Teddy Lo

Teddy Lo
Traditional Chinese 羅揚文
Simplified Chinese 罗扬文

Teddy Lo is a Hong Kong and New York-based LED artist known for his work in the "tech-art" scene.[1] He has held exhibitions in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Lo studied advertising design at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, where he began exploring the use of light-emitting diodes in art; he relocated to New York City after his graduation in 2001. He began his career in the advertising industry, and at the same time pursue art using LED as his medium[2] In 2003, Lo held his first solo art exhibition, Morphology, in New York City.[3][4] He was named in Lighting magazine's "Who's Who of Lighting 2004", for his contribution to the lighting industry.[1] Since then, Lo has held solo exhibitions in various locations, including Russell Simmons' Art for Life in NYC, Luminale in Frankfurt, the 2006 National Day Singapore Expo at The Esplanade and Microwave's "A-Glow-Glow" outdoor Media Art Exhibition at Hong Kong Museum of Art,[5] Miaimi Art Basel and Burniningman Festival in Nevada.

As of 2010, Lo received a master's degree in lighting offered by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. In addition to continuing his artistic pursuits, Lo is the founder and Chief Vision Officer of LEDARTIST,[6] a LED experience design company in Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai. In addition, he has founded Input Output Gallery, a new media art gallery in Central, Hong Kong.

Contents

Exhibitions

Year Period Description Location References
2011 09/17 – 09/18 Gon Kirin Maker Faire New York
2011 05/27 – 08/28 Text Me Legacy and Creations — Ink Art vs Ink Art and Art vs Art, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong
2011 05/26 – 05/29 Spectrum Manners, Shades Dynamicism, Waking Life & Alarm of Hue ART HK 11, Hong Kong
2011 02/05 – 05/11 Text Me Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies, Hong Kong
2010 10/15 – 11/12 Text Me & Theremin Legacy and Creation – Art vs Art Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai
2010 09/17 – 09/19 POV Series – “Positive Void” Beijing: The Creators Project, 798 Space,Beijing
2010 08/30 – 09/06 Gon Kirin 2010 Burning Man Event, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
2010 06/14 – ongoing Phaeodaria Hong Kong Science Park, Hong Kong
2010 05/15 – 10/31 POV Series – “Do you see me?” Hong Kong: Creative Ecologies – Business, Living, Creativity Programme at Shanghai Expo, Shanghai
2010 05/27 – 05/30 POV Series – “Positive Void” & Theremin ARTHK 2010, Hong Kong
2010 04/11 – 04/16 POV Series – “Positive Void” Luminale 2010, Frankfurt
2009/10 12/04 – 02/27 The Stage 2009 HK & SZ Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
2009 12/01 – 12/05 POV Series – “Do you see me?” Art Basel 2009, Miami
2009/10 11/14 – 02/07 POV Series – “Positive Void” “Fantastic Illusions – Chinese & Belgian Artists”, Arts Centre Buda Kortrijk, Belgium
2009 09/13 – 10/11 POV Series – “Positive Void” “Shanghai eArts Festival 2009,Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Shanghai
2009 06/26 – 09/20 PROTOTYPE I/O, Media Art Gallery, Hong Kong
2009 02/01 – 08/01 Constant Series Ztampz Shop, Hong Kong
2008 04/11 - 04/20 Phaeodaria Microwave A-Glow-Glow at Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong [7][8]
2007 03/20 – ongoing Stella Via Technologies headquarter office building in Beijing, China
2006 10/16 - 10/24 International visual arts residency An Tuireann Arts Centre, Isle of Skye, Scotland [9]
2006 09/20 - ongoing M.I.S.T. Innocentre, Hong Kong
2006 07/12 - 09/10 Cing: Core 65 The Esplanade, for Singapore National Day
2006 04/23 - 04/27 Morphology 3.1 U.F.O. Building, Frankfurt, Germany
2006 04/24 - 04/27 M.I.S.T. Traxon Technologies Showroom, Frankfurt, Germany
2006 04/04 - 04/07 M.I.S.T. InterTraffic 2006 Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005 11/10 - 11/30 Morphology 2.1 DDM Warehouse, Shanghai, China
2005 07/30 Featured Artist Russell Simmons' Art For Life in Hamptons, NY [10]
2005 07/15 - 11/30 Infinity Car "Study in Red" Campaign Trinity Square
2004 11/01 - ongoing Q Chung King Building, Hong Kong
2004 10/29 - 11/28 Ledusoid @ Gonflables! Tri postal, Lille, France
2004 09/01 - ongoing LightRide Cotco showroom in Science Park, Hong Kong [3]
2004 08/07 Artery M5 Seamless Fashion Show, Chicago
2004 07/01 Starfish PSI at Volume, Brooklyn
2004 02/29 - 03/01 Traffika The ArtExpo 2004 in Jarvis Center, NY
2004 01/15 - 12/05 Q Photonics Center lobby in Science Park, Hong Kong
2003 11/22 Traffika Boundless 2003, Queens, NYC
2003 09/20 - 10/19 (Debut) Morphology Solo Exhibit Studio DiModica, Soho, NYC [4]

Phaeodaria

Phaeodaria is a marine-inspired, information-based, lighting installation by Teddy Lo. It represents the underlying energy and information flowing through the heart of Hong Kong. The LEDs are programmed to interactively react to the invisible frequencies and radiations that dominate our life in this information age: from GSM to Bluetooth, 3G to Wi-Fi signals. The installation act as an energy capsule that interplay LEDs with the wireless technology of Hong Kong. Phaeodaria was exhibited at Microwave, “A-Glow-Glow Macro Interactive Media Arts Exhibition in 2008 by the peripheral area of Museum of Arts.[11][12]

The namesake are the Phaeodarea, tiny oceanic radiolarians which produce an intricate exoskeleton. That of some species, notably in the family Sagosphaeridae, resembles the arrangement of struts in the lighting installation.

Material

LED, aluminum, electric and Cat 5 cables, sensors, PCB boards, IC and video hardware and software

Interactivity

  1. The motion graphics of the external LEDs are interacting with the heart of the city’s wireless information (GSM, 3G, Wi-Fi). The abstract expression of this rapid information represents the dynamic and resilient energy of local activities.
  2. “Please turn on your Bluetooth.” Each visitor will be able to participate in a digital symphony with the art piece. The “Frequency” inspired sound is controlled by a custom Bluetooth program which assigns a specific instrument to each visitor.
  3. Through their movements within the dome space visitors can trigger motion tracking sensors which subsequently control the point source LEDs.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b "冷門藝術家闖新路 設計交通燈　取國際專利 (Dark horse artist takes new road: Designs traffic light, gets international patent)", Sing Pao, 2006-04-18, archived from the original on 2006-04-23, http://web.archive.org/web/20060423192038/http://www.singpao.com/20060418/local/832744.html, retrieved 2007-02-07 
  2. ^ 蔡蔚骏 (2008-04-19), "FACES光的沉思 羅揚文", 明報周刊 2058: 125 
  3. ^ a b "LED艺术展"形态论二一"", Shanghai Online, 2005-11-03, archived from the original on 2007-08-12, http://web.archive.org/web/20070812155028/http://hi.online.sh.cn/content/2005-11/03/content_1367256.htm, retrieved 2007-02-07 
  4. ^ a b Friedman, Roger (2003-10-17), "Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in Sequins", Fox News, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,100381,00.html, retrieved 2008-04-25 
  5. ^ http://www.microwavefest.net/aglowglow/
  6. ^ http://www.ledartist.com
  7. ^ Koo, Hong-ming (2008-04-04), "光影人互動", Ming Pao, http://ol.mingpao.com/cfm/style5.cfm?File=20080404/sta12/wka1.txt, retrieved 2008-04-25 
  8. ^ Chung, Yan-kei (2008-04-13), "封面故事：互動新媒體藝術 打破隔閡與民同樂 (Cover story: new interactive media art breaks barriers and delights viewers)", Wen Wei Po, http://paper.wenweipo.com/2008/04/13/BH0804130001.htm, retrieved 2008-04-25 
  9. ^ International residency: Keiko Mukade and Teddy Lo, An Tuireann Arts Centre, 2006, http://www.antuireann.org.uk/participate/international_residencies/, retrieved 2008-04-25 
  10. ^ Bernard, Audrey J. (2005-08-17), "Russell Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation raises $1.35 million for underserved youth", The New York Beacon, http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-114617789.html, retrieved 2008-04-25 
  11. ^ Koo Hong Ming 明報 24 April 2008.
  12. ^ Chung Yan Kei "封面故事：互動新媒體藝術 打破隔閡與民同樂 (Cover story: new interactive media art breaks barriers and delights viewers)", Wen Wei Po 13 April 2008.

Creative Contributions

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