【inToAsia: TBA Festival 2015】 Architectural Landscapes: SEA in the Forefront

【inToAsia: TBA Festival 2015】 Architectural Landscapes: SEA in the Forefront
October 3–31, 2015

Venue: Queens Museum, Partnership Gallery 2F
Opening reception: Sat, Oct 3, 1:30 – 5 pm
Film Screening: Sun, Oct 4, 1- 5 pm


inCube Arts is delighted to present the second edition of inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival 2015 with focus on Asia-based new media artists, organized by CHEN Wei-Ching, Joanne, curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, WANG Chun-Chi and Carol Yinghua LU.

Architectural Landscapes: SEA in the Forefront exhibition curated by Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, is part of the festival and is presented at Queens Museum in New York City. The exhibition looks to natural landscapes in Southeast Asia (SEA) that are slowly transformed for architectural or urban purposes and focuses on architectural landmarks & local iconic buildings that are overlooked by market forces to the benefit of consumerism.
How do the artists and their communities deal with and relate to this transformation? Kim Hak and Sok Chanrado in their digital works address the alarming rapidity of urbanization in Cambodia by engaging with local communities that either still reside in or remember the iconic buildings now being demolished or repurposed.
Prateep Suthathongthai and Chulayarnnon Siriphol in their video and light installations, reconfigure Thai history by employing sacred geometry and Thai architectural symbols.

Landscapes video installation by Vietnamese artist Nguyen Trinh Thi employs landscape images of present-day Vietnam as quiet witnesses to history, while Into the Sea 3-channel installation offers Le Brothers’ social commentary on the transformation of natural landscapes in Vietnam as a price to pay for economic development. Through Donna Ong’s video and mixed-media installation we observe how Singapore has embraced a meticulously planned urbanization over the years thus transforming its local villages and plantations into gleaming skyscrapers and highways.

Architectural Landscapes: SEA in the Forefront will also benefit from a screening program at the museum theater where the following works will be presented: Utama - Every Name in History I (2003) by Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore), Syndromes and a Century (2006) by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), and Untitled (2011–2013) by Khvay Samnang (Cambodia). The screening will take place on October 4, 1- 5 pm.


PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Sok Chanrado｜Kim Hak｜Le Brothers｜Ho Tzu Nyen｜Donna Ong｜Khvay Samnang｜Chulayarnnon Siriphol｜Prateep Suthathongthai｜Nguyen Trinh Thi｜Apichatpong Weerasethakul


ABOUT THE CURATOR
Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani is a London based curator, writes for several academic journals, art magazines and symposium publications, and works extensively as an independent curator for commercial and public galleries and institutions in Singapore, Bangkok, London and New York, championing awareness of critical issues of contemporary Southeast Asian culture through the works of young and emerging artists from the region. By reason of her commitment to the cultural richness of the Southeast Asian region and her continuous research, Loredana has developed an academic and curatorial interest focused on contemporary art in Thailand.

ABOUT inToAsia: Time-based Art Festival
Based in New York City, founded by CHEN Wei-Ching, Joanne, inCube Arts is an independent 501©(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering new forms of cultural exchange and creative expression through exhibitions, art festival, workshops, public lectures and year-round public programs. To boost the visibility of Asian contemporary art, inCube Arts launched inToAsia: TBA Festival in 2013, a public event for new media art. inToAsia: TBA Festival is the bridge for Asian media arts to more effectively reach Europe and America, providing Asian perspective through multi-disciplinary media including videos, shorts, animations, kinetic installations, net arts and real-time sound art performances.
The second edition of inToAsia: TBA Festival will take place on 3–31 October 2015 at various locations in New York City including the Queens Museum, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Foundation and inCube Arts SPACE .

For further information on the artists and works, please check our website: www.incube-arts.org and www.queensmuseum.org or email to inCube Arts [email protected] or [email protected]

The Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens NY 11368

Hours
Wednesday through Sunday 12-6pm
Entry fee : Suggested Admission



Organized by｜inCube Arts
Sponsored by｜Ministry of Culture, R.O.C. (Taiwan), Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, The Taipei City Department of Cultural Affairs, Jim Thompson Foundation, Rhema Events and Arts Services, DCA Art Consultant, 100 Tonson Gallery, Taiwanese American Arts Council
Exhibition Support｜The Queens Museum, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Foundation
Media Support｜Singapore: Inside Out
Thanks to｜SA SA BASSAC, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler (Berlin), Brooklyn Artist Studio, Mr. Jeremy HU