On OMNI TV 2, the Cantonese Daily News aired a new items and an interview with Samuel Chow on several occasions late last week. This follows on from a review in Now magazine, from highlighting in Toronto WHERE magazine, and a review note in a feature article in the Toronto Star.
Chow's I'm Feeling Lucky exhibition has seen a steady flow of visitors since its opening on September 3. Many visitors have confessed to being pleasantly surprised at how enthralled they have been by Chow's new-media "random path network". I say "surprised" because they have either had no experience of moving-image or video art or indeed have viewed video art before but not been impressed. Visitors come out of the projector room talking on the aesthetic side about being "refreshed" and "bathed by the lushness" of the imagery. A little girl of seven or eight just came to the gallery as her first gallery visit (her parents read about the show in the Ming Bao Chinese-language daily) said she did not really understand what it was all about but she really loved the images. I have learned to respect the visual instinct of kids who are interested in art, and I see this as one more sign of the deep appeal of Chow's work. On the ideas side, some visitors find that the work's function as a metaphor for the nature of knowledge in an Internet age slowly dawns, sinks in and then sparks reflection, while others say the work stands on its own without the conceptual underpinning. However one reflects on one's experience, the response has been very very positive -- which is not what I was necessarily expecting given the lack of video-art reference points for most art appreciators.
I mentioned Ming Bao, which is the largest Chinese-language daily in Hong Kong with a Toronto edition. Apart from the listing that brought the above-mentioned family to the gallery, the newspaper plans to do a feature on Chow in the September 27 Saturday Magazine.
Do note next weekend (27th and 28th) is the final weekend to see the work. Note that it is available in an edition of 15 as a Blu-ray disc in a special presentation box, along with a medium-format digital print of the I'm Feeling Lucky frame of the purchaser's choice, for $3650. Prints are available separately for $750 (small format in edition of 9) to $1600 (larger format in edition of 5).
Chow's I'm Feeling Lucky exhibition has seen a steady flow of visitors since its opening on September 3. Many visitors have confessed to being pleasantly surprised at how enthralled they have been by Chow's new-media "random path network". I say "surprised" because they have either had no experience of moving-image or video art or indeed have viewed video art before but not been impressed. Visitors come out of the projector room talking on the aesthetic side about being "refreshed" and "bathed by the lushness" of the imagery. A little girl of seven or eight just came to the gallery as her first gallery visit (her parents read about the show in the Ming Bao Chinese-language daily) said she did not really understand what it was all about but she really loved the images. I have learned to respect the visual instinct of kids who are interested in art, and I see this as one more sign of the deep appeal of Chow's work. On the ideas side, some visitors find that the work's function as a metaphor for the nature of knowledge in an Internet age slowly dawns, sinks in and then sparks reflection, while others say the work stands on its own without the conceptual underpinning. However one reflects on one's experience, the response has been very very positive -- which is not what I was necessarily expecting given the lack of video-art reference points for most art appreciators.
I mentioned Ming Bao, which is the largest Chinese-language daily in Hong Kong with a Toronto edition. Apart from the listing that brought the above-mentioned family to the gallery, the newspaper plans to do a feature on Chow in the September 27 Saturday Magazine.
Do note next weekend (27th and 28th) is the final weekend to see the work. Note that it is available in an edition of 15 as a Blu-ray disc in a special presentation box, along with a medium-format digital print of the I'm Feeling Lucky frame of the purchaser's choice, for $3650. Prints are available separately for $750 (small format in edition of 9) to $1600 (larger format in edition of 5).
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