Kongkee : Electronic Heart Beat

2025.10.18(Sat.) - 2026.3.22(Sun.)

21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Kongkee’s works present an alternative vision of the future in terms of the relationship between humans and technology that is rooted in Asian history and culture, unlike the Western-centric vision of the future that has been globally disseminated and entrenched through mass media. Central to this is a certain perspective based on “Asian Futurism” — an attempt to reconstruct our imagination regarding the future based on the philosophy and aesthetics unique to Asia, as a critical response to the continued homogenization of visual culture and values brought about by globalization. We hope you will take this opportunity to experience Kongkee’s diversity of artistic expression through the perspective of this “Asian Futurism.