de Sarthe is pleased to announce its fifth annual de Sarthe Artist Residency (deSAR) as well as its resident artist, Bobby Chen Pin Tao (b. Australia 1994. Lives and works in Hong Kong). The artist will create new artwork using the gallery as his studio, which will be open to the public during normal gallery hours throughout the duration of the residency. deSAR runs from 13 July to mid-September and will culminate in a short exhibition.

During the residency, Chen will build a series of large-scale sculptural installations and spatial interventions that alter the gallery space, transforming it into a dream-like, psychedelic, and LARPING-esque (Live Action Role Play) experience. The space will be divided to create a disorienting labyrinth that recalls a decontextualized role-playing game (RPG). Investigating the ontological natures of contemporary hyperreality and hyperstition, the artist aims to generate complex narratives within the exhibition space that challenge the constructs of perception, as well as the definitions of real versus artificial.

Gallery address: 20/F, Global Trade Square, No. 21 Wong Chuk Hang Road