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Codexes, boundaries, making meaning

Shermain Lee

Monday, Jan 23, 2017 - 05:39:43 pm

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So i’ve been looking into codex as a possible final form of my fyp. In a way, developing from the idea of the codex as a dictionary, a way of classification of things and the way in which we should classify things led me to think about boundaries, or how do we dissect/ make sense of the world or specifically Read more →

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Vanitas symbols and motifs + installation

Benjamin Sim

Monday, Jan 23, 2017 - 04:34:12 pm

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Vanitas – Still Life, Pieter Claesz, 29.5 × 34.5 cm (11.6 × 13.6 in), Oil Painting

A vanitas painting contains collections of objects symbolic of the inevitability of death and the transience and vanity of earthly achievements and pleasures; it exhorts the viewer to consider mortality and to repent. (https://global.britannica.com/art/vanitas-art)

Using motifs to symbolise the futility of life, Read more →

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Artist references for transient nature of art : Alwar Balasubramaniam

Benjamin Sim

Friday, Jan 20, 2017 - 01:13:41 am

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from the comments section of his TED talk:

…it was a reminder to view the world as a continuum and also, to let the imagination explore rather than be rooted in what we expect to see.

Jane Hill

The art in itself is not where the attention is meant to focus here. But on questions of perception, creation possibilities, and everything that lies Read more →

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The Absurd Life - reading

Benjamin Sim

Thursday, Jan 19, 2017 - 11:56:43 pm

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“The absurd enlightens me on this point: there is no future. Henceforth this is the reason for my inner freedom.”

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (pg.56)

Albert Camus is a French philosopher, author, and journalist. His books were the cornerstones for my research into Existentialism.

From the book, The Myth of Sisyphus,

“It’s absurd” means “it’s impossible” but also: “It’s contradictory”. pg.28

…a man Read more →

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What is Not Visible is Not Invisible

Shuhui

Saturday, Dec 17, 2016 - 08:57:26 pm

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What is Not Visible is Not Invisible is an exhibition held at the basement level of National Museum of Singapore(NMS). It features contemporary artworks from the French Regional Collections of Contemporary Art (FRAC) and all of the works explores the idea of intangibility as it encourages viewers to interact with it. The title reminded me of a short article I read on Read more →

Great ! Please try to focus on existing data from the available site https://data.gov.sg/ The " the interaction people had with the environment (as colours are all around us) within NTU" is a bit vague..maybe the flow of students - and or if data exist on number fo foreign students in Singapore?..or something related to environment..let meknow if this makes sense
Great ! Please try to focus on existing data from the available site https://data.gov.sg/ The " the interaction people had with the environment (as colours are all around us) within NTU" is a bit vague..maybe the flow of students - and or if data exist on number fo foreign students in Singapore?..or something related to environment..let meknow if this makes sense
There is a book i got from library that has link to many sources for data .. i can leave it for you..It is called 'Knowledge is Data' and has various data sources..and ways it was interpreted...

It kind of make sense but I was thinking of how to link the particular space (M.A.N) with exisiting data.

I would love to read it. May I know when to collect it?

i will be in school tomorrow at 2pm and can leave it for you outside in the box..there is no ref to color but just lot of examples of Data 

here is the web site evolving around the book "Knowledge is beautiful"

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/

Everything is art

Benjamin Sim

Wednesday, Dec 07, 2016 - 03:55:52 am

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https://youtu.be/aDJt2–AFM4 (unable to embed,Embedding disabled by request)

In the first in a series of video interviews, Adrian Searle sits down with artist Ryan Gander to discuss his irreverent and thought-provoking work. Gander explains: ‘It’s just being interested in the world. It’s enjoying keeping your eyes open and your wits about you.’

Quotes from Adrian Searle

“Living is a creative art…”

“Creativity is embedded in Read more →

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Urban Screens

Shuhui

Monday, Nov 28, 2016 - 08:50:39 pm

@ sgoh013

Based on the observation of a number urban screens, I realised that most of the screens reflect and highlight the space and its activities while some are an extension of the a certain project. There are few points noted through my readings of The Relationship between People and Urban Space in an Urban Space by Basauli Umar Lubis and Read more →

this so nice

SONICreflection, 2016

Shermain Lee

Wednesday, Nov 09, 2016 - 05:28:16 pm

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SONICreflection, 2016

Wok lids, tweeters, pencil microphones, computer with software, amplifiers, sound card and aluminium 380 × 673 × 134 cm Collection of the Artist Zulkifle Mahmod

Singapore Biennale 2016 commission

Singapore in the twenty-first century is a mélange of sights, smells and sounds of various Southeast Asian communities that have taken root here in recent years. The Thai community, for instance, congregates Read more →

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Architecture and the Architect: Image-making in Singapore

Shermain Lee

Friday, Nov 04, 2016 - 04:06:12 am

@ Shermain Lee

A publication produced by Do Not Design Singapore which acts as a catalogue, sort of a ‘dictionary/vocabulary’ of sorts about the architecture in Singapore. The sections are classified according to their functions/purpose and each title of the section are poetically phrased. Images of the buildings are inserted with interviews by various ‘participants/inhabitants’ for instance the architects who built the buildings Read more →

this is super useful -please can you share on FB? I think Lina can reflect on approach for her School System review of schools in Singapore

Exploring the power and relationship of the senses

Shermain Lee

Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016 - 11:20:47 pm

@ Shermain Lee

Event #1, 11/9/2016: Design Film Festival ( In Pursuit of Silence)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFGwaTxQbX8

“Silence is where we speak something deeper than our words…”

“Silence returns us to what is real.”

“If nobody’s talking, nobody’s dominating,”

I caught several films at the Design Film Festival this September 2016. One which i was looking forward to the most was In Pursuit of Read more →

Fantastic! love this