Chooc Ly Tan
06 Dec 2011 - 14 Jan 2012
CHOOC LY TAN
New Materials in the Reading of the World
6 December - 14 January, 2012
Transmission Gallery is pleased to present New Materials in the Reading of the World a video by artist Chooc Ly Tan. Using spoken word, imagery and sound New Materials in the Reading of the world narrates a poetic and political concept. Oubliism suggests a new way of approaching the laws of physics and the rational way in which we respond to our existence. Sparks of rebellion and revolution are formulated with an attempt to challenge our current habitual status.
Chooc Ly Tan’s multidisciplinary practice includes performance, video, text and sculpture. Part of her inquiry is the arguable role of Physics, which is scrutinized through materiality and time-based media to question its attributed functions. Tan’s often playful experiments explore fragility, with matter that coexists in states between order and chaos, for example, gravity or materials that repel or work against each other to create tension and volatility.
Chooc Ly Tan (b. 1981, France) lives and works in London. Upcoming exhibitions include a solo presentation at Carlos/Ishikawa, London (2012). Most recently, she exhibited at the annual StartPoint Prize, Brno, in the Czech Republic. Tan was part of the group exhibition Beyond Ourselves, at the Royal Society, London (2011) and she performed Walter Joseph Steinarsson at Stedefreund gallery, Berlin (2010). Screenings include KNSTHS FMR # 2, Ybl Palace, Budapest (2009), and Nuit Blanche, Paris (2009).
Recently, her video New Materials in the Reading of the World was selected by 2010 Jarman Award winner, Emily Wardill, to take part in SELECTED (2011). This touring screening was initiated by FLAMIN and Videoclub; venues included CCA, Glasgow, the Whitechapel gallery, London, Picture This, Bristol, etc. Tan lived in Iceland 2007-2009, where she also took residencies in remote locations, the Skaftfell Art Centre (2009) and the Galtarviti lighthouse (2008). She graduated with a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin (2006) and an MFA at Goldsmiths (2011).
New Materials in the Reading of the World
6 December - 14 January, 2012
Transmission Gallery is pleased to present New Materials in the Reading of the World a video by artist Chooc Ly Tan. Using spoken word, imagery and sound New Materials in the Reading of the world narrates a poetic and political concept. Oubliism suggests a new way of approaching the laws of physics and the rational way in which we respond to our existence. Sparks of rebellion and revolution are formulated with an attempt to challenge our current habitual status.
Chooc Ly Tan’s multidisciplinary practice includes performance, video, text and sculpture. Part of her inquiry is the arguable role of Physics, which is scrutinized through materiality and time-based media to question its attributed functions. Tan’s often playful experiments explore fragility, with matter that coexists in states between order and chaos, for example, gravity or materials that repel or work against each other to create tension and volatility.
Chooc Ly Tan (b. 1981, France) lives and works in London. Upcoming exhibitions include a solo presentation at Carlos/Ishikawa, London (2012). Most recently, she exhibited at the annual StartPoint Prize, Brno, in the Czech Republic. Tan was part of the group exhibition Beyond Ourselves, at the Royal Society, London (2011) and she performed Walter Joseph Steinarsson at Stedefreund gallery, Berlin (2010). Screenings include KNSTHS FMR # 2, Ybl Palace, Budapest (2009), and Nuit Blanche, Paris (2009).
Recently, her video New Materials in the Reading of the World was selected by 2010 Jarman Award winner, Emily Wardill, to take part in SELECTED (2011). This touring screening was initiated by FLAMIN and Videoclub; venues included CCA, Glasgow, the Whitechapel gallery, London, Picture This, Bristol, etc. Tan lived in Iceland 2007-2009, where she also took residencies in remote locations, the Skaftfell Art Centre (2009) and the Galtarviti lighthouse (2008). She graduated with a BA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martin (2006) and an MFA at Goldsmiths (2011).