Ip Yuk-Yiu

BOOK OF A HUNDRED GHOSTS

China, 2018 , 5’

BOOK OF A HUNDRED GHOSTS
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1) BOOK OF A HUNDRED GHOSTS is a virtual reality installation, a Chinese parable staged in the form of a virtual tableau. It reimagines the history of an ancient land as a Book of falling words and crushing signs, inciting awe, fear, pain and carnal pleasure.

Ip Yuk-Yiu
Experimental filmmaker, media artist, art educator and independent curator. His works have been showcased extensively at international festivals including European Media Art Festival, New York Film Festival (views from the avant garde), Image Festival, FILE Festival, VideoBrasil, Transmediale and more. He is the founder of the art.ware project, an independent curatorial initiative focusing on the promotion of new media art in Hong Kong. Yuk has also lectured extensively on film, video and media art and has taught at Emerson College, Massachusetts College of Art and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Currently he is Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. His recent works explore emergent and hybrid forms of cinema.