Artist’s Medical Report: Concept: Throughout history, artists play an important role in society by providing commentary through art. Therefore, the role of an artist is often a serious yet heavily undermined one. Even in today’s more open-minded society, the stigma against artists still prevail. Many people still don’t take artists seriously. Artistic careers are one of the most underpaid… Read more →
This piece is inspired by one of Singaporeans’ favourite dessert – ice kachang! My mom would often buy this for my brother and I when we were younger, which resulted in two children fighting to eat more than the other. As a child, this colourful dessert never ceases to bring delight to me. Ice kachang remains as a go-to dessert… Read more →
This piece is inspired by a prominent cultural habit in Singapore – CHOPE! During lunch peak hours, Singaporeans can always rely on their trusty tissue pack to help them reserve a seat in the crowded hawker centre. I believe that there two ways to look at this habit. On one hand, one can see this as a distasteful habit. What… Read more →
My Rebus: Answer: ‘Francesca’ is pronounced as ‘fran-chess-kuh’ When I was younger, I used to loathe my name because it is pretty complicated and many children weren’t able to pronounce it properly. Even I myself didn’t know the actual pronunciation until I googled it. So for a long period of time, I went by ‘fran-sass-kah’ or ‘fran-sis-kah’. If… Read more →
Introduction to selected artist and artwork Text Rain is an interactive installation created by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv. Camille Utterback is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the field of digital and interactive art. Her works explores the aesthetic and experiential possibilities of linking computational systems to the human movement and physicality in visually layered ways. Text… Read more →
Text Rain (1999) by Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv About Text Rain: Text Rain is an interactive installation in which participants use the familiar instrument of their bodies, to do what seems magical—to lift and play with falling letters that do not really exist. In the Text Rain installation participants stand or move in front of a large projection screen. On the screen they… Read more →
Biography from Camille Utterback’s official website: Camille Utterback is an internationally acclaimed artist and pioneer in the field of digital and interactive art. Her works explores the aesthetic and experiential possibilities of linking computational systems to human movement and physicality in visually layered ways. Her work focuses attention on the continued relevance and richness of the body in our increasingly… Read more →
Overview Minimalism (also known as ABC art, literal art, reductive art) is a major movement of postmodernist art. It started in the late 1950s but only peaked from mid to late 1960s. Minimalism artists created objects which often blurred the boundaries between painting and sculpture, and were characterised by unitary, geometric forms and industrial materials. There are three… Read more →
