Past Exhibition
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Han Yajuan
(b. 1980, China)
The Birth of Venus: Zen Standby, 2021
Digital video
54 sec
By then, artificial intelligence uses algorithms to provide optimal solutions specifically for humans who do not adapt well to new environments - a series of unsupervised mental reconstruction learning games. People who are actively trained have a high chance of overcoming the intense discomforts caused by the new environment, such as narcissism, delusions or emotional instability, and are thus better transformed into advanced agents for the AI's interaction in the human world.
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Shavonne Wong
(b. 1991, Singapore)
Glow, 2021
3D-rendered digital video
22 sec
"Don't ever let anyone dim your glow. -Rendered off Blender"
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Arabelle Zhuang
(b. 1996, Singapore)
Skinfolk Kinfolk: Landscape, 2021
Generated video
2 min 31 sec
The 2-channel installation simulates a conversation, drawing connections from the investigation of past and present relationships with "hard" and "soft" data, and the role of computational technologies to make meaning from it. The learned imagery dives deep into the subconsciousness and consciousness to tackle the notions of inherited identities and symbolic familial connections.
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Arabelle Zhuang
(b. 1996, Singapore)
Skinfolk, Kinfolk: Portrait II, 2021
NFT GANs imaging video
2 min 31 sec
The 2-channel installation simulates a conversation, drawing connections from the investigation of past and present relationships with "hard" and "soft" data, and the role of computational technologies to make meaning from it. The learned imagery dives deep into the subconsciousness and consciousness to tackle the notions of inherited identities and symbolic familial connections.
![](http://www.columnsgallery.com/sg/exhibition/material_sense/serwah_attafuah_perpetuity_2021.jpg)
Serwah Attafuah
(b. 1998, Australia)
Metaverse: Perpetuity, 2021
3D-rendered digital image
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Serwah Attafuah
(b. 1998, Australia)
Tarot Card: 4 of Cups, 2019
NFT 3D-rendered image
4592 x 6474 px
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Jeon Byeong Sam
(b. 1977, South Korea)
Lost: Vanda Miss Joaquim, 2021
Digital video
1 min
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Tristan Lim
(b. 1993, Singapore)
Short Story I, 2021
CG animation and found footage video
25 sec
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Ernest Wu
(b. 1991, Singapore)
Loading Loading II, 2021
Digital video
7 sec
50% of all proceeds and royalties from secondary sales will be donated to the Singapore Children¡¯s Cancer Foundation as long as this work lives.
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Ernest Wu
(b. 1991, Singapore)
Seasons: Summer, 2019
UV print on acrylic
100 x 100 cm
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Tristan Lim
(b. 1993, Singapore)
Resigning Mass I, 2021
3D-rendered image
1132 x 1600 px
Narrative force essentially becomes literal, governing all aspects in which the characters are presented. The characters have been 'pre-scripted'- they are forced to embody content written by others, both conceptually and formally. They are puppets stringed along literary lines, with no control over the paths they take. A sense of loss pervades- a resignation of fate, present in the title of the works. As an aberration of the term 'mass resignation', which connotes departure, a seemingly collective choice to leave, Resigning Mass takes an opposing tone, of an individual giving into the path laid out, having been exhausted, overcomed; bringing to mind questions of fatalism and predeterminism. These qualities seem to reflect the manner in which media is produced, consumed, and how they shape the way in which we perceive our lives. Stories of destiny, succumbing to or freeing oneself from its binds; Of staged realities, real/reel lives- wills toyed by powers beyond and unknown.
Resigning Mass was initially presented as a project in collaboration with Rafi Abdullah and Studio Darius Ou, and designed to have multiple iterations and permutations from its initial premise. For more information on its previous iteration, please visit tristan-lim.com/Resigning-Mass