Art & Music: Artist BODHI Finds Comfort in Merging Both Mediums
One doesn't need to fully understand an artwork but let the colours and emotions do the footwork of eliciting a response.
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Ongoing from now to 8 July, artist BODHI (Ho Chung Kwang) is staging an exhibition with Singapore’s Gallery 1819 as part of its showcase called, “Sonata Allegro”. Artworks from his Astrochemistry Series will be on display and it aims to feature BODHI’s interests in EDM. Using psychoacoustic methods where different moods and themes from a specific music track get portrayed in the form of visuals, BODHI translates the unique soundwaves into cover art or visualizer art.
Ahead, we speak with BODHI to learn more about how he connects his passion for music and the creation of artworks.
You were born in 2000 in Penang, Malaysia. Tell us about your first steps as an artist"
Thank you for the opportunity for me to share my works with your readers. I was born in Penang, Georgetown, Malaysia. I was a hyperactive child growing up, and my parents put me in art tuition in hopes that I could sit still. That did not stop me from being hyperactive, but eventually, I started to like drawing as a hobby.
Where did your nickname ?BODHI? come from"
The word “BODHI” came from a longer word ?Bodhicara?, which means enlightenment in the Pali language. This name was given to me by a Sri Lankan monk w...
The post Art & Music: Artist BODHI Finds Comfort in Merging Both Mediums appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: BODHI
Ongoing from now to 8 July, artist BODHI (Ho Chung Kwang) is staging an exhibition with Singapore’s Gallery 1819 as part of its showcase called, “Sonata Allegro”. Artworks from his Astrochemistry Series will be on display and it aims to feature BODHI’s interests in EDM. Using psychoacoustic methods where different moods and themes from a specific music track get portrayed in the form of visuals, BODHI translates the unique soundwaves into cover art or visualizer art.
Ahead, we speak with BODHI to learn more about how he connects his passion for music and the creation of artworks.
You were born in 2000 in Penang, Malaysia. Tell us about your first steps as an artist"
Thank you for the opportunity for me to share my works with your readers. I was born in Penang, Georgetown, Malaysia. I was a hyperactive child growing up, and my parents put me in art tuition in hopes that I could sit still. That did not stop me from being hyperactive, but eventually, I started to like drawing as a hobby.
Where did your nickname ?BODHI? come from"
The word “BODHI” came from a longer word ?Bodhicara?, which means enlightenment in the Pali language. This name was given to me by a Sri Lankan monk w...
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