Third Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, 1999 : Beyond the future : Report.

VI RTUAL TRI ENNIAL: ARTWORKS CHOI Jae-Eun Micro-macro 1 996-99 Installation comprising laser d isc player, aluminium , timber, television mon itor, mirror 1 20 x 90 x 90cm (approx.) Collection: The artist, courtesy Kukje Gallery, South Korea Micro-macro 1 996 Monoprint on Japanese paper 5 pieces : 55 x 55cm (each) Col lection : The artist, courtesy Kukje Gallery, South Korea SANG Ye & Geremie BARM E Hua biao 1 999 Installation comprising inflatable nylon col umns, fans, motors, video, m ixed media Dimensions variable Collection : The artists SH I Yong ABC of deportment/behaviour 1 999 Web site and installation comprising music stands, books, video, computer, television mon itor · · Dimensions variable Collection : The artist Jun -Jieh WANG Neon Urlaub - Agency version 1 997-99 Web site and installation comprising plastic, acryl ic screen, stainless steel , monitor, video, computer, sound, l ights, colour prints Dimensions variable Collection : The artist UN IMAS ARTISTS N i ranjan Rajah La folie de la peinture 1 998 http://www.artpages . de/installation This piece examines the ontology of installation art as photographic documentation of past site-specific work is reinvested with online interactive presence. Ling Siew Woei Mondrian in Action 1 997 http:// www .geocities .com/Paris/B istro/6268/index.htm The artist deconstructs a great icon of modernism. Mondrian's Composition with red, yellow and blue is extended into the third d imension and rendered interactive in VRML. As we pan , rotate and zoom in and out of the now sculptural copy, we overcome the humility with which we would have approached the original. John Hii Rain 1 999 http://surf.to/h ii This artwork evokes a Zen-like poetics of interactivity. The surfer encounters a black page that is transformed into a pool of water when an animated leaf floats down to strike the 'surface' , causing a ripple and a sound. Viewers find that they can make rai n by clicking the mouse. As the surfer is 'immersed' in the experience, the rain intensifies in visual and aural interference patterns . 1 1 1