UN-EXPECTED

EVENT
2012

UN-EXPECTED refers to the inquiry of tacit relationships between people and everyday conditions. It questions how we are pre-programmed to expect certain sequences of events to occur. Nestled within the familiar everyday, we are gradually losing all sense of curiosity towards seemingly mundane tasks, actions and objects. We expect a vase to be broken when dropped, a container to contain and a handle to be sturdy enough to allow us to perform the necessary actions. Today, we must no longer take these everyday conditions as given; instead, we should strain our senses to discover new questions in the midst of everyday life.

In the Design Concepts Module, 15 year-old students from the Faculty of Visual Arts (School of the Arts, Singapore) were invited to investigate the notions behind an Un-graspable Handle, an Un-containable Container and an Un-breakable Vase. The emphasis of this exercise is on the thinking process; how students approach the brief, ask and formulate fundamental questions leading to meaningful explorations from within.

Through this exhibition, we wish to share the findings and interpretations from the students’ inquiries into our everyday expectations of the un-expected.

STUDENTS:
Chua Ching Yi
Yu Pei Er
Kong Yin Ying
Kenneth Tan
Yap Wei Qi
Dione Lee
Lemuel Poh
Ivan Tan
Lloyd Koh
Phoebe Chin
Rachel Ma
Lydia Tee
Ankita Mukherji
Valerie Lee
Jake Hum
Marcus Yee
Lim Ping Qi
Lester Kum
Lai Yu Tong
Ong Jun Ru
Bridget Lee
Charlene Tan
Heong Kheng Boon
Clarice Ng
Keryn Oh
Tan Yi En
Remya Pisharath