BLINDSPOT: INFRINGE THE OBVIOUS
(3RD ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION)
Organised by Sculpture Square
Curated by TAY Swee Lin, General Manager, Sculpture Square
FEATURING WORKS BY
Jeremy HIAH Buang Hoe
Claire LIM Sheau Shih
Benjamin PUAH
TAN Wee Lit
EXHIBITION DATES
9 Oct 2002 - 1 Dec 2002
EXHIBITION HOURS
11am to 6pm (weekdays) / 12pm to 6pm (weekends)
Closed on Public Holidays
VENUE
Sculpture Square, 155 Middle Road Singapore 188977 PALM | OUTLOOK
ADMISSION
Free
THE EXHIBITION
To celebrate its 3rd anniversary, Sculpture Square presents Blindspot - a showcase of Singapore's young artistic talent.
Jeremy Hiah, Claire Lim, Benjamin Puah and Tan Wee Lit will appraise Sculpture Square as a site, and in so doing,
challenge our perception of time and space through site-specific installation art. Playing with the concept of the
"blind spot", they grapple with issues as diverse as space, judgement, violence, globalisation, and man and his
environment.
WHY "BLINDSPOT"?
The eye's retina receives and reacts to incoming light and sends signals to the brain, allowing you to see. There is,
however, a part of the retina that does not provide visual information - the blind spot.
"Is there a blind spot in our vision? Do we even notice it?" asks Tay Swee Lin, exhibition curator and General Manager
of Sculpture Square. "In many ways, the brain adds significantly to the visual report it gets from the eyes, influencing
what we see. As our perception of space and time is relative, what we see - or what we think we see - may not
necessarily be what it is in reality."
With this phenomenon emerged the curatorial focus of this exhibition - a questioning and challenging of our visual
perception in accessing our world.
ART WORKS
Jeremy HIAH: "Aliennation" A video installation based on a virus morphing into an insect into an animal and back into an
insect and virus. This work explores our metaphoric states of being that exist in the "mind's eye".
Claire LIM: "Hidden Ghost" Heads of soft toys hang from the wall with outstretched arms, representing the ghost of
items, people or relationships which we have abandoned, destroyed and murdered. This beautiful installation explores the
violence that has been packaged into our daily lives - a haunting reminder of the cruelty that happens everyday, even if
we choose not to see it.
Benjamin PUAH: " 'Nothing to see,' said Ben. " A dark room containing items and experiences that are not viewed but
explored with the other senses and reconstructed in the mind's eye. To the artist, the onslaught of visual experiences
in today's shrinking world possibly spells the end of cultural diversity. By blindfolding audiences, he invites them to
slow down, experience and perceive the moment - and reflect on the consequences of each step they take.
TAN Wee Lit: "Ignorance is Bliss" Quirky humour and cynical sarcasm in this mixed-media work involving optical illusions
will provoke the viewer to take a step back and laugh at himself.
WORKSHOPS
In conjunction with the exhibition, the 4 artists will also be conducting various children's workshops in November.
Contact Sculpture Square for more details.
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