«Ho Tzu Nyen’s practice ranges across filmmaking, painting, performance and writing, and investigates the forms, methods and languages of art; the relationship between the still, the painted and the moving image; and the construction of history. His films expose the apparatus of cinema by mixing varied genres from music video to documentary, creating highly artificial sets, or by making cameras, crew and lighting a key part of the action. For APT6, Ho will produce two new films. Zarathustra: A Film for Everyone and No One 2009 draws on the writings of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche — which explores the potential of humankind to overcome their environment — as well as music Nietzsche inspired: ‘Thus Spoke Zarathustra’ by Richard Strauss, famously used by Stanley Kubrick in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. H the Happy Robot 2009, a modern fable created for the Kids’ APT about the nature of technology, features a cardboard robot named H who eventually becomes obsolete. Set in a future Singapore, the work will be presented within a specially created cardboard environment, inviting children into H’s world [...]
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