Ho Chung Kwang who goes professionally by BODHI, will make his solo exhibition debut with “Sonic Vistas” at Singapore’s Gallery 1819. Presently working till 1 August 2023, the 23-year-old’s signature acrylic portray shall be on show as a part of his “Curating Playlists Sequence”. The vary of artworks portrays real-life scenes perceived by the artist and later crafted to the essence of digital music tracks.
Every bit was made alongside its personal Digital Dance Music (EDM) monitor. The surreal scenes he creates resonate with the visible themes by way of the method of assigning visible parts to audio after which implementing them again into real-life visuals. The result’s a collection of work that’s greatest described as BODHI’s visible interpretation of music and sound waves combined with real-life situations.
EDM carries explicit significance to Bodhi whose different creative pursuits embrace music engineering, “DJ-ing” and beatboxing. BODHI usually merges his curiosity for music and artwork along with his work — being influenced by music movies, digital efficiency visualizers and DJ backdrop animations. “I hearken to music and search for visible references to venture that essence onto,” says BODHI.
Gallery 1819 Singapore is a distinguished Advantageous Artwork gallery with a versatile acquisition of collectible items showcasing Southeast Asian artworks from esteemed artists throughout the worldwide area. BODHI has been an in-house artist for Gallery 1819 for a lot of years — having beforehand showcased artworks from his “Astrochemistry Sequence” in a set dubbed “Sonata Allegro” final yr. This time round, the younger inventive goals to make a shift in his creative trajectory. The subjects addressed in his items transcend beautiful inside decorations to sought-after collector’s items.
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Some highlights visitors can anticipate from this assortment embrace 2021’s “On Tenterhooks and Bated Breaths” which was the primary portray from his “Curating Playlists” collection to include his musical curiosity into his paintings. The piece is impressed by harmonising a scene of a person resting on a trishaw in Penang, Malaysia alongside the second drop of the monitor “The Feeling” by Crankdat and Ace Aura.
“The songs impressed for each bit doesn’t must be listened to whereas I’m viewing the scene, individuals or place; I match the track to a scene if I really feel it’s appropriate. However the entire songs are songs that I actually like and hearken to, they’re additionally all completely different digital music genres,” BODHI explains.
One other spotlight is a chunk referred to as “Submerged Ghost-Station Zephyrs of Distortion” which is impressed by harmonising two scenes from S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore along with the primary “drop” of the track “Haxo” by Dirtyphonics & Graphyt.
With a moniker that’s rooted in deep non secular significance (BODHI interprets to enlightenment in Sanskrit), it’s no coincidence that BODHI’s work additionally explores the “intuitive nature of our innermost being by way of feelings”. Together with his reception opening on 8 July being a convincing success, that is however step one in an illustrious profession for the younger artist.
“Sonic Vistas” will run till August 1 2023, from 11 am – 7 pm Every day at Gallery 1819
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