Lam Pok Yin has always kept a constant focus on the intersection of technology, media, and people. Because of his academic and practical training in architecture and photography, he is willing to re-examine and disassemble the process of image production and dissemination. Through joking, poetic, or mischievous methods, he tries to reveal the power mechanism and social construction factors behind this process. In recent creations, his long-term interest in the Internet makes his creative practice naturally transition to digital technology and the related platforms, mechanisms and logic of the data generated. Through multimedia installations, performances and texts, he uses the language of the platform itself and the research methods of “locality” to explore the political and personal implications of these technologies. In the past two years, his works have mainly focused on: (1) online labor dispatch; (2) social platforms and attention economy, and in the process reflect on the history and narrative of early Internet development.
1988 Born in Hong Kong
2007-2010 BA in Architecture, University of Hong Kong, China
2012-2015 BA in Photography, London College of Communication, UK
2018-2022 MA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK
Lives and works in London, UK
Featured Artworks
LAM Pok Yin
Where Do You Want To Go Today (Twilight)
67 x 53 cm
2021
LAM Pok Yin
Where Do You Want To Go Today (Evening)
67cm x 53cm
2021
LAM Pok Yin
There Are No Places of Worship on This Street
96 x 120 cm
2021
LAM Pok Yin
There Was One Kingdom Street Within the United Kingdom
96 x 120 cm
2021
LAM Pok Yin
(And To Think…) This Was the Future Multichannel
26'48"
2021