by Michele Adriaens, 17 Dec 2008 |
19-year-old David Wang is a student with a passion for music and art. “Through the years, I have been prolifically producing songs and artworks that reflect the monotony and irony of life,” he says. “Producing these works is like a spiritual routine that liberates me from my mediocre and mundane life.”
Of his work, entitled ‘In the Name of Love’, David says “My work was selected for the Noise 2007 collection, and this is the story behind the title …
In a filthy place there lives a boy
Whose life is about to be destroyed
All his days he has to go to school
And all night long he has to read his books
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by Michele Adriaens, 16 Dec 2008 |
Large scale snow sculpture at Mount Buller (Australia) illuminated by 3d projection software by ENESS.
by Michele Adriaens, 15 Dec 2008 |
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Muhd Firdaus turns 20 this year. He is a final year student at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts taking a diploma in Visual Communication.”Photography came about during my second year at NAFA, when I first got my hands on a friend’s camera,” Firdaus explains. “I just fell in love with it. I got my first DSLR after some hard earned savings and that’s when I got serious about photography. I like to shoot things that happen around me on daily basis, and I pay a lot of attention to the details. I love taking photos of the skies and clouds, urban landscapes and still lifes.”
About his photograph: “I took this shot from my school building. It was during class, and I just felt like leaving the room and get a drink. It was a boring lesson so I started looking around in search of things to photograph. Good thing I brought my camera with me that day. Something nice came out of boredom I would say.”
by Michele Adriaens, 14 Dec 2008 |
Norwegian photographer Rune Guneriussen through his photographic lenses gives life to soulless objects, such as telephone equipment, globes, chairs & lamps.
by Michele Adriaens, 13 Dec 2008 |
Exploratory music this Wednesday 16 December at Black Hole, featuring One Man Nation, Overhaul In Damnation, Mind Fucking Boy and Leslie Low. A massive trip for feedback and sonic low-end lovers. It’ll be noisy and loud. No excuses will be given. 16 Dec, 20:30 to 23:00 at Black Hole, 212 Syed Alwi Road.
by Michele Adriaens, 13 Dec 2008 |
Photograph courtesy NAFA. Click image for close-up.
20-year old Rafie is a final student at NAFA, majoring in Furniture design. He first tasted success in 2004 when he was awarded the Aesthetic Award for his N levels, Design & Technology project: The Tooth Brush Holder.
About his Webb Stool, Rafie says, “With the infusion of materials, the concept of military relation was brought forward into this piece of furniture which consists of two main materials -steel wire mesh and nylon webbing. Using the simple method of weaving into a pattern around the structure, the result is a strong an durable seating furniture which s soft and comfortable to sit in.”
Rafie’s design was showcased at NAFA’s ‘after2-material X’ exhibition (19-28 September), featuring fifteen furniture prototypes made from found materials.
by Michele Adriaens, 12 Dec 2008 |
Apt Studio teamed up with Asylum to create this beautiful stop motion for Press Books – the literary division of HarperCollins- for their 25th anniversary of imprint 4th Estate.
by Michele Adriaens, 11 Dec 2008 |
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The brainchild of Yana and JUN, art and design boutique Kittozutto combines fine art illustrations with digital imaging techniques. “This often results in highly-detailed artworks, which look best in large format,” JUN adds.
Hawaii -created with Wacom in Photoshop- is an exploration into hyper realism portrait illustration. JUN explains: “We incorporated vector graphical elements done in freehand. The girl was drawn first, with the sunglasses and earrings added on at a later stage. We’ve also added details such as pores on the face. The piece was inspired by Richard Phillips‘ artwork called ‘Scout’, mixing realism painting with a surrealistic play on the sunglasses.”
Kittozutto prints are available from clickforart.
