ART AND TECHNOLOGY
PROJECTS
ABOUT US
O2 LAB Art&Tech
Founded in 2018, O2 LAB Art&Tech started as a creative duo comprised of a Japanese artist yukaotani, and a Taiwanese engineer hankou, exploring the interdisciplinary fields of visual art, design, and digital technologies. Coming from a different professional and cultural background, our collaboration is spontaneous and improvisational. We often find inspirations from the history, culture, and social phenomena that are peculiar to Taiwan and Japan. We play with the elements of interaction, digital /analog data, and visual effects. Our current studio practice focuses on revitalizing everyday materials that are overlooked or often considered obsolete. We transform those materials into new art objects and installations by combining digital fabrication components.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Post- Digital Materiality, 1a space, Hong Kong, China
2019 Nakanojo Biennale, Sawatari Gallery, Gunma, Japan
2019 Synthetic Mediart, Taipei Expo Park, Taipei, Taiwan
2018 Mega Maker Faire, Mzone, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2018 Maker Holiday, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan,Taiwan
2018 Maker Faire Tokyo, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
Online Project
2020- We will meet again https://www.wewillmeetagain.net/
Award:
2020 Finalist, Yunlin Storehouse Dream Project, Yunlin, Taiwan
THE TEAM
yukaotani is a visual artist originally from Tokyo, Japan. Her creative explorations focus on embracing unique characteristics of transparent materials, such as glass, hard candy, water, and light. She has been working in the crossover fields of fine art, design, and science. She has participated in numerous artist residency programs in the U.S. Taiwan, and Japan.
hankou holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Tamkang University. After several years of professional experience as an engineer, he has worked as a digital fabrication specialist at Maker Lab and MakerInn in Kaohsiung, where he lead various events and workshops vitalizing the local “maker movement”.
VIDEOS
O2 LAB Art&Tech Videos
Bubble Crossing by O2 LAB (Hank Ou and Yuka Otani)
Bubble Crossing
Rediscovering Nostalgia: between past and present
