MetaObjects 元物

Recap of our panel talk in 𝓐𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻 ✨ For our final session, Flavoring Knowledge in Emergent Realities, we stir the pot of bio-computation, digital capitalism, and urban memory. Our moderator Ashley Lee Wong (@metaobjects ) set the stage by introducing her research on artistic ecologies, moving us away from tech-hype toward a more sustainable, trust-based way of collaborating. She framed the studio as a space for collective discovery, where we treat technology as a long-term partner rather than just a tool. Jenn Leung (@jennnital ) shared her "brain-on-a-chip" research, showing us how living neurons can actually play games in Unreal Engine, effectively dissolving the boundaries between the biological and the digital. Then, Shan Wong (@flyingpig.shan ) brought us back to the streets, discussing how 3D scanning and speculative fiction can archive the invisible histories of our changing cities and critique the "short-circuits" of digital capitalism. It was a reminder that when we learn by doing and let go of rigid hierarchies, we can start to imagine new, messy, and sentient futures together. 🖥 The full version of panel talk highlights are available on our website - Link in bio Thank you to everyone who joined us to discuss the intersection of art, technology, and community. 💫

​How do artists working at the nexus of art and technology negotiate a means to make art in today’s creative economy? Join us April 9 at 6PM at Onassis ONX for Ecologies of Artistic Practice — a book talk and conversation with @ashley.lee.wong , the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of @metaobjects , Mattia Casalegno (@a_radical_hypothesis ), and Alex Darby (@soapboxdarby ).  Ashley Lee Wong will present key ideas from her new @mitpress book: Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies through Art and Technology, followed by short talks and live discussion between Ashley Lee Wong and interdisciplinary artists Mattia Casalegno and Alex Darby, each bringing their own perspective on the ecologies — sensory, economic, and relational — that shape how art is made and experienced today. Register: /urtwqxqm ​Physical copies of the book will be available to purchase during the event.

I’ll be giving a talk @prattdigitalarts in #NYC Wednesday, April 8, 2026 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Pratt Institute MH3E_02, Digital Arts Plaza, 3rd Floor, Myrtle Hall, 536 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 Department of Digital Art Guest Lecture Series, Spring 2026 Guest Lecture by Ashley Lee Wong Free and open to the public. Register to join. Link in bio🔗 Register: https://forms.gle/mrwpFvgWKcu8yjU29 More info: https://www.pratt.edu/events/dda-guest-lecture-series-spring-2026-ashley-wong-metaobjects/ Thanks @a_radical_hypothesis for hosting!

Join us on Friday April 10th for a book talk on ‘Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies Through Art and Technology’ by author Ashley Lee Wong ( @ashley.lee.wong / @metaobjects ) followed by a roundtable discussion moderated by Emily Verla Bovino (Assistant Prof Art History CUNY @nimble_love_ivory ) with LoVid (@lovidlovid ), Kelani Nichole (@kelaninichole / @transfergallery ), Chris Woebken (@chriswoebken ), and Bri Griffin (@iso.muein / @rhizomedotorg ). Prime Produce 424 W 54th St, NY, NY 10019 Hosted @primeproduce by @chhaski and @wileycount 🔗 RSVP in bio ★ /8zkl77wr Poster by @auditoryscenesproject

How do artists working at the nexus of art and technology negotiate a means to make art in today’s creative economy? Join us April 9 at 6PM at Onassis ONX for Ecologies of Artistic Practice — a book talk and conversation with @ashley.lee.wong , the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of @metaobjects , Mattia Casalegno (@a_radical_hypothesis ), and Alex Darby (@soapboxdarby ). Ashley Lee Wong will present key ideas from her new @mitpress book: Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies through Art and Technology, followed by short talks and live discussion between Ashley Lee Wong and interdisciplinary artists Mattia Casalegno and Alex Darby, each bringing their own perspective on the ecologies — sensory, economic, and relational — that shape how art is made and experienced today. ​Physical copies of the book will be available to purchase during the event. RSVP is available now at the link in bio!

RSPV for the talk now💫Link in bio 🚀 This Basel week, 𝓐𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓵 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓿𝓸𝓻 presents a series of panel talks dissecting the cyborg condition in modern art and urban design. Save the dates for March 24 & 28 for deep dives into our co-constitutive realities. 🗓 Talk 6: Flavoring Knowledge in Emergent Realities 📅 Date: 28 March (Sat) ⏰ Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm 📍Venue: 101080 HHH, 2/F, Hollywood Centre, 233 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Meet our guest speakers: 🔸 Shan Wong (@flyingpig.shan ) is an artist-researcher exploring human-urban dynamics within capitalist transformations across physical and digital spaces. As director of SATA, she investigates the intersection of art, technology, and society in Asia. Additionally, as part of the artist duo Foreseen Agency with Kachi Chan, she explores art-technology narratives. Their project Hello World Home, developed during a 2024 residency at the National Asia Culture Centre in Gwangju, examines digital capitalism in Korea and continues to explore the project during their artist residency at Diriyah Art Futures in Saudi Arabia. She is currently an assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Arts. 🔸Jenn Leung (@jennnital ) is a creative technologist and simulation developer building game engine simulations and real-time streaming tools. Currently her research focuses on developing UE interfaces for living neurons and agent behaviour simulation, with two papers recently published in the MIT Antikythera Journal and a paper on UE-API for brain-on-a-chip platforms presented at NeurIPS 2025. Moderator: 🔹Ashley Lee Wong (@metaobjects ), PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Associate Director of the MA Cultural Management programme at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She manages the Research Network for Philosophy and Technology and the Technophany journal. Her research explores the contemporary cultural economies for artists and practitioners working at the intersection of art and technology. She is the author of the monograph Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies through Art and Technology (The MIT Press, 2025).

Final show tonight at @tanzhausnrw #dusseldorf for @luyangasia ’s live #mocap #performance with @louiselecavalier . Part of the Temps d’Images Festival of #dance and #technology.

We’re in Düsseldorf this week rehearsing for the German premiere of @LuYangasia ’s live #motioncapture #performance Delusional World at @tanzhausnrw with dancer and choreographer @LouiseLecavalier (known for her early work with David Bowie). Join us for three shows on Thu/Fri/Sat 15-17 January 2026. — A unique experience between dance, technology and virtual fantasy: Lu Yang creates a dizzying neon world encompassing Chinese mythology, sci-fi and hyperpop. On tanzhaus nrw’s great stage, legendary dancer and choreographer Louise Lecavalier performs live while her body is transformed into fantastic digital avatars through motion capture technology – from mutated manga creatures to cybernetic deities. The virtual world’s visual effects and camera movements are guided via a gaming controller, accompanied by GameFace’s dark and dense trap soundtrack. Lu Yang’s live motion capture performance has already been realised with different dancers in various contexts. The version presented by tanzhaus nrw was developed in collaboration with dancer and choreographer Louise Lecavalier for the 6th International Biennial for Digital Art in Montréal in 2023. Delusional World is part of a series of Lu Yang’s live motion capture performances which transpose notions of Buddhist reincarnation (saṃsāra) as well as mutations into virtual environments. Yang incorporates his own body in her creations, staging a multitude – continuous physical proliferation, dissolution or disassembly. Dance plays a large part in this.

#rehearsals in #NYC this week for: Performa Biennial 2025 Commission @performanyc Ayoung Kim ‘Body^n’ (Reads: Body to the nth) @canyon.ny 198 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002 Nov 13, 8:30 pm Nov 14, 8:30 pm Nov 15, 8:30 pm ✨Tickets disappearing fast Presented in partnership with the Samsung Foundation of Culture Co-produced by @onassis.onx @canyon.ny Supported by Arts Council Korea, SBS Foundation, and Performa Commissioning Council members Yana Peel @yanapeel and Bilge OgutCumbusyan & Haro Cumbusyan. Performa Team @roseleegoldberg @defneayas___ Senior Curator-at-Large josefinabarcia Hartwig Art Foundation Curatorial Fellow @esanickle Managing Director and Executive Producer @soapboxdarby Producer @andreas0312 Associate Producer Special thanks to Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi, Curator and Manager of Curatorial Affairs. CAST Chai Kim @chai_action as Ernst Mo Hyesook Kim @k_i_m_h_y_e_s_u_k as En Storm Kimie Parker @kimieparker and Jenny Gao @goodtogao as Shadow Dancers Writer and Director @ayoung___kim Studio Producer: @yenaku Ayoung Kim Studio: @k_cong Soyeon @soyeon.song01 rijin_yoo Haein Kim Producer (Seoul): @channel.crane Studio Tech Manager: @k_cong On-site Rehearsal Assistance (Seoul): @woow_woo Action Choreographer (Best Action Team): @chai_action Supporting Role Stand-ins (Seoul): @muzzin._.eozzin @so.1_jeongyeon Consulting Choreographer: @shh_works and @mmmlloyd Advisory: Jaelee Kim and srunderbaryoon Lighting Design: @gumgum.studio Operating Support (Seoul): @janghan_homemade Research Support: @parkdamie @seossing_ Production Assistance: @ceejaeyu Game Engine Development: @metaobjects (Andrew Crowe) Game Engine Technical Art, Level Design, & Technical Camera Operator (NY & Seoul): @kimiyaong and @metaobjects EMP Studio: Motion Capture Studio (Seoul Rehearsal) Music, Sound Mixing & Mastering: Đ.K. (aka Dang Khoa Chau) @worship_prod Show Operator (NY): @astro_sh_lee Costume Design: @hardworkup Motion Capture Suit Customization: need_a_haven Video Editing, VFX, Color Grading: @moody_hyunji Ayoung Kim Thanks to Ilran Kim, Soyong Shin, Eriko Jimbo, Babou Sanneh, Sungwon Kim, and Art Hub Copenhagen. With deep gratitude to Seokyung Jang @s____jang

We’ll be in #NYC working on a new #mocap #performance with Ayoung Kim at Performa >> 13-15 Nov. Hope to see you there ! Repost from @ayoung___kim • Performa Commission 2025 - Come and see how female bodies can extend, multiply, be altered, assembled, and entangled. Chai Kim @chai_action , the Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Stunt Performance in recognition of her exceptional stunt work for “Squid Game”, choreographed the action seqeunces for this project, and will perform on stage in NY. Performa Biennial 2025 Commission @performanyc Ayoung Kim ‘Body^n’ (Reads: Body to the nth) Location: Canyon @canyon.ny 135 Delancey Street, New York, NY 10002 Buy Tickets Thu, Nov 13, 8:30 pm / Fri, Nov 14, 8:30 pm / Sat, Nov 15, 8:30 pm What does it mean to see your own body move in ways you never performed? In film and performance, the body double has long symbolized risk, illusion, and perfection. In Body^n, her commission for the Performa 2025 Biennial, Ayoung Kim extends this legacy of the doppelgänger into the digital realm, exploring the invisible labor of bodies as they are captured, replicated, and made unfamiliar through technologies such as motion capture and virtual reality. What fascinates Kim is the assembled body—a body multiplied, mediated, and estranged from its origin. She situates Body^n in the fictional space where the physical bodies meet their virtual counterparts. Kim describes this condition as an “altered presence,” a term she coined to express the slippage between embodiment and representation. In this digital realm, the human body vacillates, refracted across interfaces, screens, and stand-ins. Co-produced by Onassis ONX @onassis.onx and Canyon @canyon.ny . Curated by Defne Ayas @defneayas___ , Senior Curator-at-Large, Performa, and Director, Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, with Josefina Barcia josefinabarcia , Hartwig Art Foundation Curatorial Fellow. Produced by Esa Nickle @esanickle and Alex Darby @soapboxdarby . @roseleegoldberg

✨Now live on the @mplusmuseum Facade - New commission Dancer in the Mirror Field by @ayoung___kim . It was a pleasure working with Ayoung and her team on the 3D design and development of the work. Looking forward to working on a new live #motioncapture #performance for @performanyc in Nov! About the work: Dancer in the Mirror Field is a speculative fiction film depicting an annual competition organised by a delivery service platform. Coordinated by a mysterious entity, the contest aims to identify the individual with the most optimised movements. The film reflects on the contemporary obsession with efficiency and the performative effects it has on bodies in the service of wider technological and economic forces. In the work, three versions of the protagonist Ernst Mo (an anagram for ‘monster’) compete for the coveted title in locations where past and future seem to intertwine. Following the instructions relayed to them, the three Mos begin in a large structure resembling a high-tech gladiatorial coliseum that is inspired by Hong Kong’s sleek shopping malls. They then have a dramatic chase through the neon-drenched streets of a parallel universe Hong Kong. Throughout the film, various elements from Kim’s previous works reappear alongside digital cameos of real objects in the collections of M+ and Powerhouse, the museums that commissioned the work. Dancer in the Mirror Field is part of Kim’s acclaimed series of fiction films Delivery Dancer (2022–ongoing). It is inspired by classic 1980s Hong Kong action films and stylish animated shows like Aeon Flux (1991–1995). The kinetic visuals are created using a combination of motion capture, 3D game engines, and AI-generated imagery. #gigeconomy #technocapitalism #efficiency #timeismoney #velocity #algorithmic #competiton #scifi #speculativefiction #3denvironment #actionscenes