Yeyoon Avis Ann & George Chua
Neo Punggol
Single-channel music video (black and white, sound), 4:29
The lead single from Singaporean sound artist George Chua’s 2021 album, Neo Punggol is a thrilling audiovisual collage that serves as a commentary on the current global information war — a manic reflection of a world over-saturated with information. The music video is assembled from found-footage by Yeyoon Avis Ann, and features architectural models, scenes of classic video games and documentation of protests in South Korea, Hong Kong and the United States. The exaggerated animated violence of video games obscures the everyday violence exercised by the state, reflecting the urgent tempo of Chua’s soundscape. This melee contrasts with the pristine architectural renderings used to promote corporate real estate projects populated exclusively by passive subjects, suggesting another kind of violence.
Yeyoon Avis Ann is a Singapore-based artist and art director experimenting and exploring ways to repurpose and rearrange the existing in a synesthetic way.
George Chua is an artist based in Singapore, and has been active since the late 1990s. As an instigator and explorer of the psychedelic potential of sound, he has no interest in developing a singular style. His path is one of contemplative prayer and uncompromising music.