The Hall of Mirrors

The Hall of Mirrors
By Bruce Quek
Friday 9 – Friday 30 September 2011
The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event

Reception: Thursday 8 September, 7:30pm

The Hall of Mirrors is an installation that resembles an echo-chamber. Exploring the relationship between infrastructure and information flow, The Hall of Mirrors explores how conveyed information is often devoid of meaning and personal relevance. Situated in the gap between information and meaning, The Hall of Mirrors constantly changes and highlights the inexorable nature of time and the unpredictability of the environment.

The installation uses publicly available and socially relevant statistics. The occurrence and reoccurrence of these statistics, measured in seconds and in minutes, are synchronised to clocks that constantly alert the viewers of their frequency and reality. The installation aggregates this information and ‘humanises’ these statistics by letting viewers experience them on a personal and individual level. Offering ample opportunity for reflection and self-examination, the work also asks the audience to consider the implications of the ways in which information is packaged and presented.

Click here listen to the audio accompaniment to an experimental essay written for the catalogue of Hall of Mirrors.

Bruce Quek is an emerging artist who works with mixed media and found objects. He studied sculpture at LASALLE College of the Arts, and started off with a material-driven approach to sculpture – sculpture not as representation or symbol, but as the experience of the play of physical properties.

Quek’s projects take the distribution and dissemination of information as starting points for various conceptual investigations, critiques of artistic infrastructure, and other wanderings. He takes an interest in many things, and is currently fascinated with emergent behaviour, Zen and other schools of thought.

About SeptFest 2011

On 16 September 2011, The Substation, Singapore’s first independent arts centre, celebrates its 21st anniversary. This landmark occasion will be accompanied by a month-long celebration of performances, installations, exhibitions and a book launch.

Other SeptFest events

Open Call Sound Art: Within 140 Characters
Open Call Performing Art: Loop Theory
Dance, Tree. Dance
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