Technarte Conference — Many Projects

Talk

Palacio Euskalduna (Bilbao, Spain)

May 17, 2024

Technarte Conference

An artist talk at Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao.

XJ presented the talk ‘Living Screen: Digital Surfaces for Visceral Experiences’ at the 2024 edition of the Technarte Conference, held at Palacio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Spain.

The presentation outlined the artist duo’s practice of utilizing emerging screen technologies to critique the impact of modern technological acceleration, using spatial installations Box Body (2023) and EMERGE:NCY (2023) as case studies. The presentation received special institutional recognition from the conference committee.

Interactive projection-mapped installation

Multichannel video sculpture

Xin-1.0.36(2026)

Video

2026

Personhood, Version FourMVR Gallery (Ithaca, NY)Solo Exhibition

Self—ish, a Solo ExhibitionHelix Art Space (Stockholm, Sweden)Solo Exhibition

2025

Silent InterferenceFengling Commercial Building (Taoyuan, Taiwan)Exhibition

AI as an Art MaterialHelix Art Space (Stockholm, Sweden)Talk

Alternative Roots FestivalHoxton Hall (London, UK)Exhibition

Art as an Act of HomemakingBow Arts (London)Talk

Personhood at Speculum ArtiumDelavski dom Trbovlje (Trbovlje, Slovenia)Exhibition

2024

Personhood at Asian Art MuseumAsian Art Museum (San Francisco)Solo Exhibition

Into the FutureWhitespace Gallery (Edinburgh, Scotland)Exhibition

The Kakilang 2025 CommissionKakilang (London, UK)Commission

Technarte ConferencePalacio Euskalduna (Bilbao, Spain)Talk

2023

BEAM at Royal Society of SculptorsRoyal Society of Sculptors (London, UK)Exhibition

CIRCA2023 Public Vote PrizePiccadilly Lights (London, UK)Award

Screening at Piccadilly LightsPiccadilly Lights (London, UK)Screening

Ars Electronica FestivalAtelierhaus Salzamt (Linz, Austria)Exhibition

ART-ACT FestivalTen Square (Singapore)Exhibition

Agawen is the studio practice of J. Aga (PH) and Xin Wen (CN/US). Their collaboration began in London, where they completed a joint postgraduate programme between the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. They made their artistic debut during a term abroad in Singapore, followed by a UK debut later that year on the Piccadilly Lights, which received the CIRCA Public Vote Prize.

Their current body of work is about how contemporary life is structurally determined by cities and screens, and it draws from their experience as diasporic artists and their technical foundation as design-engineers. Their experimental videos, kinetic sculptures, and immersive installations have been exhibited at the Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, USA), Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria), Helix Art Space (Stockholm, Sweden), and Speculum Artium (Trbovlje, Slovenia).

Formerly XJ.