Emerging new‑media artist Kaitlyn Hau (b.1999) graduated from the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. Her practice explores the intersection between technical engineering and human emotion. Working with interactive narrative and real‑time systems, she transform internal psychological states into perceptible, shareable sensory spaces.

This methodology drives her latest commission for Art Central 2026, Recursive Feedback Ritual 0.01 (2026). The real-time computational sculpture translates the dissociative elements of compulsive mental rituals into a physical space, using motion-capture data to trigger percussion installation.

Kaitlyn presented her debut VR work Dear My Fear (2025), developed through the Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s “Young Arts Tech Talents Residency Scheme”. In this project, she devised a “perceptual–cognitive feedback loop” framework, using interactive narrative structures and calibrated feedback rhythms to translate psychological struggle from abstraction into embodied, immersive experience—giving form to the imbalance and weight of mental illness.

Kaitlyn has served as art director and engineer for 3D virtual‑singer performances, contributing to productions in Tokyo, Taipei, California, and beyond. Her expertise lies in orchestrating motion‑capture data, foregrounding breath and micro‑gestural tension to endow digital personas with a distinct sense of vitality. Kaitlyn has also instructed a specialised course on narrative‑driven VR creation at Hong Kong Baptist University, and continues to investigate how interactive technologies can be transformed into “empathy devices” that connect human interiorities.

Drawing from her lived experience as a member of the LGBTQ community and a person with mental illness, Kaitlyn is fascinated by the profound diversity of human consciousness. Her work poses reflective questions: What shape do your memories take? Do they have color, warmth, or even a taste? Through her art, she seeks to build empathetic bridges, offering a glimpse into a world perceived through another's eyes. This focus on unique perspectives is central to her creative philosophy.

Kaitlyn's practice is rooted in a deep respect for medium specificity, always asking "why" a particular technology is the right one to tell a story. She strategically utilizes tech not as a feature, but as the core language to build emotionally resonant worlds. This allows her to create human-centered experiences where technology becomes invisible, leaving only a lasting and authentic connection.

新晉新媒體藝術家侯嘉琪（生於 1999 年，香港）畢業於香港城市大學創意媒體學院，致力於探索技術工程與人類情感的交匯點。她以互動敘事與即時系統為基礎，運用 VR 等沉浸式媒介將內在心理狀態轉化為可被共享、可被感知的感官空間。

侯氏 VR 作品 《Dear My Fear》（2025）為香港藝術發展局資助「藝術科技人才駐場計劃」的創作成果。她在其中開發「感知——認知反饋循環」框架，透過互動敘事結構與回饋節奏的設計，將心理困境由抽象轉譯為可被身體感知的沉浸式經驗，具象精神疾病的失衡與重量。

藝術家曾擔任跨維度 3D 虛擬歌手演出的藝術總監及虛擬引擎工程師，於東京、台北、加州等地參與演出製作；擅長調度動作數據採集，突顯呼吸與細微肢體動作張力，賦予數位人格獨特的生命力。侯氏亦受聘於香港浸會大學教授以敘事為核心的 VR 創作，並持續研究如何將互動科技轉化為連接人類心靈的 「共情裝置」。