Chooc Ly Tan Artist's Statement

In an attempt to extend the scale of this space to the universe and Infinity, I have conceived titles using my own as well as borrowed impetus and applied them to a series of films and video installations. These titles represent a hypothetical body of literature in which a call for a revolution against the established phenomenon of Nature is sounded. Within this body of work we can actually see sounds, hear colours, or even exist with no time. One of the titles is an homage to Heidegger who once said "science wants to know nothing of the nothing". For a long time the philosopher debated the notion of being in space and time. Alongside my other works a series of pictures follow, showing the architecture of the mind and containing the thoughts of several individuals. These thoughts stem from people looking through a void and contemplating eminent matters. They also play a role in our perception of these images. The usual scale that differentiates people and objects of literature is reversed. In the images, the books are immense. On a sculptural level, my initial idea was to confer a feeling of grandeur to Literature by gathering books and placing them in variable blocks. I compare the evolution of being to an eternal fall. I do not want people to think about the landing, instead I invite them to contemplate Height.

Images of work

Brief CV

EDUCATION 2003-6 Central Saint Martins, BA (hons) Fine Art in sculpture 2002-3 Chelsea College of Art and Design, Foundation in Fine Art GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SCREENINGS 2007 East@Westwing festival 2007, Slough 'Xtend-Dance For Camera', South Hill Park, Bracknell 'Portrait: New Trends', Primo Piano LivinGallery, Lecce, Italy 'The Opposite of winter', Candid Galleries, London 2006-2007 'Grotto', Studio 1.1, London 2006 The Screening Society, London The Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, London 700 IS Reindeerland Video and Experimental Film Festival, Egilssta‡ir, Iceland 'Direction', Lethaby Gallery, London 2005 'Just visiting', Camberwell Arts Festival, London 2004 '55', a WLTM Audience show from Central to East London 2003 'Planted', Cottage Garden, London AWARDS 2007 PAD Scheme, Chinese Arts Centre 2006 'Alcoa' prize, film competition finalist INTERACTIVE PROJECTS 2006 Preparation of drawings for a future live event with the violinists of Chi2 2005 Vocals and lyrics for "Chooc Ly's break", an electronic piece by Steve Hallam

Contact

Email: allelu_fr@yahoo.fr

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