When Experience Returns Otherwise: The First MA Graduation Show of AMC HKUST
When Experience Returns Otherwise: The First MA Graduation Show of AMC HKUST
Featuring a diverse collection of artworks including moving images, installations, interactive systems, paintings, and screen-based pieces, When Experience Returns Otherwise explores the mediation and innovative expression of human experience through the integration of art and technology, as well as new possibilities for reshaping sensory perception and cognitive experience via contemporary media.
Rather than fully restoring past experiences, the exhibition invites audiences to re-sense and reinterpret experiences through diverse media and contexts. The act of gazing reshapes the perception of faces; storytelling re-enacts individual memories; physical movements generate new visual traces; traditional cultural rituals are integrated into contemporary exhibition contexts; and the emotions and narratives carried by moving images linger long after viewing. Past experiences are no longer merely part of bygone time, but reappear and regenerate in new forms within the exhibition space.
As the inaugural graduation exhibition of the Division of Arts and Machine Creativity (AMC) at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, this exhibition presents pioneering creative achievements stemming from the integration of aesthetics and technology. It also documents how a group of young creators explore innovative perceptual approaches through contemporary media, opening up new imaginative dimensions for the future development of technological aesthetics.
Venue
GF & 3F, HART HAUS, Kennedy Town (Map)
Exhibition Period
June 14 – July 5, 2026 (closed on Mondays)
Opening Hours
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Two exclusive opening events are arranged for the exhibition: a soft opening and a public opening. The detailed arrangements are as follows:
Soft Opening
Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026
Audience: General public, HKUST faculty members and students
Schedule:
3:00 – 3:10pm Remarks by Dr. Vennes Cheng (Curatorial Advisor & Director of SIG Programme, AMC)
3:10 – 3:25pm Curatorial Sharing by Student Curators
3:30 – 4:30pm Artist Sharing Session (Jie Yang – Loss; Pui Yi Tam – FEAR MACHINE)
4:45 – 5:30pm Guided Tour for Registered Guests
Public Opening
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Audience: General public, guests, families and all visitors
Schedule:
5:00 – 6:15pm Guided Tour for VIPs and Faculty Members
6:30pm Speech Session
．Prof. Huamin Qu (Dean of AIS)
．Prof. Hongbo Fu (Acting Head of AMC)
．Dr. Vennes Cheng (Curatorial Advisor & Director of SIG Programme, AMC)
．Kedi Dong and Yuhan Ji (Student Curators, AMC)
7:30pm Guided Tour for Registered Guests
Curatorial Advisor
Dr. Vennes Cheng
Curators
Kedi Dong, Yuhan Ji, Zhuli Pan, Pui Yi Tam
Participating Student Artists
Luxi Chen, Yikun Di, Kedi Dong, Haoyu Du, Zirui Guo, Zhengnan Guo, Xinyao He, Chenhe Hu, Hoi Hong Hui, Yuhan Ji, Yifan Liu, Yixuan Luo, Mengke Ouyang, Zhuli Pan, Pui Yi Tam, Yumeng Tian, Yixuan Wang, Jie Yang, Yue Zeng, Lisha Zhang, Mengyao Zhang
Hosted by
Division of Arts and Machine Creativity,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology