HUNG Keung is an independent filmmaker and new media artist based in Hong Kong. With the DAAD Scholarship, he went to the ZKM, Centre for Art & Media Technologies, Germany (01-02) as a visiting scholar, supervised by Professor Jeffrey Shaw. In 2005, he founded [imhk lab], mainly focusing on integrated design, new media art & research, interactive software development, application and production.
洪強，現為瑞士蘇黎世藝術大學博士班研究生，1995年起從事電影、錄像及新媒體藝術的創作及研究。曾獲獎項包括「英國BBC短片節」最佳錄像獎(98);「歐洲媒體藝術節」全場佳作獎 (98);「香港藝術雙年展」得獎作品(01)等。洪氏於2004年成立了「燕老米的雅」實驗室，從事新媒體藝術研究及有關互動軟件研發與應用工作。
Human Being and Moving Images, 2001
How do people relate to the moving image? This question is a constant theme in Hung Keung’s installations and performances. An attempt to form a link between the diverse experiments and explorations in a kind of self-compiled monograph produced this CD-ROM that is actually much more than a ‘collected work’. Hung himself offers a number of points of entry to this theme and illustrates it with the best examples from his work. The starting point is always an aspect of the human being; the body, the mind, movement, energy and the senses. The main menu has icons in the form of human organs offering access to these themes. Each point of entry opens a path through the information and along the projects. Choosing the Human Body leads to a panoptic exploration of the limits of the human gaze in ‘Sightseeing’. Suppose that we could observe everything around us with a glance, without having to turn around. But what is the function of movement then, what is the effect of shifting the body on observation? Choosing Human Movement provides access to a series of walks where the function of movement is made understandable in both a linear and non-linear way.
A young woman goes for a walk, but we see her in the same continuous close-up and only observe the background passing by. We feel her moving but how far has she gone? Via various paths, the user navigates along presentations that never cease to surprise. Each iteration, each separate project, has a specific interface. You just have to get used to the fact that the cursor vanishes, but then the navigation, based on X and Y coordinates, works flawlessly. Text plays a subordinate role with the image (mis)leading the user. He has to manipulate and feel to be able to observe, searching for the right relationships, the links to new sensory experiences.
這套CD-Rom集60多人之力 (有設計學生、售貨員、健身教練、派對常客、海外設計留學生、市井之徒及…… )
歷時2年完成。
洪 強 特別創造了5隻怪形動物看似奇異，但實際與其創作主題 ” Human Being
與 Moving Image” 息息相關，扣得緊緊。因為5隻怪動物均分別抽取了我們人體身體5個不同部份來命名，代表了我們身體的各種機能運作，然後付於他們人類應有的生命感，演繹他們各自與moving image所產生的可能性。
此CD-ROM共分2 Disks
Disk One主要集中?述Human Voice ( 人的聲音 ) ，Human Movement (
人體的活動 ) 及Human Body ( 人體本身 ) 。
Disk Two主要是歷年 洪 強
對影像及人體活動的創作作品，多以短片及錄像為主要媒介。闡釋Human Voice (
人的聲音 ) ，Human Sprit ( 人的精神 ) 及Human Energy ( 人的精神力量 )
為主。
此CDROM計劃亦有見獨立網頁 www.hungkeung.hk，更詳細地介紹2隻光碟的內容與特點….”
Talking - Human Voice
訪問了50多位年青人，透過4度空間，每人自說自話，此有還無，有時他們會同你細說個人歷險遭遇、有賣衣少女的生活日誌、亦有設計學院的學生奇問奇說、又或刻骨鉻心的戀愛故事，亦有兄弟爭產奇案……但無論你是其聽眾與否，但對他們又有多大用處呢！
Seeing –Virtual Reality
劃時代的 Virtual Reality ( 虛擬影像 ) ，室內空間的VR就見得多，洪 強
今次為大家來一個倒轉再倒轉，用人頭來作反 ( 虛擬影像 ) ，於今年
荷蘭國際錄像節 ( World Wide Video Festival ) 大放異彩。
Eating and Growing
吃麵同剪髮是2碼子事，看似毫不關連，但把他們放在moving image的概念上，又會產生其共通性，一個是進入體內 ( noodle )，一個是生出體外 (頭髮)，一出一入，一吃一剪，互相扺消，透過影像的裝置，產生出2個光頭大男孩的一次奇異經歷。此片己拍攝完成，預計2001年完成後期制作，在此CD-ROM內可一睹其中創作過程。
