TOY=MEDIUM
Visual Arts
Description
Description
Toy II Medium is an exhibition of works by three Floating Projects Collective members. We started our experimentation and exploration with toys in 2016 at the old Floating Projects site in Wong Chuk Hang. through the show Toy as Medium. This is our second toy show.
We busy ourselves in the midst of wheels, gears, marbles, paint, glue, screws, plastics, wood and metals, having fun in transforming them from raw materials into toys, who in turn invite us to join their play. Miniatures and models are turned into interactive prototypes, a curious update of a +20-year-old hobby invested with care and imagination. Renewal of toys. Self-renewal.
In an age when toys are increasingly superseded by digital video games or reduced to luxury collectibles, we cherish toys that rely on craft and manual customization. What could these ordinary toy objects become? How could we extend their playability? What are the hidden possibilities we could tap? How would these old toys transfigure when machined or digitally augmented? How does toy-making become artmaking? Are we thinking about toy as a medium, or “toy = medium”? These are the impetuses of our Toy II Medium.
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