So what happens when a punk jumps up?
It’s so powerful that the earth stops for a little bit and actually rotates anti-clockwise, meaning that time goes backwards to 1977 for a brief moment.

What’s the best homemade Punks Jump Up T-shirt you¹ve seen so far?
There was this one where someone had drawn us like two Lego men but still managed to capture our features very well. We liked that one, it was cool.

What would you consider your most apt song lyrics?
We got to install microwave ovens / Custom kitchen deliveries / We got to move these refrigerators / We got to move these color T.V.’s

Do you enjoy being alternative, or do you ever just want to sit around in slacks drinking Earl Grey?
It’s perfectly fine to combine the two. If you refer to “slacks” meaning tracksuit bottoms, then wearing slacks is the most alternative thing you can wear in the uber stylish music/fashion scene that we constantly find ourselves in. David used to wear slacks to the trendiest of fashion parties and the reaction was fiery to say the least. The very same night David was denied entry to the local boozer pub, the bouncers considered the slacks dangerous and pointed to the sign “no caps—no tracksuits allowed.” Slacks—the most controversial garment of them all. The ultimate outsider wear!

Neon. Why?
Because it gives everything that nice seedy look.

Check out the duo’s, filthy beats at Kitsuné Club Night on Jul 29.

Our exhibition is about… how a shan shui (nature landscape) master painter might feel if he time-travelled into a modern day Chinese city rife with corporate symbolism, plagued with construction and traffic noises, and still filled with traditional ways of life and view of the world.

Our favorite juxtaposition is… art forms from over a thousand years ago like Chinese paper cuttings with the dance steps you might see on MTV beaming out from perfectly calibrated diodes.

Our preparation involves… brainstorming as a collective; writing a screenplay; choreographing a scene; designing a set; filming; morphing the image using software; transferring the information onto computer chips; building a frame and making a rice paper collage to house LED panels or an LCD screen; combined with imagery burned out of wood or metal using a laser engraving machine. And quite a bit more.

LEDs are… like cells in a human body, but instead of sharing identical DNA, they share an identical electrical signal, passed through a chain to come to life.

Contemporary culture is… never fixed, always moving, always changing before your eyes. It is filled with animated characters—some monochrome and monotonous, others chic and flexible. We try to represent all the people you find in contemporary culture in the exhibition.

Spring Floods & Peach Petals runs through Aug 9.

The first thing you notice about Art Plural Gallery is its sheer scale. 12,000 sq. ft. of Art Deco vast, to be more precise; making it the perfect place for a new and refreshingly unique outlook on the growing arts scene in South-East Asia.

Despite being open for just a month, within its expansive walls over 20 artists ranging from Picasso to Thierry Drayfus compete for your attention. There’s no specific theme or concept here, just four floors of awesomeness across a myriad of media—light installations sit alongside paintings, while photography nicely contrasts with designer furniture.

More established artists inhabit the top floor, with a small playful Picasso canvas, Barry Flanagan bunnies and a full wall-sized piece by Julian Schnabel. The rest of the gallery embraces more contemporary works from a pleasingly global selection: Drawings by Qui Jie, prints by up-and-coming Pakistani artist Seher Shah, and huge mixed media canvases by Thukral and Tagra from New Delhi.

Not all of the art hangs on walls, however. You may find you want to sit on the comfy-looking chaise longue in the corner, only to discover it’s actually a piece by the international architect Johanna Grawunder. A carbon fiber rocking chair by Israeli industrial designer Rod Arad may also tempt you to rest your weary legs.

The gallery is the brainchild of husband and wife Frédéric and Carole de Senarclens, who humbly insist they are “not here to educate anyone.” Rather, their methodology focuses on the search for excellence, rather than a specific category or price of art. Frédéric is the “eye” of the gallery, choosing new artists and bringing in exclusive designer pieces based on personal taste. The result is a wonderfully eclectic and complementary mix, enough to make any art student or amateur connoisseur drool.

Catch the Avant Première exhibition through Sep 3 at Art Plural Gallery, 38 Armenian St., 6636-8360. Free.