Creating tranformative spatial experiences through digital art works

ADM DA 9012 Media Art Nexus
Media Art Nexus NTU Singapore, Photo Credit by Solomon Quek Jia Liang

by Ivan Yew, 3D experimental animation, LED screen 15000 mm by 2000 mm, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 2016
The series of six animated chapters: Abyssus, Bivittatus, Monolite, Shifting States, Violet Split, Dreams Factory, all interlace into expressive lyrical painting.

Photographs taken by Quek Jia Liang

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

The exhibition explores the connections between art of pattern and literature.

Group exhibition: 14 short experimental animations, 3 interactive installations, 2016

Based around the theme of The City, the works examine the built environment at varying levels; from the microscopic and intangible, to the grandiose and abstract. Done in collaboration between the students of NTU ADM, IEM and in Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine the artworks employs a variety of techniques ranging from digital animation, generative art, as welt as interactive data-driven pieces that were developed using Processing, the Unity game-engine and Touch Designer.

NTU ADM Year 1, 2D Foundation Studies, 2016/17 Semester 1
Faculty: Mimi Zalina, Shirley Lim, Joy Qi Yi Ho, Ina Conradi Chavez, Animation and Programming Mark Chavez

In this project, 168 ADM Foundation students are asked to pick four movie quotes from various movies that they have watched over the years. The challenge was to create a visual narrative that expresses each quote using only symbols, pictograms, dingbats (ornaments), icons and engravings as vizual vocabulary. Students manipulated, altered and deconstructed the found graphic imagery to transcend its original meaning through the creation of the indicated narratives. In order to reinterpret such preconceived associations, they had to think laterally and use narrative techniques such as hyperbole (exaggeration), metaphor, caricature, parody, anthropomorphism, etc., to create new interpretations that are visually engaging and meaningful.

Credit List

G1: Abdul Qayyum, Bin Sarip, Aik Zhen Yan Dora, Anag Zerline Jade Ordonio, Calista Lee Min Fen, Celine Lee Qian Hui, Chang Wei Tong, Valantia, Claudia Tan, Duane Russell Ho An, Emma Tan Wei Pin, Goh Li Ying, Jaime, Jessabel Teng Sheng Hui, Lee Zheng Yang, Lim Wan Lin Audrelia, Lim Xin Yi Cassandra, Lydia Lui Liang Hui, Namita Kumar, Neo Kai Xin Sammi, Vanessa Ang, Vanessa Tan, Wong Shi Teng

G2: Adithi Surya Swaminathan, Anna Elizabeth Samaniego Isip, Arianne Gor, Bey Shi Min, Cai Rui Rong, Cally Ling Jia Qi, Fok Kow Fok-Chi-Seng, Ismiraudhatul Huda Binte Suleiman, Jacelyn Ng Jie Ling, Lim Han Gyu David, Ng Shi Qian, Nguyen Ha Thien Kim, Ooi Qiu Min, Phoebe Lee Wen Ting, Sim Hui Zhen Crystal, Tan How Rong Josiah, Tan Jiao Jun, Tan Yi Lin Zoe, Wong Hui-Lin Tisya

G3: Agustin Shaneenah Rae Manayon, Chang Nikki, Cheng Le Ting Natalie, Cheong Yuting, Foong Tze Young Ryan, Irene [email protected] Jing Ying, Koh Jie Lyn, Kou Ying, Lau Kee Shan Meryl, Melissa Lee Hui Yu, Nur Mariyah Binte Muhamad Afandi, Ong Shu Yi, Quek Pin Yi, Shannon Low Si-En, Shervon Ong, Slater Kaie Lee, Tan Li Ling, Vanessa See Yeu Chinq, Yang Tongchen, Zhao Qiwen

G4: Alicia Lee Shu Hsien, Chin Yulin, Choo Rui Zhi Mathias, Hiew Jin Yee, Jayakumar Sandhya Pillai, Jebra Ruth Won, Li Zihong, Lim Eu Chian Alvin, .Lim Ling Ern, Margaret Suhasini Anthony, Natasha Lim Jia Yi, Ng Jia Le, Nur Liyana Binti Mohmad Azhar, Seah Kay Fong, Siti Nadia Amirah Bte Muhd Ariff Khoo, Teng Yu Qing, Tong Xu Han, Veron Teng Yee Si, Zhang Haoran

G5: Chia Te, Chong Kai Ray, Gabrielle, Debbie Ong Suet Gee,.Ho De Wei Dawin, Jon Lee En, Kam Yit Ling, Ke Queenie, Kong Jia Ming Alyssa, Lee Cai Jing,.Lee Jia Zhen, Lin Shiau Yu, Ng Gi Gin Rachel, Peh Jia Qi,..Seng Yi Ling, Soh Hui Min, Teh Ke Wei, Clara, Vania Tan Min, Vennessa Lin Jingyi, Zoelyn Gunawan

G6: Brian Bong Peng Long, Daryl Bradley Tan, Dinh Hai Yen, Hin Ye, Ho Ning, Eloise, Kezia Agatha Christian, Mark Sim Zheng Jia, Muhammad Jafri Bin Jaafar, Nasya Ephrath Goh Wei Ying, Nevin Jacob Thomas, Ow Yong Shu Yi, Brenda, Qaisarah Seiw Hui Ting Binte Roslan, Tan Jun Kang, Tay Yu Qing, Techanithisawat Thirawit, Yeo Ying Zhi, Zhang Xuan

G7: Amadea Low Mann Ting, Amelia Yuliana Binte Jamil, Casuga Justine Alethea Valerio, Cheok Bao Li, Chua Jia Jun Gerald, Danielle Koh Wen Jing, Filzah Binte Shafiee, Hana Lee, Lee Ying Hui Cand, Mok Jiaman, Natasya Adistana, Nur Najiha Puteri Mazlan, Syivester Tan, Sze Yi-An Bridgel, Veda Sutedjo Tay Yi Qin, Viena Liee Sin Tsin, Wong King Lam, Yeo Jia Min Gloria, Zhang Jiajin

G8

Alicia Chan Li Zhen, Andree Hansen Wibowo, Ho Pei Ning, Kuah Chin Wee, Benjamin,
Lau Meichi Aster, Lau Mun Kwong Jerome, Lim Shu Xian Rochele, Lim Yi Hui Clara, Low Kit Kay Charmaine, Low Si Rui, Rannie, Mavis Lim Shi Min, Nicole Ong Jing Wen, Sim Zhi Ning Sheryl, Soh Jun Jie Benjamin, Soh Ying Zhi Amelia, Tan Chloe, Tham Wai Yee Naomi, Ye Min Valerie

G9

Ang Cheng Hui, Chan Guanhua, Charlotte Low Qian Hui, Clarita Saslim, Gerald Wee Ren Jie, Kamal Ayesha Fathima, Lee Yi Jie, Leng Jia Yin, Carol, Ng Lee Hwa, Ng Xuan Fei, Nicholas Kok Zi Yu, Shafna, Sun Zhengfei, Syaza Arinah Binte Muhammad Sham, Tan Hwee Ann, Tan Wei Ming, Wu Huixuan Felicia

Supernatural is series of over 140 digital paintings done by the art students from the School of Art, Design and Media class Pattern, Art, Design and Architecture. Students created series of motifs inspired by various themes, from Chinese Traditional Storytelling (2013,14), Nature and Darwinism (2015), and Daydreaming (2016). For the occasion of Media Art Nexus NTU the two dimensional compositions are reanimated using experimental realtime animation into playful puzzles with unpredictable and abstract pattern variations. In collaboration with NTU Museum original artworks were exhibited as large scale textile banners (3,6 m X 0.4m) Pavilion at Tan Chin Tuan Lecture Theatre at NTU in 2015 as well as projected on a facade of the building for the occasion of the Aliwal Arts Night Crawl 2015 . The works premiered at the Ars Electronica Festival in 2016.

Credits:

Alan Chong Wei Lun, Celestial Spirits, Alice Ng Hui Qing, Parallel Universe, Allan Chan Joon, Chiew Daymare, Alvin Tan, Hooked, Alvin Tan, Tox City, Angelina Dara Soechiarto, Tree Spirits, Anthea Tay, Taste of Hell, Arella Ho, Food Porn, Ariel Lee, Sweet Treats, Aurial Lee, Oceans, Aziean Abu, The Eyes Have It, Benjamin Sim, Unknown, Benji Hong Long Yip, The Human Condition, Beverley Ng, Love ReplicaBeverley Ng, Love Decadence, Bryan Lim, Ascension, Candida Ng, Many Faces, Carvey Chen, Propagation, Cassie Koh, Miro Orbis, Chan Xin Shermaine, Fools Daydream, Chloe Chan Above and Under, Chloe Chan, Above and Under Detail, Clara Anne Chow, The Convergence, Clarisa Leong, At Its Core, Colin Tan, Burnt, Denise Nicole Yap, The Cloud of Unreality, Donovan Quek, Holy Water, Elvin Ng,Fibonacci Rabbits, Evelyn Chong, Stream of Imagination,Freda Lai, Evolution Gillian Toh, Kawaii, Goh Shuhui, Ten Courts of Hell, Hemani Thanagopalasamy, NatureFetishism, Joseph Tan, Chromatic, Juliana Lim, Mother Tree, Kalaimathi_Mahendran, Pavo Pisces, Kendrick Brayden, Mortal Factory. Khairunnisa Bte Wahid, Singapore Ethnobotany, Kho Ruiwei, Forgotten, Kylie Yeo, Beauty and the Beast, Lawrence Poh, In Visible. Lee Hui Min, Utopian Cityscape, Lek Yi Xian, Parallel Worlds of Communication, Leow Si Min, Edge of Death, Lim Chang Li, Ronald Unnutural Beauty, Lim Qi Xuan, The Animal Spirit, Lim Shiau Kiat, Distortion, Lina Tay, Beauty, Mabel Ho, Natures Paradise, Maisharagh Mustajab, Migration Pattern, Malissa Tan, Alice In Wonderland, Marilyn Cher, Celebeartion, Marina Binte Ahmad, Snake, Melvin Tan, Teen Pop Lyrical Horror, Mindy Chow, Eyes On Fire, Na Iyn Huii, Chasmic Ridge, Nadzirah Binte Azaruddin, Nightmare to Dreams, Neo Xian Zhen, Totem, Nicole Tan, Botanic Alphabet, Nur Syahiadah Abdul Rahim, Singapore Summer, Nur Syairah Bte Abdul Malek, Ghaib, Octaviani Isabella, Southern Sea, Piyathip Unadirekkul, The Invasion, Png Shi Min Pamela, Stardust, Quinn Lum Fu Loong, Limbo, Rachel Danam, Imagined Lairs, Rachel Goh, Super Natural, Rachel Tan, Chaos, Rashna Shantini, Life Beyond Earth, Raychel Yixin Tan, A 7th Month Tale, Regina Ng, Asian Horror, Rianne Wynn, Transience, Ruzana Rahim, Irrational Childhood Fears, See Yuu Xuan, The Evil Within, Shannon Oon, Garden of Eve, Sharlene Lee, Aposematism, Shermain Lee, StrangeApparition, Shuyi Chen, Humarine, Tan Wan Wen Mind, Factory, Tan Wei Hsiang Kevin, Impermanence Teong Shi Hong Dereck, Propagative Dream, Tong Qian Ling, Hmmmm Hannya, Tuan Szi Yi, Forest Friends, Vanessa Cheng, Reverie Vanessa Shemander Hon, Dream Wisps, Wee Sher Ying, Flying Whales Wilfred Weegee, Lim Cosmic Mutant Wong Chun Sing, The Garden of Ancien Egypt, Woong Soak Teng, Much Like Rust, Xiao Yan, Split, YapPeiShi Jeanetee, Childhood Memories, Ye Luwei, Tracing the Ghost, Yeo Pei Xun Jonas, Headhunters Yong Xian Tong Pei, Ignait Yuen Pei Yun, IceGem Biscuits, Zachary Cheong, Japonesme