You are not logged in. Please login here
| Title : | Deciphering Briggs |
| Venue : | Seri Kembangan New Village market square Seri Kembangan |
| Date & Time : | Sat 30 - Sun 31 Aug 2008 (8am - 12noon) |
| Tickets : | Free Admission |
| Synopsis : | This Merdeka weekend, the market-going public in Seri Kembangan new village will be greeted by a large size portrait of the historical figure Sir Harold Briggs, artfully composed of fruits and vegetables. They will be invited to buy these fruits and vegetables, and enter into conversation about who this figure is and how this figure has impacted their lives and personal histories. This is a site-specific interactive art installation by young and multi-talented artist Tan Zi Hao, who lives in Seri Kembangan, and who was schooled in the Seri Kembangan primary and secondary schools. Yet throughout his schooling years, Zi Hao knew nothing about the history of the new villages and the role played by Sir Harold Briggs in their formation. He is curious if there are many others like himself. and hopes to engage Seri Kembangan residents in reconsidering this man who perhaps played a pivotal role in changing the course of their lives. Using vegetables and fruits to compose portraits heads is not new to art; it is a form made famous by 16th century Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in his painted portraits. Zi Hao puts a twist to this by using real fruits and vegetables. The actions of buying and eating the perishable goods which composes Briggs face, places the doer in a position of 'interacting' with history, 'removing' or 'erasing' morsel by morsel the facial features of Brigg. By metaphorical and literal extension, whether consciously or unconsciously, they are buying and 'consuming' art,' as a daily mundane activity; as well as, perhaps 'consuming history' and 'consuming politics' - as their present lives are somehow framed by Briggs' actions in the past. Part of the Entry Points project, which is supported by The Annexe Central Market's Grants for Grabs. |
Public Rating
(Recommended)
( 1 ) votes
User Comments
Related Links
