Location: Singapore Biennale- Raffles CityArtist: Montoya, IsaacArtwork: Fantamas (Phantoms), 2008, Public ArtWhat is it?
It is a huge art piece hung outside Raffles City Shopping Center. It pairs together with a red and blue booth located in front of the art work. The art work is a rainbow-coloured portrait of a young woman screaming and layered with more images which can only be seen by entering the booth with red and blue filters.
The original art work reflects our consumer laden, familiar and friendly society, However upon entering the booth, the hidden images reveled the tragedy present in other less fortunate place around the world.
How do I view this piece?
I think that this is a very unique piece of visual and interactive art which effectively communicates the artist’s views to the participants.
Initially, I was attracted by the red and blue booth which was stationed outside the shopping center. It attracted quite a number of passer-by to view the art piece. Before entering the booth, I looked up at the original piece of art on the wall. It is a very colourful and sophisticated picture with combination of both warm and cool colours. It portrays an excited looking woman as well as a rodent on the bottom left corner.
At initial look, I was clueless of what the artwork is expressing. Upon entering the blue booth, the blue filter filtered the cool colours revealing a shocking picture which reflects pain and agony. The booth with red filters reveals a helpless girl crying. It made me realize what the artist wants to convey: while we live in this sophisticated world, I we became ignorant and gradually forgotten that there are other less fortunate people living around us.
Another message is that by looking at world a different perspective, we would gradually see things that we usually don’t andare not aware of.
It is a very innovative way of public art as no information is given on how the art should be experience and participants would come across it by chance engaged themselves in it.
Labels: SPM ARTS/ ENTERTAINMENT TUTORIAL
you took my heart away #6:05 PM
you took my heart away #3:34 AM
i dont really remember whats happening in my life. other than WQ is getting irritating and perverted!
and im late for skool everyday due to lack of sleep.
and i suddenly realised that there are many rumours around me recently.
and im suddenly addicted to cold jokes again.
lemme give you one.
why superman's clothes always so tight?
cos its S size (: (highlight to see answer)
why batman and ultraman one also?
cos at bugis buy 3 for $10 =D (highlight to see answer)
WQ you should get a notebook and remember your stuff! dont ask me COS I DUNNO EITHER! AND STOP ASKING A QUESTIONS! super pervert lars stop reading stomp forum. it kills your cells and pollutes you brain.
went to NUS today w love and ec..
so BIG lars. im too lazy to skool there. and cut off is frigging 3.7... ...
not much info given. i think im better suited for an engineering course..
went to scc today..
and ben paints his nails better then i can paint mine!
and had a good chat w dixon.
and it suddenly seems so unfamiliar there.
and kent nearly killed me
and i forgot...
ohh. canoe ppl are scary !
mac after they left! :X
and ytd!
my super biased grandma was v v v guofen and put her leg super near my face when lying on the couch sleeping. i was angry so....
i had a super good laugh out of it lars. and i know im super bad and evil:X
nites~
you took my heart away #2:37 AM
21/10/08it was big noodles birthday!
so i gave face to my gbf and went to meet them at clementi Kbox to 'celebrate'
it was 1for1 on tuesdays nights. so it frigging cheap =D
the birthday boy and commentator seems so bored :x
WHY?
cos you nvr see!
haha. too bad i nvr video it down!
my gbf just wants attention.LOL
he:eh why take them nvr take me one! I also wan leh!
me:got take you lar! fine take again!
he:(give the very shen qing look while singing)
me:-.-''
-.-''
bu xiang sing not bad ley!
although he keep giving me the stupid attitude!
GUESS WHAT!
the first tym i sing k nobody snatch mic!
andand nobody keep choosing song.LOL
we left at around 1 plus.
then WAIT WAIT WAIT for my friend to pick me up until 2.
i shd have taken cab w da mian and vance luhs ):
i was nearly killed my buxiang and gbf who waited w me :x
thanks ley!
that explains why i ponned ECD lecture =D
and and buxiang slept over at dicky's hus! he nvr change clothes luhs!
hahahaha!
22/10/08
went over to dicky's hus for mahjong after skool
but 1 less person.so we played CONNECT 4
argh fish that game -.-
i didnt know i was go stupid till that...
i've got 1 thing more to say: GBF! why your dog's legs so short so kelian :X
LOL.
cos his dog has to test jump b4 jumping.v funny larr. i dunno how to explain either.hah
you took my heart away #1:29 PM
THERE'S A STUPID BLACKOUT!!!but not in my block hah!my lights mearly flashed and.. the alarm sounded!!!! its so noisy!! the alarm in lifts and carparks are sounding non-stop ):but the government is efficient luhs!they fixed the street lights in 2 min! whooo~SHHHHHHHH!!!!!
you took my heart away #12:44 AM
ahhh im going gaga over ec AGAIN!!
):
i miss ec!!
and NO thats not you wanqing!
haha
EC! EC! EC!!!
AHHHH):
i havent seen him since skool re-open luhs):
okay just once! but 3 seconds only !
not enuff nar.
but i saw this guy who looks like him! TWICE! but thats not the main point!
the main point is i miss ec!
and this time stupid wq cannot stop me from stalking ec again!.haha
you took my heart away #11:56 PM
you took my heart away #10:45 PM
im too lazy to blog :X
who want e photos?
BRING YOU OWN THUMB DRIVE!
(:
you took my heart away #10:40 AM
yeah-ness
ITS MY LAST DAY IN HCI~~~
wheeee~~
no more waking up at 6am,
doing nothing in the office,
staring at the labby for 8 hours,
but no more hci canteen food ):
im frantically deleting all my stuff in this labby.LOL
and before i left, i ahhlised the office printer to print ALL the mel notes. :X
hahaha.
im gonna miss the food so much ):
although walking the the canteen is such a chore ._.
i dont think they want me back next year either.hah
i miss the blue tiled female toilet. LOL
and i just realised the office im sitting in, in a teacher assistant cum data room -.-
it actually has all the information of all the students !!!
im free~ (:
you took my heart away #3:01 PM
EVERYBODY!!
ITS OUT!!!
http://animeblogz.com/vampire%e2%80%8b-knight%e2%80%8b-guilty%e2%80%8b-episode-1/
but i cant watch lars. ):
stupid hci blocked veoh -.-
but its not subbed yet :x
you took my heart away #3:10 PM
found them in my ec's blog -.-
super embarrassing lars ._.
but we seriously had some whole lot of fun :X
kelian the toy'r'us toys .HAHA
story?
go read ec's blog yourself.haha
thats my 'kid'
i wanted to play with it so much lars. but its was too heavy and theres a camera above me -.-
hula hoop! helps you JIANFEI!
they dont call me petty cash for nothing :X haha
some random scary doll which she thinks is cute -.-
its face makes me feel so guilty. but.. it aint nice to sit on at all -.- bahh.LOL
we miss karmmyyy~~
she was in tioman then.hah
S.H.Y
she copy me! LOL
ASSUMING THAT BU XIANG READS MY BLOG..
MINE ARE CUTER LUHS!!! HAHAHAHA
you took my heart away #11:24 PM
My long awaited tuesday~cos only on this day, they have pai gu mian in the canteen!!!super nice luhs. but the uncle seem to be giving me less meat today ._.
went out w LOVE and EC for our mystery shopping job after my hci job :X
super weird lars. forcing ourselves to act like aunties and super mafan customers and asking weird questions ._.
i think i gained 1kg eating chocolate today :x
its been 10000 years since my blog entires have pictures.haha.
BIKES FOR SALE!!!
COOL HUH!!
LOL.i snapped it at rifle range.
my mom just told me 50 bikes got burnt last night at the multi story carpark oppo my house last night. i guess i slept like a log ytd :x
Another shot at rifle range (:
into the future ~ haa
went to ikea w love and ec on monday. super last min :X
so cute right. we intended to buy it for our next muffin baking session. haha
to make my ec jealous, i decided to stay over at love's house!! i even prepared a tooth brush!
the focus aint on my face, look at its face ._.
love held my hand ! shhh. LOLi got totally turned off when we realized it for feet and not hands -.- imagine how many kids stuck their feet inside -.-"
my dream bedroom! haha. if only i could fit on those beds )':
i dont know why but i've been emo recently ):
ahh how much i wished my ec2 was here.
love and ec0 are already prepared to recieve my sms in the morning on monday telling them i met him on the bus.
impossible it may get but, how i wished it would happen.
guessed its been some since i laughed like crazy while discussing about him.
i guess theres still that something in him which never fails to attract my attention and steal my heart ~
you took my heart away #10:37 PM
im being super emo recently.i could just sit and think negative stuff for hours.i guess i aint strong enough to continue walking by myself.
you took my heart away #9:03 AM
i watched another weepy anime again :x
ahh. yes after i stopped ddr-ing ._.
weepy?
ehh i think its me getting to0 emo lars O.o
...
ahhh, but cant help it lars. not emo then not me le.hahaas
but its nice still!
although no shuai ge. :x haha
watch it
(:
you took my heart away #2:53 PM
i'm addicted to DDR :x
due to daily slacking at ryu hus w zen jack ryu ben and fishy...
i've been playing it for 6 consecutive days ._.
pull me out from this addiction!!
LOL.
it gets so crazy that i'll play half way and realise ma fingers are pressing on their own :X
im no pro of course, there are people crazier than me.
im evolved from a DDR-noobie to some rank higher.LOL
but the ppl who play on the machine are PRO luhs.
i bet i can nvr do that. imgine you have 4 fingers on the keyboard while 2 feet on the step pad ._.
HOW TO PLAY?! haha.
you took my heart away #9:30 AM
awww super sad lars ):
i watched the drama series of sky of love in my office !
super moving lars. 100% more than the movie!
especially the last part when the letter was read ):
heng im alone . and cry non-stop ):
):
emo le lars ):
1/10/08
happy children's day uhh .LOL
happy birthday JIMMAY MARMMIE (:
selamat hari raya !
lols
went t ryu's hus ytd to get stepmaina from him!
LOL.
stupid lars and its corrupted):
i'm still in love with the sky~~
you took my heart away #2:05 PM
