More than 2,000 academicians, specialists, visual artists, domestic and international students excitedly participate in the Arttech Fusion 2023 series

ArtTech Fusion 2023 (ATF23) with 23 annual international exhibitions, seminars and art activities integrating technology organized by University of Economics Ho Chi Minh (UEH) - ArtTech Hub took place successfully from October 13 - 15, 2023. The program attracted the participation of 07 international universities in the Eurasian region (Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Macau, Taiwan, China, Italy), and more than 2,000 academicians, specialists,  visual artists, and domestic and international students.

Overview of 03 explosive and typical days of ArtTech in ATF23

ArtTech Fusion 2023 had the participation of 07 international universities in the Asia-Europe region such as Saint Joseph University (Macau), Sains University Malaysia, Yunlin National University (Taiwan), Kwangwoon University (Korea), Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts (China), Ulsan Art Museum and Dongseo University (Korea), Patheon Institute of Technology (Italy). At the same time, it engaged the interest, involvement and sharing of the community of ArtTech artists, experts, academicians, professors, and specialists in many fields such as Prof.Dr. Alvaro Barbosa - Vice President of Saint Joseph University, Macau, specialist on NFT blockchain art; Ms. Ton Nu Thi Ninh - Former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, Chairwoman of the Peace Committee and Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation; leaders of businesses such as Samsung, Sun Life, etc., domestic and foreign visual artists such as Tung Crazy Monkey, Diego Lazy, Kyurin Vien, Dustin Nguyen, Khiim Dang, Cao Hoang Long, Dong Ho.

16 Exhibitions of modern Arttech technology

A series of 16 exhibitions integrating new ArtTech technology appeared for the first time at a Vietnamese University: Digital art in 3D mapping, Hologram Art, Visual Digital Art Exhibition, NFT's Artworks Exhibition, Photography Art, Virtual Fashion - Evoking your Imagination, International Student Artworks, Interactive exhibition of Man and Machine (You & Machine), Human motion tracking, Art Visual Media Art, Creative VR, Mindfulness VR Exhibition, Games VR Exhibition, Interactive Art, etc.

Notably, 3D projector mapping artworks, a form of digital art that uses special projectors and software to create animation effects on three-dimensional (3D) surfaces, attracted a large number of viewers to visit and experience.

3D mapping Art Exhibition

Another interesting exhibition was "Life", a beautiful life shown through the visual arts of Visual Artists - Kyunri Vien and Mark Do. The use of new technology in ArtTech provided an interesting perspective on a multi-dimensional and colorful world.

Life - the visual art exhibition

Professor Alvaro Barbosa, Professor Filipa Martins de Abreu and other colleagues from Saint Joseph's University, Macau displayed several NFT artworks, depicting the multidimensionality of culture and sustainable development. In addition, attendees would also immerse themselves in the beautiful space of Macau to experience new feelings created by Professor Gerald Estadieu.

NFT exhibition

One of the unique activities was the interactive Human and Machine exhibition "Interaction: You & Machine". Visual artist Tung Monkey transformed images of dancers into moving blocks of data in three-dimensional space. The graphic images simulated the image of the dancer, creating a contrast between the real space outside and the virtual space inside.

Exhibition of interactive motion effects between Human and Machine

Two other outstanding exhibitions were from the Ulsan Museum of Art and Kangwoon University. These exhibitions showcased compelling video and three-dimensional art, providing unique perspectives on global sustainable development from local contexts and placing people at the center of connecting the past, present and future. “Locality” was a message about preserving the traditions and identity values of each locality in global sustainable development.

Locality Exhibition

Besides, the exhibition "Tech for future" by Kyunri Vien and Diego Lazy served as an answer to concerns about the gap between humans and machines.

In addition, the world is constantly changing, and the flow of energy connecting from the depth of history blended in the ceaseless movement of the uncertain future to create the foundations of sustainable development. Related to this topic, “The world is changing” was an interactive art exhibition made by visual artist Tung Crazy Monkey

VR (virtual reality) videos by USJ and UEH students created a special interactive experience. In particular, works by students of Chulalongkorn, USM, Yunlin, and Xi'an about today's society were also exhibited. As technology develops, can machines replace humans? Can humans be replaced by special versions of artificial intelligence? The Virtual Fashion Exhibition - The Fashion of the Future created by visual artist Dong Ho impressed many students.

Experiencing the Virtual Fashion

Students participated in experiencing and researching VR

Virtual reality games (Games VR) were products of students from the VR/AR/MR technology application course in Italy.

Soundwalk Macau Exhibition

Our Society Exhibition by students of 7 international schools

Exhibition on Holography

05 Workshops on the topic of sustainability

Humans - the connection of the past, present and future - need to develop harmoniously in the relationship between culture, art and technology and machinery. The intersection of art and technology helps connect emotions, visualize social issues, increase interactive experiences, reposition the future, increase cooperation and community engagement, and change community awareness and attitudes.

Recognizing that, in addition to exhibition activities, ATF2023 organizes in-depth seminars on 5 topics: Sustainable digital education; Arttech and quality of life; Breaking down barriers: Inequality; ArtTech helps unlock potential; Hologram Art. The above seminars bring together leading experts from related fields, with practical and useful content.

At the Workshop on Breaking the Barriers of Inequality, Ms. Ton Nu Thi Ninh - Former Deputy Head of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs Committee, Chairwoman of the Peace Committee and Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation shared and discussed with speakers about how to bridge the inequality gap in today's society in many fields listed as culture, education, and technology. Closing the sharing, Ms. Ton Nu Thi Ninh sent everyone the message: "In today's rapidly developing digital age, each of us is racing in that rapid development and we must not forget to care about the community, disadvantaged situations, and make efforts to share, appease, and heal to contribute to erasing that inequality gap."

Ms. Ton Nu Thi Ninh - Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation - sharing and chairing the Workshop: Breaking Barriers: Inequality in Access to Technology, Education, culture and Environment

At the Workshop "Exploring the intersection between technology and human creativity", Prof.Dr. Alvaro Barbosa - Vice President of Saint Joseph University, Macau chaired and encouraged the development of creative thinking and problem solving using technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence in design and art to create more vivid and interesting learning experiences. The professor shared: “Students need to cooperate and connect with those with similar thinking, not just learn by listening to lectures from lecturers in the classroom. This helps them develop social skills, learn to work in groups, and create an environment that fosters creativity and deeper thinking.”

Workshop Exploring the intersection between technology and human creativity chaired by Prof.Dr. Alvaro Barbosa - Vice President of Saint Joseph University, Macau

The workshop "Creating customer experience: ArtTech to improve quality of life" showed viewers that ArtTech has overcome the barriers of traditional art, opening up unlimited creative possibilities. This has laid the foundation for the meeting of digital innovation and artistic ideas, creating immersive, virtual reality experiences that expand our senses. Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Thuy Anh shared ArtTech technology trends in Vietnam and worldwide. Among them, the Top 10 outstanding art technologies that would dominate from 2023 include AR, VR, XR, gamification; NFTs; AI creative art; IoT networks for effective cross-device communication; 3D modeling, scanning, printing, and sculpting, 3D Design Software, 3D Scanned Film Assets; Robotic painting technology using AI algorithms, cross-platform collaborations, real-time project communication; Smart museum, digital art gallery, movement-to - music; Digital Collection Management Platform. In addition, experts discussed more intensively about the impact of the intersection of art and technology on improving the quality of life of the community.

Seminar on Creating customer experience: ArtTech to Improve Quality of Life by Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Thuy Anh - Vice Head of UEH College of Technology and Design

ArtTech Seminar - Art and Technology Intersection - New Potentials organized by Dr. Dong Su-Yi, Vice Dean of UEH School of Technology and Design

Workshop on holographic art CHIMERA: The Third Generation of Digital Holographic Printing System presented by Professor Philippe Gentet

The 05 seminars were warmly welcomed with 1,477 registrations/594 seats, and participants, filling the auditoriums fully. When participating, the students actively discussed and interacted with the guests and asked interesting questions about the sustainable development of the community.

A large number of students attended ATF23 seminars and exhibitions

The highlight of the night was the interactive performance "Technology And Humanity: The Interconnection"

A special artistic mark within the framework of ArtTech Fusion 2023 was the interactive performance with the theme Technology and Humanity: the Interconnection. Artists would interact and create artworks right on the performance stage.

The performances included Cultural Sustainability (Electronic music with art) by Prof. Alvaro Babosa, Saint Joseph University, Macau; Diverse Life (Visual art with electronic music) by Visual Artist Kyunri Vien and Artist Dustin Nguyen; Community connection - Human Interconnection by visual artist Tung Crazy Monkey; Power Transformation (Realtime graphic art by Visual Artists Tung Crazy Monkey and Khiim Dang. Thereby, each person would reflect and explore activities that contributed to sustainable development through specific individual and community actions. The event was broadcast live on UEH Fanpage, UEH Youtube, and ArtTech Hub Fanpage, attracting more than 6,200 views.

The performance "Cultural Sustainability" by Professor Álvaro Barbosa - Vice President of University of Saint Joseph - Macau

The performance "Volumetric Visual" by artist Tung Monkey with the combination of music by Professor Alvaro Barbosa and two dancers Thuy Linh and Tam Tran

Power Transformation (Realtime graphic art) performed by Visual Artists Tung Crazy Monkey and Khiim Dang.

LIVE: Visual/Audio performance. Real-time graphics, real-time music by visual artists Kyungri Vien and Dustin Nguyen

The performance "UEH - Greetings"

School leaders and guests at the ATF23 art performance

Contributing greatly to the success of ATF23, the Organizing Committee would like to express their sincere and deep gratitude to 08 sponsors who accompanied the program: Diamond Sponsor: Samsung Company Vietnam; Gold sponsors: AVAAS Studio Company, The Visual 084, Hexogon Company; Silver sponsor: Sun Life Vietnam Company; Bronze sponsors: S-Furniture, Koi Nursery, Formalia XR Studio.

The three days of the ATF23 activity series ended, opening up new perspectives and helping to rethink the future, thereby creating keys to help regenerate resources for sustainable development. See you again at ATF24 with new, surprising and interesting activities.

*UEH - ArtTech Hub is an international integrated platform that connects universities, business communities, governments and domestic and international communities to develop intersectional activities between art and technology.

ArtTech Fusion (ATF) is an annual event organized by ArtTech Hub, with the goal of applying ArtTech as a tool to solve social problems, through education and research to contribute to improving the quality of life while encouraging creative innovation and inspiring art towards sustainable actions.

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