ARTAVERSE

EVENT DESCRIPTION

One of the Asia’s largest NFT & local art outdoor exhibitions, “ARTAVERSE”, Title sponsored by Mastercard®, will be held from June 3 to 12, 2022 at Central Harbourfront Event Space with over 150,000 square feet of exhibition space.

The team behind “ARTAVERSE” has invested an 8-figure sum into this first-ever event, aiming to build an outdoor art community integrating digital art, blockchain technology, augmented reality, virtual reality and local art, and to bring local contemporary digital artists and pioneers of the art x technology industry together. The event leads members of the public to set foot into the digital universe of art under Web 3.0 where virtual and reality blend, allowing a brand new experience into a new immersive world. Mr. Hanjin Tan, the world’s first Chinese-language music NFT artist, joins as the expert consultant and art technology ambassador, to inspire local art enthusiasts to create diversified artworks by leveraging new technologies – and to promote local art to the world.

Three exhibition areas in “ARTAVERSE”: Opening up infinite possibilities
“ARTAVERSE” aims to promote the popularization of art technologies such as NFT and Metaverse, providing opportunities for art lovers to learn about, appreciate, collect or even locally create artworks. The exhibition will be divided into three areas, namely ART BOX, ART HUB and ART STAGE. With diverse digital art exhibitions, art and technology exchange, and live music and cultural performances, an immersive art, entertainment and cultural journey through real and virtual worlds opens up.

“ART BOX” – over 20 exhibition units exploring the ecosystem of art and technology
The ART BOX area will set up over 20 independent exhibition spaces, showcasing an array of NFT artworks, including Asia’s largest NFT collector, CoinUnited.io, to showcase selected NFT art from their NFT art collections worth over 300 million US dollars, an example being “Shocked Doge”, one of the most expensive NFT collections in the world. works from other partnered units include: local design cartoon brand, “B. Duck”; “Clubfanx x Wing Shya”; developer of artificial intelligence robot (Sophia), a highly recognized, prolific, street and contemporary artist “SZABOTAGE”, “Hanson Robotics”; CEO of blockchain startup platform KLKTN, Daisuke Iwase; “Lucky Tiger”; “METACADE by PONG Group”; “Hong Kong NFT Association” (NFTAHK); “One Satoshi”; “SOLARR”; “PANGU”; innovative platform that sells unique and limited-edition NFTs for toy and pop culture collectibles, “Ucollex” (alphabetical), allowing visitors to view ingenious and creative digital artworks while learning about introductory knowledge of NFT contemporary art collection, and letting art lovers of the new generation collect their favorites online instantly.

Additionally, “Shadow Factory” in ART BOX will use new technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) to allow participants to enjoy an immersive art experience, creating extraordinary artistic visual effects for visitors. Besides, the organizer is also partnering famous restaurants “Bite”, “Barlove” and “Pernod Ricard”, to provide visitors with high-quality dining options “CoinUnited.io” will also provide themed food with the Crypto Punk #7810 in its collection to provide guests with a different dining experience.

「ART HUB」— Gathering both international and local top artworks and popular NFT projects
At ART HUB, an array of digital artworks connecting the virtual world with reality in 4 different zones: Celebrity Zone, NFT Zone, Art Technology Zone and Art Zone. In Celebrity Zone, works by famous artists are shown, including “ARTAVERSE”’s Expert Consultant and Art & Technology Ambassador Hanjin Tan, famous photographer who participated in Hong Kong Film Awards special issue CK Chan, Hiro Yoshikawa, artist Kay Tse On-Kay, Alex Lam Tak-Shun, Kelvin Kwan Chor-Yiu and Francis Cheng Siu-Hong. “13a New Street Art Gallery” will also join with founder of “ALPACA LAND” founder and artist, Joey Thye Cho-Yee, Arol, knoa.C, Leonlollipop, Miloza Ma, Mr. Likey, surreal photographer SurrealHK (Tommy Fung), William Tsang x Fordarest Project, and other outstanding Hong Kong artists and illustrators participating in the exhibition.

The NFT Zone will also present popular Taiwanese NFT project “Alpacadabraz” by contemporary artist Chuckchee. In addition, brilliant artworks such as the creations by “Bad Face Bots” (BFBS), “LYCHEE & FRIENDS”, “EYELIEN”, “Investment Sky”, Sam Lee Chan-Sam “Sunday Zoo”, Jeremy Li “Jeremy Shuhow Lin” (JL Basketball League), founder of UDomain To Cheung, “Nomoreclub”, “SeishinMob”, “Tipsy Cat” and other cooperative NFT projects.

The Art Technology Zone will also display works by prominent artists. Kings Art, a new contemporary art trading platform, will exhibit NFTs and prints by Tony Wong Yuk Long. Artworks by 4 local artists will be shown, including contemporary Chinese brush painting by Hong Kong artist, Owen WONG (黃家偉) , Liu Jia (劉佳), and sculptures by Anton Poon (潘星瑋), showcasing the vitality and diversity of local art. Other contemporary artists such as Xu Zhenbang(徐振邦), famous NFT Artist – XY (聶曉宇), Xia Han, digital artist and illustrator Claudia Chanhoi, and well-known artist Vivian Ho will participate in the exhibition. The “Seefood Room” will also display artwork editions by top contemporary artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama、Yue Minjun、Takashi Murakami、Mayuka Yamamoto、Yoshitomo Nara etc.

“ART STAGE” – Art and Technology Talk x ART BATTLE x Weekend Live Music Performance
Promoting the Exchange of Art and Pop Culture
In addition to visiting and collecting multifarious artworks, visitors can understand more about the latest market updates of art technology, and take part in different forms of art exchange through 20+ art and technology talks, in addition to live music performances at ART STAGE held by “ARTAVERSE”. Among them, the art and technology talk about the latest market information on art technology and conduct different forms of art exchanges. “Animoca Brands” will invite guest speakers to explore the infinite possibilities of the art universe. What’s more, live music performances will be held on 3rd, 5th, 10th, 11th and 12th June. Performers include Alex Lam Tak Shun, Alfred Hui, Catherine Wong, Dear Jane, Jason Chan Pak Yu, Kaho Hung, Michael Cheung Tin Fu, RubberBand, and Shimica Wong (listed alphabetically). Dope Ones will play host the largest and first live NFT x Music Debut in Hong Kong for the launch of Dope Ones NFT Mixtape Debut on 9th June.

In order to help the new generation get familiar with the art Metaverse, “ARTAVERSE” will organise a special session, a children’s digital art workshop, on weekend mornings (4, 5, 11, 12 June, Family package will be launched, please stay tuned). The purpose is to let children explore the mysterious digital universe of Art under Web 3.0, to help them master the concepts of NFT and Metaverse, and getting them well-prepared for the new era of Web 3.0 popularization. Income from the workshops will be fully donated to the Hong Kong Council of Early Childhood Education & Services to support in cultivating children’s development.