The Deekons Show, 2006AD
One World
June 17 - July 9, 2006 @ 11-Art Gallery, Dashanzi Art District, Beijing. |
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Above are photos taken from video footages of The Deekons 'One World' Show, 2006AD. The show was held at 11-Art Gallery (Beijing Cubic Art Centre) located in the Dashanzi Art District, and it ran from June 17 to July 9. A talk event took place on the opening evening.
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The Room
The Deekons Works selected to be part of the 'One World' show were set up in a particular arrangement as explained below. |
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I. Welcome To My World: An Introduction
Placed closest to the entrance, 'Enter My World' is an extensive sequence of notably fast-sliding images presented on a television monitor. The fast slide show is a collection of selected (visual) works that Th. Loa. has been producing over the past years.
II. Inside My World: Inside My Head (The Subject)
'Inside My Head' is set up in the very center area of the room, as one could regard it as being the Mecca in the show, and is presented on five television screens arranged to emulate the shape of a pentagon. 'Inside My Head' is an Audio and Visual work. The Visual could be termed as an 'animated surrealist portrait' of the Subject (the author himself); while the Audio, which is intently not sync to the Visual, however cohesive and complementary to the Visual, is a work of sounds in which the Subject expresses his mind state vocally.
III. Watch The Outer World: True Visual Stories
Projected on the far back wall of the room is 'True Visual Stories', a Net (Art) installation work that aims at presenting the World-Out-There to the viewers. The work consists of thematic segments that switch from one another in time interval. For each segment, the computer feeds on the resourceful Internet - various reliable online sources - for amassing images that are pertinent to the current segment's theme, and therefore builds an image grid, all in real time, in front of the audience's eyes. The author of the work believes that the Internet -- the Cyber World as named by some -- has become an unequivocal reflection (mirror) of the present World, the real World, the World out there. The themes of the segments were thoughtfully and intently chosen by The Son Creature; however, the image content is coming live from the Internet and is not controlled by him.
The four thematic segments chosen for the 'One World 2006' show were: One World, Middle East, Natural Disasters, and North American Weather Satellite Report.
The Dual-Projection version of the work was presented at the show.
An interesting fact was that some of the internet sources for the piece couldn't be accessed due to government internet ban and regulation.
IV. Meet The Characters: The Protagonists and The Others
Displayed on the side walls of the room are visual artworks selected for the context of the show, for introducing and presenting to the audience some of the key characters in The Deekons World. They are: The Guardian, The Father, The Son Creature, The Newborns (Adam and Eve), and Them (The Others). |
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| The Works |
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I. An Introduction (Presentation of Selected Visual Works) |
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Above are some series of images taken from 'An Introduction'.Info about the work is found above, under 'The Room' |
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II. Inside My Head (Audio Visual Installation Work) |
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Above are four still images taken from the AudioVisual work, 'Inside My Head'.Info about the work is found above, under 'The Room' |
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III. True Visual Stories (Internet Installation Work) |
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Above is a screenshot image taken from the Dual-Projection version of 'True Visual Stories'.Info about the work is found above, under 'The Room' |
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IV. The Protagonists and The Others (Portrait Work) |
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Below are images of the Artworks displayed on the side walls in the show.Info about the work is found above, under 'The Room' |
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| The Guardian |
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| The Father |
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| The Son Creature |
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| The Newborns (Adam & Eve) |
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The Visitors
Talk Event took place on the opening evening, June 17. Members of the talk group were (in order as seen in picture below, from left to right):
Tom Green (Interactive Multimedia Teacher, Book Author), Fei Jun (Interactive Multimedia Professor, Artist) , Th. Loa. (Son Creature of The Deekons, Thinker, and more for you to discover), Lorraine Spiess (Interactive Database Teacher and Developer) , MaGang (Dean of The Central Academy of Fine Arts, CAFA), and YaoBin (New Media Artist, Curator of 11-Art Gallery). |
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Photos above courtesy of 11-Art Gallery. |
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| Special thanks and gratitude to The Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), 11-Art Gallery and Lorraine Spiess for helping bringing the show to life. |
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Any inquiries about The Deekons's 'One World' Show or The Deekons Works? Interested in exhibiting The Deekons Works in future show/event? Want to send comments?
Please address Th. Loa. via the irreplaceable electronic mail,
comm@deekons.com
Th. Loa. currently works and is based in N.America. |
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This documentation is courtesy of The Deekons Movement
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