“IF DESIGN IS A SHARP STRAIGHT LINE, THEN ART IS A WIGGLE WITH EMOTION,” DESCRIBES TAIPEI-BASED CERAMICIST AND GRAPHIC/SET DESIGNER HSIAN JUNG CHEN.
HSIAN JUNG CHEN
Category: ART
INFORMATION AS ART
THE ELECTRONIC ART OF PUVANAI DARDARANANDA
TOUCH!
GRAPHIC DESIGNER PARINDA SAKDANARASETH CREATES BOOKS THAT CAN BE READ VIA BOTH VISUAL, TACTILE AND AESTHETIC LANGUAGES…
THE ALPHABET PRESS
ART4D SPOKE WITH CLIFF LEONG AND ZEEJAY WONG OF THE ALPHABET PRESS, A LETTERPRESS STUDIO BASED IN KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA AIMED AT “CREATING INTRICATELY UNIQUE LETTERPRESS WORKS THAT PUSH THE PROVERBIAL ENVELOPE.”
ECHO YANG
ECHO YANG DESCRIBES HER WORK AS “SILENT, DETAILED, STRUCTURAL, SENSORIAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.” ART4D SPOKE WITH THE TAIPEI-BASED GRAPHIC DESIGNER ABOUT A FEW RECENT PACKAGE DESIGNS, BOTH OF WHICH DRAW FROM THE MUSIC THEY ENCLOSE TO STEER THE DIRECTION OF THEIR DESIGN.
CONTEMPLATION #1: (RE)VERSE
“I DO BELIEVE IN VIBRATION AND ENERGY WITHIN OBJECTS,” DESCRIBES PARINOT KUNAKORNWONG, WHOSE RECENT EXHIBITION, ‘CONTEMPLATION #1: (RE)VERSE AT TARS GALLERY IN BANGKOK BREATHES MEMORIES INTO COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS OF FORMS IN A MANNER THAT DEFIES EVEN THEIR OWN STATIC NATURE.
NEW OLD STOCKS
EVERY CITY SHOULD HAVE ONE – A GO-TO NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE ITS COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, MAKERS AND ENTHUSIASTS OF THE CREATIVE DISCIPLINES CAN GATHER TO SUPPORT, EXHIBIT AND CELEBRATE WHAT THEY DO BEST. IN BANGKOK, THE RIVERSIDE DISTRICT ALONG CHAROEN KRUNG ROAD HAS RECENTLY BEEN DUBBED SUCH, AND ART GALLERIES AND CREATIVE SPACES ARE POPPING UP WITHIN THE NEWLY DEEMED ‘CREATIVE DISTRICT’ IN A SEEMINGLY EXPONENTIAL FASHION.
art4D STOPPED BY A VARIETY OF THE VENUES THAT HAVE CHOSEN TO DEEM THE ROAD ALONG THE RIVER HOME – CALLING UPON THE CITIES OLDEST PAVED THOROUGHFARE TO PROVE ITS POTENTIAL TO PAVE THE WAY FOR SOMETHING NEW…
INVISIBLE CITIES
ELECTRIC+A-L WALKS BY SOUND ARTIST CHRISTINA KUBISCH GIVE VOICE TO AN INVISIBLE DIMENSION OF THE CITIES WE INHABIT
KAWITA VATANAJYANKUR
A PERFORMANCE-BASED INVESTIGATION OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IDEOLOGIES RELATED TO THE VALUE OF EVERYDAY LABOR
3A STATION
“This space is the only one of its kind in Ho Chi Minh City,” described Le Ngoc My, Gallery Manager of 3A Station, an Alternative Arts Area set within an unassuming area of District 1 that artists, designers, musicians and creative minds alike are increasingly choosing to frequent as their go-to hangout space and home away from home.