Cyan from the Other Shore: Alex Chung, Man Tin, and Wong Wo Bik work across infrared photography, AI imagery, and Gaussian Splatting at meda:gallery, Kyoto
The exhibition Cyan from the Other Shore opens at meda:gallery in Kyoto on 18 April 2025, running through 27 April. The venue is Meda Loft, ground floor, 353-1 Tsukinuke 2-chome, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto. Hours are 12:00 to 18:00 daily.
The title draws on a Buddhist distinction: 此岸 (shigan, “this shore”) designates the Sahā world, the realm of suffering and ordinary existence, while 彼岸 (higan, “the other shore”) designates the realm of spiritual liberation. The cyanotype process, an early photographic technique producing Prussian-blue prints through UV exposure, is positioned here not as historical reference but as a structural element connecting the two registers. The three artists working within this framework are Alex Chung Po Lun, Man Tin, and Wong Wo Bik. The exhibition is curated by Lau Tung-Pui.
The technical range across the three practices is specific: infrared photography, AI-generated imagery, and Gaussian Splatting, a real-time rendering method derived from computer vision research, in which three-dimensional scenes are reconstructed from photographic data as overlapping volumetric ellipsoids rather than conventional polygon meshes.
Alex Chung Po Lun was born in Hong Kong in 1968 and continues to work there. His practice shifted from street and documentary photography toward work concerned with the physical properties of alternative photographic processes.
Man Tin is an assistant professor at Hong Kong Metropolitan University and founder of PRÉCÉDÉE artspace. His work addresses the intersection of human and machine-generated creativity across AI, aesthetics, and media art. He exhibits internationally.
Wong Wo Bik published Color & Consent in 1983 and contributed to Hong Kong/China Photographers Four in 2009. Recent projects include participation in the Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival (2025, China) and Gardening of Soul (2023, Czech Republic). Her work has moved from photographic practice toward AI-based experimentation; works are held in institutional collections in Hong Kong and abroad.
Lau Tung-Pui is a photography writer and curator based in Hong Kong, founder of PhotogStory and DEVEDO. He has served as the sole Hong Kong nominator for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award from 2022 to 2026.
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