Teddy Lo
While growing up, Lo was captivated by his perceived difference of basic human needs in technology spending his time divided in big metropolitan cities and rural areas.
In addition with commission work for the tallest building in China - The Shanghai Tower and created the digital media infrastructure designs for the new World Trade Center in NYC.
He has illuminated space with different colour spectrums through refraction and reflection to provide unique experiences on physical, emotional, spiritual and mental levels, and combined ancient old chrome-therapy with new LED technology.
His research and artistic practice depart from a combination of advancements of modern technologies and ancient philosophies on presence and human well-being.
Inspired by nebula images by NASA and the concept of time from Chinese I-Ching philosophy, the artwork hypothesizes a transcendental state of energy vibrations with the still imagery.
The work explores a neo-transcendental quality of ancient philosophy with modern technology – a bewildered universe beyond our comprehension that affects the consciousness of matter.
Additionally, the artist has programmed a specific sequence of spectrum colour on the print image to evoke another dimension of Chromatherapy and luminous energy for psychological and spiritual healing.
Quintessence is an ongoing art research project and examines behaviours of a sculpture of the future that is reactive or interactive, whether it is through physical or mental triggers, data or through generative algorithm.
With all the turmoils, confusions and stress that Hong Kong has gone through in recent years, Quintessence has a strong presence with an important message to the city (and the world) and makes a dynamic, creative and technological expression for the first local light festival - Lumiere HK.
With the evolvement of aesthetic, human behaviors and technologies, Quintessence will present new interactivities and meanings due to different time and space.
Through triggering the five senses with sensual elements in seven designated spaces, the goal of this project is to create a positive, blissful environment and eventually bringing epiphany and calmness to human consciousness.
Collaborating Artists Angela Flame x Magnolia May Polley x Teddy Lo The world is going through a whirlwind of technological advancements and our habitat is evolving towards more efficient, intuitive and environmentally sustainable standards.
For the sculpture’s expression the artist merges the old with the new; the old method of structural welding with the new sustainable luminous technology, 3D prototyping and interactive systems.
These buildings overlook the city’s famous Victoria Harbour that is unarguably the most significant attraction for the 60 million tourists that visit Hong Kong annually.
Teddy Lo Studio is introducing the Victoria Harbour Spektrum project with a showcase on the growth of local talent, so that anyone with a creative mind may paint the sky on what could become the world's largest digital canvas.
The marine-inspired, information-based lighting installation Phaeodaria act as an energy capsule that interplay LEDs with the wireless technology of Hong Kong.
[27] The artwork is a study of how digital information can be delivered to our human visual system through this reverse technique, even within a limited projection area.
[29] This art car was designed using metal and LED fixtures to create a dragon onto a deconstructed 1963 Dodge dump truck with a 318 engine.
The dragon is lit with 2,460 ft (750 m) of linear RGB LED lighting fixtures and multiple Traxon wall-washer units.
