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In Westernized cultures today, there is a generation that is growing up without the knowledge of what it is to be disconnected. The world in which we are growing up is always on. We are continuously plugged in, and linked up. We take this technology for granted. Not because we are ungrateful, but because we simply don’t know a world without it. From our earliest memories, there has always been a way to connect with others whether it is Myspace, Facebook, cell phones, email, or instant messenger. And now, with the Internet, instant messaging, and email in our pocket, right there with our phones, we can always feel as if we are part of a greater whole. These devices grace us with the ability to instantly connect to others, and at the same time, they isolate us from those with whom we are connected. They allow for great freedom, yet so often, we are chained to them. They have become part of who we are and how we identify ourselves. These devices ordain us with a wealth of knowledge and communication that would have been unbelievable even 20 years ago. More and more, we are bathed in a silent, soft, and heavenly blue glow. It is as if we carry divinity in our pockets and purses.

PHOTOGALLERY
07.07.2010
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT - BY ALVIN TANG



Like film-stills isolated from cinematic flow, 'Everything is going to be alright' speak of unsettling cinématographie dreams fill with tension and fear. Through the exploration and study of human emotions, the characters in these images are positioned as if they have been captured just before or after the climax of a scene. As familiar and commonplace as each 'single frame movie' may appear, it has something oppressive about it; fear, contemplation and sentimentality are themes that surround this body of work. As a result of Alvin Tang's commitment to narrativity and the interplay between concealing and revealing, the viewers are left to draw inferences from fragmented information.

www.alvin-tang.com


03.09.2008
Can I Come Home With You?
by Jane Tam

Creating a family album of sorts, “Can I Come Home With You?” combines common family memories through drawings of vintage America with the Chinese households of Brooklyn, New York. Although the memories are common and can be interpreted through many different cultures, the drawings derive from the 1950s suburban America; creating a known identity. I see my Chinese-American home and family through a bifocal lens and experience the exotic as familiar. I construct images to demonstrate the unique qualities that make my home specifically Chinese, however, also showing the commonality between domesticated homes. Contrasting drawn imagery of found family photographs of American life with my photographs of Chinese family, it is a recollection of the merge of qualities that I experience as being second generation born in America. Creating this album of illustrations in a small accordion book makes the experience of viewing very intimate and fragile, as each page reveals a family memory and experience.
www.janetam.com			© jane tam

29.03.2008
© evan baden	The Illuminati
	by Evan Baden

	In Westernized cultures today, there is a generation that is growing up without the knowledge of what it is to be disconnected. The world in which we are growing up is always on. We are continuously plugged in, and linked up. We take this technology for granted. Not because we are ungrateful, but because we simply don’t know a world without it. From our earliest memories, there has always been a way to connect with others whether it is Myspace, Facebook, cell phones, email, or instant messenger. And now, with the Internet, instant messaging, and email in our pocket, right there with our phones, we can always feel as if we are part of a greater whole. These devices grace us with the ability to instantly connect to others, and at the same time, they isolate us from those with whom we are connected. They allow for great freedom, yet so often, we are chained to them. They have become part of who we are and how we identify ourselves. These devices ordain us with a wealth of knowledge and communication that would have been unbelievable even 20 years ago. More and more, we are bathed in a silent, soft, and heavenly blue glow. It is as if we carry divinity in our pockets and purses.
	www.evanbaden.com
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