sunday newsletter
a designboom.com publication
May 2011, 01
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every sunday we choose a topic from the vast archive of designboom
today: singapore art biennale 2011
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shao yinong & muchen: banknote tapestries
published 04.29.11
a series of twelve embroidered tapestries featuring obsolete banknotes from different countries and time periods,
the body of work considers the ideological shifts in political economies in china and around the world,
depicting symbols of leaders, heroes and mythical figures.
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sopheap pich: compound
published 04.27.11
the multi-part sculpture responds to the emergence of high-rise architecture in cambodia,
constructed from materials such as bamboo, sustained by the country's wetlands and lakes,
that are now being drained for development.
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superflex: flooded mcdonald's
published 04.03.11
depicting a critique of the increasing flow of consumerism into people's lives, the artistic built a working replica of a mcdonald's restaurant, slowly flooding water through the fast food joint.
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singapore art biennale 2011: gigi scaria
published 04.03.11
gigi scaria's work explores the relationship between india's rapid urban development and emerging identity as an economic superpower that has fascinated the world.
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singapore art biennale 2011: arin rungjang
published 04.02.11
arin rungjang seeks to reference the workers' social and economic mobility and create a dialogue about the tension between the singularity of lived experience and the standardized realities of global consumer capitalism.
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singapore art biennale 2011: teppei kaneuji
published 04.01.11
teppei kaneuji's white polyester resin covered action figures and found objects play with the occupation and absence of space.
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tatzu nishi: the merlion hotel interior
published 03.31.11
the merlion hotel installation by japanese artist tatzu nishi is a temporary and luxurious hotel suite especially created for the singapore art biennale. the project places the imaginary merlion statue -- with its head of a lion and body of a fish -- in the center of the bedroom.
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singapore art biennale 2011: mike nelson
published 03.31.11
mike nelson's destroyed plinths evoke their own mysterious environment, on display at the 2011 singapore art biennale.
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singapore art biennale 2011: rafael lozano-hemmer
published 03.30.11
human shadows serve as radio antennae in the interactive light and sound installation 'frequency and volume' by rafael lozano-hemmer.
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singapore art biennale 2011: michael lin
published 03.29.11
michael lin bought all the items of a hardware store in shanghai and presented it as a time capsule of the normal everyday needs and stories that make up the lives of the families in a 4 block radius.
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singapore art biennale 2011: roslisham ismail aka ise
published 03.28.11
6 refrigerators stocked with the normal habits of 6 singaporean families serve as a glimpse into the private lives of normal people.
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