“1”
24 May - 26 Jul 2025
DE SARTHE, Hong Kong
24 May - 26 Jul 2025
DE SARTHE, Hong Kong
“1” is a solo exhibition featuring a mechanical sound installation, a body of moving sculptures, an interactive 3D video game, a 2D visual novel game, and mixed media works all situated within an immersive cave-like environment. A dimly lit chamber constructed to recall the interior of an ant nest, the exhibition explores the notion of existence within a unified body and considers techno-animism under the context of contemporary pantheism. Utilizing the archetypal ant colony as basis, the artist proposes a paradigm wherein all sentient beings – living, mechanical, or otherwise – are constituents to a single, all-encompassing entity.
Ants operate as a superorganism, where the colony functions by instinct as a singular, self-organizing system. Each ant plays a specific role, such as foraging, defending, or caring for the young, all working in concert such that the colony may adapt, survive, and thrive as if it were one living organism. Across varied philosophies, similar ideas have been raised vis-à-vis the universe and all that it contains – seeing all living things as part of a unified whole, be that of a divinity, cosmic harmony, or simply the natural order. It is under this framework that Ailsa Wong asks: what if all objects, including those of technology, had souls? If we were to subscribe to techno-animism, how will we co-operate within an interconnected system?
個展「1」中，藝術家將展場打造成洞穴形的沉浸式空間，其中展出機械聲音裝置、一系列動態雕塑、互動三維電子遊戲、二維視覺小說遊戲，以及混合媒介等作品。展覽的昏暗環境仿似螞蟻巢穴的內部，藝術家以螞蟻群落為範例，探索「一體」的存在概念。展覽亦在當代泛神論的脈絡下思考科技泛靈論（Techno-animism），並假設所有的意識單元——無論活著、機械或其他——皆屬統一的共同體。
螞蟻作為超級有機體，依本能運作，蟻群成為一體且自我組織的系統。每隻螞蟻在覓食、防衛或照顧幼蟻中扮演特定角色，牠們協同合作以適應、生存和繁衍不息，如同賦予生命的有機個體般。不同的哲學理念中也提出相似觀點，以看待宇宙及其包含的一切，無論以神性、宇宙和諧，亦或單純的自然秩序自居，所有生物皆視為統一整體的一部份。於這個框架下，黃雅珊探問：若所有物件都有靈魂，那科技產物是否也同樣？若我們都認可科技泛靈論，那該如何於這相互聯繫的系統中協作？
DJ Party at Opening:
Press:
《可控不可控之間我們完整》，今藝術 Artco，1 July 2025
《⿈雅珊反思當今科技創作：以螞蟻群落呼應⼀體概念》，文匯報 Wen Wei Po，17 June 2025
《林靖風-藝術家⿈雅珊個展「1」》，星島頭條 Song Tao Headline，13 June 2025
“Shows to see in Hong Kong, June 2025 (Part I)”, Art Asia Pacific, 5 June 2025
“4 must-see Hong Kong art exhibitions this summer”, PostMag, South China Morning Post, 01 July 2025
《人工智能神秘洞穴》，號外 City Magazine，10 July 2025
“Ailsa Wong: 1”, Panda Chow Studio, 29 June 2025
works
3D Video game
2025
2D Visual novel game
2025
Brass bells, wigs, and swing motors
Size variable
2025
Clay, epoxy, photo transfer on canvas
160 x 210 cm
2025
Second hands, quartz clock movements and clay
26 x 70 x 44 cm, 32 x 73 x 60 cm, 56 x 50 x 52 cm (A set of 3)
2025
Rust and metallic acrylic on metal plates
41.5 x 41.5 cm
2025
Rust and metallic acrylic on metal plates
21.5 x 21.5 cm
2025
Rust and metallic acrylic on metal plates
31.5 x 31.5 cm
2025
Metallic acrylic, nails, and chain on fabrics
61 x 75 cm
2025