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INSTINC D:Art Fest 2022
1 September 2022, Singapore – Supported by stART Fund and United Overseas Bank (UOB), INSTINC D:Art Festival 2022 is a showcase of the best digital artists in the region, featuring a collaborative physical and metaverse exhibition on spatial.io. The exhibition highlights the 3 winners and the best of 20 shortlisted digital artists selected through public voting and esteemed judges in the scene. The festival also includes artist talks, panel discussions, and an NFT workshop hosted by Singapore-based multidisciplinary artist Dom Ho. Curated by Hilda Chan and Iven Cheung from MUSTHAVEKEYS (Hong Kong) and organized by INSTINC SOHO in Singapore, the festival is open to everyone passionate about digital arts, regardless of background.
Based on this year’s theme, Ignite the Future, the festival imagines a time when the metaverse becomes inseparable from our lives. Exploration and exposure to uncharted realities have been a perpetual human condition. As described in Plato’s cave, this transitional stage could be both exciting and alienating. How will the metaverse change the way we experience the world? Does the future of humanity lie in virtual reality? How shall we embrace our existence in the metaverse?
The festival has concluded its Open Call, Public Voting, and Esteemed Judges rounds, and is now moving toward the final stages of Artists-in-Residency and Exhibition Launches. We are proud to announce our Top 3 Winners, People’s Choice, and the Best of 20 works in the Media Release, as we welcome them to join us in the collaborative spirit of INSTINC D:Art Festival 2022.
Alvin Mak (Hong Kong), Anya Palamartschuk (United Kingdom), Chan Wan Kyn (Singapore), Elaine B. Chao (USA), Igor Šćekić (Croatia), IOYOI (Taiwan), Jakestudyos (The Philippines), Julie Watai (Japan), Juzo (USA), Kevin Oramas & Ernesto Cisneros (Cuba), Kinnara : Desi La (Japan), Lazarus Chan (Hong Kong), Nina Sumarac (Cyprus), Pornwipa Suriyakarn (Thailand), Radzi Kalong (Malaysia), Satrio Yudho Pratomo (Indonesia), SEOHYO (Korea), Tina Yeung (Hong Kong), WMD Collective (Germany), Wyn-Lyn Tan (Singapore), Warrragwag (Singapore)
About
INSTINC
Founded in 2004 by Yeo Shih Yun, INSTINC is an artist-run institution based in Singapore. INSTINC has been an active player in the arts ecology through their exhibition programming and curation, as well as through community engagement through their workshops and artists’ talks. Their long-running residency program continues to build upon regional and international ties. The vision for INSTINC is one of collaboration and connection, producing immersive large-scale projects that cross the genres of installation, new media, performance, painting and sculpture, partnering with brands such as Volvo and Guinness in the past. “Our mission is to maintain artistic independence and foster community through experimental collaborations. Our vision has always been artist-focussed, and we aim to foster an environment where our artists may continue to inspire us and our community” - Yeo Shih Yun, Founder and Artistic Director of INSTINC.
About
MUSTHAVEKEYS
MUSTHAVEKEYS, a Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary curatorial studio and art agency, serves to build the KEYS that connect the creative minds with the community - KEYS in the form of ground-breaking art and cultural initiatives that generate meaningful exchanges among artists, designers and community partners; KEYS forged with partners to champion multidisciplinary collaborations from concept to final creation; and KEYS for the public to open doors to unconventional cultural engagements and art appreciation. In 2020 and 2021, MUSTHAVEKEYS curated the two editions of “Up Close – Hollywood Road”, a first-of-its-kind exhibition that took contemporary art into the everyday environment and operation of local antique shops, creating dialogues between past and present arts and traditional crafts. In addition to in-house projects, we partner with organizations and businesses across industries to create new works of art and unique cultural experiences. MUSTHAVEKEYS was founded by the curator duo Hilda Chan and Iven Cheung in 2020.
stART Fund and United Overseas Bank (UOB)
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