Silas Fong (b.1985) is a contemporary artist born in Hong Kong. He furthered his studies in Academy of Media Arts Cologne from 2013­2015. He received his MFA from Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012 and BA from Hong Kong Baptist University in 2008. His video, installation and photographic works have been invited to be presented in exhibitions and festivals including Hong Kong Museum of Art, Goethe­-Institut Hongkong, Alternative Space Loop, Seoul International New Media Festival 2011, Taipei Soka Art Center, City Gallery Wellington, ZKM, Saatchi Gallery London, Liverpool Biennial 2010, Dresden Cynetart 2013, Microwave International New Media Festival and Animamix Biennale. He received the Gold Award (Interactive Media) at the 14th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards. He also won the Young Artist Award from Hong Kong Contemporary Art Biennial in 2009 and was named one of Asia’s leading design talents in the 2010’s by Perspective Magazine. In 2011 he was invited to participate in a residency program “Summercamp Electrified” organized by Timelab in Gent, Belgium. In the summer of 2013, he participated in an artist residency in GlogauAIR, Berlin. In the fall of 2016, he will be participating an artist residency in Hong-ti Art Center, Busan in Korea.

He currently lives and works in Hong Kong.

Through noticing and documenting overlooked detailsin everyday life, the artist tries to retain his pace and time so as to understand himself better. In such way he transforms his trivia into psychological experience. This experience reminds the audience of their own daily experience and questions certain social values in life.

方琛宇生於1985年,是香港土生土長的當代藝術家。2013­2015 年到德國科隆媒體藝術學院進修。2012年於香港中文大學藝術系取得藝術創作碩士學位。2008年於香港浸會大學視覺藝術院畢業。他的錄像、裝置及攝影作品受邀參與多個展覽及藝術節,包括香港藝術館 、香港歌德學院、Alternative space Loop、首爾新媒藝術節、台北索加藝術中心、威靈頓市立美術館、卡爾斯魯厄藝術與媒體中心、Saatchi Gallery London、利物浦雙年展2010、德累斯頓媒體藝術節CYNETart、微波國際新媒體藝術節2013及動漫美學雙年展。他在第十四屆香港獨立短片及錄像比賽(互動媒體組)羸得金獎,並於2009年獲得香港當代藝術雙年獎 – 青年藝術家獎;2010年被Perspective雜誌選為 “40 under 40”。2011年夏天,他獲邀赴比利時根特參與Timelab舉辦的藝術家駐留計劃 “Summercamp Electrified2011”。2013年夏天在柏林GlogauAIR參與藝術家駐留計劃。2016秋季將於韓國釜山虹田藝術中心參與三個月藝術家駐留。

他目前在香港居住和工作。

他透過細心觀察,發現並記錄了日常生活上被漠視的細節。利用這些記錄他嘗試尋回自己的步伐與時光,更深入去了解自己。他就是以前這種方式將自己的瑣事轉化成一種心理體驗。提醒觀眾留意他們的日常經驗,質詢社會上對生活的各種既有價值觀。