Yu Shuk Pui Bobby: Future Debt. Return Today
February 8 – March 23, 2025
Gallery Hours: Thurs + Fri: 4-6pm, Sat + Sun: 2-6pm
Open Source Gallery is pleased to present Future Debt. Return
Today, an exhibition by Yu Shuk Pui Bobby.
What is Future Debt. Return Today?
Future Debt. Return Today is an art show by Yu Shuk Pui Bobby that uses sculptures, videos, and a newspaper to explore how genetic engineering (changing our DNA) might change who we are. The art reflects on how technology shapes our identity and how fragile our sense of self can be in a constantly changing world.
Who is Yu Shuk Pui Bobby?
Yu Shuk Pui Bobby is an artist and filmmaker from Hong Kong and Oslo. She works in many forms, like videos, sculptures, and photos, to explore themes like identity, gender, and the impact of technology. Bobby combines history and fiction in her art to raise important questions about who we are and how the future might look.
What are the artworks about?
The sculptures are inspired by DNA, which is like tiny instructions inside your body that tell your cells how to build different parts of you. These artworks help us consider the connection between the tiny parts that make us up, and who we are. The sculptures are also influenced by ancient bodies in Pompeii that have not changed much in thousands of years, and a Japanese TV show where characters transform into a green, gooey form. The video in the back room is about a fictional salon where instead of changing your hair, it changes every physical part of you, so you are in a whole new body, or even became a plant or
an animal. What do you think would be different about you if you were a plant, or an animal, or if you had a completely different body?
Why focus on genetic engineering and identity?
Bobby’s exhibition explores how genetic engineering could change not just our bodies but who we are as individuals. The show challenges us to think about how technology might shape our future selves and asks what it really means to stay true to who we are in a world of constant change.
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