REDred 2025 by Geoff Ang (Mixed-media exhibition)
“REDred 2025” is envisioned as a new mixed-media / photographic exhibition by Geoff Ang, exploring the resonance of red — in culture, identity, emotion, and visual contrast. Building on Ang’s past work with Leica photography exhibitions (notably REDred in earlier years), this edition merges photography with collage, installation, projection, and experimental media to expand how we see “red.”
Ang, known for his innovation and fluid style across genres, positions REDred 2025 as not just a display but an immersive experience — one that challenges viewers to confront the power, violence, sensuality, and symbolism inherent in red.
Background & Artist Profile[edit | edit source]
- Geoff Ang is a well-established Singapore-based photographer and visual artist, active for decades. He has worked in commercial, fashion, portraiture, and personal projects spanning street to conceptual art.
- He has collaborated with Leica, is known for adapting styles across disciplines, and often experiments with lighting, texture, and narrative in his imagery.
- His previous exhibition REDred (in the past) with Leica used the color red thematically — reflecting both his name (Ang ~ “red”) and the intense emotional / aesthetic charge of the hue.
Concept & Theme[edit | edit source]
Why “REDred”?[edit | edit source]
- Duality & Echo: The double “RED” suggests layers — the overt and the subtle, the literal and the metaphorical.
- Personal / Cultural Signifier: Red is tied to identity, blood, passion, danger, warning, love, revolution, and ritual.
- Medium Interaction: In REDred 2025, photography is juxtaposed with other media (painting, textiles, projection, found objects), letting red “bleed” across forms.
Creative Approach[edit | edit source]
- Mixed media collages combining photographic prints with paint, textiles, laser-cut surfaces.
- Projection mapping onto surfaces and sculptures, so red shifts and pulsates across spaces.
- Interactive components: viewers may cast shadows, trigger light changes, or influence color temperature in installations.
- Series structure: divided into thematic zones (e.g. Ritual Red, Urban Red, Scarlet Silence, Bloodlines) showing emotional, cultural, social dimensions.
Exhibition Details (Projected / Sample)[edit | edit source]
| Detail | Concept / Placeholder |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 2025 (e.g. mid-month) |
| Venue | A contemporary gallery in Singapore (or a major city) |
| Opening Night | Artist talk + performance / light show |
| Works Featured | ~30–50 pieces, across photography, mixed media, installations |
| Audience Experience | Walkthrough with ambient soundscape, variable lighting, and tactile zones |
| Catalogue & Prints | Limited edition prints, exhibition catalogue with essays and behind-the-scene notes |
What to Expect: Highlights & Viewer Journey[edit | edit source]
- Entering through a dim corridor tinted crimson, gradually the light reveals large photographic prints layered with paint or collage.
- Midway, installations where red spills, drips, or wraps around objects — perhaps textile forms floating or wrapped in translucent red sheeting.
- Projection zones: moving, pulsating red patterns projected onto walls or interactive surfaces reacting to viewer presence.
- Final gallery room: contemplative space, minimal light, single photographic series or sculptural red object, leaving impression and echo.
Artistic & Thematic Significance[edit | edit source]
- Color as Language: Red becomes a text — read for its cultural, psychological, and symbolic weight rather than just as a color.
- Emotional Resonance: The exhibition invokes tension, warmth, danger, intimacy — red in its many voices.
- Media Dialogue: Photography interacts with painterly, textile, and digital media, questioning boundaries of visual art.
- Identity & Memory: Some works may reflect personal or collective memory, heritage, or cultural rituals tied to red (festivals, blood, sacrifice).
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)[edit | edit source]
Q1. What is REDred 2025 about?
It’s a mixed-media / photographic art exhibition centering on the theme of red — in emotion, culture, and visual language.
Q2. Who is Geoff Ang?
He is a veteran photographer and artist, known for genre versatility and past exhibitions like earlier REDred with Leica.
Q3. What kinds of artworks will be shown?
Expect photographs enhanced with collage, installation art, projection mapping, textures, sculptural elements.
Q4. Is it immersive?
Yes — interactive, atmospheric, designed for viewers to engage with space, light, and media transitions.
Q5. Will prints be available?
Likely — limited edition prints and catalogue editions are often part of such exhibitions.