KEN IS FILIPINO-BORN BRITISH RESEARCHER, WRITER AND CURATOR. HIS WORK FOCUSES EXPERIMENTAL FUTURE, ON HYBRID FORMS AND PRACTICES. KEN IS WORKING AS CURATOR OF ART AND CLIMATE CHANGE AT SAINSBURY’S CENTRE FOR VISUAL ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA. THE MAIN GOAL OF THE WORK IS TO VISUALISE THE ISSUES FOR AIMING AT THE COLLECTIVE DREAM OF CARBON NEUTRAL WORLD BY 2045.
HIS MAIN FOCUS DURING THE PRESENTATION WAS ON HIS FOUR KEY PROJECTS. I WILL DISCUSS THE ONE PROJECT IN THIS BLOG AS I WENT TO SEE IT WITH MY OWN EYES AT THE SAINBURY’S CENTRE ON THE 9TH OF NOVEMBER. ALSO THE PROJECT WAS COVERED THE MOST DURING SECOND PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
ONE WAS ABOUT USING ‘QUANTUM COMPUTERS’. 32 SCREENS WERE USED TO CREATE THE FLUIDITY BETWEEN MULTI LAYERS AND CREATE VISUAL EXPERIENCE. TO SEE HOW THE MULTIDIMENTIONS INTERTWINE AND MAKE THE AUDIENCE REFLECT AND FEEL. AS QUANTUM COMPUTERS ARE POWERFUL AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL, IT WOULD NOT BE VIABLE TO START MAKING THEM IN MASS PRODUCTION DUE TO THE LACK OF NATURAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO PRODUCE SUCH TECHNOLOGIES.
‘A NIGHT OF A.I AND DRAG.’ – CREATION OF AI-GENERATED FACIALS/ HEADS OF THE BODIES. CELEBRATION OF DIVERSE AND UNKNOWN.
‘IMAGE IS FOR ONE TO IMAGINE AND QUESTION WHAT IS POWER DYNAMICS AND THEIR COST.’ ITS PURPOSE IS TO DISTURB THE VIEWER AND PROVOKE FOR CONVERSATION.
‘PLANET FOR OUR FUTURE.’- HOW TO ADAPT TO EVER TRANSFORMING WORLD. SAINSBURY’S CENTRE IS CREATED FOR THE VISITOR TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SO ON, AND GIVING THE SPACE TO THE VIEWWER TO GIVE THEIR ANSWERS. CONCEPT OF SEDIMENT PERSPECTIVE. SHOULD WE EXTRACT MORE FROM THE PLANET FOR IT TO BE MENDED?
IT IS IMPORTANT TO PICK THE ARTWORK WHICH SHOWS THE PLANET EARTH’S SOUL FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. ‘CURATORIAL CHOREOGRAPHY IS CONSIDERED WHEN PLACING THE ARTWORK TO CREATE THE SHOW’, SAYS KEN.
I WENT TO SEE THE EXHIBITION AND THIS IS WHAT SPOKE WITH MY SOUL:
TO PRODUCCE 40 VATS OF ELECTRICITY, THIS MUCH COAL IS BURNT.
I THINK THE AWARENESS IS GROWING AMONGST THE PEOPLE WITH THE EXHIBITIONS AND VISUAL PERFORMANCES MADE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWERS TO SEE FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES. THAT PLATFORM IS USEFULLY USED.
MY AWARENESS AND THE WAY I TEACH MY CHILDREN DAILY HAVE GROWN OF WHAT THE IMPACTS OF OUR ACTIONS LEAD TO GLOBAL WARMING. SOCIETY NEEDS TO WAKE UP AND NOT STAY IGNORANT.
THEREFORE THIS SUBJECT IS COVERED SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE WORK CREATED BY TEAMS OF ARTISTS AND THE HELP OF CURATION.
MY FAVOURITE ARTWORK INSTALLED WAS THE VIDEO OF “STORK, A SACRED BIRD”, BY DIANA LELONEK FROM MY NATIVE COUNTRY.
IMAGE TAKEN FROM - http://dianalelonek.com/portfolio/storks/ - WEBSITE, CREATED BY DIANA LELONEK.
THE WORK COVERS SO MANY ASPECTS OF ISSUES
CREATED BY CAPITALISTIC WORLD. SEE BELOW OF WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS HERSELF.
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