SM1701 Independent Research Blog

Name: Wong Ho Yin Student ID: 59651245 Topic: The art of Simon Denny Who is Simon Denny?      S imon Denny is a New Zealand contemporary artist whose work critically explores the aesthetics and politics of technology. He creates multimedia installations that investigate how tech companies construct narratives around innovation, control, and societal transformation. His practice spans installation, sculpture, painting, print, and video. He also works with web-based media and emerging platforms, such as Non-Fungible Tokens .      D enny’s conceptual focus includes corporate storytelling, digital infrastr ucture, game-based systems, and the intersection of art and politics. He often reinterprets real-world tech artifacts to expose the ideologies embedded within contemporary tech culture, such as server racks, startup pitch decks, or board games. His artwork invites viewers to reflect on how technology mediates power, play, and participation in the digital...

Student name: Wong Ho Yin Student number: 59651245 Topic: The art of  Yasunao Tone Who is Yasunao Tone?      Y asunao Tone was born in Tokyo in 1935, and studied Japanese literature at Chiba University. He is a pioneering Japanese sound artist whose work sound art, performance, conceptual art, and digital media. He is best known for using malfunction, error, and disruption as creative tools. For example, he damages CDs to force misreading, generating unpredictable glitch sounds, such as Solo for Wounded CD. He also trained artificial intelligence on his own glitch recordings to simulate machine “hallucinations”, such as  AI Deviation . ( Image source:  https://www.anothermag.com/design-living/14750/yasunao-tone-region-of-paramedia-japanese-music-composer ) What is Yasunao Tone’s most famous artwork?      S olo for Wounded CD (1997) is widely regarded as a seminal work in glitch music and digital art, remaining one of Yasunao Tone’s most icon...

Student name: Wong Ho Yin Student number: 59651245 Topic: The art of  Wafaa Who is Wafaa Bilal?      W afaa Bilal was born in Najaf, Iraq in 1966. He is a renowned Iraqi American artist known for provocative and interactive works, using his own body to explore themes of war, surveillance, and identity, such as Domestic Tension (2007), …And Counting (2010), and The 3rdi (2010) . His art blends performance, technology, and social engagement, challenging viewers to confront violence, responsibility, and the act of watching. He transforms personal trauma into public dialogue, inviting audiences to become active participants in his artwork. (Image source:  https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/22/wafaa-bilal-interview-mca-chicago-exhibition ) What is Wafaa Bilal’s "Domestic Tension" about?      D omestic Tension (2007) , originally titled Shoot an Iraqi, is a powerful performance artwork by Wafaa Bilal. For 30 days, he lived alone in a gallery space....

Student name: Wong Ho Yin Student number: 59651245 Topic: The art of  Stephanie Dinkin Who is  Stephanie Dinkin?      S tephanie Dinkins is an American artist whose work explores the connections between artificial intelligence (AI), race, gender, and social justice. She is especially interested in how AI systems reflect society, and how they often leave out the voices of marginalized groups, especially Black and brown communities. She teaches at Stony Brook University and works with communities to help people use art and technology for social change. (Image source:  https://news.stonybrook.edu/university/stephanie-dinkins-discusses-intersection-of-ai-and-art-at-provosts-spotlight-talk-oct-22/ ) What are two famous artworks by Stephanie Dinkins?      O ne of Stephanie Dinkins’s well-known artworks is Conversations with Bina48 , a robot designed to look like a Black woman. In this long-term project, she has conversations with BINA48 about ident...

Student name: Wong Ho Yin Student number: 59651245 Topic: The art of  Jeffery Shaw Who is Jeffery Shaw?      J effrey Shaw was born in Melbourne in 1944. He is a well-known artist and researcher in the field of new media art. He is especially known for his work with virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and interactive storytelling. Since the 1960s, he has been a leader in digital and interactive art that explore expanded cinema, immersive 3D environments, and interactive stories. (Image source: https://museumsummit.gov.hk/en/about/moderator/jeffrey_shaw ) What is “Expanded Cinema”?      E xpanded cinema is a kind of experimental film that combines art, technology, and storytelling in creative ways. It uses multimedia, interactive elements, and immersive spaces to create a new kind of experience, instead of just showing a story on one screen. The term was first used in the 1960s by filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek. Artists and filmmakers wanted to cha...

Topic: The art of  Pieter Schoolwerth Student name: Wong Ho Yin Student number: 59651245 What do I appreciate most about Pieter Schoolwerth’s painting?     (Image source:  https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artwork/44844/Pieter-Schoolwerth-Subway-Series-3) In Subway Series #3, I feel a sense of life because of the bold colors, fragmented figures, and baseball elements. The painting reminds me of a robot that is mechanical but full of energy. At first, I didn’t understand the meaning, but it successfully caught my attention and made me curious to look deeper. The broken and layered visuals feel like digital glitches, which makes the painting resemble a distorted image on a screen. What visual and conceptual features stand out about  this painting ? I think the key feature of Pieter Schoolwerth’s painting is the interplay between the real and the virtual. In Subway Series #3, he combines realistic human features, such as hands, legs, and heads, within abstract space...