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Just a quick short update on my trip to Melbourne. In short, it was a very successful trip, the people over there really liked my works and they showcased my muslim mouse image all over the place, of which I am very grateful because NAC will love it and award me with more funding in my future projects. hehehe! Isaac Julien, a famous artist, also came up to me to say that he loved my works. And he told Joe that he went to see my installation a few times. God! And I was talking about how I was so influenced by him esp. when I was creating godeatgod for tns...little did I know that he was in the audience when I was presenting my works at the forum. Also, a few curators told me that I will become really big soon, because I have a unique background and my artworks are really fresh (referring to the geisha film of course). The museum people also really like the robots that we made. They are all fighting to see who gets to keep it. Of course I have plans of bringing them back and selling them so that we can use the profits and go for a feast. :) Sigh...I'm glad my hardwork is paying off. But coming back to S'pore is really stressful, cuz I got so many things to do in the next few months. Well, I hope everything goes smoothly, and hopefully, my dream of buying a bungalow in Queen Astrid Park will come true. Here are just a few pictures from the exhibition, there are more actually, esp. in the multimedia segment, but I shall post them another time cuz got too many liao.  Intro to my exhibition with my fake Chinese name.  Joe in front of the family of mannequins with fencing masks. Underneath the fencing masks are chinese opera masks I bought from chinatown. very creepy but beautiful when you see the multimedia running on them.  My fake "museum pieces", which are actually fake goods I bought from Bugis Market. The Fortune God costume is also fake. The text on top was taken from a tourist brochure of the Penguin Parade Show in Melbourne, which Joe and I went, but I replaced "penguins" with "Asians".  The paper gundam robots, with acupuncture men, which represents a mapping of the body/identity. The 3 men on the wall with one creature had text underneath that read: Chinese, Malay, Indian and Others, with the corresponding percentage ratio of the racial population in S'pore.  Before opening night, the curators were already loving the Geisha film.  Some stills from the multimedia that was shown on the faces of my fake museum pieces.   I realised the reason why I had so many chinese text in Instant Asia! was probably due to the season brochure I designed for ttp which made me learn how to use Chinese software. That girl inside is Wendi, who used to lease my previous studio space in Serangoon Gardens. I'll be working with them end of the year for a new version of Mama looking for her Cat.  Along Little Collins Street where we stayed.  In an alley.  We decided to pose in front of these giant koala, cuz the real ones were just so far up in the trees.  In Federation Square.  At the entrance of the museum.  Just before you go underground to where the exhibition takes place.  At the National Gallery Victoria bookshop.  At the NGV, we went to see fellow Malaysian artist Yee I-Lann's photographic works.  At a beach which I forgot the name liao. But it was sooooo beautiful...we cried.  At an Asian foodcourt.  Aren't you glad you live in S'pore? Look at the prices here...and they are in aussie dollars!!!  On the tram.  I was looking for some good S'porean food, and guess what we found? The fake version of the Serangoon Gardens version. Hehehe!  We went for a nice dinner for Joe's b'day at a Japanese restaurant along Little Bourke St.  The mud pie cake I bought for Joe at Cole's.  At the media launch in Federation Square. I donch know what this creature is though.  At the ultra-glam opening with free flow wine, champagne and lots of beautiful people. I guess anyone who was anyone in Melbourne was here that night!  Joe taking a break outside the opening to get away from the crowds.  Isaac Julien!!!!  Our last day, just before going off to the airport. Sigh...I will miss the room, it was so bloody big, with a living room, a dining area and even a fully-equipped kitchen with a dishwasher. Post a comment in response: |
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