The above slides present the story of the Divide by Zero Collection to date. They emphasize the ‘why’ that led to defining the collection’s mission. The slides also lay out the collection’s business model, including its current objectives, key results, and leading risk management factors. The material is published as consultation material only, with all …
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The Story of the Divide by Zero™ Collection“
The below are extracts from my conversation with ChatGPT about Kusama’s ‘1945 to Now’ exhibition at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong. The chat took place on January 6th, 2023, while wandering around the galleries. Why Kusama explores infinity and repetition? Yayoi Kusama’s use of repetition and infinity in her art can be seen as …
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Virtual Exhibition at ArtGate VR International, October 2021. ‘#postinternet’ questions today’s digital culture, created by the Internet. It looks at a society where the novelty of the ‘world wide web’, as a tool, has disappeared. Digital natives have come of age, describing new social cultures as they mature. What does it mean to be an …
At Insincerity Podcast, Hong Kong, Apr 13, 2021
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(Hong Kong, December 1st, 2020) Divide by Zero™ Collection, in collaboration with Redfish Team, opens a pioneering virtual Art Space in Hong Kong. This new digital Art promotes arts in new innovative means beyond traditional brick-and-mortar spaces. Since 2019, Divide by Zero™ has regularly explored digital alternatives to present its compendium of works. In April …
Virtual Exhibition at ArtGate VR International, September 2020. The exhibition is a result of the Collection’s observations and experiences past 2010 – when Millennials began to adult. The exhibition presents a curatorial exercise that illustrates, in a way, this generational coming of age. Millennials are, unequivocally, the first age group resolutely nurtured through commercially radio-transmitted …
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Virtual Exhibition at ArtGate VR International, April 16th to 19th 2020. The exhibition features a collection of works that depict significant cultural shifts for the past 30 years. Questionable politics, submission to technology, glorification to consumerism, excess and introversion are listed among trends that have radically shaped life since in one way or another. The …
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This third and last installment presents my practical guide to appreciation. It’s broken in two: a checklist and a routine. The checklist assists me during a work appraisal. The routine structures a habit for continuous appreciation. Both are complementary to each other. A goal without a plan is just a wish – that’s how the …
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I drew it from diligently studying my behaviour around art appreciation. I narrowed down to the below, which is my standard nowadays to lead decisions for the Collection: Think genuinely, think sincerely. The process starts within one. This may be tricky for some, but is possible. Measuring artworks by only commonly accepted standards such …
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