Laura Devendorf is an artist and a researcher who questions relationships between technology and culture by playfully subverting and reinterpreting categorisations of ‘machine’ and ‘body’. Her work presents alternative understandings of technology that draw heavily from feminist techno-science, trading notions of efficiency for engagement, control for humility, and individualism for cooperation and care. Her work takes the form of garments and tapestries with embedded electronics, open-source software and mixed-media systems. Devendorf is an assistant professor in the ATLAS Institute and […]
Based and works in Mexico City, Munoz works across textiles, performance, drawing, sound and experimental electronics to explore the relationship between technology and society with a special interest in the interaction between material forms and social discourse. Munoz often invites peripheral communities for creative production of e-textiles, involving local employees and businesses. She was a resident of the 2014 and 2016 programme at Nordic Artists’ Center Dale, Norway, at Kultur Kontakt, Vienna, Austria in 2015, at the Bauhaus Dessau, Germany […]
Satomi Mika and Hannah Perner-Wilson have been collaborating since 2006, and in 2008 formed the collective KOBAKANT. Together, through their work, they explore the use of textile crafts and electronics as a medium for commenting on technological aspects of today’s ‘high-tech’ society. KOBAKANT believes in the spirit of humour technology, often presenting their work as a twisted criticism of the stereotypes surrounding textile craftsmanship and electrical engineering. KOBAKANT believes that technology exists to be hacked, handmade and modified by everyone […]
Po Leung Kuk Anita L.L. Chan (Centenary) School is Hong Kong’s first special school funded by the Education Bureau for pupils with moderate-grade mental deficiency. The school was established in 1978, and its main target group is children aged 6 to 18 with special learning needs. In 2018, the new school premise was officially completed, and Po Leung Kuk Anita L.L. Chan (Centenary) School was relocated from Choi Wan Estate’s former site to 15 Chi Kiang Street, To Kwa Wan, […]
Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim is known for her experimental practices that question the concept of sound through her performances, textual drawings and paintings. Integrating information systems such as music notation, body language and American Sign Language (ASL) into her practice, she composes her own playful artistic grammar for communication, exploring the intersection between the semiology of ASL and sounds. She has been invited to exhibit and perform by prominent art institutions and biennales including the Whitney Museum of Art, […]
Asinnajaq is the daughter of Carol Rowan and Jobie Weetaluktuk. She is from Inukjuak, Nunavik and lives in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal). Asinnajaq’s work includes filmmaking, writing and curating. She co-created Tilliraniit, a three-day festival celebrating Inuit art and artists. Asinnajaq wrote and directed Three Thousand (2017), a short sci-fi documentary. She co-curated Isuma’s show in the Canadian pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. She is a part of the curatorial team for the inaugural exhibition INUA at the Qaumajuq. Asinnajaq’s work […]
Out of the crowd, dare to be proud. SINSHAN is the very last generation of colony kid. He completed BA (Hons) Fashion & Textiles Design in PolyU HK and The Swedish School of Textiles. He is a slasher and entrepreneur in fashion industry and beyond. Enthusiastic in yoga, meditation and Voguing. Occasionally he would drop the beat to the party. Image courtesy : Jessie Yip
Harmony ‘Anne-Marie’ Ilunga is currently a psychology student, a model and is the co-founder of Learning Together. Having experienced discrimination as a model of colour, she founded Harmony HK, a fashion initiative with the quintessential belief to spotlight local ethnic minority talents and challenge the lack of diversity in Hong Kong. Image courtesy : John David Dela Peri
Suhyun Choi is a Korean non-binary third-culture kid. They were born in Hong Kong with Korean parents, lived in South Korea, the Philippines, Canada, and the US. Growing up in different contexts has given them first-hand experiences in understanding the complexity of globalisation, capitalism, colonialism and how the macro affects the micro levels of human ontology and relationships. They are particularly interested in solidarity work amongst BIPOC (especially Queer and Trans) people across borders. Their work in BUFU, a collective […]
Chantal Wong is the Director of Culture, Eaton Workshop Hong Kong, a hospitality brand dedicated to shaping a better world. She is the co-founder of charities including Things that can happen (2005-07), an art-space connecting art to its socio-political environment, Learning Together, which creates opportunities for refugee and asylum seekers to access education and career opportunities through scholarships, internships and leadership programmes and Women’s Festival, the only festival in Hong Kong celebrating the experiences of and questioning the definition of […]