Too Far, Too Near

source: artradarjournal

Ong Kian Peng won for his immersive installation Too Far, Too Near, which intersects art and technology. Using “mechanisation as a tool of sensorial engagement”, the artist draws attention to global climate change as a phenomenon that remains in great part disconnected from the urban environment in which we live. Comprising audio-kinetic sculptures and a video of melting ice sheets and glaciers filmed in Greenland, the installation provokes an intimate reflection on our relationship with nature and the resulting transformations taking place on our planet.
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Kian-Peng Ong (aka Bin) is a new media artist from Singapore who works across a range of media that includes software, electronics and sound. He has been using new media as a means to question and transcode human perception and understanding of the environment. Bin’s works are very often a result of his personal experiences and encounters with the world.
He received his BA (interactive arts) from Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore). Currently, he is a graduate student in the UCLA Design | Media Arts program (Los Angeles, USA). His interest in sound stems from its abstract yet powerful affective qualities. Of equal interest to him, and a focus of one of his ongoing research projects, is the human relationship with nature, specifically how humans adapt or perceive environmental changes. Technology often plays a central role in his work in which the technology creates an experience, harmonizing with the theme and conceptual framework but not centralizing the work on technology itself.
Bin has shown his works regionally and internationally in Substation Singapore, Japan Media Arts Festival and upcoming ones such as Siggraph Art Gallery and the FILE Festival in Brazil.
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Biography:
Bin é um artista de novas mídias que atualmente mora em Los Angeles. Formado em Artes no Lasalle College de Cingapura, fez especialização no programa de Artes Interativas. Após a formatura, trabalhou como designer freelancer, assistente de pesquisa e lecionando como palestrante em meio período. Ele gosta de trabalhar em diversas mídias e formatos, particularmente na área audiovisual, e se interessa pelas características afetivas abstratas, porém poderosas, dos sons. Outro foco de interesse e de uma de suas pesquisas em andamento é a relação do homem com a natureza, mais especificamente como os seres humanos se adaptam ou percebem as mudanças no meio ambiente. Atualmente faz mestrado no programa de design e arte com novas mídias da UCLA, onde espera ampliar seus experimentos. Recebeu vários prêmios, como a Menção do Júri no Japan Media Arts de 2009, o do Crowbar e o do Aniwow! China. Expôs e fez performances também no M1 Fringe Festival de Cingapura, no Japan Media Arts Festival, na Substation Sound Art Open Call e no New Contemporaries em Cingapura. O trabalho de Kian-Peng foi publicado recentemente em “See yourself sensing: Redefining Human Perception – Madeline Schwartzman”.
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source: fileorgbr

Biography:
Bin is a new media artist currently based in Los Angeles. He received a BA from Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, majoring in the Interactive Arts program. After graduation, he worked as a freelance designer, research assistant and teaching as a part time lecturer. Bin enjoys working across different media and formats, particularly in the audiovisual field. His interest in sound stems from its abstract yet powerful affective qualities. Of equal interest to him and one of his ongoing researches is our relationship to nature, specifically how humans adapt or perceive the change in environment. Currently he is working towards his MFA in UCLA’s Design | Media Arts program where he is hoping to take his exploration further. Bin has received various awards such as the Japan Media Arts Jury Recommendation 2009, Crowbar Awards, and Aniwow! China. He also exhibited and performed at Singapore M1 Fringe Festival; Japan Media Arts Festival; Substation Sound Art Open Call and the New Contemporaries in Singapore. Kian-Peng’s work has been published recently in “See yourself sensing: Redefining Human Perception – Madeline Schwartzman”.