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POLARIS ARTISTS TALKS
430 light years away from the planet Earth, a star, the brightest of its kind, burns in the skiesabove the north pole. This star is Polaris - commonly know as Northern Star or Pole Star.Like the brightest star in the oceanic sky, the theme for Republic Polytechnic's annual visualart programme (under the umbrella of REFLECTIONS’ 2009 – Republic Polytechnic’s CommunityArts Festival from 29
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October to 30
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January 09) suggest a confluence of ideas and multipleexchanges of Media, Art and technology.
POLARIS. Art, New Media & Technology
addresses these variant forms, positions,influences, messages and the pleasure of viewing Art, by presenting the plethora of use and tehevalue of Art framed by ideas and practices in new media and technology.To reach out to art communities, Republic Polytechnic's The Republic Cultural Centre(TRCC) & Singapore Contemporary Young Artists (SCYA) organised a series of Young ArtistsTalks focusing on issues related to the process of Art-making, ideas and presentation of the Artist'sintention through their chosen medium.These talks, conducted by a diverse range of young & bright artists, provide an insideperspective to the artist’s concepts when creating an artwork.Aiman Hakim, a painter, started the series on the 29
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of October in a quiet Art Studio at TheRepublic Cultural Centre with a mix of students and members of the public listening attentively tohis presentation and after, presented a short video clip of the Young Artist's sketches before amajor solo show. Aiman shared his views on his decision to become an Artist after enrolling himselfin an Art School and also later tried a job employment with Singapore Airlines. In his paintings,Aiman suggest a link to the relationship between his personal experience and the craft of paintingwith an interest of comic book collecting. He conveys that Art can be shared and experienced solong as one is willing to explore into his or herself.
Aiman Hakim, artwork from “For ages 4 and up', Oil on CanvasAiman Hakim, artwork from “For ages 4 and up', Oil on Canvas
Hazel Lim's art has an interactive element in her approach. She looks at fusing memories,colours, perception and ideas like a chemist working in the laboratory to form new meanings & newobjects. She encourages participation in her art-making process by having audiences pick certainwords to form new words with new meanings. Hazel then constructs their artworks into tiny littlepalm size books which are then shelved into a periodic table, as though commenting on aninvention waiting to take place.Hazel Lim, 'the e le men tal in ter ludes', installationBilly Soh, Maxine Chionh and Lim Shengen presented Photography in a much differentlight.Billy introduced to the audience, a thematic system of looking at photography with classicalmusic by studying the musical overlays, subject and composition matter. He approachesphotography as though composing a piece of music. Therefore the audience's perceptionboundaries of photography were expanded.Maxine on the other hand, shared a playful way of exploring the print of the photography byerasing or making a physical mark on the paper itself. Her work suggests a deconstruction of theattitude towards making a photograph.
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