I’ve seen how self-pity, pain and weakness can easily convert into evil acts. Because of the loss of any sanity or incapability to do the true ‘or right’ acts, we are plunged into a world broken by no sense of what ideals or beliefs are. My Art helps me deal with all this.
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I AM BRINSLEY BIVOUAC- the visual documents, 2009
INTRODUCTION
I am Brinsley Bivouac- the Visual Documents is a series of 5 handmade art books by painter Sia Joo Hiang, inspired and made based on Kelvin Tan's first novel All Broken Up and Dancing. Brinsley Bivouac is the protagonist of this novel. While reading passages from the novel, you will be treated to pages of visual COMBUSTION through Sia Joo Hiang's prolific paintings, drawings and comics.
I am Brinsley Bivouac- the Visual Documents also includes beautiful, haunting drawings by Rossalyn Tan; a selection of prints and video stills (made by etching individual slides in a roll of film) by video artist Toh Hun Ping, drawings by Kelvin ( in book 2), and a painted portrait of Kelvin by Jeremy Sharma, which appears on the original cover of book 4.
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#1 LITTLE WING
Little Wing is book 1 of the visual documents. It shows you scenes from Brinsley Bivouac's childhood. (Click on images to read larger versions)
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#2 If I sang like a god
This book shows you Brinsley Bivouac in his teenage years, feeling lost and isolated. Sounds familiar? Maybe. But wait. This book shows you what goes on in the mind of an atypical teenager by the name of Brinsley Bivouac. Read it to find out more.
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#3 Gorgeous, etc...
This book is all about women and the myth about women.
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#4 K is for Kelvin Tan!
This book is filled with pages after pages of drawings, comics and paintings documenting the A-Z of scenes, people, and themes in All Broken Up and Dancing.
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#5 Perhaps I am One Of You
This is an intense questioning of what is Truth.
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Through The Strobes, 2010
Through the Strobes is the second installment to I am Brinsley Bivouac- the Visual Documents. It was made right after the completion of the art books you see above. Adapted from the same novel, illustrated and designed by Sia Joo Hiang, it also showcases paintings by Jeremy Sharma, Rossalyn Tan, and altered prints and video stills by video artist Toh Hun Ping.
© 2013 KELVIN TAN