令人眩目的錄像和全息影像作品，將會伴隨一系列的NFT、版畫和雕塑作品展出。
Jacky形容：「作為一位駐倫敦中國當代藝術家，這次與Digital Art Fair的歷史性合作絕對是一次事業上的突破。我希望能夠創作一些真正『中國』、同時富中西合璧文化元素、風格、邏輯、價值觀和想法的數碼藝術作品。我十分期待在接下來的展會，與所有觀眾見面和交流想法。」
今屆展會亦將邀請訪客和觀眾參與其中。現場名為「The Xperience Art Project」的裝置作品，採用先進的人工智能生成技術，讓所有人均能夠共創作品，並親身享受自己的藝術創作過程，在展館外牆實時展示的樂