Exhibition
Media Arts Category Finalist

MinkeyFamily.com

Minkey Chen, Chyu Lwo / China 

MinkeyFamily.com is a common household set up in the virtual network and it has reconstructed a similar space to history by extracting the family memory. By collecting the shared memory of one particular family from 1946 to 2005, MinkeyFamily.com represents the appearance of the society through the individuals’ eyes, which symbolises the lives of ordinary families at that time.

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25/2 – 12/3 | 12nn – 8pm | Pao Galleries | Free Admission | Discussion session and exhibition opening on 25/2 4:30pm and 6:30pm respectively

Artist’s Statement

The work is originated from a personal habit of collecting old photos and the coincidence that our old house would have to be relocated. With an occasional chat about the past with my parents, the sight of yore seemed to unfold in front of me once again. I was so curious about the changing media. Our habit of remembering has changed. Digital media, the carrier of our memories nowadays, are used to reconstruct the past, the memories of which were embodied in film. When the media for carrying memories from different times overlap, what new properties will be derived from that?