Artist Liao Jiaming on tarot card reading, exploring the relationship between A.I. and humanity, and the complexity of fingers.

Aug 24

Ep.102 | In this episode artist Liao Jiaming talked about his current show in Hong Kong, talked about tarot card reading, we discussed the intricate relationship between artificial intelligence or AI and humanity, the search for personal identity and Liao discussed the complexity of fingers.

Liao Jiaming was born in 1992 in Guangdong, China, and currently lives and works in Hong Kong. He obtained his BA in Journalism from Sun Yat-sen University in 2016, and his MFA from School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2019. Liao’s practice investigates the physical and bodily manifestations of identity vis-à-vis gender, technology, and socio-cultural influences. His works span across objects, videos, installations, and performance, crafting narratives that explore traditional as well as contemporary social practices via post-technological means of image-making.

His solo exhibitions include The Arcana Intelligent, H Queen’s, Hong Kong, China (2023); Til Love Do Us Part, RNH Space, Hong Kong, China (2021); and Too Good to Be True (HKIPF Satellite Exhibition), Green Space, JCCAC, Hong Kong, China (2021). His recent group exhibitions include Gender Revealed, 480.0 Gender & Art Space, Hong Kong, China (2024); (In)directions: Queerness in Chinese Contemporary Photography, Eli Klein Gallery, New York, USA (2023); Myth Makers – Spectrosynthesis III, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong, China (2022); Beyond Strengths: A Retrospective Exhibition of Gay Games, 1982-2022, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (2022); Close, Wure Area, Hong Kong, China (2022); Light, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London, UK (2021), and more.