Sorry for the Technical Difficulties
Aditi Neti, Arcaneomorph, Chok Si Xuan, Darius Ou (hyperpress), jo+kapi, samson, Tisya Wong
Group Exhibition
8 - 17 Nov 2024, 11am to 7pm
In a world where technology promises precision, Sorry for the Technical Difficulties turns this expectation on its head, celebrating the glitches, malfunctions, and unintended consequences that may arise when working closely with machines. Rather than treating these moments as failures, the artists in this exhibition embrace them—transforming misbehaving systems and unpredictable outcomes into compelling works of art.
From faulty screens and malfunctioning objects, to fragmented 3D-prints and inconsistent outputs generated by autonomous algorithms, these works turn technological flaws into opportunities for exploration. For these artists, technology is more than just a tool; it is an active collaborator that pushes back, reshaping the creative process and influencing the final outcome.
Sorry for the Technical Difficulties invites viewers to reconsider their relationship with technology: Are we truly in control of our digital tools, or are we being guided by them in unforeseen directions? Through these ever-evolving interactions between artist and machine, failure reveals itself not as a limitation but as a step toward creative breakthroughs—a space where glitches are just as integral to the process as the code itself.
About the Artist(s)
Aditi Neti
A South Asian creative technologist and graphic designer exploring the interconnectedness and synergy between machine, man, and nature. She finds herself most excited by speculative narratives, interactions, and artefacts informed by cultural perspectives. In her practice, she aims to highlight how the complexities of human relationships with the natural world can manifest in alternative and absurd ways through technology.
Arcaneomorph (JJ Low)
Conjures otherworldly visions through digitally sculpted artworks. His creative journey navigates themes as diverse as cosmic horror, cryptids, and Baroque beauty—each exploration fueled by ever-changing curiosities. His artistic process dances between playfulness and experimentation, creating sculptures that breathe life into their narratives. Whether it’s an eldritch horror or an elegantly twisted form, Arcaneomorph’s work invites viewers to peer beyond the veil, where imagination holds no bounds in the digital form.
Chok Si Xuan
An installation-based artist interested in cybernetics, specifically the feedback systems that occur between humans, living organisms, and machines. She is curious about how post-human cultures and industrial materials shape the way contemporary society understands itself. Interested in cybernetics and the feminine, she constructs and readapts systems within installations in hopes of challenging our subjectivities of our environment, bodies, and other organisms, organic or manufactured. Using predominantly found electronic objects, her choice of materials, and systems become a way to tap into the relationships we already have, expressing our shared likeness in them.
Darius Ou
A graphic designer from Singapore, whose practice focuses on typography, motion design, and graphic lores. In his spare time, he runs hyperpress, a research initiative and body of work exploring the intersections of 3D printing, graphic design, and publishing – producing 3D-printed books, objects, and texts.
jo+kapi
A creative collaboration between media artists and creative technologists Jo Ho and Kapilan Naidu. Founded in 2021, the Singapore-based collective creates and curates interactive experiences and media art exhibitions centered around the duo’s shared interests in generative art, artificial intelligence, and the transforming modes of producing and consuming digital art in the 21st century. Their artistic research and works critically engage with the evolving modes of consuming digital art, specifically within the dynamic discourse surrounding this space – including exploring concepts around the ownership of digital art, the seat of creative labor in algorithmically generated art, and the ongoing debates surrounding intellectual property and authorship in AI-generated artworks.
samson
A Creative Technologist who brings digital worlds to life through art and code. With a focus on 3D, web, and AR, his work blends storytelling with interactivity, inviting people to explore and engage. His creations are playful experiments that push the boundaries of technology and imagination.
Tisya Wong
Interested in the assemblage of things. With a practice rooted in overthinking & overanalysing, she deconstructs & derives meaning from human-object relationships, utilising the mundane & inanimate as a means to disrupt the perceptions of our everyday experiences.