future proof

A contemporary art exhibition showcasing artworks of young artists from Singapore.

Hall of Mirrors by Bruce Quek. Upon exiting, i was given a printed receipt showing the number of different deaths during the time while i was at the exhibition. i stepped out of the room with a heavy heart and i don’t like it at all. Why forced feed me with this death statistic?

The Need of an Alteration, video by Andree Weschler. i guess my stomach was not strong enough, i couldn’t watch the whole thing.

Eccentric City: Rise and Fall by :phunk & Keiichi Tanaam. As you walked round the structures, the colour was reduced to black & white and back to colour again. Eccentric (city) or not, there are always different facets in life that we face.

Ka-Khé, stairwell murals by Speak Cryptic

i missed out the name of this artist. The installation was a long narrow room filled with crumpled printed papers on all walls and ceiling with total darkness seen at the end of the tunnel.

The Human Condition by Joel Yuen. i took this picture because it reminded me of my left hand that still hurts.

Thirty-One Kinds of Wonderful by Dawn Ng. Probably my favourite, simple message so straight to the point.

Missed out on the artist name again. i was contemplating whether to go into this room. It was so dark i felt a bit scare*. i managed to brave myself and stayed inside for probably 30 seconds or less.

If A Tree Falls in the Forest by Robert Zhao

Crystal City by Donna Ong.

Inside Outside by Charles Lim. Love the message behind it. A good reminder that applies to everyone.

“...While the boundaries of a country are often taken to be its shoreline, the truth is that this border is in fact an imaginary line that lies far out at sea; a imaginary line that we materialise with sea markers. The sea markers lie still while the water moves freely beneath it. There the artist suggests that perhaps these borders we have draw for ourselves over the years are not as static and unyielding as we make them out to be.”

The Singapore Show: Future Proof

14 January – 15 April 2012

Singapore Art Museum at 8Q

*It’s embarrassing to admit and very silly but i am afraid of the dark. This is one problem i have when visiting museums on my own... especially at 8Q, it is always so quiet and there’s not a single soul around, sometimes not even the museum attendant.

chimera

Saturday was spent at this great exhibition that housed some really interesting pieces.

V by Li Hui. Fascinating light visuals experience within the chapel space, definitely my favourite piece of the exhibition.

“... V takes its name from the shape of the laser beams that sculpt the space, as they beamed down from a laser board and reflected off an angled mirror, coalescing into pinpoints of red light in a cloud of smoke. The smoke and ethereal cluster of light recall depictions of the Ascension, and as visitors walk into the path of the beams, their bodies dissolve into pinpoints of light...”

Midnight Sea by Tabaimo. This video installation on mirror panels can be quite addictive to view, i can’t help but keep staring at the moving waves.

“The sea has long held many in fascination with what lies benath its mysterious depths. The sea at night is an even more unfathomable mystery, with the darkness of night further cloaking its impenetrable depths, inspiring emotions of wonder, fear, uncertainty and even contemplation...”

Winged Pilgrims: A Chronicle From Asia by Sheba Chhachhi. Eerie but beautiful at the same time.

“... a critical perspective on how rapid modernisation and urbanisation in many developing cities today has been at the expense of the delicate balance between Man and his environment.”

Statue of Venus (Obliterted By Infinity Nets 2/10) by Yayoi Kusama. Covered with patterns all over, this is another piece that is difficult not to stare.

“... In the 1950s, her works were a startling counter-statement to the then-prevalent Minimalist style in America where she lived and worked. Her ‘all-over’ patterned surfaces revisited the ambitious and grandiose gestures of Abstracted Expressionism, but with a hallucinatory quality...”

Just a random photo showing an almost empty space... be it weekdays or weekends, the museum is always so quiet.

Seeing Shadow No. 39 by Lin Tianmiao. Can you see the barely-there stone lion sculptures?

“... composed from photographs of Beijing’s traditional classical courtyards and alleyways (hutong), which in recent years have been demolished to make way for redevelopment. Their ghosts are captured on Lin’s shadowy canvases, on which one can just make out their fading shapes and structures...”

The Sixth Day by Donna Ong. A familiar setting but yet it seems so unreal.

“... everyday objects are transformed into a miseen-scene of otherworldly beauty, an invitation to their audiences to enter, imagine, and create narratives of their own...”

Don’t miss the opportunity to view these private collections from around the world. What i have here is only about a fraction of the exhibition.

The collectors show: Chimera

14 January – 25 March 2012

Singapore Art Museum

go away, restlessness

Things have been moving rather slowly these two weeks... nothing eventful, everything
seems dull and i have no energy or interest for anything.

Restlessness has creeped in and i think it’s going to stay on for a while.

missing bits, 2011

View from my window. The grey skies (and rain) was here almost everyday for the whole
of November and December and many people was complaining about it. But i thought it was
nice since we hardly have any cool weather here.

Checking out new cafe in my neighbourhood

A short walk at the neighbourhood just before the rain.

On the way to work meetings

Japanese snacks and packaging rocks!

Christmas pressies for mum and dad

Deceiving gift packaging that i wrapped. The content has no relation to Paris at all :p

Fooling around with my niece... which i foresee will continue in 2012 :)

Christmas dinner at home

Niece, dad and me

Gifts i received

New coat of paint for my block

Once in a while grocery shopping

stroke

Bold strokes calligraphy/art that are quite therapeutic to look at.

1 & 2 by Kathy Xiao, 3 & 4 by Kanya Chareonsupkul

Hilton Gallery

of bells, raindrops and snow flakes

Ribbon design for Kids 21 Christmas 2011