[Exhibition Opening] Synthetic – Sense: Between Nature, Technology, and Spirit

Dear ATSP Community,

We are excited to invite you to an upcoming exhibition featuring works by artists from SAIC’s Art and Technology / Sound Practices (ATSP) department. This showcase highlights the diverse and experimental mediums used by the artists, ranging from projection, neon light, video, pneumatic, artificial intelligence, and 3D printing.

The exhibition will be held at Hook Space, a venue that encourages dialogue, play, and exploration beyond the traditional gallery setting. The Hookspace is organized by Lili, an MFA photography student at SAIC, and Zachary, an SAIC alum.

We warmly welcome all ATSP students, faculty, and staff to come experience the show, connect with fellow artists, and celebrate the innovative works together!


This exhibition brings together five artists whose practices reflect on systems that govern contemporary life—migration, ecology, technology, spirituality, and social order. Through video, installation, performance, and neon light, the works address collisions between aspiration and disillusionment, survival and vulnerability, ritual and imbalance.

What emerges is a constellation of perspectives that not only expose the tension and resilience embedded in daily existence, but also imagine alternative modes of being. The exhibition invites viewers to consider how resonance, entanglement, and resistance can generate new ways of living and relating beyond dominant structures.

Featuring:
Amo Zeng
Banruo Chen
Beile Hu
Snow Chen
Xinlyu Wang

Curated by Banruo Chen

October 17 - November 07
Opening 10.17 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

HOOK SPACE, Fine Art Building
410 S Michigan Ave, Suite 632E, Chicago