City Reverie — Digital Playground

Joel Kwong

Joel Kwong is an experienced media art curator and producer, currently the programme director of the annual Microwave New Media Arts Festival in Hong Kong and the founder of SIBYLS, an arts and technology consultation and production agency. With over 18 years of expertise in media art, spanning from research, curation to production, her most recent projects include the Pluriversal Futures (Co-curated with Ars Electronica Export Team) (Hong Kong), Microwave New Media Arts Festival 2025 (Hong Kong), ARTS•TECH Exhibition 3.0 – The Lighthouse (Hong Kong), Through the Lens of (Chengdu), Daito Manabe & Maywa Denki Performance at TTXC 2024 (Kaohsiung).

In addition to curation and research, Kwong has been delivering talks and lectures in different festivals and institutions, including Shenzhen Media Art Festival, ACT Festival in Gwangju, the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, FILMART & Entertainment EXPO in Hong Kong. Currently, she is also teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Lingnan University.

Vvzela Kook

Vvzela Kook is a new media artist working across audiovisual mediums, including computer graphics, drawing, performance and theatre. Her work demonstrates a sustained fascination with the byproducts and outcasts of modernity, seeking to unearth the hidden stories embedded in the technological and urban landscapes that define our era.

Her research-based projects masterfully combine delicate drawings, 3D printing, and video game optics. Through this transmedia storytelling, she guides audiences on cybernetic journeys that condense texture and sensation, reintroducing the unexplored potential of videos.

Kook has collaborated and exhibited her works at various organisations, including Tai Kwun (2025, 2023), Echigo-Tsumari (2023), Kathmandu Triennial (2022), Para Site (2020), C-Lab Taipei (2019). Her works are in the collections of M+ Museum, KADIST and private collections. She was awarded Award for Young Artist (Media Arts) from the 14th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards in 2020.