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In an era defined by digital surplus, our sense of self is increasingly fragmented and recomposed into data traces through platforms designed to surveil. 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳—𝙞𝙨𝙝, the first major solo exhibition by artist duo XJ (Xin Wen and JJ Agcaoili), explores how the subjective self is constructed, compressed, and now mimicked by the technologies we inhabit.

Notable for their methodology of working in between the physical and the digital, XJ brings together five works across projection-mapped installation, moving image, and kinetic sculpture. Moving between physical interaction and algorithmic abstraction, these works embody how the self is both turned inward and constantly exposed.

Duration: March 7–19
Vernissage: March 7, 18.00–21.00
Location: HAS - Helix Art Space, Torsplan 12

#Newmediaart #Opening #Stockholm #ArtSpace #ai

X&J are presenting 2025PCM, a projection-mapped film installation confronting London’s housing crisis.
Set in a one-cubic-metre flat, it captures the absurd intimacy of life compressed by space and time.

@manyprojects.co
X&J (Xin Wen & JJ Agcaoili) is a Chinese American and Filipino artistic duo based in London. Their work indulges a deep curiosity in emerging technology and spatial psychology, and their implications on contemporary culture and the human body. 2023 marked the beginning of their award-winning practice in experimental film and interactive media, with exhibitions and public appearances in San Francisco, Bilbao, Linz, Singapore, Berlin, Milan, and London.

🎟 Alternative Roots — a one-day festival of live art, film, and conversation by ESEA artists.
📅 8 November 2025 | Hoxton Hall, London
🔗 Tickets via link in bio

#AlternativeRoots #ESEAartists #LiveArt #HoxtonHall #MingStrike

…guests had fun with them instead!

These were some of our favorite reactions to our Proof of Personhood installation last October in the San Francisco Asian Art Museum ✨👀

💡 As high-fidelity AI agents increasingly populate our digital world, what separates us from these shadows of our very selves?

Proof of Personhood (2024) is a multi-projector art installation by X+J of @manyprojects.co that represents this phenomenon through the shadows of absent people cast across an empty room by a lone spotlight. Curated by @x.u.cheng of @asianartmuseum

🔦 “Proof of Personhood” debuted last October at the @asianartmuseum's Lee Gallery. We used shadows walking around shadowless guests as a way to bring the Dead Internet Theory to life.

💡 It took us several late nights in the gallery to realize the work—while the neighboring Hallyu Exhibit blasted Gangnam Style in a nonstop loop. Thanks @x.u.cheng & @ecntres for helping us make this piece a reality!

Proof of Personhood (2024), San Francisco Asian Art Museum #immersive #installation

From Oct 6-21, “Proof of Personhood” was on display at the San Francisco @asianartmuseum’s Research and Development (RAD) Space. Visitors in the gallery would see their shadows fade before the spotlight, while disembodied shadows roamed around them.

Work developed by @manyprojects.co, curated by @x.u.cheng

#art #immersive #installation #proofofpersonhood #asianartmuseum #ArtInstallation #Digitalart #Artandtechnology #Visualart #GenerativeArt #Exhibition #InteractiveArt #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveExperience #Art #ProjectionMapping #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MediaArt #ShadowPlay #LightAndShadow #SilhouetteArt #ShadowArt#PerceptionArt #SensoryExperience #ArtLovers #EmergingArtist

From Oct 6-21, “Proof of Personhood” was on display at the San Francisco @asianartmuseum’s Research and Development (RAD) Space. Visitors in the gallery would see their shadows fade before the spotlight, while disembodied shadows roamed around them.

Work developed by @manyprojects.co, curated by @x.u.cheng

#art #immersive #installation #proofofpersonhood #asianartmuseum #ArtInstallation #Digitalart #Artandtechnology #Visualart #GenerativeArt #Exhibition #InteractiveArt #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveExperience #Art #ProjectionMapping #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MediaArt #ShadowPlay #LightAndShadow #SilhouetteArt #ShadowArt#PerceptionArt #SensoryExperience #ArtLovers #EmergingArtist

From Oct 6-21, “Proof of Personhood” was on display at the San Francisco @asianartmuseum’s Research and Development (RAD) Space. Visitors in the gallery would see their shadows fade before the spotlight, while disembodied shadows roamed around them.

Work developed by @manyprojects.co, curated by @x.u.cheng

#art #immersive #installation #proofofpersonhood #asianartmuseum #ArtInstallation #Digitalart #Artandtechnology #Visualart #GenerativeArt #Exhibition #InteractiveArt #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveExperience #Art #ProjectionMapping #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MediaArt #ShadowPlay #LightAndShadow #SilhouetteArt #ShadowArt#PerceptionArt #SensoryExperience #ArtLovers #EmergingArtist

From Oct 6-21, “Proof of Personhood” was on display at the San Francisco @asianartmuseum’s Research and Development (RAD) Space. Visitors in the gallery would see their shadows fade before the spotlight, while disembodied shadows roamed around them.

Work developed by @manyprojects.co, curated by @x.u.cheng

#art #immersive #installation #proofofpersonhood #asianartmuseum #ArtInstallation #Digitalart #Artandtechnology #Visualart #GenerativeArt #Exhibition #InteractiveArt #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveExperience #Art #ProjectionMapping #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MediaArt #ShadowPlay #LightAndShadow #SilhouetteArt #ShadowArt#PerceptionArt #SensoryExperience #ArtLovers #EmergingArtist

From Oct 6-21, “Proof of Personhood” was on display at the San Francisco @asianartmuseum’s Research and Development (RAD) Space. Visitors in the gallery would see their shadows fade before the spotlight, while disembodied shadows roamed around them.

Work developed by @manyprojects.co, curated by @x.u.cheng

#art #immersive #installation #proofofpersonhood #asianartmuseum #ArtInstallation #Digitalart #Artandtechnology #Visualart #GenerativeArt #Exhibition #InteractiveArt #ImmersiveArt #ImmersiveExperience #Art #ProjectionMapping #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #MediaArt #ShadowPlay #LightAndShadow #SilhouetteArt #ShadowArt#PerceptionArt #SensoryExperience #ArtLovers #EmergingArtist

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

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#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

—
#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

—
#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

—
#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

—
#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

☀️ We spoke at 2024 @technarte conference in Bilbao and talked about our site-specific media works. It was an honor to share the stage with so many fellow inspiring creatives :) 

Thank you so much to the entire Technarte team for having us and organizing this fantastic event! 🙏

—
#conference #bilbao #spain #technarte #artconference#artandtechnology #arttech #newmediaart #speaker #talk #manyprojectsstudio

💭 Fun facts:
1. We started this project 7 days before the deadline
2. Cardboard + spray glue = the box
3. We met @ruishuke only one day before filming
4. We filmed in two days
5. We edited in one

———

🌃 Created for the London Piccadilly Lights screen, EMERGE:NCY is a more hopeful response to our debut film, BOX BODY. The giant struggles for what feels like an eternity, the box buckles ever-so-slightly, and light eventually breaks into the seemingly-sealed space. EMERGE:NCY was also featured on screens in Berlin and Milan and won the 2023 CIRCA Public Vote Prize. 

💡 EMERGE:NCY was performed by @x.nw.n and directed by @jj.agca, in collaboration with director of photography @ruishuke, and music and sound designer @lulingwang.music. Sending love to our resident wordsmith @cat.aquino and resident maker man @genggengstudio.

A massive thank you to @circa.art for giving us this platform, and for @rosie_feather_ and @11jesseison for capturing the moments.

💭 Fun facts:
1. We started this project 7 days before the deadline
2. Cardboard + spray glue = the box
3. We met @ruishuke only one day before filming
4. We filmed in two days
5. We edited in one

———

🌃 Created for the London Piccadilly Lights screen, EMERGE:NCY is a more hopeful response to our debut film, BOX BODY. The giant struggles for what feels like an eternity, the box buckles ever-so-slightly, and light eventually breaks into the seemingly-sealed space. EMERGE:NCY was also featured on screens in Berlin and Milan and won the 2023 CIRCA Public Vote Prize. 

💡 EMERGE:NCY was performed by @x.nw.n and directed by @jj.agca, in collaboration with director of photography @ruishuke, and music and sound designer @lulingwang.music. Sending love to our resident wordsmith @cat.aquino and resident maker man @genggengstudio.

A massive thank you to @circa.art for giving us this platform, and for @rosie_feather_ and @11jesseison for capturing the moments.

💭 Fun facts:
1. We started this project 7 days before the deadline
2. Cardboard + spray glue = the box
3. We met @ruishuke only one day before filming
4. We filmed in two days
5. We edited in one

———

🌃 Created for the London Piccadilly Lights screen, EMERGE:NCY is a more hopeful response to our debut film, BOX BODY. The giant struggles for what feels like an eternity, the box buckles ever-so-slightly, and light eventually breaks into the seemingly-sealed space. EMERGE:NCY was also featured on screens in Berlin and Milan and won the 2023 CIRCA Public Vote Prize. 

💡 EMERGE:NCY was performed by @x.nw.n and directed by @jj.agca, in collaboration with director of photography @ruishuke, and music and sound designer @lulingwang.music. Sending love to our resident wordsmith @cat.aquino and resident maker man @genggengstudio.

A massive thank you to @circa.art for giving us this platform, and for @rosie_feather_ and @11jesseison for capturing the moments.

💭 Fun facts:
1. We started this project 7 days before the deadline
2. Cardboard + spray glue = the box
3. We met @ruishuke only one day before filming
4. We filmed in two days
5. We edited in one

———

🌃 Created for the London Piccadilly Lights screen, EMERGE:NCY is a more hopeful response to our debut film, BOX BODY. The giant struggles for what feels like an eternity, the box buckles ever-so-slightly, and light eventually breaks into the seemingly-sealed space. EMERGE:NCY was also featured on screens in Berlin and Milan and won the 2023 CIRCA Public Vote Prize. 

💡 EMERGE:NCY was performed by @x.nw.n and directed by @jj.agca, in collaboration with director of photography @ruishuke, and music and sound designer @lulingwang.music. Sending love to our resident wordsmith @cat.aquino and resident maker man @genggengstudio.

A massive thank you to @circa.art for giving us this platform, and for @rosie_feather_ and @11jesseison for capturing the moments.