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Presented by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and organised by Microwave, the A-Glow-Glow Macro Interactive Media Arts Exhibition, was the second of its kind since the widely acclaimed Body Movies in Hong Kong, a large scale interactive media arts exhibition, first held in 2006. With an aim to bring media arts closer to the public, the exhibition featured renowned British UnitedVisualArtists' (UVA) multi-media interactive installation, Volume and the spectacular world premiere of Phaeodaria by Hong Kong-based LED artist Teddy Lo. The two artworks were displayed at the Avenue of Stars and outside the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui from 11 to 20 April 2008.

Exquisite Arts Experience Boarding Hong Kong

Volume, making its debut in Asia, was a large-scale sculpture of light and sound decorated with 46 light columns on a stage of about 132 square metres. It created a series of interchanging audio-visual experiences through interaction between lights, sounds and frequencies with the audience. The artwork was re-adapted to the environment of Hong Kong at the Avenue of Stars, blending it into the night sky over the harbour. Sensing the bodily movement of visitors, the light columns in Volume sparked off visual changes and spectacular audio effect, creating extraordinary audio-visual experiences.

Phaeodaria, a dome-shaped LED artwork by Hong Kong-based artist Teddy Lo, was created with numerous protruding pyramids incorporating LED technology and multimedia interactive programme through wireless signals like GSM, 3G and Wifi. He has also collected wireless signals at the city centre which were decoded to create special audio-visual effects. When entering the dome-shaped installation, unique visual effect sprang from real time response of the preset motion sensor coupled with instant audio interaction between audience and the preset Bluetooth sensor programme, engaging the audience into a magical audio-visual experience.

Dwelling in the Unique Interaction of Light and Sound

At the Opening Ceremony on 11 April, officiating guests Tsang Tak-sing, Secretary for Home Affairs, and renowned artist Andy Lau were attracted by the fabulous effect generated from the audio-visual interaction of the exhibits. Mr Tsang considered it as an invaluable interactive experience which offered Hong Kong people exposure to foreign arts group and an opportunity to appreciate the achievement of local artist in this respect. Andy Lau was also amazed by the interactive elements of the two exhibiting artworks.

More than 100,000 locals and tourists participated in this exhibition which spanned over 10 days, together with approximately 200,000 by-standers, who shared the fun of interactive media arts. To coincide with the exhibition, the UVA and Teddy were invited to share their first-hand experience at two DIY workshops and seminars. Workshop participants were invited to develop their own concept for an artwork that might go on public display in the future.