Augmented Reality still from Shadow Play by Lily & Honglei.
Shadow Play: Tales of Urbanization in China
Lily & Honglei
Utilizing traditional painting and new media such as digital animation, virtual reality and augmented reality, Lily & Honglei’s works intertwine current social issues with Chinese cultural heritage.
MoreHonglei Li is a member of the artist collective Lily & Honglei.
Artist BioLily Yang is a member of the artist collective Lily & Honglei.
Artist BioShadow Play: Tales of Urbanization in China is a multimedia installation that utilizes traditional art mediums and emerging technologies to visualize the metamorphosis created by urbanization in China. With an outlook to the future through digital technologies, a retrospective into the past through the time-honored imagery of the traditional Chinese shadow play, and a reflection of the present through immersive fieldwork in modern China, the artists seek to present the unfolding of a monumental shift from agrarian to urban in Chinese society. The installation will include a series of paintings and prints, projections of a real-time virtual reality interface (Second Life), and an augmented reality installation that can be viewed with a smartphone or tablet in an exhibition space.
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We speak to the collaboration Lily & Honglei about how their Creative Capital Project explores how families in China have been torn up by China’s rapid urbanization.
Events
Group Show in Rome Including Lily & Honglei’s Creative Capital Project
October 8, 2020
Musei di San Salvatore in Lauro
Rome, Italy
Lily & Honglei
Flushing, NY
Utilizing traditional painting and new media such as digital animation, virtual reality and augmented reality, Lily & Honglei’s works intertwine current social issues with Chinese cultural heritage. The team has presented artworks at numerous international and national venues, including Museum of Arts and Design in New York, Queens Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, He Xiangning Art Museum in China, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, The Painting Center of New York, Eyebeam Art & Technology Center, British Computer Society in London, ISEA in Istanbul, New York Artist Residency Studios, MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies and Dumbo Art Festival, among many others. Their projects received awards and grants from art institutions including the Museum of Arts and Design and Turbulence.org for Net-Art commissions. Their recent artworks have been collected by the Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art at Cornell University.
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Honglei Li
Lincoln, NE
Honglei Li is a member of the artist collective Lily & Honglei.
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Lily Yang
Flushing, NY
Lily Yang is a member of the artist collective Lily & Honglei.