3D Stencil by Trent Jansen

Dates: Artist at work: 14 to 18 September 2009
Times: Artist at work: various
Venue: The Substation Alley
Admission: FREEEEEE!

We have a guest artist coming into The Substation from Sept 14 to 18 where he will be creating an installation piece featuring 3D stencils on one of the outside walls of The Substation. Trent is from Australia and is being supported by the Australian High Commission and will also be supported by students from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.

Trent is a multi-disciplinary designer who wants, needs and desires to create sustainable design. Even with his 3D stencils, he slowed down his projects once he found out that the foam he was using wasn’t environmentally friendly. He researched and sourced a new foam that he was comfortable using, which contain environmentally inert ingredients.

Trent is a designer who has created award-winning furniture & lighting, been awarded travelling scholarships and been featured a one of the world’s 100 most interesting product designers. Not bad for a guy from a small town in Australia!

“Your average two dimensional stencil artist goes out on the street with a cardboard stencil and a can of spray paint. With the 3D stencil, I go out on the street with a small mould and a can of expansion foam….

The beauty of 3D stencil art is that it is open for everyone to see that walks along the street – it’s a sociable artform! The art exists for a fleeting period of time and then it is painted over or taken down, but that’s also what makes it nice – it is changing, evolving but also says something about what people are thinking at a certain point in time.”

This exhibition is part of The Substation’s SeptFest, a month-long celebration of 19 years as Singapore first independent art centre!

The installation will be open to the public for as long as the art works stays on the wall!