REMEMBER DECEMBER
by RE-CAP.ORG
Architecture is a container. What makes architecture memorable are the events that took place within the walls. Revolving around a grand Christmas Dinner in 1818, artists will recreate the scenes through cut-out video mapping projections.Sir Stamford Raffles was the guest of honour and it is rumored that he discussed the founding of Singapore at Suffolk House.
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DOOR TO ANOTHER TIME
by WONG HOY CHEONG
The doors in the hall become `windows’ to another time and place; layering the different times of past, present and future. Located in the marble hall, the artist will project live video of various Penang scenes through the framed doors. The video will play only when it is triggered by a person moving in front of the doors. |
FRANC
by LIM KOK YOONG
This work for multi-users activation, erasing the sense of physical place-converging locality and disparity. Users can log online onto a website and control the zeppelin's movement, allowing for him/her to view the festival as they please. A web-camera is harnessed on to a motorized zeppelin where the live feed will be seen on the computer screen.. The image is projected also onto the walls of the ballroom.
http://www.franc.simply-simple.net |
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SUFFOLK SOUND SCAPES
by KOK SIEW WAI
The artist will take visitors into an audio journey, by discovering the ambient sounds found around Suffolk House. Separating the sounds into separate components, like musical instruments, users have the chance to `mix' these ambient sounds with others. This work explores the audio dimensions blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality sound scapes. There will be 5 different ambient sounds that will allow 5 users to participate in the installation at any given time. |
WHISPERING WALLS
by KUNGYU LIEW
This installation revolves around the story of Francis Light’s mysterious and beautiful common-law wife, Martina Rozells. An Eurasian woman of Thai-Portuguese decent, little is known about her except the sad plight that she endured after the passing of her husband when she was swindled out of her inheritance by Light’s business partners.Set within Suffolk House’s `ladies’ apartment’ period room, the artist will project historical text coming out from the objects found in the room. |
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VIRTUAL HERITAGE: CHEONG FATT TZE MANSION
by DIGICAP
Digicap is a HDRI documentation project lead by Khairul Hazrin. Utilizing advanced techniques in high-dynamic-range photography, these images are then stitched into virtual rooms.These rooms can be explored using `touch-screen' devices. |
