20/20 Under Construction
20/20
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
2005
National Library
Singapore
The theme for 2005's exhibition was "Under Construction." As we felt that
after creating the 'building blocks' for the previous year, it was time to
start the construction process. The show was staged at the outdoor foyer on
the ground floor of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library from 16 to 18 November
2005.
The overall design of that exhibition was be bigger than the previous year.
While the industrial conveyor belt
was still a feature, we added
on industrial scaffolding to display the new exhibits. This new addition (i.e.
scaffolding) to the exhibition format represents the “construction” process.
The work was presented in a completely new way within the scaffolding and
there was also a live performance by Kinemat to launch the event. Again 2,020
20 cm x 20 cm boxes were produced with a book to showcase the latest designers.
The 20 designers featured in 2005 were nominated by the previous 20 contributors
from 2004. This is an ongoing process where every year’s showcase will be
nominated by the previous contributors. 2005’s show also included some of
the best creative talents from around the world such as New York based photographer
John Clang, Hong Kong based fashion stylist Zing, Chris Lee from Asylum, furniture
designers Air Division, Singapore-based French illustrator Agathe de Balliencourt,
fashion designer and illustrator Jo Soh etc.