Smart Structure I, single channel video loop, galvanised tubes with connectors, black acrylic, Samsung 28” LCD screen, Genius speakers, Auraglow PIR sensor lights, Arduino and buzzer, LED fan, handphone holders, ‘The Future Express’ newspaper, found touch screen glove, found earphones, castor wheels
Smart Structure II (Smart Nation), single channel video loop of Smart Nation promotional videos (YouTube), galvanised tubes with connectors, Samsung 50” LCD screen, Auraglow PIR sensor lights, blue fluorescent tubes, discarded dvd players, tv, scanner and speaker
Smart Structure III (Collaboration Hub), 4 channel video loop, galvanised tubes with connectors, black acrylic, wire mesh grid, mini screens, CCTV camera, Auraglow PIR sensor lights, LED fan,handphone holders, selfie stick, castor wheels
Smart Structure IV (Recline), single channel video loop from Google hangout performance, galvanised tubes with connectors, Samsung 50” LCD screen, Logitech webcam, 7” monitor display, LED fan, handphone holders, Goretex glove, found earphones, castor wheels
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In collaboration with:
London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS): Rhys Dennis, Ania Jurek, Zunnur Sazali
RAW Moves (Singapore): Artistic Director: Ricky Sim; Facilitator: Chiew Peishan; Dancers: Melyn Chow, Kong Wei Jie, Neo Hong Chin
Sound Design: Debbie Ding
All oil sketches in the structures by Ayan-Yue Gupta
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While many smart cities are emerging around the world, Singapore’s Smart Nation seeks to establish itself as the world’s first to incorporate a holistic, all around vision. Technology builders and entrepreneurs are encouraged to leverage Singapore’s smart infrastructure and use the nation as a ‘living laboratory’ to test new ideas with global potential. Can a nation be governed by algorithms? How do bodies move within this apparatus of interfaces and sensors? What can or cannot be quantified? ‘Performing the Smart Nation’ seeks to engage this corporate vision by finding new performance strategies within choreography — a system that thrives on bringing physical expression and it’s potentialities to the fore. It reimagines the social kinaesthetic by transforming the exhibition space into a playful site of transmission and collaboration.
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Slade MA/MFA/PhD Show 2016