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This publication is produced as a catalogue of the solo exhibition of the same title, by Hong Kong-based artist Vvzela Kook, presenting three chapters of Kook’s science fiction series Confidential Records, ongoing since 2016. The exhibition was held at Para Site from Dec 5, 2020 to Apr 25, 2021.
The Confidential Records series originated in Kook’s extensive research into the history of Kowloon Walled City, drawing inspiration from scientist Ray Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns to extrapolate a future in which the development of artificial intelligence is so advanced that it threatens the existence of humans. In Chapter 1 Dual Metropolitans, Kook constructs a fictional futuristic cityscape under the rule of AI, and reimagines the underground Kowloon Walled City as the last line of defence for the human race. In Chapter 2 Executions, the clash between AI and humanity reaches a climax, reflecting a universal condition of individual resistance in dystopian societies, and the parallelisms and entanglements between different totalitarian regimes in the past, present, and future.
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