About

Wiki da Pit

I am a proud owner of a bratty Pitbull named WIKI. Yes, we name her after Wikipedia and she is very open source- I mean she is very open to different food sources. She eats everything including carrots, celery, mackerel, chicken neck, dried baby shrimp, kimchi… lalala… The only thing she spit out so far is mint and basil. Read more of her story here.

R.I.P. Duckey

In loving memory of Duckey- the Best Pitbull ever! I will forever missed being walked by you and picking up your poop!  Read more of his story here.

Young And Kenneth

We got married in March 2010! Crazy I still can’t believe it! Read more of our story here.

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About My Name

A lot of people got confused of my name and often think that Tin-Kin Hung is my last name. Here let me clarify Kenneth is my English name, Tin-Kin 天健 is my Chinese given name and Hung is my last name. So why do I have a English name Kenneth? And what does my Chinese name Tin-Kin means? Here’s the explanation of my name here.

Kiva.org

Five percent of the profits I make from arts is on loan to entrepreneurs in developing world through KIVA.org. Kiva’s mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty. Kiva partners with existing expert microfinance institutions and is the world’s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. Click here to check out my KIVA profile.

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My Tattoos

The stories of my left sleeve and my back piece tattoos. Check it out!

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Natural Parks and Wonders

This page lists all the National Parks, Forests and other natural wonders I have visited within U.S.A. and Canada. Check it out!

Cross Country Trip

In 2005 we drove cross country in our 1991 Infiniti G20 with one compact carload of belongings, moving from San Francisco to New York City. We met lots of cool dudes and nice ladies in the trip. Here’s the official blog with tons of pics.

Wikimedia Commons

I contribute a selection of my travel pictures to Wikimedia Commons and release them under Creative Commons license. Check out my slowly growing gallery.

Artist Statement:

I employ and remix images from popular culture, political figures and imagery found in cyberspace. Most of my social conscious artworks adopt the form of advertising in a reduction of contemporary events to a cartoon like mythology. Through various media I aim to explore the nature of digital communication while touching on issues such as identity, politics, sexuality and power. My media includes Hi-Definition video animation, video game, net.art, digital graphics and mixed-media installations.

我从流行文化、政治人物、网络空间影像中撷取图像,并予以混合。将当代事件简化成类似神话的卡通,是我在大部分具有社会意识的作品中采用的形式。我希望通过各种媒体探索数字传播的本质,同时触及个性、政治、性和权力等事务。我使用的媒体包括高清视频动画、视频游戏、网络艺术、数字图像及混合媒体装置。

– 洪天健 KENNETH TIN-KIN HUNG

Biography:

Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung was born in Hong Kong and is now living and working in New York. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Arts degree from San Francisco State University. His work has been exhibited at the New Museum, New York; Yerba Buena Center Of The Arts, San Francisco; Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California; Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah; Postmasters Gallery, New York; Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, United Kingdom; Urbis, Manchester, United Kingdom; Hebbel Am Ufer theatre, Berlin, Germany and ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark. He has received several awards throughout his career, including Tribeca Film Institute Media Arts Fellowships, the “VIPER International Award- Internet” in Switzerland and “Honorary Mention- Net Excellence” in the 2002 Prix Ars Electronica. His work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art In America, The Village Voice, Libération, Le Monde, El Pais, Spiegel and La Repubblica among many others.

Hung is represented by Postmasters Gallery in New York, U.S.A. and Galerie Guy Bärtschi in Geneva, Switzerland.

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