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The Straits Times: Using technology to spotlight pollution

In its second edition this year, MeshMinds 2.0: ArtxTechforGood features artworks that use technology to highlight environmental concerns. One of the featured artworks is by LASALLE student Yashini Renganathan, whose 3D-printed artwork makes visible the problem of light pollution in Singapore, a serious though often overlooked matter. The rest of the artworks in the exhibit fuse art and technology to create immersive environments that help visitors understand the intangible effects of environmental issues from a unique perspective. Read on to find out more!

Asia Young Designer Award
Interior Design - Gold

Jason Ong Xiang An
Student, BA(Hons) Interior Design

Entry: Alexandria

Alexandria, so named after the most significant library of the ancient world, is envisioned as a monument for our future. The underground library serves to protect the world’s collective knowledge should an apocalypse happen, featuring spaces such as a 360º physical cloud that stores digital time capsules of humanity’s history, and an amphitheatre that supports hologram projection and augmented reality.

President’s Young Talents

Weixin Quek Chong
BA(Hons) Fine Arts, Class of 2010

Entries:

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Installation with silk twill, latex, wood, sillicone, vinyl, faux fur, paper, screens, aluminium and stainless steel.

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Berita Mediacorp: Reflecting on Malay-Muslim identity through contemporary art

Several artworks by local veteran artist and LASALLE Fine Arts Senior Lecturer Salleh Japar are featured in STILL, an exhibit currently showing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. A collaboration with fellow lecturer Joanne Pang, together with students from the School of Design Communication, Salleh's works investigate the Malay-Muslim identity through contemporary artworks that date back to the 1990s.

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Berita Harian: Melodious whispers of the blooms of love

ARTWALK Little India has recently concluded its fifth edition. With this year's theme being Image and Sound of Fragrance, artists created a multi-sensorial experience highlighting aspects of life and traditions within the Indian community.

Berita Harian speaks with a few of the artists who were behind the murals and installations that formed part of the multi-disciplinary art project, to understand how they were inspired by life in the precinct, and how this was conveyed in their art.