{"id":509,"date":"2020-01-17T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T04:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/?p=509"},"modified":"2020-01-17T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T04:01:02","slug":"the-future-is-already-here-cyberpunk-at-tai-kwun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cie.hkbu.edu.hk\/division\/al\/2020\/01\/17\/the-future-is-already-here-cyberpunk-at-tai-kwun\/","title":{"rendered":"\"The Future is Already Here\" -- Cyberpunk at Tai Kwun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Living in times where culture, politics and economics are now all intricately bound with cyberspace,\u00a0 we begin to wonder if we are experiencing a combination\u00a0of \"High Tech, Low Life,\" a prominent feature of Cyberpunk literature and cinema which refers to the struggle of\u00a0alienated\u00a0individuals confronted with a technological monopoly and a prevailing\u00a0stagnation.\u00a0\u00a0A guided\u00a0tour of\u00a0Tai Kwun Contemporary's exhibition \"<em>Phantom Plane, Cyberpunk in the Year of the Future<\/em>\" was organised for Cultural Studies students on 3rd January, 2020.\u00a0 Students were introduced to the\u00a0origins of cyberpunk associated with\u00a0a pervasive sense of decay\u00a0through the\u00a0curated experience of\u00a0art and visual culture in the start of a new decade. 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