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Many are familiar with Chang Fee Ming's earlier work, capturing kampong life in his home state of Terengganu, or the colour and ceremony of Bali, even the splendour of Pagan's Buddhist culture.
In 2004, he exhibited the first body of his Mekong series, taking his audience into more unfamiliar and difficult territory.
The Mekong series is not only an invaluable document of communities whose survival may be threatened by the forces of change and development.
Four years on from his landmark Mekong exhibition, Chang Fee Ming unveils the sequel, a remarkable series of sixteen major watercolours and accompanying portraits, sketches and studies made from his travels to the Tibetan region around the source of the great river.
This current body of work explores the narratives embedded in the life and landscape of this beautiful but troubled area.
Mekong: Exploring the Source begins at VWFA KL and travels on to Vanessa Art Link at 798 in Beijing in May and to Singapore in July.
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A visualization depicting a frozen moment of activity in the Internet universe using computer tools at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, will be part of a special exhibit set to open later this month at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The MOMA exhibit, called Design and the Elastic Mind, highlights the dramatic changes we have been experiencing as a society in what once were some of the most established dimensions of human life: time, space, matter, and individuality.
The showing focuses on examples of successful translations of "disruptive innovation," as well as reflections on the future responsibilities of design.
Of particular interest is the exploration of the relationship between design and science, particularly the approach to scale.
One such area is the ever-changing dynamics of the Internet, which along with the vast abundance of digital data has revolutionized how we access and share information while at the same time stretching our minds to adapt to and embrace these changes.
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British Airways has commissioned emerging artists and designers to create eight contemporary art works for its new home at Terminal 5, Heathrow.
Under the direction of Susie Allen, founding director of Artwise Curators, Christopher Pearson, Troika, Oona Culley, Robert Orchardson and El Ultimo Grito have created site specific artworks that demonstrate a strong combination of art, design and technology for British Airways' new £60 million luxurious suite of lounges.
Christopher Pearson has used animation to design a British Airways crest in trompe l'oeil that comes alive in 3D, and a moving eight-metre wallpaper inspired by William Morris' famous Willow Boughs design.
Pearson has also made three pairs of glass screens in the First Class Galleries Lounge, containing delicate 3D laser etchings, based on the changing seasons of the English Oak.
Troika has developed a unique 22-metre long art wall that functions as a creative world clock for all customers entering the lounge using the latest electroluminescent technology.
They have also contributed a kinetic sculpture in the form of a stylised cloud at the entrance to the lounges made from over 5000 flip dots that are animated to change throughout the day.
El Ultimo Grito has designed a totally new concept for the Kidzones.
Oona Culley and Robert Orchardson are the first artists to produce ephemeral works for the glass screens.
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As a part of its dedication to the environment, Academy of Art University has incorporated "green" and sustainable practices not only into its curriculum, but also into its facilities and services.
The Academy held Junk Mail: From Debris to Design at 79 Gallery featuring a cross-section of environmental art, ranging from larger than life-size sculptures to fashion designs.
Impassioned by the goal of the Bay Area Recycling Outreach Coalition (BayROC) to stop junk mail, students from the Academy of Art University's fashion school, fine art school, graphic design school and industrial design school have imaginative artworks across a variety of mediums using junk mail from San Francisco mailboxes.
Two sculptures titled Crush and The Mailbox Monster evoke the waste inherent to America's vast junk mail production and distribution.
MFA Sculpture students conceived Crush, a larger-than-life portrait of an individual who has the power to block junk mail.
BFA Sculpture students emphasize the importance of looking beyond just recycling junk mail and propose creative, environmental solutions with The Mailbox Monster.
"These students are committed to changes for positive growth within their community, bringing their own spirit of humor and invention to a project with possible far-reaching environmental impact, above and beyond the existent requirements of their coursework," said Associate Director of Fine Art Sculpture Margaret Keelan.
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The exhibition of the Ylähuone designer community at Design Forum from 22 February to 16 March 2008 displays the human population of the world.
We, 6.5 billion people, are on show in an area of approximately 150 square metres, with one dot representing a human inhabitant of the planet.
Something of the immense number of people is shown by the fact that in this scale there are some 4.5 million dots on an area the size of an A4 sheet of paper.
The population of Finland would thus fit on a bit less than one and a half sheets of normal copying paper.
The surface for the human race fills almost all of the exhibition space at Design Forum.
The world's whole population can truly be seen and perceived at the same time - even though a magnifying glass is needed to see the individual...
Various technologies are used to project data on mankind on the surface of dots: numbers and percentages that we see every day, yet ultimately remain abstract numeral data.
How many of us really live in cities? How many people suffer from the lack of pure water? How many people drive cars? How many watch television? How many people live on less than US$ 1 a month, and how many of us might be in love right now?
The reduced and simplified visual presentation relates information usually given in numbers to the size of mankind at a glance.
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6.5 Billion of Us: The Human Race on 1,500 A4 Sheets of Paper
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