Hugo YEUNG Ming-him
[70% Water, 6.9% Media Artist, 4.2% Programmer, 3.4% Video Editor,
2.8% Audio Recordist, 2.7% Musician, 10% Nerd]
Emerging digital artist exploring the possibilities of algorithms and computation as artistic media to expand the audio-visual aesthetics of cinematic experience.
Debuted his solo show in 2016, and showcased his work at GENERATE! Festival for electronic arts 2017, Germany. In November 2018, he completed a month-long double-solo on expanded cinema with Wong Chun-hoi at the 6th Edition of the Writing Machine Collective.
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Science in New Media from the School of Creative Media, the City University of Hong Kong. He is a member of the Floating Projects Collective since 2015.
Participated Exhibitions/Projects
2020:
Petrichor for Saxophone, Violin, Piano, Live Electronics and Interactive Graphics (in collaboration with Charlotte Tong Cheuk Yan as music composer) – video artist
The 25th ifva Awards, Hong Kong, Media Art Category – finalist (group work by Dream Team L306D), The Dream Machine《夢幻機器》
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2018:
Algorithmic Art: Shuffling Space and Time exhibition, Hong Kong City Hall – artist (group work by Dream Team L306D), The Dream Machine《夢幻機器》
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Writing Machine Collective Edition 6: “Running, Walking, Jogging along the timeline”《假如速度與跑姿換腳幅度無關》, Hong Kong – artist, Harmonic Montage
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Jockey Club ifva Everywhere Carnival《影像嘉年華》, Hong Kong, New Work Commisioning Scheme – commisioned artist, UnSilent Cinema
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2017:
GENERATE!° Festival for electronic arts 2017, Shedhalle Tübingen, Germany – artist, What Death Tells Me
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“TURN ON !” – A Moving Image Exhibition by a.m. space, Hong Kong – artist, F(K)
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Many Visions of Many Cosmos: Olivier Messsiaen’s Visions de l’Amen by Contemporary Musiking Hong Kong – video artist
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Floating Projects Collective exhibition – “Expænsive Cinema: An FPC Production” – co-curator, artist, F(K)
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11th FreshWave International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong, Open Division, Local Competition, Speak Low《竊竊私語》 (dir. WONG Fong-yi) – film editor, production sound recordist, sound designer/mixer
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2016:
Pseudo Secular《風景》(dir. Rita HUI Nga-shu) – script supervisor, trailer editor
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Floating Projects Collective members’ solo series: “What Death Tells Me; Cinema as Computation, Aurality, Vision《死亡如是說》—— 計算；聲音；動像”
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ISEA2016 Hong Kong – Symposium, Artist/Work-in-Progress Talk, What Death Tells Me
ISEA2016 Hong Kong – Satellite Event: No References: A Revisit of Hong Kong Video and Media Art from 1985 – performer (@Floating Projects Collective), Object-Subjectivities《重塑：東西遊戲》
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Microwave International New Media Art Festival 2016, Hong Kong, Project Room Exhibition 實驗H場 – artist, wav.jpg
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2015:
SCM ANNUAL 2015, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong – artist, What Death Tells Me – *Fountain Prize
SCM ANNUAL 2015, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong – exhibition production team
SIG Playful Media 2015《媒戲》, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong – artist, How to Train Your Robotic Arm
Le French May Hong Kong, Gesture and Multimedia – Percussion, Smartphone & Electronics – performer
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2014:
9th FreshWave International Short Film Festival, Hong Kong, Open Division, Local Competition, The Sea Within《他們的海》(dir. WONG Wai-nap) – script supervisor
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Awards and Scholarships
2015:
Fountain Prize, SCM ANNUAL 2015, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
759 Store Scholarship (759 阿信屋獎學金)
Chiap Hua Cheng’s Foundation Scholarships (捷和鄭氏基金獎學金)
Hugo Yeung 