Foundation 4D 2 – G3

2 lessons from the consultation with Michael:

1. Don’t speculate.

My initial idea include commentaries on how the library is a stressful place, how people don’t read the books.

But is it really?

All these perception perhaps only applies to small group of people.

It is a regret that I didn’t spend enough time in the library to understand and appreciate its true nature. I didn’t spend enough Read more →

Here’s some sketches of the initial ideas for project 3, sadly none of them seemed coherent or strong enough to be developed into the final work.

Idealistically speaking, exhibition such as this one at the water loo aims to reach out to the public, to democratise art, which sounds all very noble and nice, but in this case does it really work?

To make it effective in reaching out to the new group of audience, you can’t just throw the art work Read more →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6u5L8AMKuI

Home is an abstract idea that could be transient and fluid at time. It is fascinating to me that something that is suppose to provide stability and security can be so fragile and unstable. What makes a place our home? What makes it no longer home? When and how does a foreign place transit to home?

Looking at the experience of a Read more →

I went on looking for footages to pair with the audio, the choice of almost-still images is to capture the scenes of mundane we see in the everyday life in Singapore, as well as to minimise distraction from the audio, below are the stills from the clips. (BUT TOO LAZY TO EDIT THEM FOR THE POST OOPS)

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Microwaves are kitchen appliances that almost everyone owns in their home. They heat and cook food quickly and efficiently by exposing the food to microwave radiation and thereby altering the molecular structure of the item. We are basically consuming irradiated food items with altered molecular structures that – due to said exposure to radiation – has it’s health Read more →

As painful as it was to climb up and down stairs, the concept of using a regular HDB as an art gallery was pretty cool and the first time I was seeing this kind of thing. I liked quite a few exhibits but I’d say my favourites were Wan Xiang’s and Ila’s.

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After discussions, we came up with a few potential themes about global warming for our project, and decided on a few types of sounds:

Microwaves are kitchen appliances that almost everyone owns in their home. They heat and cook food quickly and efficiently by exposing the food to microwave radiation and thereby altering the molecular structure of the item. We are basically consuming irradiated food items with altered molecular structures that – due to said exposure to radiation – has it’s health benefits reduced Read more →

(Do refer to Lydia’s Post for alternative post about the final product, and Vanessa’s Post for more detailed explanation of the creation of the music prompts.)

A collection of research material leading up to the final day itself.

https://youtu.be/LdhsVesLvTM

Hint sites themselves

https://vimeo.com/213986224

Password: Toilet

Smile for the Camera! Final Group Photo, it’s a success!

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