deSAR (DE SARTHE ARTIST RESIDENCY) X Liao Jiaming
德薩藝術家駐留項目 x 廖家明
Jun 29 - Aug 30, 2024
De Sarthe, Hong Kong
DE SARTHE is pleased to announce its eighth annual de Sarthe Artist Residency (deSAR) as well as its resident artist, Liao Jiaming (b. 1992 in Guangdong. Lives and works in Hong Kong.) The artist will create new artworks using the gallery as his studio, which will be open to the public during normal gallery hours throughout the duration of the residency. deSAR runs from June 29th to August 30th and will culminate in a month-long exhibition opening August 31st.
Since the beginning of civilization, humanity has given birth to innumerable religions, cults, and superstitions in desire of divination. Bound by our earthly bodies, we subconsciously gravitate toward unknown beings who we believe are in possession of higher knowledge – but what does this entail in the contemporary information age? Over the course of the residency, the artist will transform the gallery space into a site reminiscent of worship, where AI and machines undergo sacralization as if prophets and relics of the technological era. To comprise a series of videos, installations, and mixed-media artworks, Liao aims to mediate between the scientific and the non-secular, exploring the unconscious human psyche behind artificial entities, rituals, as well as narratives.
During the residency, visitors are invited not only to interact with the artist, but also an AI-based installation created by Liao that generates fictitious tarot cards. Available only during the residency period, the resultant images will be used as raw materials in the artist’s creative process.
德薩畫廊欣然呈獻第八屆德薩藝術家駐留項目 （deSAR）及本年度駐留藝術家廖家明（1992 年出生於廣東，現於香港居住和工作）。駐留項目期間，藝術家將以畫廊作為工作室創作新作品，畫廊會於正常營業時間對公眾開放。駐留項目將從 2024年6 月 29 日至8 月 30日進行，並以一場為期一個月的展覽作為結束。
自人類文明肇始以來，人類的慾望以預言和占卦之名孕育出無數的宗教、崇拜與迷信。受縛於世俗肉身，我們下意識地向那些被認為擁有高等智慧的未知存有靠攏——但於當代資訊時代，這指涉又意味著什麼？在整個駐留項目期間，藝術家將把畫廊空間改造成一個類似於宗教崇拜的場所，當中，人工智能和機器被加以神化，猶如科技時代的先知和聖物。透過一系列錄像、裝置和混合媒介作品，廖家明旨在調解科學和玄學方術之間的關係，探索人造存有、儀式和敘事背後無意識的人類心理。
在駐留項目期間，參觀者不僅可以與藝術家互動，還可以與廖所創作能夠生成虛擬塔羅牌的人工智能裝置互動。該人工智能裝置僅於駐留期間開放使用，所生成的圖像將作為藝術家創作過程中的原材料。
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Since the beginning of civilization, humanity has given birth to innumerable religions, cults, and superstitions in desire of divination. Bound by our earthly bodies, we subconsciously gravitate toward unknown beings who we believe are in possession of higher knowledge – but what does this entail in the contemporary information age? Over the course of the residency, the artist will transform the gallery space into a site reminiscent of worship, where AI and machines undergo sacralization as if prophets and relics of the technological era. To comprise a series of videos, installations, and mixed-media artworks, Liao aims to mediate between the scientific and the non-secular, exploring the unconscious human psyche behind artificial entities, rituals, as well as narratives.
During the residency, visitors are invited not only to interact with the artist, but also an AI-based installation created by Liao that generates fictitious tarot cards. Available only during the residency period, the resultant images will be used as raw materials in the artist’s creative process.
德薩畫廊欣然呈獻第八屆德薩藝術家駐留項目 （deSAR）及本年度駐留藝術家廖家明（1992 年出生於廣東，現於香港居住和工作）。駐留項目期間，藝術家將以畫廊作為工作室創作新作品，畫廊會於正常營業時間對公眾開放。駐留項目將從 2024年6 月 29 日至8 月 30日進行，並以一場為期一個月的展覽作為結束。
自人類文明肇始以來，人類的慾望以預言和占卦之名孕育出無數的宗教、崇拜與迷信。受縛於世俗肉身，我們下意識地向那些被認為擁有高等智慧的未知存有靠攏——但於當代資訊時代，這指涉又意味著什麼？在整個駐留項目期間，藝術家將把畫廊空間改造成一個類似於宗教崇拜的場所，當中，人工智能和機器被加以神化，猶如科技時代的先知和聖物。透過一系列錄像、裝置和混合媒介作品，廖家明旨在調解科學和玄學方術之間的關係，探索人造存有、儀式和敘事背後無意識的人類心理。
在駐留項目期間，參觀者不僅可以與藝術家互動，還可以與廖所創作能夠生成虛擬塔羅牌的人工智能裝置互動。該人工智能裝置僅於駐留期間開放使用，所生成的圖像將作為藝術家創作過程中的原材料。
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