IP Yuk-Yiu

Profile

Born in Hong Kong in 1974. Lived and based in Hong Kong. Graduated with an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art in 1998.
Media artist, art educator and independent curator working at the intersection of cinema, video games and digital art.

Recent exhibitions, curations and activities
2024 “LEVEL 66: the Arcade Project,” Freespace, West Kowloon Cultural District, Hong Kong
2024 "Stuttgart Filmwinter: festival for expanded media"
2023 “Image Forum Festival 'Filmmaking in Hong Kong 2—Plastic landscapes, fallen skies: six films by IP Yuk-Yiu,'” Theatre Image Forum, Tokyo & Aichi Arts Center, Nagoya
2023 "International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 'Against Gravity,'” Germany
2022 “Playful Architecture >>zkm_gameplay the next level<<,” ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018 "12th Arte Laguna Prize," Venice
2017 "OPEN SITE 2017-2018: PLAY.GROUND," Tokyo Arts & Space
2016 "CYNETART Bienale,' Dresden
2016 "FILE Electronic Language International Festival," Saõ Paulo
2016 "Game Video/Art. A Survey, XXI Triennale International Exhibition," Milan

Awards
2021 "The Golden Cube Award" at "Kasseler Dokumentarfilm-und Videofest," Germany
2020 ACC(Asia Culture Center, Gwangju) Cinema Fund
2019 "Robert Coover Award (1st Place)," Electronic Literature Organization (ELO), Vancouver (Currently relocated to Toronto)
2018 Finalist (Virtual Art) of "12th Arte Laguna Prize," Venice
2012 "Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards (Digital Art)," by Hong Kong Art Museum

About works / curations

As a media artist with training and background in experimental cinema, IP has an interdisciplinary and inter-medial interest that extends his creative pursuit and artistic output that goes beyond the conventional screen. "screen.play( )" is a neologism that he created to refer to his recent artistic undertaking that stands in the intersection of cinema, video game and digital art. The idea of "screen.play( )" points to a hybrid kind of artistic practice that attempts to borrow and fuse elements from screen cultures, ludic forms and computational media. While sharing similar elements, strategies and concerns with video game practices, the idea of "screen.play( )" aims to create a slight departure by placing a stronger emphasis on the hybridity, fluidity and instability of the form.