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Lazarus Chan

LAZARUS CHAN

Poetics Policy DE SARTHE 20 September–15 November 2025 Hong Kong
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Inaugurating its new contemporary space, DE SARTHE is pleased to present Poetics Policy, its first solo exhibition for Hong Kong-based artist Lazarus Chan. Featuring an interconnected body of multimedia and interactive artworks, the immersive exhibition explores the nature of policy-making and the intricate ways in which it manifests in art, machine intelligence, and reality. An imagined simulation of the future, the exhibition is host to a living system built by AI but governed by the artist. Within this space, the essence of art lies not in the generated texts or imagery, but the policies that shape their creation. Poetics Policy opens September 20th and runs through November 15th.

In AI development, the term “policy” refers to a function through which a trained AI agent uses to decide its next action based on the current state of its environment. In human terms, it is analogous to the neural pathways we form when learning to react through experience – we create policies that our minds retain for future occurrences, collectively building a framework that determines our behavior. Policy-making, then, is not restricted to governments or institutions, but is embedded in technology, life, even art as a response to its surrounding environment.

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About the Artist

Lazarus Chan was born in 1996 in Hong Kong. He received his Bachelor of Arts and Science in New Media from School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong in 2019, and his Master of Arts from Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University in 2022.

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DE SARTHE is a pioneering platform for boundary-pushing contemporary art from Asia. It has also contained an influential international presence in modern and post-war art since 1977.

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2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,
29 Wong Chuk Hang Road
Hong Kong
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Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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Hong Kong 2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road
DE SARTHE contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong
DE SARTHE
2/F, Block A of Vita Tower,, 29 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
+852 2167 8896
http://www.desarthe.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
11am – 7pm
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