THE PRESENCE OF BEING PRESENT
Artist/musician Carsten Nicolai treasures the process of experimentation to create a full sensory experience.
He encourages people to not just be an observer but also to contribute and be part of it.
This editorial aspires to serve as a medium for people to immerse themselves in the multi-sensory and experimental
world of Carsten Nicolai. Along with a twist of local Singapore context, this editorial highlights on the importance
of process in creation and embracing the presence of being present.
Hand-crafted acrylic sleeve packaging, 32pp 20x20cm perfect-binded full color printed.
0.1 THE QUOTIDIAN
The overlooked are often the ones that leave a person empty in its absence. These are the things that
provide company in the hustle of life, the unobtrusive elements that constantly produce an atmosphere
for individuals to be present in - even in the most mundane events. These are sounds that is often
overlooked, highlighted and visualized.
Content: raindrop, heartbeat, and footsteps.
0.2 COMMON PLACES
Everyday, traces of people’s existence are collected in the spaces they frequent, forming into familiar memories
that their senses have become accustomed to. But as this familiarity is taken over by the cycle of mundane lifestyles,
these experiences that once hold meaning have unknowingly been set aside. By subjecting one’s presence in its still
moments is to the re-discover the essence of these common places.
Content: wet market, housing development board (HDB), mass rapid transit (MRT), hawker centre.
0.3 Vividity
The essence of a colour evokes emotions, creates moods and plays with imagined creativity,
which conveys to our mind through sight. The colours are translated into abstract forms stimulating our senses.
Content: A bold series of chromatic graphic elements.
Project is in collaboration with Huifen Teo, Jasmine Sam, Jennifer Adelaine and Tan Kimberley.
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Thank You!
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