2024
The VH AWARD is Asia’s leading award platform for emerging media artists. Initiated in 2016, the VH AWARD has supported artists who have engaged with the context of Asia and its future. The award stems from Hyundai Motor Group’s commitment to activating the intersections of art and technology through cross-cultural research and interdisciplinary artistic expressions.
The 5th VH AWARD Exhibition presents the works by Grand Prix recipient Subash Thebe Limbu (b. 1981, Dharan), as well as award finalists Zike He (b. 1990, Guiyang), Riar Rizaldi (b. 1990, Bandung), Su Hui-Yu (b. 1976, Taipei) and zzyw (founded in 2017, based in New York).
The works examine novel approaches to human's interaction with technology, encompassing a wide range of topics such as social and environmental concerns, the emergence of artificial intelligence, and the formation of identities that transcend historical boundaries. The artists explore speculative prospects for contemplating time, humanity, and cross-cultural collaboration, alongside unique perspectives on the future and the intersection of art and technology.
We explored a novel approach to designing this exhibition identity, by extracting a single column of pixel from each digital piece to create expressive 'digital patchworks' which are applied across different digital applications, environmental graphics, social media posts and digital exhibition labels to unify the language celebrating the 5th edition of this award.
The outcome is a tactile celebration of colour and diversity which reflects on how the artworks blurs the boundaries through cross-cultural practices.
