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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future

Oct 5, 2019 – Jan 4, 2020
10 Hollywood Rd, Central, Hong Kong

It was the noir prophet of cyberpunk, William Gibson, who first coined the term “meta-city,” which compared the rise of the internet—its interconnectedness—to living in a cyber metropolis. Today, in an inescapably digital world, the sci-fi meta-city seems not just eerily here, its aesthetics have infiltrated art and culture. At Tai Kwun, artists bring panoramas of virtual cities, and their citizens, to life. —E.C.