鄭智禮 CHILAI HOWARD

《器》是一個重複的機械，
活著的，但沒有靈魂，
積極的，但沒有思想，
系統的，但沒有性格，
運作的，但沒有能力，
程式的，但沒有意義，
機械的，但它是一個社會縮影。
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鄭智禮的機械裝置作品《器》由一張普通的辨公室工作枱組成，抽屜重重覆覆的不停開合，比喻現代人工作時的狀態。現代人日復一日的返工放工，如同一部機器。勞動的人作為社會系統的一部分，在機械式的生活/ 工作中變得麻木，失去自我。藝術家同時為是次展覽場地設計師，作品為設計概念的延伸，反思人們處於社會環境和工作壓力中，如何能保持自我和韌性。

"UI, MACHINE" is a repeated mechanism,
alive, yet souless,
active, yet mindless,
systematic, yet feckless,
functioning, yet useless,
programmatic, yet senseless,
machinery, yet a microcosm of society.
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Chilai Howard's machine installation work “UI, Machine” consists of an ordinary office desk, whose drawers repeatedly open and close, a metaphor for the state of the modern man at work. The modern man report to and leave work, day in day out, just like a machine. Part of a system, working men become desensitised and lose themselves in the mechanical life/ work. Also acting as exhibition designer, the artist's work is an extension of the design concept, reflecting on how people can maintain their individuality and resilience in the social environment under work pressure.

鄭智禮 (B.1986) 混合媒體藝術及設計工作者，畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體學院批判性跨媒體實驗室及香港科技大學創意傳播。專注於實驗影像創作，空間藝術及混合媒體裝置藝術，不斷研究及實驗以不同藝術媒介探索人類行為潛意識及藝術與參觀者的關係，作品曾於泰特現代藝術館(TATE modern)、台北當代藝術館、卡爾斯魯厄藝術與媒體中心(ZKM)、聖彼得堡國家當代藝術館、羅馬尼亞阿拉德藝術館(ARAD Art) 等各種國際藝術節及博物館展出。 在2010年創立了NNNNNNN.藝術設計公司，除此之外，亦擔任錄影太奇藝術總監及大學客席講師。並於2022年獲得香港最優秀領袖大獎(藝術及設計)及多個國際獎項，包括紅點設計大獎、美國博物館聯盟MUSE大獎、MARCOM大獎、MUSE設計大獎等。

Chilai Howard (b.1986) is a Hong Kong interdisciplinary art worker and designer, graduated at the Critical Intermedia Laboratory, School of Creative Media, CityU HK and HKUST, who experiments the possibility of mediums creating atmosphere that explores humans’ subconscious mind, behaviour and physical interactivity. His experimental moving images and mixed-media installations have been exhibited in Tate Modern London, ZKM | Media Museum Karlsruhe, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Arad Art Museum, National Centre for Contemporary Art Saint Petersburg and more. He was named HKMOL’s Most Outstanding Leader of the Year (2022) and received multiple awards from REDDOT, American Alliance of Museums, MARCOM, MUSE and more.

His passion also goes into graphic arts and spatial design, he is the founder of the award-winning creative studio NNNNNNN, an artistic consultant of Videotage Hong Kong and guest lecturer in various universities and seminars.