Persistence of Vision, a solo exhibition by Urich Lau, marks a number of key stages in the artist’s practice since he started working with video in 2004. It features video works, experimental photography and prints. The works are inspired by fundamental concepts in moving and still images, action and interactivity, electronic technicality and filmic aesthetics. The exhibition showcases three series of videos and prints, each dealing with the perception of images in motion, including afterimages and images ingrained in memory. Using appropriation as a main mode of operation, the artist reformulates segments of well-known black-and-white films as conceptual, narrative and formalistic pieces that reflect on issues in contemporary art.

About the artist:

Singaporean artist Urich Lau Wai-Yuen (b. 1975) works in the mediums of video art, photography and printmaking. He holds a Master of Fine Art degree from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has exhibited locally and internationally, including Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Japan, Australia, Germany, Serbia, and the USA. He is also an independent curator, having presented exhibitions in Singapore, Indonesia, and China. He works as a lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, in addition to being the President of The Artists Village and a resident-artist at the Goodman Arts Centre.

Image: © Urich Lau, Gillman Barracks