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Residencies
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An account of the resource
The studio-based Residencies programme is dedicated to facilitating the research of established and emerging artists. It serves as a forum for cultural and artistic exchange in Southeast Asia.
Residency
A research residency programme bringing together local and international artists, curators, and researchers. Metadata description should include research focus of residents, while individual bios will be housed within each contributor's record.
Short Description
Tiffany Chung's research explores the notion of “colonialism as civilising mission”, predominantly in the sphere of public works that the British carried out in Singapore.
Cycle
Cycle 1 (2014 – 2015)
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Offsite
Online
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Related Countries
Vietnam
Theme
Place.Labour.Capital.
Climates. Habitats. Environments.
None
Place.Labour.Capital.
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Tiffany Chung
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An account of the resource
Tiffany Chung's research explores the notion of “colonialism as civilising mission”, predominantly in the sphere of public works that the British carried out in Singapore, in comparison with the policy that underlay the construction of Indochina by French imperialism during its colonial rule in the neighbouring region. These comparative studies examined the connections between imperialism and modernity, the continuities of late-colonialism and the process of nation building – whether it is the construction of a national history or its national land development. <br /><br />Chung looked into the local Vietnamese Refugee Camps as well as the National Archives of Singapore and the National Museum Archives of Singapore.
Date
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7 July – 3 September 2014
Contributor
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Tiffany Chung
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Drawing
Coverage
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Southeast Asia
Subject
The topic of the resource
Urbanism
Environmental Crisis
History
Decolonialism
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Title
A name given to the resource
Residencies
Description
An account of the resource
The studio-based Residencies programme is dedicated to facilitating the research of established and emerging artists. It serves as a forum for cultural and artistic exchange in Southeast Asia.
Residency
A research residency programme bringing together local and international artists, curators, and researchers. Metadata description should include research focus of residents, while individual bios will be housed within each contributor's record.
Short Description
During his residency, UuDam Tran Nguyen will work on Time Boomerang, a long-term project started in 2013 that explores the lasting influence of colonialism.
Cycle
Cycle 3 (2016 – 2017)
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Offsite
Online
Onsite (CCA)
Collaboration
No
Commissioned Work
No
Related Countries
Vietnam
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UuDam Tran Nguyen
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An account of the resource
“Have formerly colonised countries become colonising countries learning from their own past? To what extent does the colonial past still affect our actions and mind-sets?” During his residency, UuDam Tran Nguyen will work on <i>Time Boomerang</i>, a long-term project started in 2013 that explores the lasting influence of colonialism. As a Vietnamese artist whose life has been defined by diasporic experiences, he frames his relation to history from a personal perspective. Articulated in eight phases, this ambitious project has a global scope and moves along a dizzying timeline of 250 millions years. The first phase, titled <i>Phase 1. The Real Distance of Things Measured: The Cast of the Hands and Its Five Fingertips</i>, revolves around the idea of measurement and has been presented at the Bildmuseet Museum of Contemporary Art, Umeå, Sweden, (2015). <br /><br />UuDam Tran Nguyen’s multidisciplinary practice spans across different mediums often combining sophisticated technological devices with materials such as clay, rubber, wood, and fabrics.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
15 November – 30 December 2016
Contributor
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UuDam Tran Nguyen
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Southeast Asia
Medium
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Performance
Photography
Subject
The topic of the resource
Mythology
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VIRTUAL REVERIE: ECHOES OF A FORGOTTEN UTOPIA
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
2023
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Ngoc Nau
Nguyen Hong Ngoc
Creator
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Ngoc Nau
Nguyen Hong Ngoc
Format
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Video still
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Residencies
Description
An account of the resource
The studio-based Residencies programme is dedicated to facilitating the research of established and emerging artists. It serves as a forum for cultural and artistic exchange in Southeast Asia.
Residency
A research residency programme bringing together local and international artists, curators, and researchers. Metadata description should include research focus of residents, while individual bios will be housed within each contributor's record.
Cycle
SEA AiR Cycle 2 (2023 - 2024)
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Offsite
Online
Offsite
Collaboration
Yes
Commissioned Work
Yes
Related Countries
Vietnam
Lithuania
Short Description
During the residency, Ngoc Nau intends to research the impact of urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary living conditions, collective memories, traditional practices, and the natural landscape.
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Title
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Ngoc Nau
Nguyen Hong Ngoc
Subject
The topic of the resource
Urbanism
Technology
Modernity
Description
An account of the resource
<div class="type-subtitle highlight-yellow"><b>12 April - 30 June 2023<br />Artist-in-Residence at Rupert (Vilnius)<br /></b><em><br />“I feel very grateful and proud to have been selected for the second edition of the SEA AiR programme and I am very excited about my upcoming residency in Vilnius. It will allow me to connect further with European culture and artists and to find new inspirations and materials to feed my research and thinking. I am very curious to see which bridges I will be able to establish between Northern Europe and Southeast Asia to foster my creative process. I look forward to engage in this opportunity and produce an innovative artwork for the exhibition in Singapore later this year.”</em><b><br /></b></div>
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<p>The multimedia practice of Ngoc Nau encompasses photography, holograms, and Augmented Reality (AR) and she is currently working with 3D software and other open source technologies to create new possibilities for video installation. In Nau’s work, different materials and techniques attempt to capture the subtle ways in which new media shape and dictate our views of reality. Blending traditional culture and spiritual beliefs with modern technologies and lifestyles, her work often responds to Vietnam’s accelerated urban development. She has participated in several exhibitions across Asia, including the Thailand Biennale, Korat (2021) and the Singapore Biennale (2019) among others. She also participated in documenta 15, Kassel, Germany (2022) with Sa Sa Art Projects.</p>
<p>During the residency, Ngoc Nau intends to research the impact of urbanisation and modernisation on contemporary living conditions, collective memories, traditional practices, and the natural landscape. Situating herself within the creative community of Rupert will allow her to explore Lithuanian cultural landscape and to access a new trove of materials, including oral traditions, historical archives, and ritual ceremonies. Through encounters will the local community, she intends to unearth the traditional values and ancient practices that have been lost to industrial and technological advancements in order to come to a better understanding of how different communities configure their values and identities within the fast-changing landscape of today. Nau is particularly interested in the gaps created by modern development in the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and she plans to experiment with new media technologies to imagine modes of being that reconcile the past and the future.</p>
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Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
12 April - 30 June 2023
Contributor
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Ngoc Nau
Nguyen Hong Ngoc
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Southeast Asia
Europe
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Mixed Media
Video
Photography
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Title
A name given to the resource
Exhibitions
Description
An account of the resource
NTU CCA Singapore’s exhibitions focus on contemporary artistic production that provides a critical platform for reflection and discussion.
Exhibition
Curated group or solo shows that happen over a period of time, usually a few months, supported by auxiliary programmes. Examples include exhibition hall presentations, lab presentations, vitrine presentations, curated film programmes, and festivals.
Short Description
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore presents the second-cycle exhibition of SEA AiR – Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the European Union (SEA AiR), a programme developed by NTU CCA Singapore and funded by the European Union. Titled Passages, this exhibition features new works by artists Priyageetha Dia (Singapore), Ngoc Nau (Vietnam) and Saroot Supasuthivech (Thailand), inspired by their three-month-long residencies in Europe.
Exhibition Mode
Exhibition
Show Type
Individual Artist (solo show)
Thematic Presentation (group show)
Thematic Presentation
Exhibition Space
Block 38
Location
Onsite (CCA)
Offsite
Online
Onsite (CCA)
Exhibition Start Date
28 November 2023
Exhibition End Date
28 January 2024
Collaboration
Yes
Commissioned Work
Yes
Related Countries
Singapore
Vietnam
Thailand
Germany
The Netherlands
Lithuania
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A name given to the resource
Passages
Subject
The topic of the resource
Decolonialism
Postcolonialism
Technology
Identity
Supernatural
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<p><strong>NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore</strong> presents the second-cycle exhibition of <strong>SEA AiR – Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the European Union (SEA AiR)</strong>, a programme developed by NTU CCA Singapore and funded by the European Union. Titled <strong><em>Passages</em></strong>, this exhibition features new works by artists <strong>Priyageetha Dia</strong> (Singapore), <strong>Ngoc Nau</strong> (Vietnam) and <strong>Saroot Supasuthivech</strong> (Thailand), inspired by their three-month-long residencies in Europe. </p>
<p>As part of the SEA AiR programme, Dia had undertaken her residency at <strong>Jan van Eyck Academie</strong> (Netherlands), Nau at <strong>Rupert</strong> (Lithuania) and Supasuthivech at<strong> Künstlerhaus Bethanien</strong><span> </span>(Germany) through the summer. Bringing back their experiences from diverse contexts in the EU to Singapore for this exhibition,<span> </span><em>Passages</em><span> </span>speaks of the artists’ journeys across geographical and cultural boundaries from one continent to another; the cultural exchanges that take place during this time; and the continuous development of ideas as they return to their home countries to create new works for the exhibition.<br /><br /><em><span>Employing new media technologies to aid their storytelling, each artist creates speculative narratives that traverse time and space, shifting between the past and present. While distinct in their artistic research and practices, their works evoke memories and explore meanings in liminal spaces, reverberating in their journey from one passage to the next.</span><br /><br /></em><strong>Priyageetha Dia’s</strong><span> </span>research interest lies in the plantations of Southeast Asia and their colonial histories, including those of migrant labour and structures of production and power. She explores gaps in historical records that are not only text-based, but also non-textual ones such as photographs, artefacts and oral interviews. Her four-channel sound installation<span> </span><strong><em>Sap Sonic</em></strong><span> </span>is a sonification of images from the photo album of the Sumatra Caoutchouc Company, a rubber planting company, from the archives of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Beyond their visual representations, the images bear witness to the power dynamics between the coloniser and its labourers as well as the hierarchy between nature and machine. Reframing this landscape from a visual to a sonic one,<span> </span><em>Sap Sonic<span> </span></em>serves as an aural gateway to the plantations as it delves into the lived yet unspoken lives of those who work on and inhabit the plantations, both human and nonhuman. Accompanying the work,<span> </span><em>Sap Script</em><span> </span>is a text installation in white latex paint, referencing rubber sap, on a black, obsidian-like background. Its typeface echoes the slender and linear structure of rubber trees, distorted to resemble the waveform of sound waves. Through the intangible, unseen nature of sound, Sap Sonic probes aspects of the visual world; expanding the agentive possibilities of the uncounted and the underheard.<br /><br /><span>Upon her arrival in Vilnius, Lithuania, for her residency, </span><strong>Ngoc Nau</strong><span> was drawn to Soviet-era architectural elements in the city, such as the Soviet brutalist architecture of the Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports. She also became intrigued with the iconic image of a Lenin statue being removed, with its legs severed, from the city centre square in 1991. This imagery became a point of departure for her exploration into multifaceted aspects of post-Soviet realities in her own country. Portraying contemporary life amidst the remnants of socialist architecture and monuments using 3D animation and visual effects, Nau’s video installation, </span><strong><em>Virtual Reverie: Echoes of a Forgotten Utopia</em></strong><span>, demonstrates the transformative power of technology in reshaping our perceptions of reality. Central to the work is a constructed representation of the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Palace of Culture and Labour in Hanoi, Vietnam, that serves as a stage for five hip-hop dancers embarking on a symbolic journey. As they interact with elements drawn from historical references in Vietnam and Lithuania, the dancers bridge the gap between historical artifacts and contemporary experiences. Echoing the ebb and flow of ideologies, their passage brings about new meanings when past memories evolve in the face of shifting landscapes.<br /><br /><strong>Saroot Supasuthivech’s</strong> multimedia installation,<strong><em> Spirit-forward in G Major</em></strong>, charts the transformative journey experienced by Thai expatriates in Germany, told through a metaphoric cycle of life, death and rebirth. The work’s narrative unfolds in four parts. “New Beginnings” uses therapeutic dialogues to depict the initial migrant experience. “A Surreal Interlude”, based on interviews conducted with Thai monks and nuns in Berlin, transports viewers into a realm of magic and mortality inspired by Grimm’s fairy tales. The third segment focuses on a Thai music score <em>Sai Samon</em>, the oldest documented. Finally, “A Glimpse Beyond” dives into a poetic meditation on death and the afterlife, told from the viewpoint of the deceased. This poignant culmination is an exploration into a liminal reality between the familiar and the surreal, encapsulating the interplay of tradition, adaptation and preservation within an evolving cultural landscape.</span></p>
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<p><em>Passages </em>will be held through Singapore Art Week 2024, with a public programme taking place on 20 January 2024. Details of the public programme can be found<span> </span>here. </p>
<p>SEA AiR – Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the European Union<em> </em>is made possible thanks to a generous grant of the European Union. </p>
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<p><strong><span>Dates</span><br />Opening reception: </strong><br />28 November 2023, 5–8pm<br />Refreshments will be served</p>
<p><strong>Public programme:</strong><br />20 January 2023, 4-5.30pm</p>
<p><strong>Opening Hours</strong>:<br />1 December 2023 – 14 January 2024: Friday – Sunday, 1–7pm<br />Closed on 24, 25, 31 December 2023 and 1 January 2024<br /><br />Singapore Art Week<br />19 – 28 January 2024: Monday – Sunday, 1–7pm<br />Late nights on 20 and 27 January 2024: Saturday, 1–9pm</p>
<p><strong><span>Location:</span></strong><br />NTU CCA Singapore Residencies Studios<br />Block 38 Malan Road<br />Gillman Barracks<br />Singapore 109441</p>
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28 November 2023 - 28 January 2024
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Priyageetha Dia
Ngoc Nau
Nguyen Hong Ngoc
Saroot Supasuthivech
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Southeast Asia
Europe
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Mixed Media
Multimedia Installation
Video
Sound