I thought that all generations were lost by something and always had been and always would be.
Perhaps every generation has been using their own ideas to resist and dismantle the values and framework of mainstream culture of their time. “Rebelling” against mainstream culture seems to be one of the things that young people in every era strive to do, and their methods might be active or passive depending on the prevalent time, space, and background. Nonetheless, it all aims at creating an alternative to a homogeneous mainstream culture.
Lostgens’ 3.0
Lost Contemporary art space
an alternative space for various forms of static and interactive works of arts.
It is established in early 2004 by a muhibbah group of young artists. Though situated in the capital city, the space has a certain quietness and edginess that comes from being off the beaten track. This self-managed experimental space aims at encouraging originality, creativity and individuality as well as contemporary arts. Lostgens’ aims to insinuate itself into the multicultural artistic atmosphere at large. More than just a place that brings together artists, it will also provide a platform for a multiple layered artistic culture.
Lostgens’ 2.0
Lostgens’ 1.0
Dr Soon Chuan Yean in conversation with Lostgens’
“…Why engage the society through art or culture? First, it sends messages to institutions at the grass-roots level, and it is not confrontational. The messages travel through time, sometimes in an ad hoc manner, temporal, non-linear and selectively articulated in different spaces and locations. When art is placed in the public sphere ,it becomes a culture; its messages and meanings ebb and flow through time and space. What is important,…, once it is produced and sent out to institutions, it will be up to the audience to accept, reject and interpret it according to their backgrounds, experiences and contexts. The motivation to manifest cultural politics of this sort derives from a sense of Empathy and ability …”
