Race Krehel aka ‘Super Cyber Town’ began his artistic journey at Lucasfilm Animation Singapore after graduating from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2008. After his work in the movie visual effects industry, he brought his knowledge of image synthesis into the nightlife scene across South East Asia, outfitting many popular venues around the region with interactive visuals, including completely projection mapping the main room of Zouk Nightclub for their 25th anniversary. He also found work over the years in bringing many larger-than-life concepts to reality in events and activations for global brands such as Johnnie Walker and Heineken.
Race’s experience at a start-up immersive media studio Warrior9 VR as the Creative Director of Virtual Reality allowed him to work at the cutting edge of new graphics technology where he oversaw development of a studio’s sci-fi VR series called “The Phoenix”. While at Warrior9 VR, Race also developed the award winning “Oceans We Make” VR experience which has been showcased in many high profile events such as SIGGRAPH Asia and the United Nations Environment Programme.
Race is also a music producer and visual effects artist, as one half of the mastermind behind an Electronic Music audio/visual duo called Owe Money Pay Money - O$P$, known for their signature sound aptly called 'Geylang Crunk’. With music releases under record labels such as So Solid Records and Medium Rare Records, O$P$’s cyberpunk soundtracks are accompanied by a fully realized visual component that brings the world of Geylang Crunk to life.
In addition to regularly contributing to the SE Asian arts scene through award winning animations, music videos and exhibitions, Race has found a passion in real time graphics technology and storytelling and is considered an expert in the field with a speciality in Unreal Engine development and creating immersive content.
“Technology is using creativity to change the world.”
After gaining experience in 3D graphics and animation at Tokyo Institute of Technology creative laboratory and the Anime production company Gonzo Co. Limited, Taketo Kobayashi aka ‘humanoise’ started his own project as a visual artist. As a specialist in 3DCG modeling, utilizing 3D printing as his “brush”, Taketo creates a wide variety of artworks from 3D printed sculpture to animations. In a collaboration project with XSENSE, Taketo utilizes CGI in street art to create murals (Denver, CO, USA), also using his unique style animation for stage design and collaborated with the contemporary Noh theatrical group. In addition to creating his own artworks, Taketo curates the group art show “ARTs of JOMON” hosted by Japanese non-profit JOMONISM and held in venues such as the Aomori Museum of Art, Spiral Garden, Denver International Airport and Kuala Lumpur, whilst constantly introducing contemporary artists and artworks influenced by ancient Japanese Jomon culture.
Upon relocating to Singapore, Taketo made his mark on the local art scene as one of the premiere 3D printing artists in town, through his contributions in numerous high profile exhibitions including Singapore Art Week 2020, as well as curating the DIGITAL GOD Exhibition in 2020 and the LIQUID SINGAPORE DESIGNS Exhibition in 2021 at UltraSuperNew Gallery.
“My mission is to make invisible things, emotions, energy, and the next dimensions of consciousness into “shapes””
Starting his journey in Singapore’s Music, Entertainment & Nightlife scene, Benedict Teo experience in the industry spanned over 14 years. Formerly known as his stage name Zushan, Benedict started out as a competitive turntablist and battle DJ, winning the Phuture DJ Battle in July 2007, as well as being crowned champion at the Pioneer Digital DJ Singapore Championships in 2012, and going on to place 2nd Runner-Up in the Asia Finals. His next steps involved helming residencies and performing at many of the top clubs in Singapore such as CÉ LA VI Singapore, The Buttery Factory, and Zouk Singapore - which has consistently been ranked as one of the top 10 clubs in the World. Apart from nightclubs, he has performed at major festivals and events across the globe including Ultra Music Festival Korea, Summersonic Tokyo, It’s The Ship, Wonderfruit and ZoukOut Singapore, whilst also plying his skills in turntablism to perform with Live Bands at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games and 2011 Mosaic Music Festival.
Benedict is also a music producer, as one half of the mastermind behind an Electronic Music audio/visual duo called Owe Money Pay Money - O$P$, known for their signature sound aptly called 'Geylang Crunk’. With music releases under record labels such as So Solid Records and Medium Rare Records, O$P$’s cyberpunk soundtracks are accompanied by a fully realized visual component that brings the world of Geylang Crunk to life.
On top of performing on stages across the globe, Benedict also joined and eventually headed the Entertainment team of Zouk Singapore, planning and curating, booking and working with the biggest Electronic Dance Music Artistes all around the World for the Zouk clubs in Singapore and Genting Highlands, as well as for their in-house annual music festival ZoukOut Singapore. After leaving Zouk in 2019, Benedict set out on a mission to push the envelopes for the way art is presented in various outlets not limiting to nightlife and entertainment, drawing from his experience in curating big shows, as well as consulting and designing soundscapes to transform art into full sensory experiences, with his strong emphasis on fusing music & audio scapes with motion graphics.
“As artists from the beginning of time always told stories through their art, I hope that today’s artists in different fields will start to combine different artforms with theirs by utilizing the endless possibilities of ever-growing technology to enhance the experience of their stories.”