HONG KONG.- M+, Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, announces a brand-new commissioned digital artwork Atlas of Blobs by artist Zachary Lieberman. Atlas of Blobs is the sixth work in M+’s digital commission series.

Lieberman is an artist, researcher, and educator. His performances and interactive installations take human gestures as input and amplify them in different ways. Lieberman animates drawings, visualises sound and movement as expressive graphics, and transforms people's silhouettes into music.

Atlas of Blobs is a collection of ten blobs created by Lieberman with computer programmes, paired with written responses by contributors from the fields of science, technology, humanities, and visual art. The work forms cross-disciplinary dialogue on the idiosyncrasies of blobs, expanding their meaning and articulating their cultural significance as symbols of creativity and innovation.

‘I have a sort of blob obsession,’ states Lieberman in Atlas of Blobs as he affirms his fervent passion for the soft-edged, amorphous form. Blobs are prevalent in our daily lives and manifest profusely in visual culture from Baroque edifices and surrealist paintings to contemporary spherical lamps and cushy sofas. Known for his computer graphics, digital animations, and interactive designs created with code, Lieberman has been making daily sketches since 2016, exploring the formal expressions of shapes and objects—especially blobs—in the digital realm.

M+ is committed to providing platforms for projects by creative practitioners who propose new frameworks and discussions for visual culture. M+ launched its ongoing series of digital commissions in 2018 to address aspects of digital culture today, pointing to new, pressing lines of enquiry. The experimental, browser-based works in this series explore the intersection of visual culture and technology, encompassing data visualisation, interactive design, gamification, and creative technology.