For the next few days, you'll probably see very little of the RAT as he tries to prolong his rodent life by taking a breather. Except when some big news comes in and he'll have to sneak out for a while. Big news such as this. Singapore's Venice Biennale rep this year will be Ho Tzu Nyen! He's kept a low profile last year, working on his follow up to the Cannes features HERE, among lots of other things. And now we know what one of those was -- preparing for Venice. Tzu Nyen and curator June Yap will be this year's tagteam duo at the biennale which kicks off in June. And they'll be working on clouds. Yes, clouds. Here's some more info from the National Arts Council press release: "The theme of the 54th Biennale, “ILLUMInations”, calls for a reflection upon the conventions through which contemporary art is viewed, and a reflection on the subjects that inspire the contemporary artist to produce works that would create an evocative experience for the viewer. It is in this context that Ho will present a piece of work that continues his exploration of histories, in this case art history, looking at forms of illumination, luminance and transport (of being transported) in art, in the subject of clouds — clouds as embodiments of change, signs of transience, vehicles for elevation, symbols of transcendence, exercises for the imagination, engines for hallucination; clouds as objects and subjects in art such as in landscape, or as markers of a different world; and clouds represented by emptiness, or even as the unrepresentable." What that particular exhibition will be, well, I still have no idea but will ask them as soon as I can. But going by his past works, I think it's safe to expect something deliciously cerebral. Apparently, his clouds thing will refer to, among other folks,  Aristophanes, Descartes, and Baudelaire. Woot.