Warin Lab Contemporary, Irmandy Wicaksono, Merryn Trevethan and Sebastian Mary Tay, Art Moments Jakarta Online 3, Natalie Hennedige, SIFA.
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Sakarin Krue-On, ‘13°33'55"N99°35'04"E·99.0m’, 2022, digital photography, 438.7 x 220.1cm. Image courtesy of Warin Lab Contemporary.

Chronicle of the Landscape

‘Chronicle of the Landscape’ is Sakarin Krue-On’s solo exhibition at Warin Lab Contemporary. It displays works inspired by human relationships with the environment, a theme that the gallery is committed to address. Aside from the theme, his landscape photographs also allude to both the eastern and western history of landscape art, from shan shui in China to lantschap in the Netherlands respectively. The physical exhibition which is on show until 25 June, is complemented with a virtual reality (VR) experience. The immersive VR room takes the viewer beyond the gallery and into the depicted landscape, essentially erasing the line between the real and the fake.

Read more about the exhibition here, and visit the VR experience here.

Irmandy Wicaksono, 'KnittedKeyboard', 2020-2021, functional yarns and fabrics (conductive and piezoresistive), non-functional yarns (high-flex polyester), and electronics. Image courtesy of Irmandy Wicaksono/MIT Media Lab.

The 2022 Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts

The Harold and Arlene Schnitzer Prize in the Visual Arts is awarded each year to MIT student for excellence in a body of work in the visual arts. This year, Irmandy Wicaksono, a PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences from Indonesia is one of the three winners. His works consist of smart textiles and wearable technology, such as ‘Tapis Magique’ a carpet that produces sound based on pressure applied and ‘KnittedKeyboard’, a musical interface made out of fabric. He took inspiration from his experience in creating mechatronic dresses for Lady Gaga and Indonesia’s diverse textile heritage. Alongside cash prizes, the winners’ artworks are displayed at the Wiesner Student Art Gallery and online.

Read more about the 2022 winners here, and visit the online exhibition here.

Paradise is Lost

Merryn Trevethan and Sebastian Mary Tay’s first collaboration ‘Paradise is Lost’ is available virtually until 9 July. It derives its inspiration from contemporary life that restrains people from exploring the world around them. Through hyper-saturated colour works of cities and mountains, we are taken through the artists' labyrinthian experience, a form of escape from our mundane day-to-day life. Each work also symbolises the existing dualities in life: urban and untamed spaces, utopianism and dystopianism, the technological and the analogue.

Read the catalogue here and visit the virtual exhibition here.

A.D. Pirous, ‘Rumah di Tepi Sungai’, 1965, oil on canvas, 50 x 70cm. Image courtesy of Art Agenda.

Art Moments Jakarta Online 3

The third iteration of Art Moments Jakarta Online (AMJO 3) is held in a hybrid format for 2022. This year 52 galleries from Indonesia and abroad participated, including Art Agenda, Gajah Gallery and Cuturi Gallery. In total there are 1,200 artworks of varying mediums on display, including works by Made Wianta, Nyoman Gunarso, Ridho Rizki, Yuki Nakayama and Naufal Abshar.

Access the online art fair, which is open till 31 August.

From A To Zig-Zag featuring Natalie Hennedige.

From A To Zig-Zag: Natalie Hennedige

In ‘From A to Zig-Zag’, Nadya Wang chats with guests from the Southeast Asian creative community. The podcast dives into the pathways of their illustrious careers, from the foundations to the decisions and happenstance that have shaped them. The first season features fairs and festivals. In the fourth episode, she speaks with Natalie Hennedige, Founder and Artistic Director, Cake Theatrical Productions and Festival Director, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). They speak about SIFA 2022: The Anatomy of Performance - Ritual, including Life Profusion, its virtual venue and creation platform and all that it has to offer.

Listen to the podcast here and follow ‘From A To Zig-Zag’ on Instagram for more episodes.