Video Still of Artist Ang Xue Ning & Liu Ye Fu's Being an Ending - +,-./-01, 2021
The exponential rise of digital art reflects both the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the future of contemporary art, by harnessing technology to overcome limitations of geographies, sensibilities and real-world needs. ARTX30 artists were given a ‘30-Day Challenge’ to respond to the friendship theme and work together on a new digital artwork in pairs, each comprising a Singapore-based artist and a China-based artist.
Their one-month artistic collaboration was marked by three milestones: The artists first met over Zoom to speed-date and select their collaborators with whom they put together an artistic proposal. At the mid-point of their production period, each pair presented their work-in-progress to a panel of mentors who gave valuable feedback. Their partnership came to a close with the presentation of their artistic outcomes to one another, friends and guests at the end of the month. Meanwhile, additional Zoom sessions between the creative team and specific artists or artist-pairs were conducted to intervene into the creative process where it was due.
ARTX30 celebrates 30 years of bilateral relations between Singapore and China through art exchange between the two countries. Co-organised by G20 Youth Entrepreneurs’ Alliance China, U30s Academy China, and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Singapore, and supported by National Arts Council Singapore and China Green Foundation, this art exchange project emphasises meaningful online interaction and creative exploration amongst young artists of the two countries.
Participating artists:
Tan Zi Xi (Singapore), Fazleen Karlan (Singapore), Ang Xue Ning (Singapore), Loi Cai Xiang (Singapore), Jaxton Su (Singapore), Ryan Benjamin Lee (Singapore), Liu Jiayu (China), Li Mowen (China), Liu Yefu (China), Ma Lingli (China), Nhozagri (China) and Ouyang Sulong (China).
When: 11 - 30 Jun 2021,
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