Spoken: a virtual gallery project by Eugene Soh and Stephen Black
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Spoken A virtual gallery project by Eugene Soh and Stephen Black, Spoken features an eclectic range of artists, including Stelarc, Yasumasa Morimura,Vincent Leow, Christophe Charles and Hans Lagner. Spoken refers to the idea that the curators have spoken to all of the artists, a simple but profound starting point. Documentary writing, flash fiction and metafiction are an important part of Spoken. The exhibition is also the location for He in Spoken, a short machinima film now in preproduction.
Spoken: a virtual gallery project by Eugene Soh and Stephen Black
- 1. SPOKEN project description, press releases, reviews, interviews, background of project blacksteps.tv / Stephen Black Spoken A virtual gallery project by Eugene Soh and Stephen Black, Spoken features an eclectic range of artists, including Stelarc, Yasumasa Morimura,Vincent Leow, Christophe Charles and Hans Lagner. Spoken refers to the idea that the curators have spoken to all of the artists, a simple but profound starting point. Documentary writing, flash fiction and metafiction are an important part of Spoken. The exhibition is also the location for He in Spoken, a short machinima film now in preproduction. Note: we are pleased to announce that Eugene Soh is a nominee in the ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu 2014, one of Singapores most highly regarded photography competitions. This will result in some postponement of the September release, though the text, machinima and internet-related aspects will continue as planned. Eugenes photography work is now on display in Singapore: About Eugene Soh:
- 2. http://www.timeoutsingapore.com/aroundtown/exhibitions/icon-de-martell-cordon-bleu-2014 A recent graduate of Nanyang Technological Universitys School of Art, Design and Media, is recognized as being a pioneer in the Singapore Web Art movement. The Last Kopitiam, Eugenes update of The Last Supper, has been very well received and exemplifies his light-hearted approach to art.http://www.dude.sg/ The Future Audience: Eugene Soh at TEDxYouth@Singapore http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9pDoS68DtLk About Stephen Black After graduating from the Rochester Institute of Technology, began a journey through art, Asia and writing. In Tokyo he worked with butoh dancers, including Kazuo Ono. In Hong Kong he produced promotional videos for Cartoon Network and Turner Classic movies. Art, writing and life experiences in New York and Paris; in 2002, he began working with virtual reality in Singapore. Books by Stephen Black include Obama Search Words, Furikake, Bus Stopping and I Ate Tiong Bahru. Contact With Shadow is becoming unglued. Gallery.sg -An original concept by Eugene Soh, gallery.sg is unique and entertaining. -Visitors can easily walk through the gallery and chat with each other. - Pop up displays provide information about the artists and artworks - Inspired by the Hawkeye Crates Art Space in Brooklyn, the virtual gallery features numerous architectural details as well as a few surprises. - the artworks are the starting point for the layout and the gallery is being created specifically for them. Lighting and information displays are dedicated to each individual artwork. -The artworks are available for sale, prices upon request.
- 3. Eugene Soh and Stephen Black at the Web Art Show at Gallery.sg https://unglue.it/work/137647/ Note: Spoken will be in a completely new space at gallery.sg, which is presently hosting the Web Art show. How Eugene Soh and Stephen Black met: http://www.blacksteps.tv/?p=548
- 4. Interior of Gallery, work in progress. A gif artwork by Paul Periera and a painting from the Crime Faces series by Paul Dodd. List of artists: Arleen Schloss http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleen_Schloss Mel Araneta https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.252925478065718.70981.223569594334640&type=3 David Black (No internet presence) Stephen Black www.blacksteps.tv Christophe Charles http://home.att.ne.jp/grape/charles/ Debbie Ding http://openurbanism.blogspot.com/ Paul Dodd Paintings: http://www.popwars.com/art/ Blog: http://www.popwars.com/blog/ Free downloadable music: http://www.popwars.com/art/ Andr辿s Garc鱈a-Pe単a
- 5. Detail from Here Lies the River by Debbie Ding, on display as part of the Unearthed Exhibition at the Singapore Art Museum. http://andresgarciapena.com/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr辿s_Garc鱈a-Pe単a http://gitanarosa.com/andres-garcia-pena/ Morvarid K http://wonderwall.co.in/ViewPhotographerewise.aspx?Aid=62 http://lifestyle.xin.msn.com/en/goingout/lifestyleasia/yavuz-fine-art-presents-morvarid-k Godwin Koay http://godwinkoay.weebly.com/works.html http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/arts/notes-revolution-45 Hans Lagner http://www.birdtoelz.de/ Michael Lee
- 6. http://michaellee.sg/ http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/article/1255659/singapores-scale-models Vincent Leow http://www.vincentleow.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/arts/18iht-leow.html?_r=0 David Severn http://www.david-severn.com/ Eugene Soh http://www.dude.sg/ http://www.timeoutsingapore.com/art/feature/cheatsheet-eugene-soh Stelarc http://stelarc.org/_.swf http://www.wired.com/2012/05/stelarc-performance-art/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelarc Lily Su http://lilysu.com/section/201522.html Liqing Xue http://www.gillmanbarracks.com/art-galleries/Yeo-Workshop/228 Morimura Yasumasa http://www.warhol.org/responsive/event.aspx?id=20708 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumasa_Morimura http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/feminist_art_base/gallery/yasumasamorimura.php THIS DOCUMENT IS A TEST OF SLIDESHARE/PDF CONVERSION/LINK PRESENTATION
- 7. Anyone, especially journalists, are welcome to send questions to bookmerah(at) gmail.com Depending on test results and feedback I will either continue with this document or start another, hopefully improved, version. Onward, SB Click here for a list of the artists in SPOKEN, as well as information about them. SPOKEN open notebook. Click here for email extracts and notes from behind the scenes. SPOKEN is a project by Eugene Soh and Stephen Black, combining a virtual gallery, a book project and the works of an exciting and eclectic mix of known and emerging artists. The site of SPOKEN is gallery.sg. On display at the moment is The Web Art Show, featuring Singaporean artists. (The present gallery will be completely reconstructed for SPOKEN.) SPOKEN references the fact that one or both of the curators have spoken to the artists. Short stories, essays and text related to SPOKEN: click here. Besides being a virtual gallery, SPOKEN is a book project that combines fact and fiction to present conversations the curators have had with the artists in the exhibition. Online right now are two works-in-progress, a story about meeting Robert Rauschenberg and one about meeting Michael Lee. Note this is a work-in-progress and the texts have not been proofread. Virtual Art galleries in Singapore , article by Gwen Pew, TimeOut July 3, 2014 This went up on the morning of July 1 For now, here is Eugene Sohs TEDx talk about the audience of the future. and Stephen Blacks TEDx talk about words and technology with spontaneous performances and music.