#random blends

[madamadaadam]

Random Blends Day 2

So we made it to the second day (Saturday) of Random Blends.

Despite the rain, it did not stop the rest of us from going to the ArtScience Museum through the unsheltered way. Yes, there was no sheltered way to the museum, how unfortunate. An underground walkway would have been nice.

Anyway, the place was filled with people, completely different from the Friday I went. As my friend and I went around the exhibits, we had differing views on most of the works, and it really helped us delve into different viewpoints. We had deep conversations on the aspects of the social issues that were brought up in some exhibits, as well as differing attraction to different pieces.

One piece we really liked was one of the games that we played. For the life of me, I cannot remember it right now, however, it centered around a polygon traversing the game’s map and growing and learning. I think what really attracted us to that game was the premise, the storyline, the undulating gameplay, as well as the setting. It really made us think deeply about the actions that we do, our pursuits in life, and the sacrifices we have to make to progress. The game was really thought-provoking.

We then sat down and watched a running video. It was a Virtual Reality simulation on a playable game about coping with depression. It did not really hit home because it was riddled with a lot of awkward moments of silence and pauses.

After surveying the various works for 45 minutes, we took a break and went back to the main hall to find our friend. Her experimental work consisted of an umbrella that lights up after a certain air quality threshold. She could not get it to work in the first place, only because the area was not appropriate for her experimental work.

I guess this exhibition was really a novel thing for me. Some improvements I have though was if it was more organised. Another venue would have been better, only because the exhibition area of ArtScience Museum is not really that attractive, and also extremely limited. All in all, it was still very underwhelming.

[cherrros]

Was a pity we didn’t get to see the other performances... I thought the number of exhibitions was really little...

[cherrros]

Random Blends//25.03.2017

Random Blends: Intercept @ Art Science Museum

Photojournal entitled “Unpretty”. Spoke of the life of drag queens and common misconceptions about them. I got to see how their life was through the various pictures and it communicated to me that these people live lives like this with a lot of hardship involved. I thought it gave me a glimpse of something that I’d never be able to see for myself especially in the Singaporean context. And the photojournal brought out several emotions in me while getting to know “Izzy”’s story. I also liked the way the creator included the lyrics of Britney Spear’s circus in his captions for the photos because the lyrics themselves provide the audience/readers with a clear direction of where the impression of this artwork is heading towards. 

Next, was the “Cat Collar” exhibition. It was interesting how they made the map something like those of what the police would do while planning how to catch the criminals. It was a unique aesthetic to show the problem at hand and the fact that they had a product to capture the faces of the criminals that abuse cats was really cool. It got me thinking whether it’ll actually be a feasible product in future because it requires certain technology to be implanted into the eyes of the “victims” (the cats), and also certain circumstances may be disadvantageous for this product like what if the criminal decides to attack the cat from behind, then the cat’s eyes (camera) won’t be able to capture the image of the criminal’s face.

Next was the exhibit called “Revisioning” and I loved the concept of this series. It provided the audiences with 2 perspectives, one in red and one in blue and it was interactive because the audiences had to place either a red cellophane paper or a blue cellophane paper in front of the their eyes to be able to see the words or the drawings respectively. 

[madamadaadam]

Maybe it was the time I went, or maybe it was the preview ceremony, but it was less than what I expected Random Blends to be.

Made my way to ArtScience Museum to view the Random Blends exhibition today. Since my friend had already left, I made my own sweet time to the museum.

The moment I got there, I was greeted by helpful, yet awkward greeters, handing me pamphlets and stickers. Saw a few familiar faces around.

Walking through one of the halls, I came across my friend’s work. I could really see the amount of effort she put into her work. However, knowing they had to move her work to another part of the exhibition hall, which distorted her shadow projections, was quite a saddening turn of events. (Which was interpreted wrongly beforen but oh well)

Everything seemed cool, saw people I knew from school, and saw some pieces already promoted on the Random Blends Facebook page, as well as the physical manifestations of works featured on their Instagram page.

Overall, the whole thing felt a little bit awkward and lonely, with the place being quite empty and awkward. I guess people just did not think about coming today.

Tomorrow will be better, I suppose. I will get back to you tomorrow on the atmosphere and pieces of work when I go with a friend.