OPEN SKY GALLERY ISEA2016 Hong Kong 香港 Project for ICC

ISEA2016 Hong Kong in partnership with the OPEN SKY PROJECT – a collaborative project between City University of Hong Kong’s School of Creative Media and International Commerce Centre (Sun Hung Kai Properties) – offers an opportunity for artists to present their video projects on the 77,000 sqm of urban media screen that makes up the façade of the highest tower in Hong Kong : the ICC (484m). The open call is a joint project between ISEA2016 SCM Open Sky Project and Human Vibrations exhibition/HKADC.

We are happy to announce that 73 anonymized artworks were reviewed by a board of 11 international expert juries through which we have selected 6 Official selections. Due to the quality of the submission, the Jury agreed to awarding 22 Honorable Mentions for ISEA2016 Open Sky Call.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer – Fly High – Time Flies
Dorothy Wong, Chung Ka Hei & Pan Shi Hang – City Paths
Clea T. Waite – Big Moon Hong Kong
Genetic Moo – Open Sky Etude
Marcel Schwittlick & Thomas Heidtmann – Berlin Calling
Luke Pendrell – Superluminal

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Mariana Carranza – Following Bees
Peter Williams – 818 Cubed
Lei Pui Weng, Jay – Food Chain
Elena Knox – Beholder
David Fodel – The Bones
Will Hurt – Formal Movement
H2o(Harry Hung) & Catqu(Rebecca Ko) – Inevitable Death of the Universe
Hye Yeon Nam – Wonderland
Henrik Elburn – Tentative
OUCHHH Studio (Eylul Duranagac) – CONNECT
Eylul Dogruel – Lisa
Cedric van Eenoo – Untitled
Erik Adigard, M-A-D – Counterpolis
Justin Harvey – Blurred Lines
Sean Clute – Dancing Ellipses
Stéphanie Morissette – The Vultures
Lo Yeung Man Teddy – Spectrum Manners II
OiOi Collective (Sami Kamppi) – Awakening
Sala Wong – If you are happy, clap your hands
Jinsil Hwaryoung Seo – Immersed
Michael Hawksworth – Flight
Cynthia Beth Rubin – Antarctica Underwater

BOARD OF JURIES

Doo Eun Choi
Independent curator and art consultant; Visiting faculty at Parsons the New School for Design

Nina Colosi
Curator and founder of Streaming Museum

Caroline Ha Thuc
Curator and art writer; Curator of the Human Vibration exhibition Hong Kong

Ellen Pau
Independent cinematographer, curator, teacher and filmmaker; Co-founder of Videotage, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival

Christiane Paul
Associate Professor at The New School; Adjunct Curator of new media arts at Whitney Museum of American Art

Susa Pop
Urban Media curator, founder of Public Art Lab (PAL) – Connecting Cities, Media Facades Festivals Berlin 2008 and Europe 2010

Jeffrey Shaw
Media artist; Artistic Director of ISEA2016; Chair Professor, School of Creative Media, CityU HK

Tony W M Tang
Deputy Project Director of Harbour Vantage Management Ltd., Deputy Director of Architectural Design, Sun Hung Kai, and Vice President of Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Tanya Toft
Curator, researcher and lecturer on Urban digital art; Curatorial Advisor for Verve Cultural in Sao Paolo; Associate Curator for Streaming Museum

Li Zhenhua
Curator, Art Basel Hong Kong video program

Maurice Benayoun
Head of Open Sky Project, Chair of ISEA2016 Special events;
Media artist; Curator and Professor at School of Creative Media, CityU HK

We’re currently planning a month long, daily showing of the 6 official selections during and after the ISEA2016 conference in May, and looking to schedule a separate exhibition to show selected works in the Honorable Mention category in the near future as part of a Open Sky Gallery exhibition.

Please look out for the confirmed schedule and the ISEA2016 Open Sky Gallery’s joint opening party with Human Vibrations Exhibition, which will soon be announced.

Special thank you to:
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Sun Hung Kai Properties

OFFICIAL EVENT LINNKS
https://www.facebook.com/events/180607275432111/
http://isea2016.isea-international.org/open-sky-gallery-isea2016-hong-kong-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF-project-for-icc/