Discover what's on in the Mediatheque and the Interactive Media Room this summer.

This online conversation brings together moving image artists Linda Lai Chiu-han, Mélodie Mousset, and Edo Fouilloux to discuss their works on display in the Mediatheque.

Lai’s Voices Seen, Images Heard is one of the fourteen works from the Videotage Media Art Collection (VMAC) on display as part of Hallucinatory Hereafter, the Mediatheque’s inaugural guest programme, curated by Vennes Cheng. Lai and Cheng will examine how the metaphoric and hallucinatory nature of moving image can challenge our perception and awareness of reality. Continuing the conversation, Mousset and Fouilloux will discuss the cross-disciplinary approach behind The Jellyfish. The artists will unpack how this virtual reality experience, presented in the Interactive Media Room, encourages audiences to dive into the deep waters of their consciousness and reflect on our relationship with other life forms.

This event, held in English, will be moderated by M+ Curator of Moving Image Ulanda Blair. Simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese will be available.

Click on ‘Register’ to sign up for this free event on Zoom and receive the meeting link via email.

The Hallucinatory Hereafter programme ends on 31 August. The Jellyfish will be on view in the Interactive Media Room from 1 August until 26 August.

Linda Chiu-han Lai (b. 1957, Hong Kong) is a transdisciplinary artist, academic, and curator of contemporary media arts. Grounded in a feminist sensibility that integrates critical theory, film theory, and visual and auto-ethnography, her experimental video works explore Hong Kong urbanism and cultural identity. Lai is founder of new media art group Writing Machine Collective and the artist-run initiative Floating Projects. Her works have been exhibited at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, and Women Make Waves in Taipei.

Mélodie Mousset (b. 1981, UAE) lives and works in Zürich. Her practice extends across various mediums, including installation, performance, photography, sculpture, and virtual reality. Her research draws upon personal biography to produce playful narratives that investigate the interactions between the self and technology. She founded HanaHana Gmbh in 2019 and co-founded Patch XR in 2020, a software house specialising in interactive music-driven experiences for extended realities.

Edo Fouilloux (b. 1987, Mexico) is a creative technologist and entrepreneur exploring playful interactions in immersive media. Since 2015, he has worked alongside research institutions, projects, and people around the world, seeking to expand new horizons of interaction and immersion. Director and co-founder of Patch XR, he has developed MUX, a VR sound toolbox where synthesisers and interactive sound machines can be created in virtual reality.