Alexandre Singh Question/Response

I have noticed that you tend to work in many different mediums.  How do you come to choose a medium? Do you prefer one over the other? Do you consider yourself an artist or a teacher, or perhaps both?

Much of your work requires time to view and understand what you are getting across, such as long videos or lectures.  Is this type of extended experience necessary for your work? Do you think that there are ways to briefly get your point across?

I found Alexandre Singh’s presence and work to be entrancing, confident, and complex.  I loved his description of why he’s interested in the dream/drug world, as it is “a beautiful place where contradictory things coexist.”  I found all of his work to be intriguing, but perhaps a bit confusing.  But, this does answer one of my questions.  His practice can not really be fully described in a short period of time.  Well, it can, but he feels like it would almost be a “fuck you” to the audience.  His ideas are much more complex and his imagery requires time to view and contemplate.  As far as use of mediums goes, he does what is appropriate for each idea, similar to how Zoe Beloff approaches her work.  I found his object installation interesting, as he is personifying this idle objects to tell a story, one which pokes fun at himself and his work.  He is artist and critic, teacher, storyteller, narrator, etc.