Benedict Yu, Blk 448B Punggol Way, Singapore (2026)

10/09/2026

Thank you Ars Electronica for having me together with the amazing Arts Management students from LASALLE College of the Arts : angela amila 🌃🪽 VinaTan sah to present our XR project, Echoes of the Bay this year at Linz Austria! Echoes of the Bay started off from 2025 SG Night Fest and has since presented at DesignSingapore Council ‘s 2025 Singapore Design Week, Poetry Festival Singapore 2026 opening and collaborative presentation at “Noesis Converse Nation 2” National Gallery Singapore as well as at Woodlands Library NLB Singapore . Every step is a milestone and now finally it has reach beyond the Singapore’s shore within a year’s time. Thank you Dr. Natalia Grincheva and Culture Futures Lab for bringing our XR project abroad. We can’t wait to bring back and share with everyone the virtual boats and paper boats stories created by the audiences from Ars Electronica to be returned to Singapore! Stay tuned!

04/09/2026

Singapore Apple Developer Center - sharing on XR LEGACY and Visceral Reality. Looking back at some photos of the moments that I didn’t have time to post, before I archive them and delete them from my phone to make way for more XR projects to come in✨

New AI glasses to help with real-time translation and script restructuring before my speech

Sharing on the possibility of weaving digital inheritance and visceral experience as an asset to pass down to the next generation at Apple Singapore

HOME performance between South Korea and Singapore under XR LEGACY project. Thank you to all the Korean team!

Poetry Festival opening, performance together with Jennifer Leong, my partner in crime between literature and XR

I used to have trouble reading text as a kid, now I hand write them in the space

Culture Futures Lab incubator project together with Dr. Amber, thank you Dr. Natalia for bringing this together!

“Mother’s Body Remembers” was invited and recommended by curator Dr. Vennes Cheng during Singapore Art Week this year to present with “ MR Surreality 2.0” at Hong Kong and Guangzhou under HKUST. Such an honour 🙏🏻

Professors in the fields of XR visited HKUST for this important exhibition, and now I will be presenting more in November at Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts soon!

Had the honour to have Mr. Lim Him Chuan, the Country Head of DBS Singapore to support my XR LEGACY ambition!

The Taiwan office at DBS where XR is being shown and demonstrated.

A beautiful moment where I painted the ascension of souls during my Koh Samui art residency, thank you Mr. Zhou Hang for supporting the XR development in Thailand. Cant wait to be back again for the second iteration!

Ascension of the nine souls

Had the honour to be invited by Dr. Jane from National University of Singapore to share about the contemporary art scenes in China and how to dive into it both from technology and the fine arts.

OH Open House Project this year March to bring all Punggol Coast residences together, such an honour!

Demonstration of XR at the Singapore Institute of Technology, which is right across my home studio

Had the honour to chat with Mit Jai Inn during OH Open House gathering

27/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for XR Legacy: Palimpsestic Memories, from 14–24 August 2026.

Over these ten days, Lisa Park, our Project Manager, Jaime, our Technical Lead, and I have been deeply encouraged by the conversations, responses and constructive feedback surrounding this first XR prototype exhibition presented at the Arts x Tech Lab, with the support of National Arts Council SG.

More than 300 audiences came through the programme, not simply to encounter finished works, but to experience ideas still being tested, questioned and transformed.

Our deepest gratitude goes to Eunice, Ban and the entire Arts x Tech Lab team, as well as Arts House Group and Aliwal Arts Centre, for trusting us with the space and giving us this invaluable opportunity to experiment, learn and grow.

It has been my privilege to bring together eight incredible Singapore-based artist groups for this first edition of XR Legacy:

Clarice Ng
Chen Jiexiao
H. Prakash
Jabez Lim
Joanne Seow
Kimberly Eikaas
WUSHIREN — Julian Low, Beatrice Low & Ranice Tay
Siyuan Tong & Keyue Li

Thank you for trusting our team and for bringing such openness, patience and generosity into a process that was intentionally experimental.

Nothing begins perfectly. A prototype is not an endpoint; it is a space for testing possibilities, encountering limitations, taking risks and learning together. Throughout this journey, I believe I have learned as much from these eight artist groups as I hope we were able to offer them.

I would also like to extend our sincere gratitude to all our international mentors, who accompanied the artists through their creative development and experimentation, and generously shared their practices, projects and perspectives with both our artists and public audiences.

XR Legacy was never intended to end here.

If these ten days have shown us anything, it is that there remains so much more to question, experiment with and build around XR not only as technology, but as an artistic language, a space for storytelling, and a way of thinking about memory, presence and the worlds we inherit.

This is only the first prototype.

The legacy continues.

To be continued.

pc Joblxy & NAC

04/08/2026

XR LEGACY: Palimpsestic Memories presents eight experimental XR works developed through an intensive process of workshops, mentorship, and rapid experimentation.

Working across virtual reality, mixed reality, spatial storytelling, performance, and sound, participating artists will transform memories, personal histories, and nostalgic places into immersive experiences.

Opening Reception
- 14 August 2026, 7–10pm

Finissage | 21 August 2026
- Online Symposium, 3–5pm
- XR Performance – Session 1, 7:30–9pm

XR Performance – Session 2
- 22 August | 7:30–9pm

XR Open Jam
- 24 August | 7:30–9pm

Registration and more details for the programmes via the QR link.

Exhibition
📅 14–21 August
🕕 Monday–Friday: 6–9pm
🕑 Saturday–Sunday: 2–9pm
📍 Aliwal Arts Centre, #02-05 (Arts x Tech Lab)

XR LEGACY: Palimpsestic Memories curated by and managed by Lisa Park and supported by National Arts Council SG’s Arts x Tech Lab initiative.

Participating artists - Clarice Ng, Chen Jiexiao, H.Prakash, Jabez Lim, Joanne Seow, Kimberly Eikaas, WUSHIREN, Julian Low, Siyuan Tong, and Keyue Li.

Especially thanks to our international mentors: Roger McDonald and Horiuchi Naoko from Arts Initiative Tokyo, Dr. Vennes Cheng from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Ziyang Wu from China Academy of Art, Wang Po-Wei from National Taichung Theater, Craig Quintero from Riverbed Theatre, Wu Zi-Jing from House Peace, and Hyunwoo Nam from TraFoMos

Especially thanks to our previous June and July mentors and team members: Jaime Jover (technical lead), Kai Ting Koh (June workshop and mentor), Christopher Chew (June workshop and mentor), Debbie Ding (June workshop and mentor), and the LASALLE Arts Management students for the facilitations.

We look forward to welcoming all of you!

29/06/2026

Take a 5D4N break (28 Oct–1 Nov) and explore South Korea with an arts tech artist (me) and art manager extraordinaire Chrispy Chong. 🇰🇷✨

Together, we’ll journey through the 16th Gwangju Biennale, You Must Change Your Life, and the 13th Busan Biennale, Dissident Chorus, discovering some of the most exciting contemporary art, technology, and cultural practices shaping Asia today.

Only a few seats remain! Join us while they’re still available. 🌿

Early bird pricing is still open, inclusive of hotels, intercity transport, and Biennale admission tickets! Link at the bio :)

28/05/2026

XR LEGACY
Workshop 1: XR Visual Translation & Storytelling

6 June 2026 (Sat)
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Arts x Tech Lab
28 Aliwal St, #02-05
Aliwal Arts Centre, Singapore 199918

Why XR LEGACY?

How do we preserve memories, gestures, emotions, and presence within increasingly immersive digital worlds?

Supported by the National Arts Council Arts x Tech Lab, XR LEGACY positions Extended Reality (XR) not as entertainment, but as a critical artistic medium for exploring memory, embodiment, spatial storytelling, and digital culture.

As images evolve into environments and immersive realities, this workshop asks:

What happens when reality becomes immersive?
What is lost when experiences become endlessly reproducible?
How do we preserve presence within accelerated technological systems?

In this workshop, participants will explore how existing visual works can/cannot be translated into immersive XR environments using Open Brush and spatial composition methodologies.

Together, we will investigate:
• XR as translation rather than replication
• Spatial painting as embodied image-making
• Scale, depth, perspective, and environmental composition
• XR as a living archive for memory and affective experience
• Digital craftsmanship and materiality
• Presence, immersion, and spectatorship in XR

Participants will create early-stage XR prototypes that transform existing artworks into immersive spatial experiences.

Open to:
Visual artists, designers, interdisciplinary practitioners, and anyone curious about immersive storytelling beyond commercial and entertainment frameworks.

Requirements:
Please submit an existing artwork (painting, photography, video, illustration, etc.) to reinterpret during the workshop.

No prior XR experience required.
Sign up via link in bio.

This programme is supported by National Arts Council Arts x Tech Lab.

Project managed by & .park
KV .g.h.design
Technical Lead

21/05/2026

Introducing Arts x Tech Lab: XR Legacy — a three-month, practice-led and mentorship-driven prototyping programme supporting artists in experimenting with and translating interdisciplinary artistic practices into XR formats. At the end of the workshops, selected participants will be given an opportunity to showcase their work through a curated public exhibition.

Centred on artistic intent, conceptual clarity, and sustainable production workflows, the programme is designed to equip participants with transferable XR capabilities that can meaningfully extend their practices beyond the programme itself.

Bridging visual art, performance and creative technology, XR Legacy programmes welcomes artists and even the general public that has deep interest in arts and tech.

Programme Calendar

Artist-Led XR Workshops
6 June (Saturday), 6:30pm – 9:30pm
XR Visual Translation & Storytelling led by Benedict Yu

7 June (Sunday), 2pm – 5pm
Weaving Memory: Objects, Memory, Worlds led by Kai Ting Koh

11 June (Thursday), 3pm – 6pm
Embodied Intelligence: Motion Capture for Movement Artists led by Christopher Chew, Avventura

12 June (Friday), 2pm – 5pm
Lazy Worldbuilding Workshop: Survival Economies and Tactics led by Debbie Ding .sg

Mentorship
2 participants from each workshop will be selected by the mentors to undergo close mentorship and knowledge transfer throughout July, and be considered for the August public exhibition.

Public Exhibition
15-21 August 2026

🔗 Sign up here: https://forms.gle/NBchWMEa4tRMWg618
📍 Link also in bio
⚠️ Sign ups will close 7 days before each workshops and the selected 15 participants will be announced 5 days before the workshop.
This programme is supported by the National Arts Council’s Arts x Tech Lab initiative.

05/05/2026

🌸 Mother’s Day VR Floral Workshop 🌸
Details in bio link under “Mother’s Day VR Floral Workshop 9th May” & “Mother’s Day VR Floral Workshop 10th May”
🔗 https://luma.com/zjua3dy0 / https://luma.com/wychzz61

This Mother’s Day weekend, step into a shared creative experience where parent and child explore Virtual Reality (VR) as an artistic medium. Together, you’ll create a 3D digital floral bouquet inspired by artworks from Singapore’s national collections, including National Gallery Singapore.

Participants will begin with a guided exploration of floral motifs across Singapore and Southeast Asian art history, before translating these 2D references into immersive 3D forms using Open Brush in VR.

Workshop highlights:
• Introduction to VR as an artistic & cultural medium
• Guided exploration of museum collections (floral focus)
• Hands-on VR painting of individual flowers
• Composition of a 3D bouquet in virtual space
• Reflection and sharing session

A meaningful parent-child bonding experience that bridges heritage appreciation with emerging technology—reimagining traditional artworks into contemporary digital expressions.

💡 $100 per duo (single headset)

Feel free to DM me if you have any questions—happy to share more.

01/05/2026

OPEN CALL — ASEAN XR ARTISTS & RESEARCHERS

BENIOS invites artists, practitioners, and researchers across ASEAN to participate in a curated XR platform spanning exhibition, research, and cross-border collaboration.

This open call is part of an ongoing curatorial inquiry into XR as a medium of presence rather than representation, focusing on embodied experience, memory systems, and participatory archives.

The proposed group exhibition for Singapore Art Week 2027 explores:
• Visceral Reality — XR as embodied, affective, relational experience • XR Legacies — XR as memory, ancestry, and cultural continuity

We welcome works at all stages (existing, in-progress, new), including VRChat, Open Brush, Unity, Unreal, and beyond. Participatory and multiplayer works are encouraged.

Selected artists will be supported with: • Meta Quest 3 exhibition setup (10 devices) • XR production and curatorial support • Opportunities for future collaborations

This project is currently undergoing funding applications. Artist fees are not guaranteed at this stage, but any secured funding will prioritise artist support.
5 artists in this open call will be selected for a group exhibition.

Submission Deadline: 14 May 2026 (12PM SGT) Artist Notification: 15 July 2027
Apply: [email protected] (Indicate: SAW Open Call / XR Network / or Both)

Submission Terms: Artists retain full ownership. Materials are used solely for confidential curatorial review and will not be shared without consent. All submissions will be deleted after 15 July 2027. Selected artists will enter a separate agreement.

We welcome diverse cultural perspectives and experimental XR practices across ASEAN.
🔗 Full details in bio link

10/02/2026

Osmanthus - a letter to my parents, 2025

Using the traditional phonetic system zhuyin, which is unique to Taiwan, I spent 80 hours writing a heartfelt letter to my parents, reflecting on gratitude, devotion, and the tender care of aging bodies.

At the center blooms the osmanthus flower, drawn from my mother’s Chinese name 桂花, the origin of my life. From this core, gentle ripples expand like the unfolding of the universe, in connection to my father’s name 金星, Venus, a planet that anchors the celestial zhuyin pattern into constellation of the artist’s world.

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