What the hell am I looking at? originated from the realisation that I had been spending more than three hours daily on the mobile phone and internet, yet was unable to remember what I have actually seen. With this in mind, I placed a plastic sheet on top of the TV / computer screen while the programmes were running, and used marker pens to draw all the colours appearing on the screen onto the sheet, thus forming an abstract painting.

I later sought out to freeze frame on images of trending topics and popular personalities, such as the lead singer Keung To of the popular Hong Kong boy band Mirror, celebrated swimmer Siobhán Haughey, ViuTV programme be ON game, YouTube channel Trial & Error, Marvel movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Netflix series Squid Game, Japanese manga Demon Slayer, and Hong Kong Chief Executive-elect John Lee’s press meetings. I changed to oil markers for making collage-like layered images, and leave them for the viewers’ own interpretation.

I also experimented with painting directly onto the screen of TV, computer and smartphone purchased from second-hand stalls. During the exhibition, I plan to conduct live drawing demonstrations to allow more viewers’ insight into my creative process and everyday life. The exhibition aims to raise awareness of modern people’s over-reliance on electronic products and new media – about our relinquishing control of information dissemination to them, and our mindless reliance on them for escapist entertainment.

The artist will perform in the exhibition from 2:00 to 5:00 every day.

S507, Block A, PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central