No Humans in the City, but Weeds

No Humans in the City, but Weeds (2021)

9-minute single-channel video with sound, 8mm film digital transfer and photogrammetry.

A series of 10-chapter writing, drawing and photography. Website.

In collaboration with Joel Austin.

Support by Hong Kong Design Trust, Council of the Arts at MIT

This artistic research explores the burgeoning trend of data-centre urbanism and the growing demand for digital infrastructures which have been amplified by the pandemic. Utilising a combination of film, digital footage and photogrammetry, the work captures the growing architectural presence of data within Hong Kong, stimulating collective imagination around the agency and performativity of human communities within increasingly post-human urban environments.

Project site: https://nohumans.city

^{︎︎︎Installation shot. City Gallery, Hong Kong. 2021. Photo credits: Oscar Pang.}

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^{︎︎︎9-minute single-channel video with sound, 8mm film digital transfer and photogrammetry.}

^{︎︎︎Installation shot. Venice Architecture Biennale - Hong Kong Pavilion, Venice. 2021. Photo credits: Michelle Lai.}

^{︎︎︎Interactive web archive. Designed by Foreign Objects. Link ⤴}