Singapore Inside Out Tokyo

2017-08-253 mins readExhibition, Immersive Art Performance, International Art Exchange

Singapore: Inside Out Tokyo (S.G.: I.O. Tokyo), Organized by Singapore Tourism Board (S.T.B.) curated by Clara Yee, Gallery Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan, 25-27.08.2017

Media Art Nexus NTU (MAN) is is one of the art collectives among 13 Singaporean (SG) and Japanese (JP) leading contemporary creative talents from disciplines performing and visual arts that took part in 2017 year’s edition of Singapore: Inside Out Tokyo (SG:IO) from 25-27 August. Themed “HyperCity”, the showcase focused on the coming together of creatives from Singapore and Japan in joint exploration of the cultural trends arising from the shifts towards a digital urban age. The event was officially launched by Mr Chaly Mah, Chairman of Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and Mr Lionel Yeo, Chief Executive of STB, in conjunction with the launch of Singapore’s new destination brand – Passion Made Possible – in Tokyo. Joining them were more than 200 key members of the creative, trade and media communities. The SGIO Tokyo event, at the Bank Gallery in the hip Omotesando district, drew an audience of about 2,000 on 26th of August alone
For more please https://www.stb.gov.sg/content/stb/en/media-centre/media-releases/Singapore-Inside-Out-Brings-Singapore-Creative-Talents-to-Tokyo.html.

Artists involved were MEDIA ART NEXUS Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez (SG), JOSIAH CHUA (SG), KITCHEN LABEL (SG/JP), IRFAN KASBAN (SG), ATELIER HOKO (JP) DISKODANNY (SG) & MIHO SHIMIZU (JP), ZUL MAHMOD (SG), PLANTICA (JP), CLARA YEE (SG), DAISUKE YANO (JP), ISHINOMAKI LABORATORY (JP), SUPERMAMA (SG).

Hikari by Singapore fashion designer Josiah Chua with backdrop of video projection Crepuscular Rays of the Moon, at Bank Gallery,
Omotesando Tokyo, Japan

For Singapore Inside Out (SG:IO) Tokyo 2017 exhibition ‘Hyper City’, multimedia collective MAN NTU, artists Ina Conradi and Mark Chavez, collaborated with the Singaporean fashion designer Josiah Chua and his 2018 capsule collection, titled “光”, which is “light” in Japanese. Media Art Nexus collective created an interactive projection across large screen of dazzling stars and light that moved with the viewer, all to evoke that specific magic of Sailor Moon’s transformation. The piece has translated the idea of time in hyperspace as depicted in the anime magical girl series of Sailor Moon. The magical transformation sequence of the concept of “frozen in time” was expressed through the medium of clothing/material and projected Crepuscular Rays of the Moon, myriad abstract dreamlike animated fantasies inspired by the moon.

Singapore: Inside Out -Tokyo, Bank Gallery Omotesando, Tokyo Japan 2017

ART WORK CREDITS
Directed, animated and programmed by Mark Chavez | Giant Monster Pte Ltd | SG/US
Collaborator & Story Board Art Ina Conradi | Nanyang Technological University Singapore | SG
Interaction programming by Corey Mason Manders | A*STAR Singapore | SG
VFX assistance Pamela Ng | Artists SG
Sound Design Philip Tan | Artist Educator | SG
Music Score Egon Artist |US
SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM Singapore Tourism Board & Nanyang Technological University Singapore Art & Heritage Museum