Videotage is excited to announce A Book of Trees, the debut solo exhibition by Hong Kong-based artist Peter Nelson from 17 September to 8 October 2021. Featuring the latest works of the artist which includes a series of paintings that combine machine learning and traditional ink painting and a virtual reality short film, the exhibition delves into the past, present and future of the forestry in Hong Kong juxtaposed with the artist\u2019s memories and experiences of growing up with trees in Australia. The exhibition is also an associated program of CITYA 2021, a large-scale international art exchange program between six global cities including Hong Kong, Beijing, Tallinn, Rome, San Francisco and Macau.<\/p>\n
Hong Kong is a densely packed concrete jungle, but one pleasantly planted with roadside trees from across the globe. Peter Nelson was always struck by the number of Australian native trees he encountered on the streets and country parks of Hong Kong. Continuing his exploration of landscape and interactive technologies, the artist has envisioned a transformation of the urban forest via machine drawings and VR experience that touches upon topics of art and technology; physical environment and virtual reality; personal and local history. Through a reinterpretation and reinvention of the urban trees interwoven with the cityscape, the exhibition breathes new life into quotidian greenery beyond geographic boundaries.<\/p>\n
Under Videotage\u2019s Leave Your Body Residency, Nelson\u2019s sculptural trees are also implanted in the virtual site of Cattle Depot Artist Village where Videotage is located on Minecraft, engaging poetic and site-specific interaction with the historic red-brick buildings built in the British colonial era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","location_type":[350136],"event_category":[373317,373492],"area_type":[350138],"event_language":[],"series":[],"event_category_other":[],"class_list":["post-1334216","event","type-event","status-publish","hentry","location_type-indoor-en","event_category-visual-arts-en","event_category-visual-arts-new-media-art-en","area_type-local","search-detail"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1334216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1334216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"location_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location_type?post=1334216"},{"taxonomy":"event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category?post=1334216"},{"taxonomy":"area_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/area_type?post=1334216"},{"taxonomy":"event_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_language?post=1334216"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1334216"},{"taxonomy":"event_category_other","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artseventsdb.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_category_other?post=1334216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}