ARTSingapore 2010 to Feature Award-Winning Multimedia Artist Tan
Kai Syng in ARTSingapore's SONY New Media Space
2010-07-28 09:00
SINGAPORE, July 28 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Asia's longest running
contemporary art fair will feature its first ever New Media
Installation[1] this October at SUNTEC Singapore as part of its
10th year celebrations.
Titled A Rough Guide To (The Meaning Of A) Life 3.0: Moving
Images and Meeting Kaidie (A)Live in Singapore!, the multimedia
presentation will feature artist Tan Kai Syng's online alter-ego
Kaidie in her epic quest to find the meaning of life. The
installation will include a short film as well as "live" sessions
which will allow visitors to interact with Kaidie in Nondon via
web-chat. Prior to this special upcoming appearance, Kaidie has
also made appearances as a 3rd-Lifer-In-Residency in Villa
Straeuli, Winterthur, Switzerland and at the Slade Centre of
Research in London (http://3rdlifekaidie.com/2010/06/phd-show-5/
).
Born in Singapore, Kai Syng has won many awards and grants
throughout her career: at age 18, she was named "The Most Promising
Young Artist" at the UOB Painting of the Year; and in 1998, the San
Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gates Award New
Visions Video Merit Award. Her work has been exhibited in more than
40 cities such as the Guangzhou Triennale 2009, Asia Art Biennale
2009 and ICA London 2005. Currently a scholarship MPhil/PhD student
in Fine Media Art at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art in
London, the artist has also worked as an art educator and
consultant to numerous digital art projects.
Kai Syng currently has a permanent video installation, The
Amazing Neverending Underwater Adventures at the Bras Basah MRT
station on the Circle Line in Singapore. Commissioned by the Land
Transport Authority, this is the only station with a video artwork.
(Mayo Martin of the Today newspaper named this his favourite
artwork of the Circle Line.) [2]
Fair Director of ARTSingapore 2010, Chen Shen Po, said, "This is
the first time that ARTSingapore will be featuring a New Media
exhibit by a Singapore artist. Artworks utilising multimedia
technologies which engage multiple senses have been gaining in
momentum in the art world, and Kai Syng's installation will give
visitors to ARTSingapore an introduction to this growing medium. We
are also very happy that SONY Singapore has agreed to be our
sponsor for this very special exhibit."
Sponsored by SONY Singapore, the New Media installation will
utilise a combination of projectors, speakers, TV monitors and an
internet collection. The advanced monitors and projectors used will
produce vibrant images to bring to life the colourful images of
Kaidie. Limited editions of the artist's photography will also be
on sale at the fair.
Since its inception in 2000, ARTSingapore has regularly
introduced exciting new features to its fair. Last year's edition
saw the introduction of the Asian International Photography Fair --
the region's only international platform for contemporary
photography -- as well as NEW FINDS dedicated to emerging artists
and galleries from the region. Previous years also saw Special
Collectors' Showcases featuring artworks from the personal
collections of the region's most prolific collectors. Exciting
fringe activities bringing art to the public have included
established artists producing works on the dance floor of the then
Ministry of Sound in 2007.
ARTSingapore - The Contemporary Asian Art Fair
8-11 October 2010
VIP Preview Thursday, 7 October (By Invitation Only)
Gala Dinner & Charity Auction Friday, 8 October
SUNTEC Singapore Level 4
(1) In 2008, ARTSingapore featured the father of Video Art,
Korean-American Nam June Paik
(2)
http://www.todayonline.com/Arts/EDC100430-0000050/The-Circle-Line-show
For more information, please contact:
Florence Fang
Flame Communications
Tel: +65-6253-3193
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE ARTREACH Pte Ltd