【Tech Sunday】Techformance–2025 UABB Hong Kong: Sensory Immersion & Perception in ArchitectureThe Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation Company Limited

Tech Sunday is a series of small forums organised by the UABB curatorial team 2025 on weekends. Each forum presents curated topics by the participating exhibitors, and we invite the public to take part in the intellectual exchange. Participants will understand the speaker's background, the body of work and the design intention behind the exhibit through each talk.

This session explores the topics about embodiment, sensory immersion, and perceived well-being through architecture and AI.

Topics:

1. Garden of Liminalities ( Speaker: Anneli Giencke, Tobias Klein )
2. Sentient Mirror: A Dialogue Between Self and Space ( Speaker: XCEPT )
3. Art Meets AI: New Possibilities and Evolving Meanings ( Speaker: Issac Leung )
4. Discussion + Q&A

Language:
English


Speakers:
Anneli Giencke
Anneli Giencke is a registered architect, founder/director of her own practice, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Architecture. With over twenty years of practical and ten years of academic experience internationally (Europe/Asia), she has realized buildings, installations, and interdisciplinary projects. Her teaching and research challenge our understanding of architecture by experimenting with immaterial spatial aspects and various forms of representation. Her work is published in books like ""Tectonics"" and journals including SpringerNature's Nexus Network Journal and Cubic Journal. Giencke studied at Graz University of Technology and holds degrees from Munich's Academy of Fine Arts, UCL Bartlett and Westminster University. She is currently a PhD candidate at RMIT with a full scholarship.

Tobias Klein
Tobias Klein (簡鳴謙), trained architect and artist, is Associate Professor at City University of Hong Kong's School of Creative Media. His work merges CAD/CAM technologies with cultural narratives, intuitive design, and historical references. Klein established the concept of ""Digital Craft,"" synthesizing digital and physical tools/materials as both poetic (Poïesis) and technical (Technê) expressions, challenging the traditional separation of digital and analogue making. His internationally exhibited work features in venues like the London Science Museum, V&A, Venice Biennale, Ars Electronica, MoCA Taipei, and Art Basel Hong Kong. A 2020 UMAG Hong Kong retrospective, ""Metamorphosis or Confrontation,"" showcased 15 years of his work. Klein holds a PhD (RMIT), architecture degrees from UCL Bartlett and RWTH Aachen, and previously taught at the AA and RCA in London.

XCEPT
XCEPT is a trans-disciplinary creative studio, crafting unique experiences at the junction of art, technology, design, and culture. The collaborative creates timelessness immersive experiences that heighten imagination and sensory connections. As a pioneer in new media arts, XCEPT explores different mediums with unique concepts and experimental approaches, constantly at the vanguard of technology.

Issac Leung
Issac Leung is an artist, curator, and scholar in art and cultural studies. He holds a Fine Arts degree and is an honorary fellow of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2013, he was appointed Chairperson of Videotage, where he has promoted and participated in events such as the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA Festival), Loop Barcelona, Clockenflap, and Art Basel. Professor Leung has taught both theoretical and studio courses in media art, curating, exhibition studies, and cultural theory. His research interests include contemporary art, historiography, arts management, the cultural industries, and the art market.