...And with artist like Lin Hsin Hsin, technology and art come together and play off of each other in spectacular and unexpected ways.
Travelog on Virtual Singapore, October 6, 2009
Auf ihr neuestes Werk ist die Kunstlerin besonders stolz. In wochenlanger Arbeit hat sie am Computer einen dreidimensionalen Körper in 16.7 Millonen Farben enworfen, der sich mit Hilfe der Maus beliebig verschieben bewegen oder drehen lässt. Dariber binaus kann jeder per Mausbewegung die Muster auf der Oberfläche des Korpers verändern. Die Zahl der Muster, die dabei entstchen können, ist unbegrenzt. Lin: "Niemals zuvor konnte ein Künstbetrachter auf diese Art und Weise mit einem Werk in Verbindungtreten.
Matthias Kamp, CyberKunst aus Singapur, Wirtschafts Woche, Cebit 2000, 24 Februar, 2000
Through the ages, there have always been those who lead and those who have been lead, in science, technology, literature and art. Hsin Hsin is a trail-blazer, pushing the envelope for us in unchartered seas, this time in cyberspace.
Dr Susan Hazan, Curator of New Media, Head of the Internet Office, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem,
Introduction, "@art : a Cyberart show by Lin Hsin Hsin",
ISBN: 978-981-00-9142-2, November 28, 1997
One who has been liberated is Hsin Hsin Lin, a Singapore-based artist who has built her own cultural institution on the Web.
The Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum displays her works in an elaborate metaphorical museum, which includes a cafe, a bar and something you will not find in any of the other online museum sites mentioned in this article: a multimedia-enhanced toilet.
"Visiting an art museum on the Web is an experience of emptiness, of 'not-being-there,'" Lin said. Even so, she said, a virtual museum must have enough appeal to attain, retain and sustain visitors' interests, just like a real-world space.
"Be it 2-D or 3-D, an art museum must provide rich content in text and in images," Lin said. "The Web site's color scheme, lighting conditions, ambience and ease of navigation will translate every click into an experience."
Matthew Mirapaul, "Museums Re-Examine Sites, With Frames, and Without",
New York Times, March 13, 1997
The book features 200 of the most compelling photographs culled from 200,000 images taken by the top 150 photojournalists from around the world on February 8, 1996. These photos aimed to focus on the human face behind this new frontier called cyberspace which has and will continue to captivate and impact our lives from pole to pole.
The Lin Hsin Hsin Museum is entirely devoted to her creations, which are mainly oil paintings, works on paper, and poetry. Visitors can also hyperlink to the artist's views on "man & woman", take in a video at "Theatrette", check out the gift shop, and even become a friend of the museum. More adventurous visitors can head straight for "The Toilet", a multimedia exhibit that inspired one visitor to write, "I saw the toilet and I've decided to stay there for the rest of my life."
The Lin Hsin Hsin Museum is a friendly, casual cyberartspace, but its creator is a serious artist and information technologist."
"24 hours in Cyberspace", Simon & Schuster, November 1996
Through the lens of the award-winning photographer Ian Lloyd, this book, amongst its colorful renditions, captures and portrays Singapore's very own Web personality whose Lin Hsin Hsin Art Museum has been visited by more than 215,000 visitors from 76 countries!
Simon & Schuster (Asia) Pte Ltd, November 1996