“Foundation – a Web3 Media Art Festival” is a 2023 Videotage web-based media art festival. Curated by Kyle Chung, Angel Leung, and Lisa Park SoYoung, the festival exhibits 3 web3-themed commissioned works along with 12 artworks from international artists.

「未來史詩：網絡媒體藝術節」是錄映太奇於2023年所舉辦的互聯網媒體藝術節，由鍾亦琪 、梁安琦、及Lisa Park SoYoung策展，展示3件以Web3為主題的委約作品，以及12件來自本地與外國媒體藝術家的作品。

Videotage’s “Foundation – a Web3 Media Art Festival” is a web-based media art festival, which aims to groom a new generation of media art culture from Hong Kong and for Hong Kong in the new era of the Internet.

Since 2020, humanity has embraced web technologies unprecedentedly in adapting to the harsh physical limitations caused by Covid-19 and the ensuing economic fluctuations. As a result, we find ourselves emerging from the pandemic with a slew of new technologies, platforms, and trends that offer new potential for media artists to expand the boundaries of their creativity. In fact, we are at the doorstep of Web3 – the next generation of the internet.

After 36 years dedicated to moving images and media art, Videotage presents Foundation – a Web3 Media Art Festival. It aims to discuss, exchange, and experiment with the diverse possibilities of Web3 from the vantage points of decentralization, humanized AI, and Extended realities (XR), in view of collectively expanding the future visions of Internet technology, from an artistic and technological point of view.

The exhibition will show 3 web3-themed commissioned works along with 12 artworks from international artists. A keynote speech and three presentations by the commissioned artist and R&D duos will also take place during the exhibition.

Curated by: Kyle Chung, Angel Leung, Lisa Park SoYoung

Festival: https://distant.gallery/foundation-festival

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Exhibition

Opening Reception and Keynote Speech
Date: 17/3/2023 (Friday)
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm HKT
7 am – 9 am GMT/ 8 am – 10 am CET/ 3 am – 5 am EDT
Speaker: Lev Manovich

Between 17 March to 16 September 2023, Foundation’s online exhibition will disseminate the outcomes of the festival and remarkable web3 artworks around the world at distant.gallery/foundation-festival.

It will show the three commissioned works along with up to 12 artworks from local and international media artists. A keynote speech and three artist-researcher talks will take place during the festival. Please stay tuned.

Participating artists:
Commission artist-researcher duos
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Liao Jiaming + De Kai@Human Language Technology Center, HKUST
Extended Reality: Chloë Cheuk + Liu Chang@Augmented Virtuality Lab, SCM,CityU
Blockchain: Feaston + Damien Charrieras@Laboratory for Interventions in Speculative Finance, SCM, CityU

Carla Chan
Doreen Chan
Constant Dullaart
Cesar Jung-Harada, Pamela Pascual, Alvaro Cassinelli, Ni Made Dwidiani
Scott Hessels
Ho Tzu Nyen
Hui Wai-Keung
Elena Knox
Priscilla Koukoui
Lawrence Lek
Lev Manovich
Kanno So & Kato Akihiro & Watanuki Takemi

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Panel Discussion
Date: 19/9/2022 (Monday)
Time: 8 pm HKT / 2 pm CEST

As “Web 3.0”, “metaverse,” and “NFT” have quickly become controversial buzzwords today, the panel discussion aims to take us back to the root of such technologies and their potential usages in contemporary art. FIVE art and technology experts will join the panel and lay down the foundation of the whole festival, which will then be leveraged by the research projects as an inspiring point of departure.

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Research
Between October 2022 and February 2023, three Hong Kong artists (or artist duo) and three tech-savvy researchers from media labs come together to undergo research projects for Foundation. It intends to provide space for local media art practitioners to explore web3 technology and incorporate it from an artistic perspective. Documentations (screenshot, sketch, writing, etc.) will be updated at distant.gallery/foundation-festival from November. Presentations by the duos will also take place during the showcase.

Extended Reality
Chloë Cheuk
Liu Chang @Augmented Materiality Lab, SCM, CityU

Blockchain
Feaston
The Laboratory for Interventions in Speculative Finance (LISF), SCM, CityU

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Liao Jiaming
De Kai @Human Language Technology Center (HLTC), HKUST

Commission
The three duos will be commissioned to extend their research and develop a new web-based media work each under the sub-themes. Three commissioned works will be shown in the showcase in March 2023.

錄映太奇的「未來史詩：網絡媒體藝術節」，旨在推動香港進入互聯網新時代下的藝術發展，以及培養香港新一代媒體藝術文化。

自二零二零年起，新冠疫情對經濟造成重大衝擊，面對嚴酷的社交距離及物理限制，人文與網絡科技前所未有地融合。隨疫情而來的創新科技、平台和發展趨勢，為媒體藝術家提供了更多可能性，突破創意界限。事實上，我們正在步入 Web3時代 ——下一個互聯網時代。

在過去三十六年間，錄映太奇致力推動錄像及媒體藝術，現繼續秉承使命，呈獻Web3網絡媒體藝術節 ——「未來史詩」。藝術節從去中心化、人性化人工智能、延展實境等概念和技術出發，對Web3的可能性進行交流、探討和實驗，試圖以藝術與技術的角度，共同擴展網絡科技的未來前景。

策展人： 鍾亦琪 ，梁安琦，Lisa Park SoYoung

藝術節: https://distant.gallery/foundation-festival

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展覽

展覽開幕及主題演講
日期 : 17/3/2023 (星期五)
時間：3 pm – 5 pm HKT
7 am – 9 am GMT/ 8 am – 10 am CET/ 3 am – 5 am EDT
講者：列夫．曼諾維奇 （Lev Manovich）

由2023年3月17日至9月16日，「未來史詩」網上展覽將在 distant.gallery/foundation-festival 帶來多件web3藝術品，以及是次藝術節自2022年9月起的發展成果。
是次展覽將展示三件委約作品，以及12件由本地與外國媒體藝術家的作品，同亦將會進行一系列活動，如主題演講及討論。敬請留意往後的公佈。

參與藝術家:
委約藝術家-研究者
人工智能（AI）：廖家明 + 吳德愷@ 香港科技大學Human Language Technology Center
擴增實境（XR）： 卓思穎 + 劉暢 @ 香港城市大學Augmented Materiality Lab
區塊鏈 ：Feaston + Damien Charrieras@香港城市大學 Laboratory for Interventions in Speculative Finance

卡娜
陳泳因
許維強
何子彥
陸明龍
Lev Manovich
Constant Dullaart
Cesar Jung-Harada, Pamela Pascual, Alvaro Cassinelli, Ni Made Dwidiani
Scott Hessels
Elena Knox
Priscilla Koukoui
Kanno So & Kato Akihiro & Watanuki Takemi

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專題討論
日期 : 19/9/2022 (星期一)
時間：8 pm HKT / 2 pm CEST
講者： 列夫．曼諾維奇 Dr. Lev Manovich（媒體理論家、藝術家），吳德愷 Dr. De Kai (人工智能科學家)，Dr. Melentie Pandilovski (藝術理論家、歷史學家、策展人)，Ms. Priscilla Koukoui (元宇宙、web3及多感官設計師)，阿法羅．卡西內利 Dr. Alvaro Cassinelli (跨界研究員、創作者、藝術家)
主持人：Lisa Park SoYoung

當Web 3.0、元宇宙和NFT成為了今期最流行的用語，是次專題研討會將聚焦討論這些科技的發展背景及其於當代藝術中的可能性。五位藝術及科技專家將進行深入交流探討，為整個「未來史詩」藝術節奠定基礎。藝術節其後的研究項目將以討論內容為靈感，延伸至研究與創作實踐。

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研究計劃
由2022年10月至2023年2月，「未來史詩」將三位香港藝術家（或藝術組合）與三位科技研究者配對，合作進行三個媒體藝術研究計劃。此項目意在為本地媒體藝術工作者提供空間，探索web3科技以及如何融入藝術創作上。研究計劃產生的各種紀錄（如螢幕截圖、素描、文字等）將由11月起上載至distant.gallery/foundation-festival予公眾瀏覽。每對藝術家-研究者亦將會在展覽期間展示及分享其研究成果。

擴增實境 (XR)
卓思穎
劉暢 @香港城市大學創意媒體學院 Augmented Materiality Lab

區塊鏈
Feaston
香港城市大學創意媒體學院 The Laboratory for Interventions in Speculative Finance (LISF)

人工智能 (AI)
廖家明
吳德愷 @香港科技大學人類語言技術中心

委約創作
「未來史詩」將委約每對藝術家-研究者從其研究計劃延伸，就其題目創作一件新的網絡媒體藝術作品。三件委約作品將會在2023年的展覽中展出。