Data Collecting (Universe)

Data Collecting (Universe) is a research-based art project starting with found objects in the Oil Street Art Space (Oi!) in Hong Kong. A series of sci-fi symbols that resemble these objects have been created to respond to the historical context of the site. The fluidity of the exhibition experience, the collective written sci-fi allegory, the re-construction of symbols, and internet-based work pose questions about the reality of the historical site, ensuring its collective memory through the power of art.

The installation work located at the Oi! Warehouse is a time-based experimental space. The fictional map is an infographic work about the fictional narrative of the urban planning of the Oi!. Inspired by the 70-year-old trees on site, Date Collecting (Tree) connects personal, inner, meditative moments for the audience to experience their inner self and emotions. The collective written allegory is about observations of the moment in between change and the unchanged. We can see artificial shadows travel through translucent sculptural objects and hear the sound of invisible vibration floating freely around the visible structure of the interior space. Finally, the internet-based work 11152182852000 is a flight recorder of a spaceship, as well as an archival platform in-between the reality and fictional elements based on this research project.

The process of mediative personal observation of the site and research about the historical events and collective memories related to the site has been an awakening journey for both the inner self and the collective imagination through the new discoveries of the site.