A Goethe-Institut Regional Project on Solitude: Loneliness & Freedom
Exhibition opens on August 8, 2025 (Fri) at 6:30 PM with a guided tour led by the curator and the artists. All are welcome!
Exhibition period: 8.8. - 11.9.2025 | Goethe-Gallery and Black Box Studio
10:00 AM - 7:00 PM (Mon - Fri)
9:30 AM - 6:30 PM (Sat)
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Curator: Wong Ka Ying
Artists: Lo Lai Lai Natalie | Kenji Wong Wai Kin | Jiaming Liao | Aaron Lam Kwok Yam | Blair Lam | Johnny Au | Lynna Lam | Sharon Ng Wai Kwan | Fion C. Y. Hung
Out of Delivery interrogates how emotions - particularly solitude and loneliness - have been reshaped under conditions of late capitalism and algorithmic intimacy. In a hyper-connected yet fragmented urban landscape, Out of Delivery examines how digital platforms, logistical infrastructures, and affective economies mediate contemporary forms of isolation and desire. From e-commerce to dating apps, from delivery lockers to remote labor, the exhibition asks: what does it mean to be emotionally reachable in a city structured by transience and displacement?
At the Goethe-Gallery, a central feature is the Active Exhibition model: a set of interactive parcel lockers that function not only as vessels for artistic content, but also as evolving interfaces between artists and audiences. New content is released, exchanged, or reshaped over time, activating the exhibition space as a dynamic site of transmission, response, and negotiation.
In addition to the interactive delivery locker, the exhibition features a range of mixed-media works including video installations, paintings, sound pieces, lecture performance, writings, and sculptural objects. Visitors will encounter immersive projections, intimate letters, collected voices, and fragmented images that explore how communication technologies reshape personal relationships and affective landscapes.
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