Artist Talk x Kok Yoong Lim: Humans and Digital Footprints

Kok Yoong Lim shows still captures from Super Corridor,
where footprints were recorded at 3AM, when nobody was physically there.

Malaysian artist Kok Yoong Lim delivered his artist's talk last September 12 at 98B COLLABoratory.

Wing explores the relationship of new technologies and human existence, specifically how these technological developments affects how we express our identities.

It was a full house at 98B. 

"When You Are Not Your Body" explored the disembodied culture of chat and e-mail. Wing placed a camera that takes pictures of those which view it. Using a digital video feed, the viewer is then forced to see him or herself as an "other." The viewer is there in the gallery and yet elsewhere. The result is both disconcerting yet comforted by the familiar in a strange space.

Meanwhile, in "Super Corridor," the artist takes a space that is usually ignored: the common hallway where everyone passes and yet barely pays any mind or attention to it. Wing's camera captures the moment in time when a person walks on that corridor and preserves and reinforces that person's presences in a very specific time and space.

Dayang Yraola and Kok Yoong Lim

As existence and the meaning of life are his art's central themes, Wing will continue to work with technology and how everyone's experience of life is mediated and/or drastically altered by cyberspace and other contemporary phenomena related to digital existence.

Wing with the student interns, Marika Constantino of 98B and Dayang Yraola of Project Glocal

Artist Talk: Kok Yoong Lim

Project Glocal Manila is proud to present Kok Yoong Lim from Malaysia as the fifth artist to give a talk this year at 98B. 

Kok Yoong Lim works with new technologies to explore and investigate the human dimension of technological development and discourse. Most of his works take the form of (interactive) installation. He is currently lecturing at the Global School of Media in Soongsil University, Korea. 

The talk will happen in 98B's Collaboratory on September 12, Friday, at 3PM. Admission is free. 

Anjo Bolarda at The Postcard Shop

Anjo working on The Postcard Shop signage. 

Filipino artist Anjo Bolarda considers The Postcard Shop as his studio in Penang. He's been here in George Town for nearly two weeks for the Project Glocal residency. 

Turn and smile for the camera, bro. 

In the first week, he held an open studio for Portrades. People coming into The Postcard Shop can tell him stories about themselves and in return, he draws their portraits. The next week saw him working on the portraits at 28Bahari or at TPCS.

Artist Marika Constantino needs to step up for Transi(en)t Penang. 

After he has finished all the portraits, he realized that he wanted to leave something behind in his studio--a mark that he, too, was there. 

Ms. Julie's son owns The Postcard Shop,
but is gladly helping us with the work. 

He started working on a signage for The Postcard  Shop. Wooden planks were sawn and nailed to form a frame. He painted it in red and white, minimal and warm and welcoming, and yet at the same time something which still reflects his interest in Oriental and Japanese print and art. 

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