Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking

Shu Lea Cheang’s Art of Hacking

Installation view of Shu Lea Cheang, “Home Delivery” (2025) (all photos Ela Bittencourt/Hyperallergic) MUNICH — When I first saw Shu Lea Cheang’s work at the Munich International Film Festival two years ago, she buoyantly advised her audience to sneak out to the bathroom or leave the cinema if her porn-infused science-fictions’ graphic sex scenes overwhelmed (or, wink, inspired) them — a cheeky challenge very few viewers took up. I think that an…