Young local lensman Kun Wang Tou is showcasing his works at an exhibition entitled “Datascape – Post Photographic Art in Digital Era”, which is displayed across The Parisian Macao’s third floor until September 30.
Open from 12 noon to 7 p.m., the free-admission exhibition in Cotai is part of the Art for All Society’s (AFA) annual “Artificial Landscape: New Media Art Exhibition Series I” and invites exhibitiongoers to think about photography’s evolving definition in the digital age, according to a recent AFA statement.
The photographs serve as “meditations on the nature of perception, the impact of technology on our lives, and the search for meaning in an increasingly digitised world”, the statement said, adding that the exhibition explores the act of seeing and understanding in the 21st century.
The first section of the exhibition, “Datascape: The Apotheosis of Tourism I”, is an installation and light photography series where Kun uses photography as “a tool for social observation, documenting the rituals of tourism as if they were religious practices”.
“The Apotheosis of Tourism II”, meanwhile, sees the local photographer recreate the Ruins of St. Paul’s and A-Ma Temple as large-scale check-in points within the integrated resort’s shopping mall, the statement noted, hinting at the sites being “reproduced” and “consumed” in modern society, especially within the tourism industry.
Kun then challenges the exhibitiongoers’ perception of reality using photographic and post-processing techniques in the “Blue Wave” section.
In “Allegory of Aperture”, Kun digitally reassembles his architectural photographs of the Greater Bay Area (GBA) to create surreal geometric images, the statement said.
Moreover, “Barakah” features post-processed images of the sky and Moon, while “Datascape” sees Kun transform his photographic works into video installations, according to the statement.
Kun was born and raised in Macau, the statement said. He studied both traditional and digital photography at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the US.
Expanding his creative boundaries, Kun’s works began to reflect the “pervasive influence of the digital realm, questioning the very nature of images in an age of endless replication and manipulation, and proposing the potential of ‘post-photography’”, according to the statement.
Detailed information on Kun and his works exhibited can be found on
Photos taken yesterday by Rui Pastorin
