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exhibition

The Alp                           
The Bedroom                 
The Cable              
The Camera (16)         
The Camera (17)             
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate            
The Jog             
The Lighting           
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard        
The Route          
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture    
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine      

Bengawan Solo            
Café Togo           
Songs of SPECX         
The Currency-Sensing 01         
The Currency-Vinyl          
The Gesture I         
The Gesture II        
The Guestbook            
The Sallow Sea          


Ghost In The Sea            
Too Loud A Dust            
On The Faience Of Your Eyes       
There Are Lights That Never Go Out
I'll Be Back   
Resistance is Futile      Modern Life is Dull       

The  Smart City


2024
installation
alloy coins, magnifying glass x 5 sets
hexagonal lighting table, 180 x 180 cm
work commissioned by The Hong Foundation


Installation view at Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB) in Taipei, Taiwan, 2024. Photograph by Anpis Wang / The Hong Foundation
The Smart City deconstructs the smart city projects developed by Chinese technology companies across the Afrasian Sea through image fragments. These projects are led by strategies named “World Digital Brain” and “Safe City”, with technical solutions provided by Chinese technology giants, following the socalled “OODA” guidelines. However, OODA is actually a model used by the US Air Force to solve strategic monitoring and decision-making processes, and such appropriation adds more imagination to these technical supports. The Smart City comprises five smart cities in South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius, Indonesia, Malaysia, and “issues” commemorative coins for these cities, with the design based on the image archives related to the development of the smart city projects.


Special thanks for the support from The Hong Foundation and Foison Art Studio

Related Information ︎
︎︎︎ Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab               
︎︎︎ e-flux                                                                 
︎︎︎ Hong Foundation                                                          


work

The Alp        
The Bedroom           
The Cable              
The Camera (16)        
The Camera (17)        
The Camera (36)
The Camera (65)
The Chat
The Cultural Center
The Dust
The Figure
The Gate           
The Jog            
The Lighting          
The Link             
The Looty           
The Map             
The Mask           
The Postcard       
The Route         
The Sallow Man
The Sculpture   
The Smart City   
The Toyota    
The Vitrine     


collective

Bengawan Solo           
Café Togo          
Songs of SPECX          The Currency-Sensing 01   The Currency-Vinyl    The Gesture I         
The Gesture II          The Guestbook            The Sallow Sea         


exhibition

Ghost In The Sea       Too Loud A Dust           
On The Faience Of Your Eyes   There Are Lights That Never Go Out         I'll Be Back           Resistance is Futile    
Modern Life is Dull