Artificial Flavor
Symbiosis 3.0: Artificial Flavor
共生 3.0：人工風味
Exhibition time period
Openin 19 March 7 – 9PM
20 – 30 March 2026
Daily, 12 – 7pm
Co-curated by Richard Bakeš (CZ) and Shan Wong (Flyingpig), the exhibition features artists who work with artificially created materials, including polymers, natural materials, urban artifacts, and digital materiality. The participating artists include Lenka Glisníková (CZ), Miroslava Večeřová (CZ), Lenka Bakeš (CZ), and Stanislav Zábrodský (CZ), as well as Ruba Al-Swell (Saudi Arabia), Debbie Ding (Singapore), Eason Tsang Ka Wai (HK), Liao Jiaming (HK), and the artist duo Foreseen Agency (HK) — Kachi Chan and Shan Wong.
Exhibition description in English/Chinese
Symbiosis 3.0: Artificial Flavor continues the series from Symbiosis 1.0 (Prague House, Brussels) and Symbiosis 2.0 (Hong Kong Arts Centre, 2023, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Czechia in Hong Kong and as part of Art Basel Hong Kong’s program). The 2026 edition, developed with the Czech Consulate and SATA (Society Art Technology Asia), unites Czech, Hong Kong, and international artists to foster cross-continental dialogue and enrich the local art scene.
Subtitled Artificial Flavor, the exhibition examines the symbiosis between natural phenomena and human-made artifacts. Drawing from the food industry—where synthetic compounds mimic or replace natural tastes—the project explores how artificial systems (polymers, algorithms, urban fabrics) permeate creativity and erode boundaries between organic and engineered.
In this era of technological saturation, human-machine collaboration manifests as a cyborg condition: a reciprocal infusion where technology augments human perception and agency, while human intention, emotion, and culture imbue machines with expressive “flavor.” No longer mere tools, machines become co-authors of meaning, contributing precision and generativity to hybrid realities.
The resulting artworks—hyperreal forms, performative bodies, and critical urban interventions—embody this mutual enhancement, challenging distinctions between natural and artificial. Symbiosis 3.0: Artificial Flavor presents the cyborg not as future speculation but as a lived, sensorial reality of continuous co-creation.
The exhibition is co-organized by Galleria 101080, the Venue partner.
「共生 3.0」藝術計畫，延續自布魯塞爾布拉格之家的首屆「共生 1.0」，並承繼於香港藝術中心展出的第二屆「共生 2.0」之。該屆展演獲捷克駐香港總領事館支持，並納入巴塞爾藝術展香港展會之週邊項目。2026年的計畫再度與捷克領事館及 SATA 攜手籌備，並邀請香港本地及國際藝術家共同參與。捷克與在地藝術家的跨域交流，將呈現地球兩端截然不同的創作視野，無疑將為藝術家自身及本地藝術界注入積極元素。
「共生」系列的第三章以「人工風味」為題，聚焦於自然生成的物件與現象，與人為創造之物間的共生關係。人工風味在食物中的現象，指的是添加合成物質以模擬或增強特定味覺，這些風味往往經化學過程產生，與源自水果、香草或香料等自然來源的純粹風味形成對照。
本次展覽探討多種人工材料的運用（如聚合物──Lenka Glisníková）、本質自然的素材（Miroslava Večeřová），或融合二者進行探索（Lenka Bakeš與Stanislav Zábrodský）。本次展覽邀請的藝術家包括 Ruba Al-Swell（沙特阿拉伯）、陳美美（新加坡）陳家智（香港）（香港）黃詠珊（香港）（飛天豬）。
因此，「共生 3.0：人工風味」 所呈現的賽博格狀態，並非僅未來臆測，而是一種活躍的、感官的現實：一種人與機械持續相互調味、彼此增強的循環狀態。在此過程中生成的混合表達，正不斷挑戰著自然與人工之間既有的界線。
展覽由場地合作夥伴 101080 畫廊聯合主辨。
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