Duo exhibition “I-solated Beings” in Subhashok Arts Centre on March 17
Torlarp Larpjaroensook (Thai) and Andreas Schulenburg (Denmark)
Date: 17 th March 2018 – 22 nd April 2018
Opening reception: 17 th March 2018, 6:30 pm
Torlarp invites viewers to discuss the correlations between object and space. Ever-present in the works of Torlarp are reassessments of the value of functions, materials, and locations. Through an “Unidentified Standing Object”, there lies an epiphany from the narrow mindedness. What we witness as a fully functional living space is an otherwise overlooked 20 year- old home water tank .The practically of the object and its new mobility (free from its previously fixed location) sets a contrasting thought afire that maybe we settle on the functionality of our creations prematurely.
The tank has been fully repurposed and equipped with the makings of a modern living space; complete with bed and air con unit. The pre-existing conditions of the tools we devise in our cultures could be altered by a community that seeks to establish new connections to its environment. The appropriation of the water tank is guided by following the changes in surroundings whether remote in nature or active in public space. It acts on the expectations that society is curious when presented with unknown stimuli. It also offers a new-found public familiarity with an often neglected product from our everyday lives. In addition to the spectacle of its postmodern point of view, the U.S.O. also introduces an interesting concept, of the ultra-mobile living space. The fact that the U.S.O. can easily travel and takes up such a small area, allows the most liberal aspirations of a minimalist-migratory living to be examined.
Andreas Schulenburg’s “Night”
The common theme in Schulenburg’s work is a profound focus on the imaginative and its relationship to nature and culture. His felt works hold a rather poetic sensibility, where the soft expression of the felt always covers serious issues that often refer to the human existence and its different threats; i.e. natural disasters. Through the engagement of the felt sculptures and objects there is a space to change our usual view of the logic of things. The perspective is often comedic and bizarre giving pause to our traditional ways of thinking about the environment or society.
The juxtaposition of the cushy felt and the socially-distant content give off an almost surreal image. Many of the objects radiate a hallucinogenic tone, one that manipulates the viewer into feeling comfortable. The deconstruction of these intense moments into comfort is uniquely absurd and funny. It helps us appreciate the beauty in our circumstantial moments. There is a deeper phenomenon under the surface of these works, one that requests a playful imagination and an aim to reverse logic. For this exhibition, he brings his latest felt-produces works that are centered around the night.
The representation of this is delivered through the darkness and the light that emerges from this void; a light that manifests in shapes and shades and leaves the rest in the shadow. In a poetic way, the artist tries to point out the fine line between the calmness of the night and the alarming sense of darkness/ loneliness/ the unknown in this series. There are uncertain reactions to situations which rest below the veil of the attractive. While easy to create an image that exudes beauty, it’s much harder to create an image that evokes a feeling.
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