TUENGEL
Dr Wang Zhigang
What future will be inherited?
Step into the electronic wasteland of the future. In this post-apocalyptic digital realm, human, animal and intelligent machine life forms inhabit the same space. Hundreds of discarded PC towers, servers, cables and wires form dense techno-forests around you. Generated imagery interweaves ancient myth and futuristic ruin. Accelerating technological progress is coming at the cost of ecological sustainability, but is this a price we are willing to pay? Explore the unknown across vast space and infinite time, as the complex relationships between humans, technology and our environment are considered from the perspective of future archaeologists.
Is this a future you want to live in?
BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Wang Zhigang is a renowned contemporary new media artist, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University.
He has dedicated his practice to immersive art, digital spatial storytelling and the contemporary reinterpretation of traditional culture, using digital media to reconstruct Eastern aesthetics and contemporary artistic language.
Rooted in the essence of traditional Chinese culture, he explores the intersection of cultural heritage, contemporary technology and future-oriented art through light, space, interaction and digital imagery, developing a distinctive creative methodology of immersive spatial art.
His works are characterized by a synthesis of Eastern philosophy and avant-garde experimentation. Representative works include Houses of Heaven｜穹天玉宇, Tuengel｜图恩格尔, Eternity Without Boundaries｜永生无界, and Mind Wave｜神曲. His works have been presented at national cultural events, international art exhibitions, museums and major cultural institutions. They have received numerous prestigious awards, including the Gold Prize at World Stage Design (WSD) and the Art & Technology Innovation Award of the Year presented by Bazaar Art.
As a leading figure in China’s art-and-technology field, he continues to promote innovative interpretations of traditional culture while advancing both the localization and internationalization of immersive digital art, establishing a distinctive creative paradigm that bridges profound cultural heritage and contemporary aesthetics.
Photography credit: Phoebe Powell