Three panellists based in China and Hong Kong share their diverse practices in preserving and revitalizing culturally significant sites through emerging media. From augmented reality projects reactivating rural Chinese areas to virtual reality works shaping collective memory, this roundtable opens a dialogue on how emerging media can tell local stories and convey lived experiences.
Haoran Chang
PhD Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies, York University
Haoran Chang is a visual artist, media art researcher, and experimental game designer. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at York University in Cinema and Media Studies. His practice and research focus on game studies, immersive media, posthuman media, ethnographic game design, somatic design, reenactment studies, and art in cosmotechnics.
Elke Reinhuber
Associate Professor for Expanded Photography, SCM School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Elke Reinhuber is a media artist, educator and researcher at SCM City University of Hong Kong. With her award winning and internationally presented immersive projects, she explores different modes of presentation and strategies of storytelling to emphasise the parallel existence of multiple truths of the here and now, anchored in Expanded Photography.
Xinchen Du
Curatorial Director, Funshine Culture Group
Xinchen Du graduated from the Curatorial Practice Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2020 and received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2018 with a major in Fine Arts and a minor in Museum and Curatorial Studies. She also studied Asian Culture and Economic Studies at Waseda University in 2018. Her practice and research interests lie in the history of social technology as well as in the application and reflection of technology and new media art from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Xueyu Liu
Curator, Raiden INST
Xueyu Liu, a curator at Raiden INST in Shanghai, graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts and Chelsea College of Arts, UAL. Her practice centers on mixed-media spatial narratives, integrating diverse forms such as installation，AR/VR and Generative Digital Visuals to create sensory-extended exhibitions. Inspiring from daily life and local issues, she explores the interplay between technology, history，emotion, and reality. She initiated the interdisciplinary project “Capacitor” in 2022 and curated Tech-Driven exhibitions like “Hu Zhi Ling” (2023) and “Turing Square” (2024).
13 Nov, 2025 11:00 am
to 12:30 pm
Bachir/Yerex Presentation Space401 Richmond St W
4th Floor (Suite 440A)
The building is wheelchair and step-free accessible via a ramp & button operated door. The event space, including the accessible washrooms, are on the 4th floor, accessible via an elevator.
This workshop spotlights the Sari-Sari Xchange Assetory, a storytelling-led virtual asset library prototype created with and for the Asian diaspora. Participants will be asked to bring an object with a personal meaning, which they will learn how to scan and create a 3D reproduction of. They will also be able to share what memories, stories, and histories the object holds and contribute to the SSX Assetory if they wish.
7 Nov. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
This immersive workshop will introduce the practice of traditional tai chi. Participants will experience its calm, flowing movements under the guidance of Mr. Zuo, a sixth-generation successor of traditional Yang-style tai chi.
13 Nov. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Render Me in Your Worlds is a multi-day symposium that highlights the Sari-Sari Xchange and Reel Asian's shared mission of amplifying Asian representation in the creative emerging media industries.
5 Nov.
Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema and work from Asia and the Asian diaspora. Works include films and videos by artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over the world. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work, and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada.
401 Richmond Street West, The Commons (Suite 448)
Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3A8 Canada
(416) 703 – 9333
info@reelasian.com
Charitable number: 870021383RR0001
