- An art exhibition in Hong Kong pays tribute to the history of old and new internet memes.
- Visitors can get temporary tattoos, make custom memes in the photo booth, or play in the 4D interactive area.
- The “Meme Museum” exhibition was launched in July with the meme website 9GAG.
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Memes are the front and center of a new exhibition in Hong Kong.
The exhibition will last until the beginning of September and is touted as the world’s first Meme museum. According to reports, it has seven main areas, displaying the most famous internal jokes on the Internet. The Instagram page of K11 Art Mall. Seven-storey shopping mall, Tsim Sha Tsui “Bringing art back to daily life” By displaying exhibits in its shopping venues.
The exhibition was launched in July with 9GAG, a Hong Kong-based website known as Emoji sharing platform.
Visitors can walk down the “time tunnel” and learn about the history of memes through rows of TV screens.The exhibits include some viral Hong Kong-style jokes and also pay tribute to world classics, such as Governor,“Upset boyfriend” and Rick roll.
Recent memes have also received attention, such as Japanese singers Piccotaro’s Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen and “Disappointed cricket fan,” He said on Twitter that he was very happy to be recommended.
A photo of the Pakistani man became popular for his angry reaction to the ball drop at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
-Sarim Akhtar (@msarimakhtar) July 31, 2021
There is also a temporary tattoo station that provides meme printing, a photo booth for creating custom memes, and a 4D interactive area.
The augmented reality exhibit brings the 2D memetic model to life as it passes through the screen on the conveyor belt, as shown in this YouTube video by Lisa Tang.
According to the organizers, one of the highlights of the meme museum is 9GAG Debut on NFT -Auction meme collage July 25,000 USD (R362,500).
The exhibition is located on the second basement floor of K11 Art Mall, and the exhibition will last until September 5.Visitors can be at Mall website Or wait in line there, it said.
