https://jevonchandra.org Jevon Chandra Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:54:46 +0000 https://jevonchandra.org en https://jevonchandra.org/Front-Page-Alt-2 Fri, 16 Jan 2026 10:54:46 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Front-Page-Alt-2 Hello, my name is Jevon Chandra. I am an artist and a futurist.&nbsp;Both involve sensing and making sense of the world differently. Currently, I am most interested in works that are both pragmatic and poetic — that is, projects that can both tend to the needs of today and imagine alternatives for tomorrow. Reach me for a chat. ︎ I create&nbsp;art projects.︎︎︎ Ways of Not Seeing: Aphantasia and its Affiliations National Gallery Calm Room Residency (Singapore, 2022-2023) ︎︎︎ HUTAN National Gallery Children’s Biennale (Singapore, 2023-2024) ︎︎︎ Picturing a Candle National Gallery&nbsp;Calm Room Residency&nbsp;(Singapore, 2022-2023) ︎︎︎ Other Things Leipzig International Art Programme (Leipzig, 2022) ︎︎︎ in times like these... Independent Film (Singapore, 2020) ︎︎︎ Light Gets In Fujinoyama Biennale (Japan, 2020) ︎︎︎ What Comes After&nbsp;Understanding Risk Field Lab (Chiang Mai, 2019) ︎︎︎ Songs of Companionship&nbsp;Esplanade Flipside Festival&nbsp;(Singapore, 2019) I design multimedia projections.︎︎︎&nbsp;Songsmith&nbsp; with Inch Chua (2023-ongoing) ︎︎︎ Air&nbsp; with Drama Box, Esplanade The Studios (2024) ︎︎︎ Between 5 Cows and the Deep Blue Sea with A. Yagnya and Alvin Tan, Esplanade Kalaa Utsavam Festival (2022) ︎︎︎ Kepaten Obor — Igniting a Withered Torch with Suhaili Safari, Esplanade Pesta Raya Festival (2022) ︎︎︎ Who’s There? with Sim Yan Ying and Alvin Tan, New Ohio Theatre Festival (2020) I compose music and design sound. ︎︎︎ Singapore Pavilion at Osaka World Expo 2025 ︎︎︎ Scarce City with Elizabeth Mak, NGS Light to Night Festival (2025) ︎︎︎ Hi, Can You Hear Me? for The Necessary Stage Main Season (2024)︎︎︎ Dirt DJ with bacilli, for documenta15 lumbung radio (2023) ︎︎︎ The Visit&nbsp;with Morrie Tan (2021) ︎︎︎ HOT POT TALK: The Measure of a Meal&nbsp;with Chong Gua Khee (2021) https://jevonchandra.org/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-Aphantasia-and-Its-Affiliations-2023-2024 Tue, 14 May 2024 00:19:36 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-Aphantasia-and-Its-Affiliations-2023-2024 Ways of Not Seeing: Aphantasia and Its Affiliations(2023-2024) Art book "Ways of Not Seeing: Aphantasia and its Affiliations" is an art book exploring a little-known condition called “aphantasia”, a condition colloquially described as a “blindness of the mind’s eye”. For most of the world, thinking of loved ones, places, and memories brings up corresponding images in the mind. But aphants can never do so; their mind is a visual void. The art book includes text and image contributions from the artist (who is an aphant) and five collaborators, who each respond to the bewildering condition from their respective practices across access work, therapy, poetry, and more. Instead of “ways of seeing,” what if we reflect on our “ways of not seeing”? What results from the simple flip? Created with the support of Calm Room Creative Residency, National Gallery Singapore. Contact me to purchase. <img width="1280" height="853" width_o="1280" height_o="853" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e633d5d0d873f65bba62f59924d5efa5d13b9aa7452252228b1990c6d566d1fb/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-2-1.png" data-mid="210847232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e633d5d0d873f65bba62f59924d5efa5d13b9aa7452252228b1990c6d566d1fb/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-2-1.png" /> <img width="1280" height="853" width_o="1280" height_o="853" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ece5ccc5f1e42bcd34ea843320d726cb54291dd0f85446b20b3dcf8580b05c6/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-4-1.png" data-mid="210847234" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ece5ccc5f1e42bcd34ea843320d726cb54291dd0f85446b20b3dcf8580b05c6/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-4-1.png" /> <img width="1280" height="853" width_o="1280" height_o="853" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/82175f897287df4d3d798dc4cd25133da7a0201d4aaf3ee36cc0230299f702dd/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-7-1.png" data-mid="210847237" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/82175f897287df4d3d798dc4cd25133da7a0201d4aaf3ee36cc0230299f702dd/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-7-1.png" /> <img width="1280" height="853" width_o="1280" height_o="853" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e151fe8c4f4fceacf89a49ca8d8b6c7c2bc0ba7979dd75d294c0fccc702fa897/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-5-1.png" data-mid="210847235" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e151fe8c4f4fceacf89a49ca8d8b6c7c2bc0ba7979dd75d294c0fccc702fa897/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-5-1.png" /> https://jevonchandra.org/HUTAN-2023 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:45:58 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/HUTAN-2023 HUTAN(2023)Interactive Audio-Visual Installation; Fabric, metal, lights, microphones, video projections, found objects HUTAN means “forest” in Bahasa Melayu and Indonesia. Hutan is also an anagram of tahun (”time”), tuhan (”God”) and hantu (”spirits”)! In this way, forests, time, the sacred and the spiritual are all connected! Forests take centuries to grow. Many cultures believe forests are sacred, and are home to spirits. Malay folklore is full of stories about spirits who care for the forest and those who live in it. In Malay culture, trees are sometimes respected as sacred places. Other cultures speak of the “tree of life,” which connects humans with heaven and earth. Enter HUTAN’s Tree of Life and forest floor. What lies beyond what we can see? Take your time and wander around the space carefully. Listen to the rhythms of life, and then listen to the sounds that we ourselves make as we move. Like a baby in our mother’s belly, inside the Tree of Life, can you feel the heartbeat of our universe?Collaborator:Lynette Quek, LittleCr3atures®️Created For: Gallery Children’s Biennale 2023: Let’s Make a Better Place. Image Credit: Joseph Nair, Memphis West Pictures. <img width="8256" height="5504" width_o="8256" height_o="5504" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f3d575f25748546ff4432677e26d0d18cbb824f37634b881a03e9cf306746b5/20230520_JO3_2157_PRESSRES-1.jpg" data-mid="209372020" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f3d575f25748546ff4432677e26d0d18cbb824f37634b881a03e9cf306746b5/20230520_JO3_2157_PRESSRES-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1996" width_o="3000" height_o="1996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f21283840de5faad03589f53628d3d3241f85692fbbed33e9f4276025452b19/20230517_JO1_9796_PRESSRES-1.jpg" data-mid="209372022" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f21283840de5faad03589f53628d3d3241f85692fbbed33e9f4276025452b19/20230517_JO1_9796_PRESSRES-1.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1996" width_o="3000" height_o="1996" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c408599a81f622e7e366f16b60213ebffb2edcb90a30cd56381a94edd67e244/20230517_JO1_9789_PRESSRES-1.jpg" data-mid="209372023" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c408599a81f622e7e366f16b60213ebffb2edcb90a30cd56381a94edd67e244/20230517_JO1_9789_PRESSRES-1.jpg" /> <img width="3484" height="3484" width_o="3484" height_o="3484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2978f974b3b28cccd38a0cbe0a3cb76c6aee4b5aac83cfdaf86a6f9c0711789f/20230520_JO1_9900_PRESSRES-1.jpg" data-mid="209372021" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2978f974b3b28cccd38a0cbe0a3cb76c6aee4b5aac83cfdaf86a6f9c0711789f/20230520_JO1_9900_PRESSRES-1.jpg" /> <img width="820" height="778" width_o="820" height_o="778" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9867d1b01a5b34f6189b892f831201490a89c06b42716dda534be3ee90e29c08/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-10.16.11AM.png" data-mid="247609513" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/820/i/9867d1b01a5b34f6189b892f831201490a89c06b42716dda534be3ee90e29c08/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-10.16.11AM.png" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-Workshop-2022-2023 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:00 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Ways-of-Not-Seeing-Workshop-2022-2023 Ways of Not Seeing Workshop(2022-2023) Thermochromic ink, digital print, glass, mirror, cloth, sound When asked to think of a person, place or thing, most people are able to conjure some kind of picture in their head. However, aphantasia is a condition where this mind’s eye is blind. Taking aphantasia as a starting point, the artist (who has this condition) considers what it might mean to ‘see’ and ‘remember’. ︎ Picturing a Candle combines both a prompt to “picture” (often used in various therapy, empathy-building, and mental-imagery research) and the image of “candle” (often associated with serenity, sacredness, and hope); to wonder — how might someone with aphantasia conceive of objects and past events? In what other instances might we all struggle to visualise, understand, and hope? This work draws loose scaffolding from the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire&nbsp; (VVIQ), a test that measures one’s ability to make mental images, typically used as a preliminary test for aphantasia. In the test, participants are tasked to try visualising: a dear person, a familiar shopfront, a rising sun, and a scene in nature. The work also takes Salleh Japar’s Gurisan-Gurisan Maghrib (Lines Between Twilight) from the&nbsp; Gallery’s collection as a point of inspiration— a work contemplating faith and the setting of the sun: the movement from sight to blindness, light to dark, day to night. ︎ Tracing this same path of receding vision, the artist also looked at decaying photographs from his childhood in Jakarta that were damaged by the flood waters that often immerse the city, and wonders if this deterioriation can also be a place of creation. Adding gurisan (lines) into the regions of moisture and bacterial decay, the artist makes new images that both responds to the VVIQ’s prompts and approximates old memories, both of which he is otherwise unable to do fully, if at all. All are then invited to trace their own precipices of sight, memory, hope, faith, articulation. A sonic contribution by artist ila, an inarticulate reverberate of a thought, reflects on these themes, with interlacing responses from members of the public to two questions: what do you see when you close your eyes? And what do you feel when you close your eyes? For you too: when and how does decay—of material, memory, mood—take place? When have you been unable to “see”? &nbsp; Created for the Calm Room Creative Residency, National Gallery Singapore Links National Gallery Singapore Creative Calm Room Residency <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4ba6e7b98f27df3f9bbb9a8824a3fef2c5be389b37eca031fbbe749a43b04f0/IMG_5849.jpeg" data-mid="209372040" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4ba6e7b98f27df3f9bbb9a8824a3fef2c5be389b37eca031fbbe749a43b04f0/IMG_5849.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9040509df1b11acc6f578efb0fea349d95cb0eb36ce90d2705534349d6bf70c8/IMG_5854.jpeg" data-mid="209372043" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9040509df1b11acc6f578efb0fea349d95cb0eb36ce90d2705534349d6bf70c8/IMG_5854.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4051aa82f7c7adf92a6ddd34789f12fd4aa4534badc196e1ae5d561c0878c68/IMG_5846.jpeg" data-mid="209372042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4051aa82f7c7adf92a6ddd34789f12fd4aa4534badc196e1ae5d561c0878c68/IMG_5846.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6306ec260f88e73d4fdfb8bd7f47990d2bf19d818276afcbf2364c7355be0ad2/IMG_5793.jpeg" data-mid="209372041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6306ec260f88e73d4fdfb8bd7f47990d2bf19d818276afcbf2364c7355be0ad2/IMG_5793.jpeg" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Picturing-a-Candle-2022-2023 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:02 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Picturing-a-Candle-2022-2023 Picturing a Candle(2022-2023) Thermochromic ink, digital print, glass, mirror, cloth, sound When asked to think of a person, place or thing, most people are able to conjure some kind of picture in their head. However, aphantasia is a condition where this mind’s eye is blind. Taking aphantasia as a starting point, the artist (who has this condition) considers what it might mean to ‘see’ and ‘remember’. ︎ Picturing a Candle combines both a prompt to “picture” (often used in various therapy, empathy-building, and mental-imagery research) and the image of “candle” (often associated with serenity, sacredness, and hope); to wonder — how might someone with aphantasia conceive of objects and past events? In what other instances might we all struggle to visualise, understand, and hope? This work draws loose scaffolding from the Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire&nbsp; (VVIQ), a test that measures one’s ability to make mental images, typically used as a preliminary test for aphantasia. In the test, participants are tasked to try visualising: a dear person, a familiar shopfront, a rising sun, and a scene in nature. The work also takes Salleh Japar’s Gurisan-Gurisan Maghrib (Lines Between Twilight) from the&nbsp; Gallery’s collection as a point of inspiration— a work contemplating faith and the setting of the sun: the movement from sight to blindness, light to dark, day to night. ︎ Tracing this same path of receding vision, the artist also looked at decaying photographs from his childhood in Jakarta that were damaged by the flood waters that often immerse the city, and wonders if this deterioriation can also be a place of creation. Adding gurisan (lines) into the regions of moisture and bacterial decay, the artist makes new images that both responds to the VVIQ’s prompts and approximates old memories, both of which he is otherwise unable to do fully, if at all. All are then invited to trace their own precipices of sight, memory, hope, faith, articulation. A sonic contribution by artist ila, an inarticulate reverberate of a thought, reflects on these themes, with interlacing responses from members of the public to two questions: what do you see when you close your eyes? And what do you feel when you close your eyes? For you too: when and how does decay—of material, memory, mood—take place? When have you been unable to “see”? &nbsp; Created for the Calm Room Creative Residency, National Gallery Singapore Links National Gallery Singapore Creative Calm Room Residency <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ab984bb27efa5a6df3d009dd897db18004a99a7182c58e2a8cf4bcee2a3f102/1683880642359.jpeg" data-mid="209372058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ab984bb27efa5a6df3d009dd897db18004a99a7182c58e2a8cf4bcee2a3f102/1683880642359.jpeg" /> <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64b84ab9b3e28ea0c49d77a5ac645852e937422a8fe04a9d4bf4fdc42418877f/1683880644634.jpeg" data-mid="209372056" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64b84ab9b3e28ea0c49d77a5ac645852e937422a8fe04a9d4bf4fdc42418877f/1683880644634.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="3992" width_o="6000" height_o="3992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8e4ec9e50dd7ea03e86bf60a2f5d4d06c4b9b4cb411bfceb095442b6cc345e5/20230511_JO1_9348_HIGHRES.jpg" data-mid="209372063" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8e4ec9e50dd7ea03e86bf60a2f5d4d06c4b9b4cb411bfceb095442b6cc345e5/20230511_JO1_9348_HIGHRES.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3625a8e971fa756ab97601cc249e4de9526225da049ab07ee0e04000aa286d5/Picturing-a-Candle.jpeg" data-mid="209940860" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3625a8e971fa756ab97601cc249e4de9526225da049ab07ee0e04000aa286d5/Picturing-a-Candle.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="3992" width_o="6000" height_o="3992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f493e24c711a2409c9a4d0fd42a0640e7a7e31fe7d3ad783dd8768a1f440d87/20230511_JO1_9235_HIGHRES.jpg" data-mid="209372062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f493e24c711a2409c9a4d0fd42a0640e7a7e31fe7d3ad783dd8768a1f440d87/20230511_JO1_9235_HIGHRES.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1362" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/688e870f9d9d60818be94896b39763400e78485109fba3957f2298635887a59e/1683880643231.jpeg" data-mid="209372057" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/688e870f9d9d60818be94896b39763400e78485109fba3957f2298635887a59e/1683880643231.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="3992" width_o="6000" height_o="3992" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f7554b7780693d3dcd94e58a35470c19c4965b46b24513cd49240b648cbd68f/20230511_JO1_9239_HIGHRES.jpg" data-mid="209372061" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f7554b7780693d3dcd94e58a35470c19c4965b46b24513cd49240b648cbd68f/20230511_JO1_9239_HIGHRES.jpg" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Other-Things-2022 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:04 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Other-Things-2022 Other Things(2022) Mixed Media Installation;4-channel sound installation, pencil and cut-outs on silk paper, candle, dimensions variable. What sits between expression and silence? Can doubt be given form?Other Things is an installation of sound and paper cutouts. It combines personal reflections with soundscape, exploring the malleability of word, song, and meaning. The work reflects came from a desire to reflect on my own religious upbringing: of growing up and playing piano in churches in Indonesia (where I was born) and Singapore (where I grew up), for close to 20 years. ︎ In part, the work alludes to one origin story of my religious tradition: Martin Luther’s mythical act of pasting his printed “Ninety-five Theses” on the door of All Saint’s Church in Wittenberg, an act of theological challenge against the Roman Catholic Church. Canonically remembered as an act of bold revolution that sparked the Protestant Reformation, it was in truth done amidst great societal and personal turmoil: from the Black plague tearing across Europe, to Martin Luther’s own enduring fears of divine judgment. So, on silk paper, a humble material typically used to clean and protect finished prints, I wrote personal reflections and thereafter cut the words out. This series of gesture, both additive and reductive, came from a desire to augment the seemingly-assertive act of printing and speaking, instead making manifest the gaps present in any kind of expression. ︎For the sonic element, I wondered: what happens when simple melodic lines are compressed or stretched to extremes, taking up infinitesimal amounts or vast expanses of time? What happens in these intervals that the&nbsp;divine is supposed to occupy? I chose to sing a memorable song from my childhood: the Indonesian hymn “Tuhanku Bila&nbsp;Hati Kawanku”, adapted from the English&nbsp;hymn “An Evening Prayer”. It used to be one of&nbsp;my favourite songs to accompany on the piano. But this time, sung without accompaniment, the recording captures the raw inflections and&nbsp;imperfections in both my singing and&nbsp;pronunciation. With that recording as a&nbsp;building block, copies of it are then stretched&nbsp;or compressed in time – to be microseconds&nbsp;short or years long – and laid atop each other.&nbsp;This exercise in modulating time reveals&nbsp;variations where none was initially perceivable.&nbsp;Notes that were “on-pitch” wobble and every&nbsp;sung syllable dilates, resulting in an aural mix&nbsp;of hazy blurs and stutters. But in time, and if one is willing, it is possible to identify pitch and pronunciation reconfiguring themselves. New (dis)harmonies will arise, ebbing and flowing, whether we pay attention to them or not. ︎ It is said that to put something in print, in black and white, is to commit; also, that words spoken are like arrows fired from a bow, which cannot be taken back. Both framings connote a certain eternity to the acts of printing and speaking, irreversible once done.In response, the series looks to embed the doubt and anxieties present behind any act of&nbsp;proclamation or disclosure, however bold they&nbsp;may sound, in material and sonic form. The&nbsp;aim, then, is to dial the act of bringing words&nbsp;into the world into a gentler, more perishable&nbsp;form – as an expression of still speaking, but&nbsp;more vulnerably, tentatively, and carefully, with&nbsp;room for necessary doubt. Exhibited at:Material Memory, Spinnerei, Germany The Faraway Nearby, Art Agenda S.E.A., Singapore Reviews Wong Kar Mun Nicole for Art and Market, "Review of Art and Market Small Rooms" Jonathan Chan for Art and Market, “so imminent yet so beyond reach” Miriam Devaprasana for Art and Market, “An Ode to Truth Which Binds Us All” Amar Shahid for Art and Market, “An afternoon of reconciliation” <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a9fd4e794ca75733b5f032fa1c99104ae17a63051a095c1597d74d1a4585311/Other-Things_1.JPG" data-mid="209372064" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a9fd4e794ca75733b5f032fa1c99104ae17a63051a095c1597d74d1a4585311/Other-Things_1.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/baf842853f88c8478c850d8f90166589c93cdfa47f5d175e7f07ebbb8675a78f/Other-Things_4.JPG" data-mid="209372067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/baf842853f88c8478c850d8f90166589c93cdfa47f5d175e7f07ebbb8675a78f/Other-Things_4.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/340ee0069df3bdd5a0da29e8ad848b44316cf42d9f47e03155334fb242a7a617/Other-Things_Installation-View_2.JPG" data-mid="209372072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/340ee0069df3bdd5a0da29e8ad848b44316cf42d9f47e03155334fb242a7a617/Other-Things_Installation-View_2.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6951774fe6237afe012da7441600b77d93bfdbdd8c354085737a6bc4d28cf688/Other-Things_3.JPG" data-mid="209372066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6951774fe6237afe012da7441600b77d93bfdbdd8c354085737a6bc4d28cf688/Other-Things_3.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40e30c6ec02f2e142ee1c231e755bba4656e4725ff23fb8e2955202cde2f8045/Other-Things_5.JPG" data-mid="209372068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40e30c6ec02f2e142ee1c231e755bba4656e4725ff23fb8e2955202cde2f8045/Other-Things_5.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/461bd33587bf25f0cb5a560c3c46e7e1490063ee2e5d9977138dd3b51da501e2/Other-Things_7.JPG" data-mid="209372070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/461bd33587bf25f0cb5a560c3c46e7e1490063ee2e5d9977138dd3b51da501e2/Other-Things_7.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f490a8148cac689ef57cbe293787ab2e0068dcc932b09306f1661f1239714d41/Other-Things_6.JPG" data-mid="209372069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f490a8148cac689ef57cbe293787ab2e0068dcc932b09306f1661f1239714d41/Other-Things_6.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c15ec5f655b87c817af5ab5c224449396b2b595375210f6c72801008c35915df/Other-Things_8.JPG" data-mid="209372071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c15ec5f655b87c817af5ab5c224449396b2b595375210f6c72801008c35915df/Other-Things_8.JPG" /> https://jevonchandra.org/in-times-like-these-2021 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:06 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/in-times-like-these-2021 in times like these... (2021) Two versions: Cinematic and VR experience; 8 mins 27 secs in times like these... is an immersive cinematic and VR presentation. The 8 minute visual landscape experiment is paired with sound designed by Singaporean artist Jevon Chandra, bringing the visuals from a temporal exhibition space into virtual reality. ︎ in times like these... speaks to the strange times we live in, where the expressions of our senses are locked in deep isolation, where the abstract pulsates vividly in our cognitive presences, where intricate movements of colour, light and sound turn up their volumes, such that we are inundated by their slowly inching wilt towards death. The VR experience is one of slow-motion aesthetic implosions, that a viewer melts into the virtual at the eye of the cascading storm. VR theatrical experience is accessible by Oculus Quest 2 headsets. (text by Chen Yanyun) Award Winner — Beyond The Curve International Film Festival (France) Exhibited at: 2022 — Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, Paris, France 2022 — Berlin Lift-Off Film Festival Online Selection, Berlin, Germany 2022 — FIVARS Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories In collaboration with: Yanyun Chen and Alex Scollay Technical Support: Corentin Derbre <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aac659637e8d684701f4411c378de063303c15255fa250a231c71ebdced3c713/itlt_Stills-4.png" data-mid="209372088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aac659637e8d684701f4411c378de063303c15255fa250a231c71ebdced3c713/itlt_Stills-4.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/333104dcd20e4c91b8075ffdd076c1e31de26f52bc80403728f6b9c6cd296576/itlt_Stills-1.png" data-mid="209372089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/333104dcd20e4c91b8075ffdd076c1e31de26f52bc80403728f6b9c6cd296576/itlt_Stills-1.png" /> <img width="3024" height="1964" width_o="3024" height_o="1964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d5f91ace7dc49dc045eb2d22b3ec4479da632e4e8135f3bea0b86ff21d3389c/itlt_Stills-6.png" data-mid="209372090" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d5f91ace7dc49dc045eb2d22b3ec4479da632e4e8135f3bea0b86ff21d3389c/itlt_Stills-6.png" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Across-a-Small-Distance-2021 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:07 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Across-a-Small-Distance-2021 Across a Small Distance (2021) Performance-Installation; 2 performers, cloth, 4 pulleys, 4 ropes, 4 20kg weights, 1 motion-sensing camera, video projection, postcards, code, 3 FM radio, dimensions variable Across a Small Distance is a performance about resisting technology’s need for huge impact and far reach, instead focusing on the small, short, and simple. We sent messages to each other. We played badminton in a room.But while riding the undulations of the pandemic in personal and professional settings, even tiny things and connections with those close to us are difficult. And still, our energies to close those gaps are in short supply. Even across a small distance, what is distorted across the arc of physical and digital space traversed? What counterweights must we apply to return them to form?Collaborator:Chew Shaw EnIncubated in: Feelers Performed at: starch Articles: further notes “A conversation, in the style of badminton”&nbsp; Feelers <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ad5391275f03db15e2a1e7179471eb519af376898c97ebd451a98bbc1374358/DSCF0458.JPG" data-mid="209372098" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ad5391275f03db15e2a1e7179471eb519af376898c97ebd451a98bbc1374358/DSCF0458.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9069aaf30dab5d1b18ade666ae704b74780c53251c224e0348a12416a1627567/DSCF0594.JPG" data-mid="209372106" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9069aaf30dab5d1b18ade666ae704b74780c53251c224e0348a12416a1627567/DSCF0594.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bb15225ae596621ad05e7f0f26e1e0843c19e1b81eeaa02b3ab29874a10b618/DSCF0423.JPG" data-mid="209372097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bb15225ae596621ad05e7f0f26e1e0843c19e1b81eeaa02b3ab29874a10b618/DSCF0423.JPG" /> <img width="1820" height="1312" width_o="1820" height_o="1312" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e1d7295239313195b8133f3ba086747b34b9a79a242275640d0056290f54ebe/Feelers2021Front-1.jpg" data-mid="209372093" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e1d7295239313195b8133f3ba086747b34b9a79a242275640d0056290f54ebe/Feelers2021Front-1.jpg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/00f4c4757bbae390d30e7ab8ce392b2179018ea1e405c0eb289acb53a6d13181/DSCF0527.JPG" data-mid="209372092" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/00f4c4757bbae390d30e7ab8ce392b2179018ea1e405c0eb289acb53a6d13181/DSCF0527.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fd0f96d6f7d65f05dc0291837a1952c6cd6848c67be3738e041e863aabcc462/DSCF0461.JPG" data-mid="209372099" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2fd0f96d6f7d65f05dc0291837a1952c6cd6848c67be3738e041e863aabcc462/DSCF0461.JPG" /> <img width="1820" height="1313" width_o="1820" height_o="1313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77734bb954fcaae1f5db7f1480d2f3088aa213fccc733735a34c283ebe9d4666/Feelers2021Front-2.jpg" data-mid="209372094" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/77734bb954fcaae1f5db7f1480d2f3088aa213fccc733735a34c283ebe9d4666/Feelers2021Front-2.jpg" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3a86fb77232e7c944a5136e3ef8204badfa7e36d829bf4747bee6b0476a7acd/DSCF0625.JPG" data-mid="209372103" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3a86fb77232e7c944a5136e3ef8204badfa7e36d829bf4747bee6b0476a7acd/DSCF0625.JPG" /> <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a8f3b3f48f304b33dfd8b461f6275b696b0d399fb8e1cade9021047488ccd11/DSCF0597.JPG" data-mid="209372105" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a8f3b3f48f304b33dfd8b461f6275b696b0d399fb8e1cade9021047488ccd11/DSCF0597.JPG" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Light-Gets-In-2020-2021 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:09 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Light-Gets-In-2020-2021 Light Gets In(2020-2021) Participants, HD Video with 2-channel sound, 3 split-flap displays (laser-cut acrylic, servo motor, die-cut PVC flaps, arduino and code), images printed on transparencies, dimensions variable. Can something so large and so near be unseen? ︎ First developed in 2020 for an exhibition at the foot of Mount Fuji, “Light Gets In” thinks through the looming mountain as a metaphor for largeness and distance. Created amidst travel restrictions, the work is scored as a relay of 3 prompts across 2 countries: 1) for residents in Japan – to write or dialogue with the artist on their acquaintanceship with Mount Fuji, alongside a photo of the mountain (visible or otherwise) from where they are, 2) for myself and local friend-participants – to go on field trips to try seeing Mount Fuji from Singapore, and 3) make a composite image of the Singapore landscape alongside the images received from Japan, while facing Mount Fuji 5000 kilometres away. Gathered alongsides are pictures, sentiments and moments that surfaced during the field trips, traces of this exercise of attempting to face, look, and traverse untraversable distance: of bringing the mountain from Japan to Singapore.Exhibited in: Fujinoyama Biennale 2020, Japan ON/OFF/SCREEN, Deck, Singapore Project website: www.lightgetsin.cargo.site (Eng) www.lightgetsinjp.cargo.site (Jap) <img width="2880" height="1622" width_o="2880" height_o="1622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ad4bbb31ee26d418cef9b57c7dbb0368ad3b74d11b239dd6539e578229c0446/Screenshot-2020-10-16-at-9.09.18-AM.png" data-mid="209372114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ad4bbb31ee26d418cef9b57c7dbb0368ad3b74d11b239dd6539e578229c0446/Screenshot-2020-10-16-at-9.09.18-AM.png" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f4cd15f4f74c56b59a17937464d73be3fc49e85d0f9ae7babb59184fb67303be/Selection-6.JPG" data-mid="209372122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f4cd15f4f74c56b59a17937464d73be3fc49e85d0f9ae7babb59184fb67303be/Selection-6.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11fab29df5b858b0fa919880e480b832c297d5a4765a9a3ba628c096a4c0b763/DSC00689.JPG" data-mid="209372116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/11fab29df5b858b0fa919880e480b832c297d5a4765a9a3ba628c096a4c0b763/DSC00689.JPG" /> <img width="2880" height="1620" width_o="2880" height_o="1620" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fb3ef09d1d94c46c66105e16b0cab15c2b6c172e46f523a2affb080ca81d72f/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-9.30.25-AM.png" data-mid="209372121" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fb3ef09d1d94c46c66105e16b0cab15c2b6c172e46f523a2affb080ca81d72f/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-9.30.25-AM.png" /> <img width="2880" height="1588" width_o="2880" height_o="1588" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff45626c2afd74f0bf3ccf334f87dbdcbb512f9497a84d03ac4dc3f711646f90/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-9.28.48-AM.png" data-mid="209372120" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff45626c2afd74f0bf3ccf334f87dbdcbb512f9497a84d03ac4dc3f711646f90/Screenshot-2020-10-23-at-9.28.48-AM.png" /> <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7c5732e158b61b3a4f5ab28a5dc235b22864f1187a78afa97fa66afe70c179d/20210121_mpegoosopening-2-of-22.jpg" data-mid="209372124" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c7c5732e158b61b3a4f5ab28a5dc235b22864f1187a78afa97fa66afe70c179d/20210121_mpegoosopening-2-of-22.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d673e92809e6b98c55f8244fe591599493d6e29e5e230877a4698d9ded6dc010/Selection-3.JPG" data-mid="209372119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d673e92809e6b98c55f8244fe591599493d6e29e5e230877a4698d9ded6dc010/Selection-3.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a767f5d5b1a8afbd872fda719ebeba669b0ee72c4c44b1631ea1ef10dca39e0/DSC00854.JPG" data-mid="209372123" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a767f5d5b1a8afbd872fda719ebeba669b0ee72c4c44b1631ea1ef10dca39e0/DSC00854.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae1d6b9236fea30394767e7f5bcd9321b5e677c6f4cbe707fbd90cb6af937a74/DSC00777.JPG" data-mid="209372115" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae1d6b9236fea30394767e7f5bcd9321b5e677c6f4cbe707fbd90cb6af937a74/DSC00777.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/436cb0a7b51462661104ab9117c1d3a7f014022bee0e7647863560eb0d382544/Selection-1.JPG" data-mid="209372118" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/436cb0a7b51462661104ab9117c1d3a7f014022bee0e7647863560eb0d382544/Selection-1.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d85e4dabe789500822e09ec470a0227d9423f0502ae53044a4b718592695186/DSC00822.JPG" data-mid="209372117" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d85e4dabe789500822e09ec470a0227d9423f0502ae53044a4b718592695186/DSC00822.JPG" /> https://jevonchandra.org/Tomorrow-s-Islands-2019 Sat, 20 Apr 2024 06:46:12 +0000 Jevon Chandra https://jevonchandra.org/Tomorrow-s-Islands-2019 Tomorrow’s Islands(2019) Participatory Performance-Installation;Participants, 3 performers, 4-channel sound, 2-channel video, paper instructions, candle, mask, incense, putty, circular carpet, large wooden rectangular boxes, dimensions variable. Tomorrow’s Islands is an performance-installation about movement, connection, and attention. Using land reclamation as a subject, the work treats the migration and compaction of sand as a metaphor for the displacement and reconstitution of community, reflecting on the potential and challenges of communality amidst congregation. How, if at all, does physical proximity translate into emotional connection? How does a place become a home? When belonging and togetherness is tough, what possibilities for solitude remain?Collaborators:Kei Franklin, Jungsuh Sue Lim Supported by: Incheon Foundation Art and Culture (IFAC) Young Artist Grant Presented at:Incheon Art Platform, South Korea <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d63af5a509f2e1b1c48782a5ac5ed89c4c7a2f8994f0f94b054762279eefcd3/IMG_6649.jpg" data-mid="209372149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d63af5a509f2e1b1c48782a5ac5ed89c4c7a2f8994f0f94b054762279eefcd3/IMG_6649.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3900" width_o="6000" height_o="3900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b866759524c750cade4b9bc1e7d6dd70236e7247acf354263866516c12b0b992/DSC_3264.jpeg" data-mid="209372142" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b866759524c750cade4b9bc1e7d6dd70236e7247acf354263866516c12b0b992/DSC_3264.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e475e4764b38571e29a4ce75f98fdbf559554f9d1b48553eea9550a7b2b8a22/DSC_3172.jpeg" data-mid="209372144" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e475e4764b38571e29a4ce75f98fdbf559554f9d1b48553eea9550a7b2b8a22/DSC_3172.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec2f11565b85e3338c2a0a3c4673215d9a6b2c71835d42b7d195fb1355722ce9/DSC_3153.jpeg" data-mid="209372147" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec2f11565b85e3338c2a0a3c4673215d9a6b2c71835d42b7d195fb1355722ce9/DSC_3153.jpeg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1012e440feba0b5884110f5e667efbfe7ea60576f35ee19746d494cee6602dc6/IMG_6651.jpg" data-mid="209372150" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1012e440feba0b5884110f5e667efbfe7ea60576f35ee19746d494cee6602dc6/IMG_6651.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de49ed3146fd0baf513765f119f7d508beb1a65707e181090052ee8c5db920c1/DSC_3090.jpeg" data-mid="209372148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de49ed3146fd0baf513765f119f7d508beb1a65707e181090052ee8c5db920c1/DSC_3090.jpeg" /> <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9ec94bb35f3c0a3b704c11ef7741eb094c04c1466618db06b3f6ad44fca3377/Tomorrow-s-Islands--3.jpg" data-mid="209372151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9ec94bb35f3c0a3b704c11ef7741eb094c04c1466618db06b3f6ad44fca3377/Tomorrow-s-Islands--3.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/905958dc97b27d59250d3322988e0e8a22d4865523d23538ee69a04476840ff4/DSC_3205.jpeg" data-mid="209372143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/905958dc97b27d59250d3322988e0e8a22d4865523d23538ee69a04476840ff4/DSC_3205.jpeg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3025a09135c99b194b46ac930933c501ec90dd6741b3cee769bf105c1f3835c3/Tomorrow-s-Islands--4.jpg" data-mid="209372152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3025a09135c99b194b46ac930933c501ec90dd6741b3cee769bf105c1f3835c3/Tomorrow-s-Islands--4.jpg" /> <img width="5283" height="4000" width_o="5283" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6dc143990ecc10cb0f696db2ff33faa4a83e6dbe0b637938e6cd80f6e0e6188/DSC_3168.jpeg" data-mid="209372145" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a6dc143990ecc10cb0f696db2ff33faa4a83e6dbe0b637938e6cd80f6e0e6188/DSC_3168.jpeg" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cbbac98cd5a973df20241c9737bd82b85ee49786b1c8c0aab22685cf3d38a59/DSC_3225.jpeg" data-mid="209372146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cbbac98cd5a973df20241c9737bd82b85ee49786b1c8c0aab22685cf3d38a59/DSC_3225.jpeg" />