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Drawing from ancestral histories of her birthplace, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Taloi Havini’s practice delves into colonial histories, the politics of location, and contested sites and materials. Many socio-political and environmental…

The period between 1948 and 1960 witnessed the forced exodus of over 35,000 Malayan leftists to Southern China, including the artist’s own grandfather. Expanding on her long-term research project which excavates overlooked and contested histories of…

Research Interests: - History of Singapore - Iraq relations Personal and institutional archives - Global networks of petroleum and weapons trade - Counterterrorism intelligence - International warfare coalitions Instigated by a familial connection to…

Research interests: - Techno-environmental models for decolonisation - Intimate strategies for interspecies communication - Soil culture, ecological systems, and indoor gardening - Open-source interaction systems and cryptic dispersal networks -…

The Colony (2017 – ongoing) is the title of Marvin Tang’s long-term research project which examines the impact of botanical institutions on the movement of seeds, plants, and people in the colonial era. For the next iteration of the project, the…

The artist was scheduled to be in-residence from July – September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak and international travel restrictions, the artist was unable to participate in the residency programme physically.Marianna Simnett made a new…

In 2012, Liu Yu chanced upon a stack of love letters in a flea market in Taipei. Dating back to the 1970s, the letters were addressed by Dong-Zheng Lai, a seafarer working on cargo ships, to his wife-to-be. Interwoven in this correspondence are…

Research interests: - Botanical studies and urban planning - Regional folklore, ghost myths, animistic practices - Alternative historiographies Inspired by the recent felling of Khaya senegalensis (a tree species native to West Africa) in one of Ho…

The Straits of Singapore have long been a hotspot for seafaring banditry. Throughout its cultural history, the notion of “pirate” has remained negatively connoted by its ancient definition as “common enemy of mankind”. Kin Chui plans to expand his…

Research Interests: - Experimental/independent publishing - Natural and produced environments - Intertextuality and visual culture - Transdisciplinary discourse One part of Isabel Carvalho’s artistic practice manifests itself in the form of editorial…