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the highs of lo

“I learned
MB: You did Burning Man twice with the Dragon, and interactive control with art direction. Besides
how was it received?
the technical requirements, there are many tiers of
a lot from
TL: GKR received 13 blue ribbons at Makers Faire social fabric to realize this project (i.e. the Govern-
so I believe GKR embodies the excellence in art- ment, the Hong Kong tourism board, the general
these col-
making. It was very well-received at the Black Rock public, and real estate owners).
laborations
City event, as many people came up to us with awe What makes it extra hard is that because it is my
and tremendous praises. That was a great response own art project, there is no funding. Therefore, we
about
as there are many other creative and impressive art have been looking for sponsors and local public
cars and installations throughout the event.
funding to bring this vision to the public and even-
creativity,
On a personal level, I learned a lot from these tually to reality. We launched its rst public viewing

collaborations about creativity, budgeting, and at Police Married Quarters (PMQ), which was well- budgeting,
management on large-scale and international art received by the government agencies and general

projects. It also gave me a boost in con dence in public. It was our rst step to show to the world.
and man-
making this kind of work and realizing what kind of
agement
industrial design details one needs for public, mo- MB: How do your ideas and inspirations come to

bile art with pyro, audio, and LED interacting lighting you?
on large-
capabilities. It is an absolutely tricky feat, as it re- TL: Everywhere — it also comes from a lot of read-

quired dedication and diligent project management ing and research, thus it requires a strong sense of scale and
to maintain one big art oat.
curiosity. It really depends on the creative ques-

tions that you set for yourself.
interna-

MB: What have been your most challenging
projects?
MB: Who has inspired you?
tional art

TL: My current project – Victoria Harbour Spec- TL: Claude Monet, for his eye-opening depiction projects.”
trum – is one of the most challenging ones since of lights through his Impressionist paintings, Leo

the art concept is to evolve and replace the cur- Villareal for his inspiring Arti cial Intelligence-like

rent nightly light show “Symphony of Light” in game-of-life programming on LEDs, Zaha Hadid for
Hong Kong that involves over 50 buildings around her out-of-this-world spatial and sculptural design

the harbor. My goal is to create the largest digital concepts, Issey Miyaki for his relentless pursuit
canvas in the world with real-time synchronization
of fabric minimalism and abstractism, and Cai

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