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| Birthdate: | 1976 |
| Birthplace: | Singapore | |
| Gender: | Male |
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Ho Tzu Nyen was born in Singapore in 1976. He earned a BA in Creative Arts from Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2001), and an MA in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore (2007). He works primarily in film, video, and performance, and has recently developed environmental multimedia installations. He has also written extensively on art. Ho appropriates the structures of epic myths, invoking their grandeur while revealing them to be not merely stories, but discursive tools. He is particularly concerned with those moments when contemporary figures imagine and invent the past in order to serve the needs of the present. These conditions are especially salient in the context of Singapore, which was established as an independent nation in 1965. A series of occupations and settlements by regional groups constitutes the history of the strategic port archipelago prior to 19th century British colonization. A desire to redress the country's unaccounted-for history indicates the rise in nationalism that has emerged in parallel with accelerated economic development. |
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| Artists: | TIONG ANG, Cao Fei, Ho Tzu Nyen, Peng Hongzhi, Yangjiang Group, Fiona Tan, Wang QIngsong, Xiao Yu, Samson Young |
| Birthdate: | 1976 |
| Birthplace: | Singapore | |
| Gender: | Male |
| About: | |
Ho Tzu Nyen was born in Singapore in 1976. He earned a BA in Creative Arts from Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2001), and an MA in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore (2007). He works primarily in film, video, and performance, and has recently developed environmental multimedia installations. He has also written extensively on art. Ho appropriates the structures of epic myths, invoking their grandeur while revealing them to be not merely stories, but discursive tools. He is particularly concerned with those moments when contemporary figures imagine and invent the past in order to serve the needs of the present. These conditions are especially salient in the context of Singapore, which was established as an independent nation in 1965. A series of occupations and settlements by regional groups constitutes the history of the strategic port archipelago prior to 19th century British colonization. A desire to redress the country's unaccounted-for history indicates the rise in nationalism that has emerged in parallel with accelerated economic development. |
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| Artists: | TIONG ANG, Cao Fei, Ho Tzu Nyen, Peng Hongzhi, Yangjiang Group, Fiona Tan, Wang QIngsong, Xiao Yu, Samson Young |
