In Cantonese, the sound KIU refers to "a bridge / to bridge" (橋).
KIU collective is an artist duo founded by the artists Filippo G. Iannone (b.1994. Italy) and Sinwah Lai (b. 1991. Hong Kong). They both hold an MA in Fine Arts & Design at HKU university in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The fondness they nourish for nature motivates them to explore it through different mediums such as photography, performance, collage, and installation. KIU art practice is based on the idea that communication exists prior to language. Communication emerges from the entanglements of the elements within the environment. The dialogues between the two artists are developed through trust and intuitive experimentation with material encounters that belong to a specific place, providing intimate documentation that raises questions about possibilities and limits of human senses in relation to the environment. KIU collective imagines the environment to be the result of the nature-culture binary.
KIU collective is an artist duo founded by the artists Filippo G. Iannone (b.1994. Italy) and Sinwah Lai (b. 1991. Hong Kong). They both hold an MA in Fine Arts & Design at HKU university in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
The fondness they nourish for nature motivates them to explore it through different mediums such as photography, performance, collage, and installation. KIU art practice is based on the idea that communication exists prior to language. Communication emerges from the entanglements of the elements within the environment. The dialogues between the two artists are developed through trust and intuitive experimentation with material encounters that belong to a specific place, providing intimate documentation that raises questions about possibilities and limits of human senses in relation to the environment. KIU collective imagines the environment to be the result of the nature-culture binary.
