Hugh Germain

Gifs by Hugo Germain, (Hand Movements), Computer Graphics, Film Gifs

Science student Hugo Germain (aka. Graphonaute) is just 18 years old, but crates animations and visual effects that seem well beyond his years. Though animation is not his primary focus, Germain spends his spare time mixing live action footage with various 3D tools to create quirky visual effects and experiments.

Storm at Sea

Artist Unknown, Title Unknown, (Storm at Sea), Computer Graphics, Animation Gifs

“Let me only say that it fared well with him as with the storm-tossed ship the miserably drives along the leeward land. The port would fain give succor; the port is pitiful; in the port is safety, comfort, hearthstone, supper, warm blankets, friends, all that’s kind to our mortalities. But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship’s direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of lan, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through. With all her might she crowds all sanil off shore; in so doing, fight gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all the lashed sea’s landlessnesss again; for refuge’s sake forlornly rushing into peril; her only friend her bitterest foe!”

–Herman Melville, Moby Dick, or The Whale

Fong Qi Wei

Fong Qi Wei, “Buffalo Road Evening”, 2017

“I am fascinated with the intersections. Intersections are places where boundaries break down, and these are areas where really interesting things happen. Boundaries are comfortable and static. Intersections are troublesome, but nevertheless worth exploring. In particular, I am interested in the intersections of the sciences, art and technology.

A result of this fascination is that I use a very technological medium (digital photography) to make art. In turn, the art I make do not fit comfortably into the traditional classifications of art. Photographic galleries call my work paintings, while traditional galleries specialising in paintings call my work photographs.

For me, what does it matter as long as I can show that scientific ideas like space-time can be beautiful (as in my Time Paintings), or that anatomy can teach us to look closely at beauty (as in my series Exploded Flowers).

Buffalo Road is a bustling road filled with stores selling groceries, mobile devices, jewellery and more. Situated next to the Little India MRT station (the entrance of which can be seen on the left); the human traffic on the street is never ending, especially on weekends. The human element in this piece was challenging do create in a time painting, and I am rather satisfied with the result.” – Fong Qi Wei, Singapore Photographer