Technology Intervenes in Art (II) Technology Intervenes in Art (II) Technology Intervenes in Art (II)

Around the world, different organisations try to promote “the use of technology in art”. Below, we shall study a few cases and look into their history,  venues, programs, interaction with the community, talent cultivation, international exchanges, and how they become the cultural flagship of the city.

Ars Electronica 

MIT Media Lab

MIT Senseable City Lab

V2_Lab for the Unstable Media

ZKM

Launched in 2011, Digital FUTURES Shanghai aims to promote theoretical and scientific research on digital design and machine construction within different academic institutions and encourage international cooperation and interaction. Over the past nine years, it has made experimental digital workshops a regular programme, rendering Tongji University’s annual Digital FUTURES one of the most popular and advanced digital festivals in the world. 

Zuni Icosahedron has always focused on the use of theatre space to contain, explore, and combine the possibilities of creativity, stage technology and multimedia design. Since 2017, Zuni has organised the “Z Innovation Lab” series to explore the forefront of stage technology through showcasing, exchange and training, showcasing and manifesting the diversity of possibilities in a black box theater. In the next article, we shall look into Zuni’s “Z Innovation Lab” and further discuss how technology intervenes in art in Hong Kong.