Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Soul Search
This short film is inspired by the avant-garde and was made to provoke and promote reflective thought of self, realization of self and knowledge of self. It is about introspection, which basically means self-reflection and more specifically the reporting of conscious inner thoughts, desires and sensations. It is a conscious mental and usually purposive process relying on thinking, reasoning and examining one's own thoughts, feelings and in more spiritual cases, one's soul. It can also be called contemplation of one's self, and is contrasted with extrospection, the observation of things external to one's self.
Often times in life we as individuals are too caught up with the tolls and responsibilities that we forget about ourselves. We forget to look at ourselves in the mirror and both reflect and realise who and how we are. Being constantly pressured and affected by things like work and relationships, being too focused and engrossed with the external, we inevitably forget about the internal, and ultimately fail to realise that the very truth and answers we pursuit everyday is actually within rather than outside of us. Through the understanding, realization and reflection of self, we would be able to better comprehend who are, what we want and so many more things, thus allowing us to live a better-directed, purposeful and fulfilling life.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Thank You
The exhibition of our multi-media installation piece was a success! We thank all who came by to support us as well as those who helped out one way or another. Without you guys, the unfinished would not have been finished ;)
Much love and appreciation,
Team 40 G302
Superfly Productions
Much love and appreciation,
Team 40 G302
Superfly Productions
Thursday, December 18, 2008
EXHIBITION DAY 2.
As usual, we came earlier than opening to check that things were still in place and also clear up the place a little so that the next day we would have lesser things to do.
We did retain some Post It notes from visitors on the first day.
The crowd was lesser on the second day so we borrowed a video camera during our free time to video down how the room looked like for documentations.
Some of the visitors from Day 2.
2 DVDs that were handed to visitors to play it with the DVD player in the room.
Here are the final photos of how the room looked like & our entire installation.
We took the photos from different views, including the top view.
The brown shelf was actually for visitors to leave their bags there for convenience.
Spending the last moments in the room, before we had to take it down the next day. ):
Goodbye Unfinished Project No. 9.
It was a very good experience and learning process for all 5 of us.
We did retain some Post It notes from visitors on the first day.
The crowd was lesser on the second day so we borrowed a video camera during our free time to video down how the room looked like for documentations.
Some of the visitors from Day 2.
2 DVDs that were handed to visitors to play it with the DVD player in the room.
Here are the final photos of how the room looked like & our entire installation.
We took the photos from different views, including the top view.
The brown shelf was actually for visitors to leave their bags there for convenience.
Spending the last moments in the room, before we had to take it down the next day. ):
Goodbye Unfinished Project No. 9.
It was a very good experience and learning process for all 5 of us.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
EXHIBITION DAY 1.
We came earlier than the stated opening time (12PM) to do some finalization of our installation and clearing up of the surrounding area.
It was necessary to make sure that everything was in place and it was the best it can get.
And then... it was time for opening!
This was created, hoping to minimize our spendings in the proj.
Our first visitor...
Mr. David Liew.
Our supervisor Ms Wai Leng was next. ;)
The others who came...
Customized matchboxes we gave out as sourvenirs.
After every visit, we took turns to go inside the installation to remove the Post It notes we allowed visitors to stick anywhere (interactive purpose).
This is to ensure that the feeling of the room we initially wanted to give the visitors will remain the same for our next visitor and that the identity of the artist would still not be changed with the many different notes written by our visitors.
Also, we had to ensure that things were still in place and in their correct positions.
For safety purposes, candles were only lighted before visitors enter and they were blown out after they leave.
Candles were not left lighted without supervision in case a fire might break out in the exhibition hall.
We managed to hit our target of 30 visitors on first day and actually exceeded the number!
We even had support from other schools' students.
At the end of Day 1's exhibition, we went into our installation made sure that everything in our installation were still in place and still intact. Did some tidying up by removing many Post It notes pasted by our visitors as well as arranging some things back into position.
It's a wrap for Day 1. :)
It was necessary to make sure that everything was in place and it was the best it can get.
And then... it was time for opening!
This was created, hoping to minimize our spendings in the proj.
Our first visitor...
Mr. David Liew.
Our supervisor Ms Wai Leng was next. ;)
The others who came...
Customized matchboxes we gave out as sourvenirs.
After every visit, we took turns to go inside the installation to remove the Post It notes we allowed visitors to stick anywhere (interactive purpose).
This is to ensure that the feeling of the room we initially wanted to give the visitors will remain the same for our next visitor and that the identity of the artist would still not be changed with the many different notes written by our visitors.
Also, we had to ensure that things were still in place and in their correct positions.
For safety purposes, candles were only lighted before visitors enter and they were blown out after they leave.
Candles were not left lighted without supervision in case a fire might break out in the exhibition hall.
We managed to hit our target of 30 visitors on first day and actually exceeded the number!
We even had support from other schools' students.
At the end of Day 1's exhibition, we went into our installation made sure that everything in our installation were still in place and still intact. Did some tidying up by removing many Post It notes pasted by our visitors as well as arranging some things back into position.
It's a wrap for Day 1. :)
Write-Up
Below is the write-up placed outside the installation for viewers to read before entering the room.
"UPN9 tells the story of an artist that goes by the alias of Bohemian. He neither acknowledges nor regards himself as a person but rather an entity whose sole purpose of existence is to express artistically. There are many sides to him, so much that he thinks of himself as indefinable. But the very fact that he’s indefinable equates to a definition ironically.
Growing up, he was constantly taught by his family to conform to social and cultural norms, to be the best that he can be in the eyes of society - educated, respected, well-mannered and what not. He did as he was told and achieved much, which made his parents and peers very proud and envious of him. Despite having such a strict upbringing, he constantly questions and challenges authority, popular truths and conventional ways of artistic expression.
On his 18th birthday, he ran away from home in search of a new life and eventually came to a conclusion - He would rent a room and have it be the physical representation and house of his creative intelligence. Hence he embarked on the never-ending journey of self-expression until one fateful day, he disappeared.
Nobody knows when, where and how. Some say he went back to the future, some say he went forward to the past.
All that is left of Bohemian is this room.
Enter,
and experience."
"UPN9 tells the story of an artist that goes by the alias of Bohemian. He neither acknowledges nor regards himself as a person but rather an entity whose sole purpose of existence is to express artistically. There are many sides to him, so much that he thinks of himself as indefinable. But the very fact that he’s indefinable equates to a definition ironically.
Growing up, he was constantly taught by his family to conform to social and cultural norms, to be the best that he can be in the eyes of society - educated, respected, well-mannered and what not. He did as he was told and achieved much, which made his parents and peers very proud and envious of him. Despite having such a strict upbringing, he constantly questions and challenges authority, popular truths and conventional ways of artistic expression.
On his 18th birthday, he ran away from home in search of a new life and eventually came to a conclusion - He would rent a room and have it be the physical representation and house of his creative intelligence. Hence he embarked on the never-ending journey of self-expression until one fateful day, he disappeared.
Nobody knows when, where and how. Some say he went back to the future, some say he went forward to the past.
All that is left of Bohemian is this room.
Enter,
and experience."
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
DAY 2 - SET UP.
It was the second day of our set up.
We all reached at the arranged time - 10AM and immediately get into doing our individual works.
Customizing furniture to suit the room's theme, the mixed identity which the artist had.
Photos from Let It Burn.
More..
Many amendments and changes of placements of furniture were made from Day 1 as we go along putting in more and more stuffs into the room.
We hung our works up the walls, finalized the position of where everything is supposed to be.
A black cloth was used to substitute a door.
By then.. E33A was already in a total mess!
During evening, another trip to Marsiling industrial area was made again to gather some wooden planks and even more furniture.
We placed wooden planks on the floor and designed it the Jackson Pollock way, by splashing paints over it.
When everything was done, Carrick did the filming of the room for one of the video we needed to show visitors.
That pretty much sums up the Day 2 of the set up.
Our final layout...
We all reached at the arranged time - 10AM and immediately get into doing our individual works.
Customizing furniture to suit the room's theme, the mixed identity which the artist had.
Photos from Let It Burn.
More..
Many amendments and changes of placements of furniture were made from Day 1 as we go along putting in more and more stuffs into the room.
We hung our works up the walls, finalized the position of where everything is supposed to be.
A black cloth was used to substitute a door.
By then.. E33A was already in a total mess!
During evening, another trip to Marsiling industrial area was made again to gather some wooden planks and even more furniture.
We placed wooden planks on the floor and designed it the Jackson Pollock way, by splashing paints over it.
When everything was done, Carrick did the filming of the room for one of the video we needed to show visitors.
That pretty much sums up the Day 2 of the set up.
Our final layout...
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