Tiffany Chung
Tiffany Chung works using tracing papers and mapping
procedures. Deceptivly simple work that is very powerful in its effect. At
first sight it appears as very pleasently decorative. Small dots and circles of
colour are marshalled across the milky surface of the tracing paper. It is only
after looking at the titles that you begin to realise what you are looking at.
These are maps of changing territories, territories that are moving because of
ongoing war. In particular the war in Syria results in a constant taking and
retaking of positions. Boundries between states and peoples are of course set
by arbitary means.
The information provided in the information plate both identifies each work and details the issues dealt with. This way of hanging suggests the random nature of aggression and the unpredictability of these dangerous situations.
Tiffany Chung is from Vietnam, she makes cartographic drawings,
sculptures, videos, photographs, and theater performances that explore spatial
and sociopolitical transformations interwoven with her responses to the
lingering resonances to political and historical trauma.
Chung uses map conventions and Maja Bajevic uses the diagram to carry her ideas. Using graphs of rising and falling commodity prices, Bajevic creates images with old craft techniques such as weaving and embroidery. The two would appear to have nothing in common, but the conjunction between an old craft and contemporary graphic measuring techniques reminds us of how all data is in fact reliant on the rough imprecise nature of reality. The highs and lows of the stock exchange can appear to be an abstract, almost inhuman process, but a handmade, woven artefact will always retain the trace of its human maker.
Maja Bajevic
Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maja Bajevic lives and works in Paris. Using a range of media including video, light, installation, photography and performance, Bajevic's work reflects on social and political issues. Her video “Double Bubble” (2001) explores the concept of religious ideal, contrasting the values preached by organized religions with crimes committed “in the name of God”. Bajevic’s sound installation “Avanti Popolo” (2002-2005) is composed of patriotic songs from 30 different countries. Immersing the viewer in a cacophonic sound-scape, the work questions the paradoxical nature of anthems, which enhance a sense of collective belonging while also lending themselves to ideological designs.
Also see posts on mapping
As well as http://fineartdrawinglca.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/drawing-and-politics.html
Try this post on the diagram: http://fineartdrawinglca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/kurt-vonnegut-diagrams-shapes-of-stories.html
Try this post on the diagram: http://fineartdrawinglca.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/kurt-vonnegut-diagrams-shapes-of-stories.html
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