Asia Explore Exposition
An exceptional showing of Jocelyn Stokes’ spirit-inspired conservation journey through the many lands of Asia is opened on Saturday, September 24th. The show is still up Continue reading International Photography Exhibit
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 Enjoying a warm afternoon in the playroom Over here at the centre, the bear crew can’t help but take a keen liking to a trio of young sun bears who may have actually been acrobats in a past life. While one is hanging upside down from the ceiling with its head arched back and legs flailing in the air, another will be swinging though the air in a tire, whilst the other is usually balancing stealthily in the corner, arms straight up, Continue reading The Three Amigos
Wai pak and Billy met me just outside the Sandakan airport gates with warm, friendly smiles and swooped me off to the local market and clinic for a brief health check. Continue reading Initiation into the SSBCC
Exhibiting a distinguished creamy orange V-shaped crest on its furry black chest and two large cartoonish-round ears upon its brow, the Asiatic Black Bear, or Moon Bear, is a sight to behold. Similar to China’s Giant Panda Bear, this exquisite mammal has adopted special cultural meaning for its home country. These bears are widely considered the Mother Goddess of Korean soil. “The GAIA Art Gallery opens with an art show featuring conservation photography and mixed media paintings by Jocelyn Stokes,” starts an article in the Gwangju News, August 2009. You can check-out the USA edition here….  Gwangju News - August 2009 - USA edition
 Sparklefish - Jocelyn Stokes Living and breathing here in South Korea everyday for the past nine months has assisted my feelings of cultural inundation. At the same time, outsider that I am, I have also been able to generalize aspects of the culture to the point of ironic symbolism. This is a country, which for obvious geographical purposes, relies on the fruit of the sea for much of its sustenance. This is also, for reasons unknown, a country that has taken the sparkle-glitter phenomenon to an entirely new level. From respected business men with their sparkle-adorned neckties to the urban farmers (whose bodies are amazingly fixed in a permanent squat) with their bedazzled, Darth Vader visors. Perhaps the degree of one’s sparkliness is in direct relation to one’s authentic Koreaness, or perhaps not. Either way the irony of these two recognizably Korean attributes lies in their pending seperation. Thus, a carefully bejeweled, dried fish carcass is the focus of my most recent Expressionistic photography series. I hope this can be acknowledged as a celebration of the superb uniqueness of this beautiful country and its people. |
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As my plane landed on that grassy runway, I looked out the windows to see banana trees surrounding rustic village huts and noted quite emphatically to myself, “I am in Borneo!”
