Singapore Design Festival 2007

Synopsis:

NULL’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION MAKES ITS DEBUT WITH DUAL CITY SESSIONS
Having exhibited works throughout Japan in cities such as Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya, this first installment of ‘Dual City Sessions’ premieres Null’s collaboration with overseas artists, and marks its maiden voyage outside of its country of origin. Launching in Tokyo at DesignTide from 30th October to 4th November 2007, ‘Dual City Sessions’ will then exhibit at the Singapore Design Festival from the 27th October to 8th December 2007.

NULL

A conceptual unit by Japanese design studio, artless, “Null” is also an esoteric programming language designed to be zero-dimensional. In Japanese, its pronunciation means both “paint” and “complete”. Null projects explore traditional Japanese aesthetics and graphic work dedicated to the idea that “- = +” (to subtract is to add).

[1] invalid: having no legal validity
[2] valueless" having no value or importance
[3] amounting to nothing
[4] at zero level: at the level of zero or nothing
[5] mathematics relating to zero

DUAL CITY SESSIONS

Conceptualised and curated by Felix Ng, art director and founder of design studio SILNT, ‘Dual City Sessions’ presents itself as a platform for international collaboration and cross-pollination of diverse creative disciplines. Its aim: to showcase efforts between Singapore and Japan, bringing together emerging and innovative practitioners in the fields of art, fashion, music and design. For the first of its series, Felix has invited acclaimed Japanese design group Artless and its successful project unit, Null, to collaborate with 14 Singaporean artists.

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