Farewell At 5pm
dal 24/6/2004 al 6/7/2004
Segnalato da
24/6/2004
Farewell At 5pm
Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
Solo Exhibition by Jason Wee. Exploring the difficulties of leave-taking and departures, as well as death as a metaphor for abandonment and capitulation, Farewell at 5pm is a site-specific exhibition that employs the gallery as a cultural site. In his first solo exhibition for the year, digital photographer Jason Wee takes photography to a new dimension as he explores cultural loss and memory in the public space.
Solo Exhibition by JASON WEE
Exploring the difficulties of leave-taking and departures, as well as death as a metaphor for abandonment and capitulation, Farewell at 5pm is a site-specific exhibition that employs the gallery as a cultural site. In his first solo exhibition for the year, digital photographer Jason Wee takes photography to a new dimension as he explores cultural loss and memory in the public space. Combining photography with film, poetry, visual text, and unusual materials such as ash and pillows, the gallery is being transformed to a maze of cultural memories.
Reviving censorship sensitivities, Wee targets a series of media photo-images which are originally controlled or banned, and display them as microscopic segments. For example, he takes scenes or portions from media elements such as film, television, and magazines, so to extract, enlarge, and deploy them as minimalist fields of colour. Hence, Wee examines the idea of the trace (a wisp or ghost of objects that refuses to be erased, and returns as a vague yet persisting memory). The installations also allow Wee to further explore the subject of censorship and what is hidden from the eye. At the same time, it reinstates his notion that memories of a forgotten past are not just a vague fragment of life.
BIOGRAPHY
Jason Wee is a photographer keenly interested in new art and new technologies. He works primarily in digital photography, and his art has been exhibited in both Singapore and Malaysia, including this year s Singapore Arts Festival s Reconstruction of a City exhibition. He is also the Editor of vehicle, a visual culture magazine, and Guest Editor for the2ndrule, an inter-media journal. Literary pursuits include publication in the anthology Love Gathers All, and being a co-founder of Thursday Circle, a community of young writers. In 2000, he was a theatre reviewer with The Straits Times.
Opening Date : Friday, 25th June 2004, 7:00pm
Public Viewing : Monday to Friday, 11am 7pm; Saturday, 11am 5pm; & Closed on Sunday.
Admission : Free
Contact: +65 6833 9314 Fax: +65 6733 3023
Venue : SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour, 4th Floor 1 Sarkies Road, Singapore 258130 (Newton MRT, parking facilities)