Seoul MediaCity Biennale | This Too is a Map

Seoul MediaCity Biennale, September 21, 2023

 

Fyerool Darma

Fyerool Darma’s ongoing research into modernist forms and Southeast Asian vocabularies is encapsulated in 𝘭♥𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤_₱€$𝘴 (𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪) 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘶𝘵, 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘦𝘦 𝘒𝘩𝘦𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯, 𝘓é 𝘓𝘶𝘩𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘜𝘚 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘮'𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘊𝘊1, 𝘋𝘢𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘢, 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘺𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 风), a new commission by SMB12. This wall installation features patterns from online accessible archives, stock images, as well as polymeric paintings, drawings, and upcycled banners of Singapore's national campaigns to collectively evoke the complex history of colonialism, postwar techno-military-industrialization, and contemporary climate crisis, all of which are situated amid a tropical post-apocalyptic and post-Internet landscape.

 

📍Seoul Museum of Art

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