Discover the future of creativity in Hong Kong
Discover the future of creativity in Hong Kong
Experience nine spectacular immersive environments at the frontiers of art and science at the Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment (ALiVE)
Situated at the
An inaugural exhibition to be held at ALiVE from 25 – 29 June provides a unique occasion to experience nine spectacular immersive environments at the frontiers of art and science. It features ground-breaking innovations in panoramic 3D cinema, embodied architecture, games and animation, digital humanities, distributed media, interactive visualization and simulation.
ALiVE is a City University of Hong Kong interdisciplinary research initiative of the
Inspired by the specific artistic, cultural, industrial and research opportunities in the Asian region, ALiVE’s challenge-led research programmes are at the cutting edge of the future of digital media in society. They address emerging developments in museums, galleries, libraries, archives, planetariums, the cinema, games, location-based entertainment, cultural heritage, science, education, health and the environment.
A first in Hong Kong, ALiVE builds on world famous research achievements that have been made over recent years at the ZKM Centre for Art and Media in
Link to download high resolution photos: http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/scm/ALiVE_Media_Materials.zip
Professor Jeffrey SHAW, Director of ALiVE
Professor Jeffrey Shaw has been one of the leading figures in new media art since the 1960’s. He pioneered and set benchmarks for the creative use of digital media technologies in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, immersive visualization environments, navigable cinematic systems, and interactive narrative. His prize- winning works have been exhibited at major exhibitions and festivals worldwide, and are a standard reference in books on new media and interactive art. He was founding Director of the ZKM Institute for Visual Media,
Dr Sarah KENDERDINE, Research Director of ALiVE
Dr Kenderdine researches at the forefront of interactive and immersive experiences for museums, galleries and across media arts and digital humanities. Her work focuses on human centered virtual system design, visual analytics for large-scale heterogeneous cultural datasets and new narrative forms in stereoscopic and panoramic visualization. Dr Kenderdine is concurrently head of Special Projects, Museum Victoria, Melbourne and Visiting Assoc Professor, City University of Hong Kong, where she is co-appointed to the Dept. of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics and the
Media enquiries:
Ms Bobo Lee – School of Creative Media
Tel: 852-3442 4616 or 852- 6083 6604, email slulee@cityu.edu.hk
Ms Karen Cheng – Communication and Public Relations Office
Tel: 852-3442 6805 or 852-9201 8895, email cheng.karen@cityu.edu.hk