2 ½ D Cinema by Isabelle Desjeux and Russell Morton (Singapore)
7 to 26 June 2011
Presented for the first time in Singapore!
The artist invites children to “walk into” the movies and play with the characters on the screen, hence creating a new composition of the old and the new.
The artistic process:
- The artists researched film footage from the past that recorded people’s lives in Singapore.
- At the same time, the artists were curious to explore children’s response to the older footage and create their modern day stories against this older backdrop.
- This process is recorded, resulting in a composite artwork, which includes the old and the new. By observing the “new compositions”, children are invited to continue to create new interactions with traditional works.
About the Artists
Although Isabelle Desjeux was trained as a Bio-Scientist, she also has a Master’s degree in Fine Art. A mother of three children, Desjeux divides her time between honing her artistic skills, teaching and drawing with children. Her art is mostly self-taught and ranges from expressive figure drawing, print-making and papier mâché, to videos and performances for the past 10 years.
