Joseph Chen

Travel Frog (Video Cypher Vol.3), 2018

Single Channel Video/ 2’56”/ Color/ Sound
 

Travel Frog is a part of Video Cypher Vol.3, a video series inspired by ACG culture. Travel Frog inmitates the gaming experience of Travel Frog in memory of my friend, Anna Chim and documented/ fictionalized postcards written in the second person narrative from a trip to Tokyo with Anna and Ho Ho Yuen in 2015.
 

About Video Cypher

Video Cypher [HK] was initiated by Anna Chim in 2017, and inspired by LA beat cypher crew Team Supreme. The intention of Video Cypher is about gathering friends to encourage and inspire each other in playing with videos and making progress together. The participating artists are required to interpret certain materials or themes with a goal to learn and explore video editing or animation techniques, hopefully produce some fun results. Participating artists include Anna Chim, Awe IW, Suze陳, Chiu Yan Wah, Alex Yiu, Crystal Bug, Dom Paul Chung, Heidi Huang, Joseph Chen 2015, Kelvin T, Mia Chu, Qqbbg, Wong Kei Ying, Ziki Cheung, etc.
https://avideocypher.com

Screening History:
Art After Hours: Hunni’d Jaws x HKCR DJ | Tai Kwun Contemporary
https://www.taikwun.hk/en/exhibition/detail/art%20after%20hours%3A%20hunni’d%20jaws%20x%20hckr%20dj/180