Kongkee’s solo exhibition “Future Jataka” has been featured in “The Works”, presented by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK).
Currently at gdm Hong Kong you can see “Kongkee: Future Jataka”, the artist’s debut exhibition at the gallery. It’s a new selection of Kongkee’s works that includes LED animations, lenticular lightbox, neon installation and mixed-media paintings. Inspired by the “Jātaka Tales” from the Indian subcontinent, a collection of stories about the previous incarnations of the Buddha in both human and animal form, Kongkee imagines a future in which spiritual figures may be reincarnated via artificial intelligence or through technological advancement.
“Kongkee: Future Jataka” reveals the anxieties and desires stemming from a technology-driven age. Through projecting contemporary anxieties into a speculative future, the artist invites us to reevaluate the role of technology in this tumultuous age. Can technology facilitate artificial intelligence’s enlightenment, or do we instil spirituality onto these machines? Might we be inspired through our interactions with machines and androids? Might we learn more about ourselves, and our present?
Learn more --
https://www.rthk.hk/tv/dtt31/programme/theworks/episode/1033095
