Ho Tzu Nyen : night march of the undred monsters

Ho Tzu Nyen created works that cross the boundaries of genre and media, including moving images, installation, sound, and theater. Dynamic and captivating, much of his work is set in Asia and radiates out from his native Singapore. His ongoing exhibition at the Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, ”Ho Tzu Nyen: Night March of Hundred Monsters,” employs animation to depict a hundred humorous yet peculiar Yokai parading through the darkness of the night. Taking shape of a Yokai, you will also find some of the Japanese historical figures from the World War II who were involved in the occupation of Malaya. Both referred to as the “Tiger of Malaya,” General Tomoyuki Yamashita and Yutaka Tani, the model of a popular ‘60s superhero TV show “Kaiketsu Harimau,” are part of the procession accompanied by a number of soldiers, spies, and thinkers of the time whose activities remained in the dark. These Yokai, emerging from the cracks of the everyday, incarnate an era that was fascinated by evil.