Ariane Loze’s Take on Love in the Digital Age

Description

Ariane Loze’s Our Cold Loves blends video art and theatre to explore intimacy in the digital age, focusing on 22 characters navigating online dating apps like Tinder. This immersive performance invites 22 audience members to gather around a dining table, collaboratively reconstructing dialogue fragments into a new montage, challenging the mechanisms behind digital connection. Presented during Belgian Days 2025 — an annual festival celebrating Belgian creativity in Hong Kong — this Asian premiere offers a unique, intimate encounter with the internationally acclaimed Belgian video artist. 

Known for paring down her production to essential elements, Loze fuses her body, camera and cinematic editing to explore shifting identities and perspectives. Her work has been shown in international institutions, from the Théâtre de la Cité International, Paris to Moscow Biennale and New York Anthology Film Archive, earning prestigious awards like the Marché de l’Art Prize. 

The video is free and screened at the Taste Library, 5/F PMQ, Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 18:00 (running time: 32 minutes).

The performance is ticketed and takes place at the Verandah, 5/F PMQ, Tuesday to Sunday at various times (running time: 1 hour plus video).