A wide range of recent examples, particularly China's technological rise, shows that rather than introducing technologies, some countries are better at embracing, adapting or hacking them. Spanning sculpture, videos and virtual reality, their works examine challenges and possibilities, especially when they play out in places outside their origin. Creative hacking reverberates across Asia -- shanzai and chabuduo in China, chindogu in Japan, jugaad in India, diskarte in the Philippines, menggodam in Malaysia and akalakalaan in Indonesia. (Photo: Gunalan Nadarajan)Collective memoryFounded by Vignesh Sundaresan, a blockchain architect and art collector, Padimai Art & Tech Studio continued the investigation of art and digital technology at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. It debuted with Olafur Eliasson's virtual-reality artwork Your View Matters, which is on view until the end of March.

Source: Bangkok Post February 14, 2026 08:50 UTC