Emotion Jam

by Hong Liu , Jane Ng , Carlos Tang ,

Light and Shadows: Caravaggio, the Italian Baroque Master was an exhibition held by Asia Society Hong Kong from March to April 2014. It’s particular uniqueness lay in the fact that it put – for the first time – a Caravaggio-painting Supper at Emmaus on display for the Hong Kong Public.

In an attempt to engage visitors in new creative and dynamic exhibition experiences, Asia Society Hong Kong invited students from the MVA (Experience Design) to develop ideas for target audiences of their choice.

The Emotion Jam-group initially decided to focus on visitors who essentially can only afford their short lunch breaks to pay a visit to the exhibition, thus need to integrate the appreciation of the artwork(s) with taking in at least some basic food.

From this initial notion developed the concept of Emotion Jam: seven specially composed jams, reflecting the emotional changes that the disciples went through from initially meeting the resurrected Jesus to recognising him and realising the miracle at hand.

A series of jams was designed to translate the emotional journey of the disciples into a pathway of tastes: Sacrifice, Sorrow, Fear, Confused, Comfort, Hope and Joy. Each jam flavour came with a special recipe and unique ingredients, which could either be found on the painting, or were inspired by research of the cluinary traditions of the Middle East.

The jams were presented – together with breadsticks – on a purpose produced palette that provided also some background information on the project.

The Re-invention of Nostalgia

by Kay Yip

In a world of mass manufacturing and consumption, I cherish the value of handmade items and I have turned to knitting which is a timeless skill passed on from my mother. Knitting is about connecting loops and it is experiential. Somehow I feel it resembles the connections between people. I would like to explore this through the re-invention and re-contextualization of knitting.

Reframing the Community 重建新區

by Vicky Lam

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Puddle

by Candy Chan

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Lifeshow

by Ricky Ng

The project displays animated visuals in the form of shadows with paper-cut silhouettes before viewers’ eyes. Several remote toy cars are equipped with different coloured LEDs as the light sources. They run on a “pathless arena”, enabling the audience to generate animated visuals. The light sources will be moved around in a completely dark arena, and the hidden content will be revealed through the control of the viewers. The experience presents a unique, hidden narrative by the casting of shadows and constitutes an entertaining live show in itself.

Follow Your Nose

by Agnes Lee

Follow Your Nose is a travelogue on smell. Take a breath, follow the different layers of a soap’s odour; they will guide you to vanishing parts of a city. It will be a brand new and unforgettable travel experience that you have never encountered before in this way. Are you ready?

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by Syna Lee

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by Dave Cho

Since the early 15th century, musicians have developed techniques to compose musical scores with (textual) messages hidden in them. The intention of the Steganographic Symphony is to change the composition, the conducting and the performance of symphonic music by steganographic techniques for the purpose of allowing variations of new experiences for the listener.

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by Cathy Wong

Friday night, no plan for tomorrow, let’s stay up. Eventually you wake up too late having missed out on a sunny day. You start to regret you should have been on the beach, or you should have gone to a picnic, or spent the morning learning a new skill. With this mobile application, these lost encounters will never happen again. It will tell you when to wake up and give you a surprise local trip or activity plan the next morning. It combines weather forecast, an activity guide and experiential alarm ringtones to give you a wake up experience that will make your day.

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by Foon Lee

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