Dance of a Humble atheist
A solo exhibition by Toh Hun Ping
Objectifs presents the premiere of Dance of a Humble Atheist, a new work and the first solo exhibition by Toh Hun Ping, one of Singapore’s most innovative contemporary video artists known for his self-invented techniques of bleaching, scratching and recycling filmstrips that lead to his unique work.
Presented after a six-year hiatus, this multidisciplinary visual arts installation marks a new stage of Toh’s artistic journey with the incorporation of ceramics into his practice. In a meticulous work created through the painstaking, frame by frame animation and digital manipulation of hundreds of ceramic reliefs he has handmade, Toh expounds on death, faith, the possibility of the afterlife, the natural world, consciousness, and time.
Dance of a Humble Atheist is part of Singapore Art Week 2019.
About Toh Hun Ping
Toh Hun Ping is a video artist and film researcher. His experimental video works express broad themes of resistance, travel, time, loss, and mental instability, and have been presented at international film festivals.
As a film researcher, Hun Ping is interested in the history of film production in early-mid 20th century Singapore. He runs the Singapore Film Locations Archive.
Exhibition
Objectifs Chapel Gallery
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Endless Humility – Existential and Metaphorical Use of Images in Toh Hun Ping’s Dance of a Humble Atheist
Read the essay: Kelvin Tan – Endless Humility.
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Press Coverage
Bakchormeeboy: Singapore Art Week 2019: An Interview with Toh Hun Ping