123soho Feature of the Week 110105

Sample image of Monster

3D sample image created by Wen Wen Lin

3D sample of the experiencing room

The experiencing room is a confined space room with interactive multimedia devices and projections for users to experience the fear and understand how they control the fear.

*Ron Anderson
*Aureo Antunes
*Anna Bocek
*Juan Franco
*Romaya Puchman

*Harris Gulko
*Lesley Kring
*JoJo Razor
*Scott Andrew Spencer
*Manuela Valenti

*Shiou-Ping Liao
*Ruben Nusz
*Olga Sugden
*Carol & Imran Mian-Starr
*Mark Planisek

*Masaaki Sato
*Sheila Leonella Minano
*Marco Jasso
*Diego Manuel Rodriguez
*Masaaki Noda

*Younghee Choi Martin
*Agustin Bilbao
*Marie-Laure Souq
*Pinggot V Zulueta
*Jean-Luc Bohin

*Andrij Korchynsky
*Sonja Kobrehel
*Jong Pairez
*Marijana Zebeljan
*Johnson dollner

123soho Fearture artists, Chin Chih Yang's project "The Control of Fear" will be presented in ACM Multimedia Interactive 2005 Art Program

Chin Chih Yang's project " The Control of Fear" was selected by ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Multimedia Interactive 2005 in the Art Program division, short paper category. It was one of twelve project selected nationwide.

November 6 -11, 2005

ACM Multimedia Interactive 2005 Art Program will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Singapore and the art exhibition will be held at the LASALLE-SIA Gallery, Singapore.

Narrative bio
I was born in Taiwan and moved to New York in 1980. I studied art and received my degrees from Parsons School of Design (B.F.A.) and Pratt (MS).

Since then, the line between my life and art has blurred. I have started two companies: one for cross-cultural marketing (66 Communications Inc.), and the other devoted to a website that displays the work of approximately 6000 different artists (123soho.com), and is one of my internet installation projects.

In addition to acting as chief curator of 123soho.com and participating in numerous exhibitions, I have served as invited lecturer at several universities and judged a number of art contests.

I have collaborated with other artists, and I have continued to be actively engaged in the changing world around me. I create work that deals with issues that effect individuals and then, by extension, communities and society at large. Creating art that deals with real-life issues is unpopular and even scoffed at by some, but it is important to me as an individual and an artist to counter work that is purely concerned with the artist at the center of his/her universe.

Project description
The author artist, Chin Chih Yang, is fascinated by how cataclysmic events impact life. Life is ephemeral and superficial reality an illusion. No matter what steps we take to protect ourselves against threats to our survival, there are ultimately no guarantees. We will never be in total control. However, this does not entitle us to sit in the bleachers of the game of life, waiting to get hit by a ball.

In his most recent body of work, he has concentrated on our efforts to protect ourselves both physically and psychologically against various catastrophes. How do we keep at bay the fear and anxiety that threatens to paralyze us when confronted by AIDS, SARS, natural disasters (such as the tsunami), terrorism, as well as religious and political intolerance and the conflicts they often generate? How do we perpetuate the myth that we are indeed masters of our fate?

The goal or objective of this particular project is to teach the participants humility (i.e. they will experience within a limited time frame what it might be like if their lives were suddenly altered by an unforeseen and unpredictable catastrophic event. During that event neither their actions nor reactions will enable them to control the final outcome of these events.). This experiment is not designed to duplicate what might occur in a “haunted house”.

We are currently gearing up for "The Best of 123Soho 2006" art show and thank you for your participation in the 2005 exhibit.

Thank you for your participation in “The Best of 123Soho 2005” contest. We are currently gearing up for the 2006 exhibit, scheduled to start on Jan. 1, 2006 . If you would like to participate, here are the requirements:

You need to have at least 5 images on your Home page.
Your contact information must be updated!
We will accept any Media.
Any work submitted between January 1st , 2005 and Dec. 31st , 2005 will be considered.

The list of participating categories includes: Individual Artists, Feature Artists, and Free Posting.

"The Best of 123Soho 2005" Art Show
The 30 winners

Ron Anderson

Aureo Antunes
http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00821

Anna Bocek . http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00659&category=P

Juan Franco
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00903

Romaya Puchman
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00912

Harris Gulko
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00884&category=P

Lesley Kring
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00752

JoJo Razor
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00913
Scott Andrew Spencer
http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00144

Manuela Valenti
http://www.123soho.com/artists/individual/i_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00919&category=P

Shiou-Ping Liao
http://www.123soho.com/artists/featured/f_artist_index_artist.phtml?artnum=artidv00095&initial=L