honorable mention
ray koh
Photo © ray koh
title
California Roll
Title: California Roll
Date: 2016
Dimensions: 17"x 22"
Edition 15
Medium: Hahnemuhle William Turner 310gsm archival paper
Koh’s fine artwork utilizes drone technologies which allows him to conceptually draw and paint using ocean water, time, and light. However, unlike most drone enthusiasts, Koh works more akin to an archaeologist where his brush is more an eraser that removes unnecessary elements so that only extracted subject-matter remains. The work he has developed focuses on primordial artistic concepts and subject-matter expressed through artist portraits, drawing lines, still life, and abstracts.
Koh is also the founding director of Nomakase Films, a California-based film studio dedicated to developing what he terms as “wild content.” His latest film, Fire & Water (filmed in Big Sur, CA.) is currently a semi-finalist in the 2017 Los Angeles CINEFEST film festival. To view his current film reel, please visit www.raykoh.com/reel.
More than ever, Koh believes that we must deal with the ramifications of technologies that accelerate our lives into nearly unsustainable speeds. With the increasing hyper saturation of digital content, the dumbing down of ourselves, our own deprogramming into automation, how do we rise above this relentless ebb and flow? How do we create a new American Art that reconciles the loss of the original to mechanical reproduction (i.e. photography, film) in favor of new subject-matter? These are some of the issues that my work attempts to resolve through creative mediation.
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Ray Koh, ArtistTitle: California Roll
Date: 2016
Dimensions: 17"x 22"
Edition 15
Medium: Hahnemuhle William Turner 310gsm archival paper
about the photographer
RAY KOH is a California based Creative Director specializing in Fine Art and Filmmaking.Koh’s fine artwork utilizes drone technologies which allows him to conceptually draw and paint using ocean water, time, and light. However, unlike most drone enthusiasts, Koh works more akin to an archaeologist where his brush is more an eraser that removes unnecessary elements so that only extracted subject-matter remains. The work he has developed focuses on primordial artistic concepts and subject-matter expressed through artist portraits, drawing lines, still life, and abstracts.
Koh is also the founding director of Nomakase Films, a California-based film studio dedicated to developing what he terms as “wild content.” His latest film, Fire & Water (filmed in Big Sur, CA.) is currently a semi-finalist in the 2017 Los Angeles CINEFEST film festival. To view his current film reel, please visit www.raykoh.com/reel.
More than ever, Koh believes that we must deal with the ramifications of technologies that accelerate our lives into nearly unsustainable speeds. With the increasing hyper saturation of digital content, the dumbing down of ourselves, our own deprogramming into automation, how do we rise above this relentless ebb and flow? How do we create a new American Art that reconciles the loss of the original to mechanical reproduction (i.e. photography, film) in favor of new subject-matter? These are some of the issues that my work attempts to resolve through creative mediation.
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