Slap Peace from Slava Mogutin

Tribute to the Marina Abramovic & Ulay performance Light-Dark (1977), with Gio Black Peter & Neil Young.

The neural map is not the territory of consciousness by Shannon Rankin

Cause & Effect by Do Ho Suh

Suh’s Cause & Effect ceiling installation incorporates miniature statues of men, though this time they are mounted on top of one another, forming a tornado of tiny bodies.

These 5.5-inch-tall men are hoisted atop each other’s shoulders as though they were intentionally collaborating to construct a larger force. Suh continues to emphasize his observational message of there being strength in numbers. Despite their small-scale form, these representative men prove to be a powerful entity when combining their joint efforts. The acrylic resin figures hang on cables attached to a stainless steel plate, reaching an approximate height of 19 feet and stretching out 8 feet across. The miniature statues’ red, orange, and yellow coloring chosen by the artist is meant to resemble a Doppler reading to further accentuate the appearance of a violent tornado to represent the mighty force of a group of individuals.

Floor by Do Ho Suh

One of the most exciting contemporary artists of our time, Korean Do Ho Suh, created this large sculptural installation that doesn’t look like much until you come closer. Glass plates rest on thousands of multicolored miniature plastic figures who are crowded together with their heads and arms turned skyward. Together, they are holding the weight of the individual visitor who steps onto the floor.

Currently showing at Lehmann Maupin’s pop-up gallery at the Singapore Tyler Print Institute (STPI), Floor is one of those installations that’s wonderfully thought-provoking. The figures represent the diverse and anonymous masses of people who support and/or resist the symbolic floor.

Do Ho Suh
Floor, 1997-2000
Installation at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
PVC Figures, Glass Plates, Phenolic Sheets, Polyurethane Resin
40 parts each:
39.37 x 39.37 x 3.15 inches
100 x 100 x 8 cm
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

Scary Beautiful by Leanie van der Vyver

“Humans are Playing God by physically and metaphorically perfecting themselves. Beauty is currently at an all time climax, allowing this project to explore what lies beyond perfection. Scary Beautiful challenges current beauty ideals by inflicting an unexpected new beauty standard.” 

Introduction of Leanie van der Vyver’s Thesis (see more here);

“Just being human is not good enough anymore nor has it ever been. What is very clear is that people are not satisfied with what they were naturally born with. Neither the prehistoric cave dweller nor modern man has ever considered the human body aesthetically satisfactory. It is human nature to want to be more than what we are, and from the beginning of time we have gone to extreme measures to express on the outside how we desire to be perceived. On the surface, we are physically turning into ideal dream versions of ourselves. Being born a certain way is no longer a life sentence. We can choose exactly who we want to be. What are the possibilities of this new God-like control we have over our bodies?

Right now you can truly become more than just yourself, more than human. It’s almost as if we have shifted from reality into fantasy. The sky is the limit when it comes to controlling our own image. Being online is considered a trusted version of yourself. We are behaving as if we have robotic extensions and we can now generate body parts and also have access to the technology to obtain super powers. We now have complete power over our own image and abilities. What is currently being done and where might these God-like powers potentially lead?”- Leanie van der Vyver.

Manufactured by Rene van den Berg.

Scary Beautiful by Leanie van der Vyver

“Humans are Playing God by physically and metaphorically perfecting themselves. Beauty is currently at an all time climax, allowing this project to explore what lies beyond perfection. Scary Beautiful challenges current beauty ideals by inflicting an unexpected new beauty standard.” 

Introduction of Leanie van der Vyver’s Thesis (see more here);

“Just being human is not good enough anymore nor has it ever been. What is very clear is that people are not satisfied with what they were naturally born with. Neither the prehistoric cave dweller nor modern man has ever considered the human body aesthetically satisfactory. It is human nature to want to be more than what we are, and from the beginning of time we have gone to extreme measures to express on the outside how we desire to be perceived. On the surface, we are physically turning into ideal dream versions of ourselves. Being born a certain way is no longer a life sentence. We can choose exactly who we want to be. What are the possibilities of this new God-like control we have over our bodies?

Right now you can truly become more than just yourself, more than human. It’s almost as if we have shifted from reality into fantasy. The sky is the limit when it comes to controlling our own image. Being online is considered a trusted version of yourself. We are behaving as if we have robotic extensions and we can now generate body parts and also have access to the technology to obtain super powers. We now have complete power over our own image and abilities. What is currently being done and where might these God-like powers potentially lead?” - Leanie van der Vyver.

Manufactured by Rene van den Berg.

In a world made of strings we are designers of expression.

XYseX (2004) by suka off

Cast :: Sylvia L, Monika Nahlik, Piotr Wegrzynski — Camera :: Marcin Doś — Editing :: Piotr Wegrzynski, Marcin Doś — Lights :: Maciej Dziaczko — Music :: Mirosław Matyasik

SUKAOFF/BFV 2004

Pink by Urszula Kluz-Knopek

Pole (jam XIV) performed by SAÅAD music video made by AS HUMAN PATTERN

Moving objects | nº 547 - 561 by Pe Lang

Actuators, cables, silikon, various mechanical parts
Size: 100 x 56 cm
Year: 2011, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin

Balloon by Ries Straver

Metaphysical, and seemingly perilous, Ries Straver’s “Balloon” is a fluidly looping video of a young girl holding a giant red balloon that grows and shrinks. Set in an otherworldly background, the girl is at first ancillary and looks to be somehow controlling the size of the balloon she holds but as the video continues the balloon grows larger and larger in time with ominous audio creating a precarious tension as we wait for the balloon to burst.

Ries Straver’s “Balloon” is at first glance a simple study of tension and expectations but the foreboding characteristics of the girl elevate it to a level of auspicious uneasiness.

Photography by James Mollison.

Sound Design by Adam Lieber.

Prise en Charge by HeHe