školská 28

Internationally recognized artist-couple working in the field of new media. Their intermedia installations link modern technology (real time video, computer animation, interactive sensors), virtual reality with the more basic expressiveness of light and shadow. A frequent concern of their work is the diversity of art and cultures.

Their collaborative work has been shown in many prestigious exhibitions and festivals, such as: ISEA 2002 (International Symposium of Electronic Art, Nagoya, Japan), ARTCONCEPT 2004 (International Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia), ISEA 2004, Helsinki, Finland, and others.

During their residency at Open Studios, Wong and Williams will continue with their multimedia installation "talk...the...line", and sound and image collage composed of snippets of conversations with people making their way from the outskirts to the center of Prague. Using GPS, a spatial and mental map of the city, composed of memories, experiences and ideas, will arise. The installation will be presented at the end of their residency at Galerie Školská 28.

Sala Wong was born in Hong Kong and received her early training in Art and Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She then moved to Canada and completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree at The University of Western Ontario. She furthered her study in the USA and received her MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts from The University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Sala works with physical media, computer-controlled environments, wearable art, and net art. Her multimedia installations explore the boundaries between real and virtual through augmentation, as well as the social issues of diversity in art and culture. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Digital Art at Indiana State University, USA.

Peter Williams is a new media artist. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from The University of Western Ontario where he worked primarily with drawing and collage media, exploring intersections between personal and popular narratives. In May 2003, he received his MFA in Imaging and Digital Arts from The University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Inspired by stream-of-consciousness writing, concrete and imagist poetry, his animation, video, installation and book works illustrate his relationship with the world he finds himself in. His recent works in CG and physical computing make use of his long-time fondness for narrative. Peter is currently an Assistant Professor of Electronic Art and ICOM Fellow at Ball State University, Indiana.