Rizki Resa Utama (aka OQ)
Yeo Workshop, Singapore,
24 April – 15 June 2015
Opening: Friday 24 April,
6-9pm
Talk: Saturday 25 April,
2-3.30pm
moderated by Michael Lee
Curated by Roy Voragen
Language in all its
shapes and forms is what gives us body. We whisper, we yell, we argue, we
declare, we state this and that. We listen, we pretend to listen. We look,
gaze, stare. We are seen-not-seen. We try to understand. We don’t understand,
no, not at all. We paint in lush brush strokes. We scribble notes on the city’s
walls, we write dissertations on the fall of the re/public. We read philosophy,
poetry and prose. We take, post and like photos. We read out loud. We wink, we
show the finger. We contradict
ourselves. We fail. We fail again. We start over…
Occasionally, we speak in
riddles and tongues, including slips. Our streets are cacophonic. Voices and
counter-voices inhabit our cities.
Specters of a past are
here to haunt us, through movies or monuments immortalizing our sins.
A city without people is
no longer a city. A city would turn quickly into a ruin of asphalt and concrete
without us – merely a collection of potholes.
A city means many things.
It also means this: to fail, to fail again and then try again.
The
exhibition deals with the repetitive, reflexive interaction between people,
space/place and time. With flair and a good sense of humor, the artists raise
the question whether we can embrace mistakes as a blessing in disguise. Breaks
and tears, chance and change are inevitable, even though only slightly
visible/audible at first, when an action is – or: has to be – repeated over and
over again. Failure and a deviation from perceived standards are common treads
to who we are/can be(-come) in particular places and times (including how we
are perceived and received by others in public and private instances).
Poster design by Endira FJ.
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