After visiting the Andy Warhol’s solo show at the Stable Gallery in 1964 Arthur Danto famously declared it was “the end of western art”. It was such a shock for him to see such work in a gallery. I heard him talk in London over 10 years ago. He was an eminent Warhol academic and during the talk shared the moment he came across Brillo box sculptures by Andy Warhol.
READ MOREVirtual360 Konnect residents Faiq Airudin from Brunei Darussalam and Chloe Lynne Choi from Korea collaborated throughout October 2020 to address the lack of options regarding spontaneity and subtlety in current modes of online communication software. Their collaboration resulted in a newly invented design that allows for more control over communication.
The authors worked with the notion that current forms of technology are insufficient in mirroring human interactions of the real world. This has become ever more important in light of current circumstances: the COVID-19 outbreak has relegated human interactions to the online space, and therefore online modes of communication need to fill the gap in communication as fully as possible.
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‘Selamat Berlepas’ explores the boundaries of Bandar Seri Begawan (BSB), Brunei Darussalam’s capital city. In 2007 the area was expanded making it ten times larger than the first boundary that wes drawn up in 1956. According to 2018 statistics one sixth of Brunei’s population live in the capital, it has some of the most iconic landmarks and scenery. It’s no surprise that BSB has been an artistic fixation providing a backdrop for artistic work and the impetus to create it. The most contemporary creative reflections have been a spoken word piece by May Cho ‘When in Bandar’ and art installation by Ian Chan ‘Se Tin Santan’. While paintings by established artists such as Pg M Roslan or Haji Dayang provide an ordered and pleasant version that’s found along the waters of Sungai Brunei.
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