Urban Screens
By Perception3
Urban Screens features two new works by artist-duo Perception3. Conceptualised as companion pieces, YOU ARE HELD HERE IN THIS MOMENT and YOU WILL NOT FEEL THIS WAY FOREVER continue Perception3’s ongoing exploration of text and the architecture of public space. In each piece, fragments of the title text unfold over vast open waters; digital video footage captured while sailing across the South China Sea. In its gesture towards time and affinity, the text offers a moment of pause and comfort. Juxtaposed against scenes of a calm and open sea that is at the same time infinitely mutable and changeable, the works offer expansiveness and tension at once. The sea becomes a mirror for an interior landscape, and references the area’s historical links to the coast.
Placed on monumental digital screens on two landmark buildings, the works engage with the affect of advertising as well as with the poetics of space and time which point to the inevitability of motion and change. Together, they gesture towards the spectacle of urban screens, but also offer suspension; a shared moment of tender contemplation amidst the flux of the city.
Exhibition
Outdoor screens on Wilkie Edge and Fortune Centre
20/1/2026-31/1/2026
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About the Artist
Perception3 is an interdisciplinary collaborative practice established in 2007 by Regina De Rozario and Seah Sze Yunn. They develop artistic encounters that invite audiences to reflect on the rapid transformation of our city spaces and the ways in which we remember and relate to these spaces. Their works are expressed through photography, digital video, text, site-specific and site-responsive installations, and have been showcased locally and abroad.