2019
Joo Choon Lin’s Intestinology series of works is the artist’s attempt to articulate processes and principles that inform her approach towards materials, and how they are transformed through her art-making. Just as how the body’s digestive system converts that which is consumed into nutrients required to support the body, Joo seeks to distill the base elements of the materials that she works with and present them in renewed contexts.
Curated by Michelle Ho and held at the Nanyang Technological University ADM Gallery, Intestinology 04: The Cold Purity of Mathematic Love/Trust Equations explores the forms that the element carbon can take, with graphite and casein-milk sculptures that interact with geometric drawings representing the unfolding of a diamond’s many facets. We designed the branding and exhibition with the intention to incorporate the idea of equations through the forms of ellipsoid and intestines. The title wall itself was designed like a chalkboard where visitors can partake in adding on to the elements, which the artist has created.
