A PHILOSOPHICAL PROJECTION
Flickering between the expression of dance and photography, artist Tan Nqiap Heng explores issues of physicality, identity and honesty in his works. ‘A Pounding Inside The Chest’ ‘Abstract Existence’ Parallel to his avidity for photography, Heng’s time in university was infused with his love for dance. He later went...
OUR BODIES TELL STORIES LITERALLY
FEATURING JACQUELINE CHANG RELATIONSHIP PHOTOGRAPHER, JACQUELINE CHANG is used to capturing the intimate moments between lovers and families. When she came back to Singapore in 2013, she started her own personal photography project, titled, ‘Our Bodies Tell Stories Literally’. Two things drew me to Jacqueline’s photo project – its specificity and...
THE BODY IS A TERRITORY
FEATURING GILLIAN TOH BEHANCE.NET/GILT WHAT INFLUENCES GILLIAN TOH, a final year Visual Communications student from the School of Arts, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University, might not come as a surprise to many. Her artworks depict an influence by women and the portrayal of women through media. Well, not...
REMEMBER TO TELL YOUR CHILDREN
FEATURING KEVIN TOO OF TELL YOUR CHILDREN CARGOCOLLECTIVE.COM/ARCADIAINMAYHEM KEVIN TOO OR BETTER yet known as Arcadia, is an illustrator who graduated from Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Design with a Diploma in Visual Communication. His influences vary from his present surroundings, feeding everything he experiences. Evidently, his works depict forms of...
FOREIGNER AT HOME
FEATURING MEI KIMURA CARGOCOLLECTIVE.COM/MKMR BEING HALF-JAPANESE, Mei Kimura was born and raised in Japan before coming to Singapore at age 18 to study graphic design at LASALLE College of the Arts. Despite having a visual arts background back in high school, Mei struggled during the beginning of her studies...
TAKE THINGS WITH A PINCH OF SALT
FEATURING EUGENE OF LESS THAN POSITIVE AND SUPERWHITE WEARESUPERWHITE.COMLESSTHANPOSITIVE.COM EUGENE IS THE FOUNDER of local start-up clothing brands, Less Than Positive and Superwhite. His design background stems from him being a communication design student from an Australian university. While he humbly professes that he was just an average student with...
LET’S GO ON AN ADVENTURE
FEATURING ELLA ZHENG BEHANCE.NET/ELLAISWEIRD ELLA ZHENG, WINNER of the LASALLE College of the Arts Faculty Awards for Academic Excellence, is one not to be missed. Not a stranger to the design scene, Ella has been heavily involved in graphic design projects, creating incredible vector illustrations, and exploring the hidden crevices...
THE SPATIAL INFLUX
FEATURING MELVIN TAN HTTP://BE.NET/MELVINTAN IMMENSELY INTRIGUED BY the 21st Century Internet culture, Melvin Tan humbly explores the use of sculpture, image, and editorial making in reaction to the questions he has pertaining to the issue. Recently graduated, Melvin intends to explore life as a graphic designer before dwelling into art...
AN ARCHITECT’S DILEMMA
FEATURING TAN WEI MING HTTP://INSTAGRAM.COM/TWMARCHI THE LIFE OF an architect is definitely not all work and no play. Apart from being an architecture student at the National University of Singapore, Tan Wei Ming has had many interesting endeavours in art with a distinction in the Chinese painting Category for the Dr...
THE NOCTURNAL ONES
FEATURING JACINTHA YAP HTTP://CARGOCOLLECTIVE.COM/JACINTHA DARK ELEGIES OF the night are just one of the aspects the influences Jacintha Yap on her journey in visual communications. Being a recent graduate of Temasek Polytechnic’s School of Design, Jacintha has already been able to exhibit at Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences. Influenced...