Debbie Ding
Debbie Ding | |
|---|---|
 Ding in 2018 | |
| Born | 1984 Singapore |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Education | Royal College of Art |
| Website | dbbd.sg |
Debbie Ding (born 1984) is a visual artist and technologist from Singapore. Her works often utilize non-conventional media such as holograms, food and soil, and explore subjects including archaeology, psychogeography and neuroscience.[1][2]
Career[edit]
Ding has exhibited widely in Singapore and internationally since 2010. She studied literature at the National University of Singapore, and a Masters in Design Interactions at Royal College of Art in London, graduating in 2015.[3]
Notable Works and Exhibitions[edit]
Paintpusher / Automatic Sketches (2019)[edit]
Computer-aided oil paintings produced iteratively on a robotic plotter from algorithmic sketches. Exhibited at Singapore ArtScience Museum as part of the Super-Trajectory exhibition.[4][5]
Soil Works (2018)[edit]
A five-part installation, described as “a series of artistic investigations into soil in Singapore", commissioned by the Singapore Art Museum for the President's Young Talents 2018 exhibition.[6][2]
War Fronts (2018)[edit]
A series of three large-format pulsed laser holograms depicting iconic World War II battlefronts in Singapore. Exhibited at the National Museum of Singapore and the Australian War Memorial.[7][8]
Space Geodes (2016)[edit]
A series of 3D-printed objects based on publicly-uploaded photogrammetry scans of domestic interiors. Ding describes the process of converting poorly-scanned, non-manifold models into physical 3D objects as creating "fossils in reverse". Exhibited at Tainan Art Museum, Taiwan and Ota Fine Arts, Singapore in 2018. [9][10]
Shelter (2016)[edit]
A 2016 Singapore Biennale commission installed at the Singapore Art Museum, Shelter is a life-size freestanding replica of a household bomb shelter, as found in Singapore Housing Development Board flats built since 1997.[11][12]
The Library of Pulau Saigon (2015)[edit]
A series of 3D-printed objects based on a list of artefacts recovered from an archaeological dig in Singapore at the site of former island Pulau Saigon, modelled in OpenSCAD using "deep learning, shape recognition, 3D shape interpolation, and generative CAD modelling".[13][14] The work was first exhibited at the Royal College of Art, London, and has subsequently been shown at the NUS Museum and the Singapore ArtScience Museum.[15][16]
Dream Syntax (2013)[edit]
A book containing maps and stories of 102 of Ding's dreams. A version of Dream Syntax was recreated in VR at the Singapore ArtScience Museum in 2018.[17][18]
Ethnographic Fragments from Central Singapore (2012)[edit]
A collection of urban rock fragments gathered at excavation sites in Singapore. This work was shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize in 2013.[19]
Here the River Lies (2010)[edit]
A participatory installation shown at The Substation and Singapore Art Museum, in which the public was invited to map out the psychogeography of the Singapore River.[20]
Publications[edit]
As a writer, Ding has published a number of artist books including:[21]
- NewBiologist
- From Dust to Dust
- Dream Syntax
References[edit]
- ^ "6 up-and-coming artists in Singapore that you should know". Time Out Singapore. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Digger deep for inspiration". The Straits Times. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Debbie Ding". rca.ac.uk. Royal College of Art. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "ArtScience in Focus: Super Trajectory". YouTube. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "SUPER-TRAJECTORY: Life in Motion". www.marinabaysands.com. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Soil Works". Google Arts and Culture. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "National Museum of Singapore's new exhibition presents fresh perspectives on WWII". The Straits Times. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "After the Fall - Exhibition Brochure" (PDF). National Museum of Singapore. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-10-23.
- ^ "5 reasons to check out SingaPlural (it's more than just art!)". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Tainan Art Museum: Super-Trajectory" (PDF). Tainan Art Museum. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-29.
- ^ "Shelter". Google Arts and Culture. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
- ^ "Less 'Singapore' at the Singapore Biennale". TODAYonline. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "On the Un-Forgetting Machine and Other Rogue Trains". So Far. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Debbie Ding: The Library of Pulau Saigon". dbbd.sg. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "The Library of Pulau Saigon". NUS Centre for the Arts. Archived from the original on 2020-10-23.
- ^ "2219: Futures Imagined | ArtScience Museum | Marina Bay Sands". www.marinabaysands.com. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ "Dream syntax /by Debbie Ding. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "MeshMinds 1.0: ArtxTechforGood". Singapore Art Week 2020. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "3 S'pore artists up for latest Sovereign Asian Art Prize". TODAYonline. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "Unearthed - Singapore Art Museum" (PDF). www.singaporeartmuseum.sg. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Debbie Ding". ZK/U Center for Art and Urbanistics. Archived from the original on 2020-10-26.
External links[edit]
- Official Website
- Open Urbanism (blog)
- Yangtze Scribbler A 2012 short film by Tan Pin Pin documenting Ding's investigation of survey markings and graffiti in Singapore.
