COS•MO

2013

COS•MO stands for Constant Self-recording Mode, a sentence devised to describe a process that by now sees the world looking at itself existing in real time through 24 hour news channels and social media. 

A concept/workshop group exhibition curated by Gilles Massot, in collaboration with Akira Takahashi, Allysa Sing Zhi Bing, Andreas Schlegel, Benjamin Ziggy Lee, Bradley Foisset, Bureau One (collective), Carrie Lam, Charles Lim, Filip Gudovic, Guillaume Leclercq, Isabelle Desjeux, Jacqueline Sim, Jasper Yu, Kee Ya Ting, Kevin Tan Bo Xi, Kim Ji-Yoon, Koh Nguang How, Leonard Yang, Lim Shengen, Marcel Gaspar, Nel Lim, Nicolas Ledoux, Rubin Hashim, Ryf Zaini, Shaun-Joel Liew, Tan Chee Hon, Teow Yue Han, Urich Lau, Vanessa Ban.

​This workshop exhibition-event gathers works of all sorts, visual, written and sonic, dealing with the theme of the Constant Self-recording Mode in literal or metaphoric ways. In all these works, as in the life many of us live today, the cut and paste method plays a paramount role. Through the ‘self’ of the individuals, the ‘self’ of the World looks at itself emerging in a way unlike anything that has existed before, resulting in a society in which “To cut or not to paste” has become “the Question”. 

Panoramic view of the Installation

Publication

Featuring essays on the COnstant Self-recording MOde and artworks, writeups and artist biographies

​Installation View

Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, Brother Joseph McNally Gallery

Exhibited Artworks

Covering a wide range of mediums from photography, video, interactive installations and art performances

Simultaneum Performance

Live webcast between dancers from LASALLE McNally Campus and LASALLE Winstedt Campus

 

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​Click here to download the Exhibition Catalogue

Exhibition Poster

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Installation View

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Exhibited Artworks

Akira Takahashi & Vanessa Ban & Gilles Massot & Raymond Wu & Palak Mittal
The Record of Records
Publication
2013

Allysa Sing Zhi Bing
Passings
Single Channel Video
5 mins 21 secs loop
2013

Andreas Schlegel
Hit-A-Tweet
Mixed Media, Custom Software, Twitter
2010, 2013

Benjamin Ziggy Lee
Stock Photos
Digital Inkjet Print
40 X 50 cm
2012

Bradley James Foisset 
COS•MO MIKSANG
Single Channel Video,​ 
colour with sound
​1:57 to 4:43 (variable in edits)
​2013

BUREAU ONE:
​Ang Song Nian, Tan Peiling, Kamiliah Bahdar, Elizabeth Lim
OVERSIGHT
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions variable
2013

Carrie Lam
Traces of Time
​(Trace of time-1974|2010 Sentosa, 
Trace of time- 1984|2012 佛光山, 
​Trace of time- 1978|2012 Schönbrunn Palace)
Inkjet Print
16” x 48”

Charles Lim & Gilles Massot
What’s My Dream
Digital Inkjet Print
Dimensions Variable
2010 - present

Filip Gudovic
The Mona Lisa Experience
Sound Installation
2013

Gilles Massot
The Summer Garden Photograph
Digital Print
42x59cm
2013

Guillaume Leclercq
The 3-60 Family, &
​Flight with the Martens
Single Channel Video
4 mins 20 secs
2013

Isabelle Desjeux
"Tell Me What I am Thinking"
Installation and performance with
​EEG recording device
​2013

Jacqueline Sim
Shuttling Between the Poles of
​Remembering and Forgetting
Mixed Medium: LED Lights and Still Photographs
239 x 7cm
2013

Jasper Yu
Eh Sexy Lady
Mixed Media
50 x 80 cm
2013

Kee Ya Ting
The Eccentricities of Mr DPS
Photo and Video Installation
 Dimensions Variable
2013
Inquisitive Investigations
Digital Print
​2012

Kim Ji-Yoon
COS•MO: "Random Access Memory"
Two Channel Video
19 mins 33 secs
2013
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Kevin Tan Bo Xi
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
Digital Inkjet Print
86.5 x 150 cm
2008

Koh Nguang How
Singapore Performance Artists Speak, Installation
​(Cassette Tapes, Audio)
Treasure Box, Installation 
(Unprocessed Films, Treasure Box)
Obsolete?, Installation
(Scanner, Projection Screen, Cameras)
Dimensions Variable
2013

​Leonard Yang
Somewhere in Singapore
Digital Print
140x94cm
2013

Leonard Yang & Gilles Massot
Sometime in Singapore
7 Digital Prints
42 x 29 cm
2013

Lim Shengen
Pocketed Shennanigen
Digital prints
7 prints 15x15cm​
The Imaginarium of Shennani
Single Channel Video
10 mins 01 sec
2013

Marcel Gaspar
Pinhole Recording
Mixed Medium
 Dimensions Variable
2013

Nel Lim & Gilles Massot
I am not really a chef,
I just have a hungry mind
Photo installation
Dimensions Variable
2013 

Nicolas Ledoux & Gilles Massot
Before and After Painting
Interactive Graphic Sculpture
2013

Rubin Hashim & Gilles Massot
SOS private life
Sound Installation
4 mins 01 sec
2013

Ryf Zaini
T̶h̶y̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ CTRL w̶h̶t̶ ̶u̶ C
Mixed media installation
Dimensions Variable
2013

Shaun-Joel Liew
A Mirage of Past I & II
Pseudo‐vintage postcards
​in epoxy resin
Ø20 x 9cm, Ø17 x 8cm
2013

Shaun-Joel Liew &
​Gilles Massot & Ryf Zaini
​The Window
Interactive Installation
​Dimensions Variable
2013

Tan Chee Hon
Juxtapose
Digital Inkjet Print (series of 3 prints)
 59.5 x 78 cm
2013

Teow Yue Han
PHACK VIDEO*
Single Channel Video
4 mins 25 secs
2012

Urich Lau
Random Cities: 99x99 Pixels
Video with sound
02 mins 10 secs
2013

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Simultaneum Performance

In collaboration with Melissa Queck, Khalid Al Mhklaafy,
Bryan O'Reilly and students from LASALLE College of the Arts
​(School of Dance, School of Contemporary Music, Faculty of Media Arts) 

Live webcast performance from
LASALLE College of the Arts, McNally Campus

Live webcast performance from
LASALLE College of the Arts, Winstedt Campus

Image documentation by Hyrol Sami'on
Technical support by students from LASALLE College of the Arts (Faculty of Media Arts)