ok, i guess i should be updating.
for those who doesn’t already know… i failed my first driving test on friday. I think after i did i sms-ed everyone who seemed to want to know my results. so there, people who want to know should already know how i managed to fail. and i am sorry if my failing made you all even more nervous. truth is, it is the nerves that kills. or caused me to fail.
ok, so enough of that, i was feeling sad the rest of that friday.
then, yesterday went for ‘Blackout’, the exhibition which is supposed to be all new and exciting because it is held in the dark? yar, that’s the one. It was quite interesting actually! that’s besides the fact that we had to wait for the sky to get dark so that "there is better effect". Yes, so my advice to those going to catch the exhibition tonight, don’t go at 7pm when it is supposed to be opened. Artists look at the sky for the time instead of their watches. haha.
I liked the paper plane work "I Fly Like Paper I Get High Like Planes" by Dawn Ng the most, as it seemed so simple yet there was that ‘impact’. She made use of the lighting very well as the shadows too played a big role in making the artwork more impactful.
Then talking about shadows… there is "Trash Talks" by Hanyi Lee which is an installation made entirely of trash which on first glance look like well, garbage, until the light shines to reveal the shadowy silhouette of a person throwing up in the toilet bowl. It would have been very impressive if i haven’t seen something like it before, but having viewed Tim Noble and Sue Webster’s work in the British Museum… it just pales in comparison.They used dead animals and such to form their crisp and distinct profiles. There is something about the lighting, it doesn’t produce as clear a shadow which would have made "Trash Talks" more amazing.
(Tim Noble’s and Sue Webster’s work)
I was also very impressed by Kosuke Misawa’s "Paper Cut Silhouette Series". The intricate paper cuts was so amazing! And the translucency of the japanese rice paper used allowed the light to shine through to showcase the vibrant colours! lovely.
(it is not the same in photo… 😦 )
The colours of the optic fibres in Chng Nai Wee’s "Effervescence" was alluring too. they looked like sea anemones swaying so lightly. it is just pretty. heh.
Lastly, I will mention Chua Chien Ling’s "Truth and Reality" which also brought out the theme of "blackout" well by playing with shadows. what you see isn’t what you get. haha, that doesn’t really make any sense.
Oh and this is the first time i actually have to queue to get into an exhibition in Singapore. There was a queue for the lift and i just got the feeling that it would have been a nicer experience if it was less crowded and less noisy with lesser children running around and leaping over lighted tea-lights. it was truly a different art exhibition experience! 🙂
ramblings. 