Raised as a Pack of Wolves

A pack of androgynous youths roaming the streets in the dark.

Raised as a Pack of Wolves is a visual narrative revolving around a family of youths who come together in support of each other where they fend for themselves in the wild. This series shows their attempts to establish familial ties during the awkwardness of adolescence, as they move about together like wolves on a hunt.

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TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“Raised as a Pack of Wolves”)
© Genevieve Chua, 2008

This series is a commissioned work for the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2009 by Singaporean artist Genevieve Chua. While the series is meant to be a somewhat literal narrative, the website’s design made it appear dreamlike as you can move between scenes in any direction.

The series started off well, piquing my interest with its moodiness and characters. Halfway through I got confused by the deus ex machina and site navigation. The series also reminded me of Ryan McGinley’s works, in clothes and without boys. Nevertheless, I think it’s cool that we’re able to see corporates commissioning artwork like this here.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted January 10, 2009 at 2:09 am | Permalink

    This is new to me hehe, androgynous youths seems like a nice story.

    Thanks for sharing

    Cheers

  2. Posted January 12, 2009 at 3:13 pm | Permalink

    I’m all for corporations supporting the arts. And I try to find the merit in any artwork. But the person who selected this “artist” for the company’s money should be sacked. What awful work it is. Randy

  3. Posted January 14, 2009 at 9:48 am | Permalink

    i find him to be one of the most interesting singaporean photographers around.

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