Passages
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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>
28 November 2023 - 28 January 2024
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NTU CCA IdeasFest 2023 Exhibitions
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<strong>NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 & 38 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks, Singapore<br />Exhibition Hours<br />Thursday, 16 February – Sunday, 19 February 2023<br />From 12.00 pm– 7.00pm </strong><br /><span>Free admission to all exhibitions</span><br /><br /><span><span>Five (5) exhibitions spread over four spaces at Gillman Barracks, deal with topics related to food waste management, urbanisation through the lens of food, lifestyle aspirations of a rising middle class, and how regenerative to solidarity agrarian practices can move us towards more local and regional food systems. <br /><br /><strong>HOO FAN CHON</strong><br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-06, Singapore 109441<br /></span></span>
<p>This Exhibition was part of SEA AiR Studio Residencies for Southeast Asia Artists in the European Union Cycle 1, a programme funded by the European Union. Despite Hoo Fan Chon’s hope that the residency at Helsinki International Artist Programme would provide some respite from his obsession with fish-based iconography and symbolism, upon arriving in Helsinki the artist found himself immediately drawn to the salmon pink colour that commonly adorns buildings in Finland. This chromatic cue ignited his interest in issues of taste, class aesthetics, and fish culture triggering an erratic investigation about the cosmetic processing of farmed salmon, the environmental plight of this fish, and the social status of its consumption as a signifier of class and wealth. Inspired by amateur tutorials commonly found on YouTube, the video<span> </span><em>How to turn your siakap into salmon</em><span> </span>illustrates DIY techniques to colour fish. While the pink pigmentation of wild salmons is due to a natural diet made of krill and shrimp, the flesh of farmed salmon is off-white. In order to achieve the vibrant hue that makes salmon appealing to consumers, farmed salmons are regularly fed synthetic carotenoids, the health implications of which are still under scrutiny. In Southeast Asia, salmon is a luxury good and its consumption bespeaks the Western lifestyle aspirations of a rising global middle class.</p>
<p>The ironic speculation on how to “domesticate” a foreign species continues in<span> </span><em>I have never seen a swimming salmon in my life</em>. Accompanied by a voiceover by Sir David Attenborough borrowed from an advocacy campaign to protect salmon, the installation features 3D animations of salmon cuts—fillet, loin and streak—swimming inside a fish tank, a staple fixture in Chinese seafood restaurants. The artist’s familiar-yet-distant relation to salmon culminates with<span> </span><em>Finnish landscape painting series</em>, an installation featuring 13 paintings hung on a salmon pink wall. In this series, the artist introduced the motif of the proverbial “carp leaping over the dragon’s gate” and auspicious Chinese blessings into existing Finnish landscape paintings purchased in thrift shops around Helsinki. Both salmon and carps are known for their strength and jumping ability; in Chinese culture, the iconography of the leaping carp symbolises courage and perseverance leading to wealth and prestige.<br /><br /><strong>HELLO! I AM A BLACK SOLDIER FLY AND I AM TRANSFORMING THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM</strong><span></span><br /><span>Primary Contributor: NIRALY MANGAL</span><br /><span>Other Contributors: ADRIAN FUHRMANN, VARTIKA GOENKA , HENG CHIN WEE, SHAK THEESHWARI SILVARAJU, CHLOE TAN, TANG YONG JEN, YANYUN YAN, ZHANG QIHUI</span><br /><span>Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-03, Singapore 109452</span><br /><br /><span>The small island state of Singapore imports 90% of food from overseas and uses less than 1% of its land for agricultural use. Developing approaches to an alternative food system based on insects, seaweed, microalgae or cultured meat can contribute to securing a resilient food future for Singapore and contribute to its “30 by 30” policy. But how do we create a circular food system in our cities? Food waste management holds the key to closing the loop. This exhibition demonstrates a nature-based solution for urban food waste management using the black soldier fly, the superfly that is transforming the global food system. It showcases how black soldier fly facilities convert local food waste into high-quality animal feed and fertilizers, which can then be used by other forms of urban agriculture, such as vertical or indoor farming and aquaponics. On display is your food’s journey from consumption to waste processing, showing how the black soldier flies upcycle it into by-products that carry valuable nutrients back into the food chain. This process not only helps to use land efficiently but also to synergise the built environment of Singapore with the social benefits of urban agriculture.</span><br /><br /><span>This research is a collaboration between researchers from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore-ETH Centre and ETH Zurich. This research is supported by the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore under its Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) programme.</span><br /><br /><strong>THE JOURNEY OF FOOD</strong><br /><span>Primary Contributors: DR YUHAO LU, HELEN LEI FAN</span><br /><span>Other Contributors: ZI GUI TOH, MUHAMMAD IS’MAILL BIN AZMAN, KAIYU LU, JASPER PHANG WEE KEAT, ISABELL A MEO LOO YANSHAN</span><br /><span>Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-05, Singapore 109441</span><br /><br /><span>Considering urbanisation through the lens of food is important as cities grow, particularly in Asia, where cities are consuming fertile agricultural land at an unprecedented rate. Simultaneously, the industrialised agricultural practices developed to meet the rising food demands of urbanising populations are degrading and residualising the countryside. Mitigating the impact of climate change on Singapore’s food security requires both short-term tactics and long-term strategies. This includes sustainable and smart production in source countries and locally in Singapore, as well as raising public awareness on food waste. Displayed is the journey of rice—one of Singapore’s staple food sources, from its cultivation, processing, transportation and arrival in Singapore. As an island nation that highly depends on imports, Singapore relies heavily on the global food chain to source even its most basic food ingredients. This interactive exhibition shows, in a playful way, the pressing food-related challenges and hardship of conventional food cultivation.</span><br /><br /><strong>POTENTIAL AGRITERRITORIES — AGRARIAN QUESTIONS AND AGROECOLOGICAL DESIGN</strong><span>. </span><strong>ARCHITECTURE OF TERRITORY</strong><span>.</span><br /><span>MILICA TOPALOVIC, KAROLINE KOSTKA, HANS HORTIG, ALICE CLARKE AND STUDENTS OF ETH EPFL MAS UTD</span><br /><span>Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-07, Singapore 109441</span><br /><br /></p>
<p>With nearly half of the total land area on the planet dedicated to agricultural production, the urbanisation and industrialisation of agrarian territories have emerged among the most urgent impacts affecting ecologies and ecosystems around the world. Their effects include increasing dependence on fertilisers, pesticides and fossil fuels; depletion of soil fertility, water and natural resources; consumption of land; forced migration, and other disadvantages for local populations. Through fieldwork in agrarian regions supporting Zurich and Singapore, Potential Agriterritories explores critical questions emerging under 21st-century planetary urbanisation. We asked ourselves, what would be the alternatives to global food regimes that shape regional agricultural landscapes and local food cultures? Can we de-commodify agricultural territories of the Global North, such as those we encounter around Zurich? Can we decolonise plantations of the Global South, such as palm oil plantations surrounding Singapore? Can we re-examine the ways in which plants and animals are used in industrial food systems? How can novel and pioneering practices—from regenerative to solidarity agriculture—move us towards more local and regional food systems? What potential agrarianisms from today, and rural experiences from the past, may help restore relationships of care and reciprocity with soil and biodiversity?</p>
<p>The exhibition showcases parts of an evolving research and design archive created by Architecture of Territory at ETH Zurich. The two large maps explore urbanisation pro-cesses and their effects on emerging agricultural territories and landscapes in the metro-politan regions of Zurich (2023) and the Singapore-Johor-Riau (2015). Placed in dialogue, those maps present foreign and familiar (agricultural) landscapes with the intent to provoke critical reflection on regional, sustainable food production amongst the ongoing agricultural intensification and urbanisation. The video footage shows agricultural prac-tices in Singapore-Johor-Riau and around Zurich, including experimental and pioneering practices of permaculture, solidarity agriculture and biodynamic farming.<br /><br /><strong>SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS WITH MICROALGAE-BASED PROTEINS</strong><span></span><br /><span>DR. IRIS HABERKORN, BYRON PEREZ, HELENA SCHMITT, & CAROLE ZERMATTEN</span><br /><span>Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-03, Singapore 109452</span><br /><br /><span>Despite decent intentions of establishing sustainable food systems to support a stead-ily growing global population, traditional food production systems and their associated value-chains are exceeding our planetary boundaries. Sustaining a growing and increasingly urbanised population will require the development of novel food production and processing concepts that focus on shifting traditional linear production concepts towards circular solutions. Singapore aims to increase its domestic, independent food supply and a population growing under highly urbanised constraints with the “30 by 30” initiative. However, arable land in Singapore is limited and traditional food production and processing methods alone cannot meet this goal. This exhibition highlights how a state-of-the-art urban single-cell protein production platform could support Singapore in reaching it using microalgae, embedded in the context of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals—and explores what microalgae looks like, how it grows and is processed as well as potential taste experiences</span></p>
16 - 19 February 2023
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NTU CCA IdeasFest 2023 FOOD: Eat. Secure. Sustain
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<p><strong><em>NTU CCA IdeasFest</em></strong> is a platform to catalyse critical exchange of ideas and encourage thinking “out of the box”. It links the artistic and academic communities with grassroots and self-organised initiatives and small-scale entrepreneurship. Following the global call for an ecological turn in art, architecture, and design,<em> NTU CCA IdeasFest 2023 FOOD</em> <em>Eat. Secure. Sustain. </em>presents projects that engage, investigate, and aim to ensure food security on a healthy planet. The vitality of food poses a wide-ranging set of questions and problems when confronted with nature’s diminishing capacity to nourish life as a result of harmful anthropocentric activity. Such challenges demand that we rethink our modes of production and consumption.</p>
<p>This third edition of IdeasFest draws relational links to improve the understanding of sustainable food systems and their urgencies, opening a pathway towards actionable steps to ensure food security. Current food practices are threatening both people and planet; more nourishing and sustainable ways of eating and producing need to be developed. This need to transform our societies towards socio-ecological sustainability is clear, but many proposals lack the concrete economic and political scaffolding necessary to make their implementation feasible.</p>
<p>The global food system encompasses all economic sectors, and understanding its components is essential for developing and executing effective measures to strengthen its sustainability. <em>IdeasFest 2023 FOOD Eat. Secure. Sustain. </em>looks into how various technologies affect (traditional) food practices and culinary techniques, and which of these are valued. Food security hinges on sustainable food systems which are based on subsystems, including farming, waste management, and supply infrastructures, which in turn interact with trade, energy, and health systems.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Focusing on social interactions that connect academic research with artistic and cultural fields as well as with architecture and design applications, this edition draws a direct relation between human societies and their impact on the environment. It presents environmentally friendly ways of living, exploring regional crafts, reusing, repairing und upcycling. While scientific evidence on climate change and food scarcity is widely discussed, to materialise future-proof food communities, it requires socially robust and impactful proposals that create a relay between local perspectives and knowledge generated in academia. To address food related issues and the climate crisis in a continued dialogue is necessary, as there is a risk that the gravity and urgency of this crisis will not be fully comprehended.</p>
<p>As a platform to feature new initiatives, <em>NTU CCA Ideas Fest FOOD Eat. Secure. Sustain</em>. is an invitation to share and engage in cooperative projects and collective experiences through workshops, site visits, screenings, performances, public installations, participatory projects, and a summit. This diverse programme will be enriched by presentations of start-up initiatives and public dialogues on how to support Singapore’s aspiration to meet 30% of its nutritional requirements domestically by 2030 collectively and individually. A two-day Ideas Conference will bring together a prominent group of architects, theorists, researchers, curators, designers, and community groups to discuss further ideas on sustainability, circular economy, food security, creative learning, and the potential of cultural heritage such as crafts and sustainable urbanism to envision a responsible future city.</p>
<p><strong><em>Ideas Fest 2023 FOOD Eat. Secure.</em></strong> <em><strong>Sustain.</strong></em>, conceived in partnership with Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory Global, contemplates on sustainable food systems, climate awareness and solutions for a more sustainable future. Curated by <strong>Prof. Ute Meta Bauer</strong> (NTU CCA and NTU ADM), <strong>Magdalena Magiera</strong> (NTU CCA), <strong>Assoc. Prof. Laura Miotto</strong> (NTU ADM), <strong>Prof. Thomas Schroepfer</strong> (ETH FCL and SUTD), <strong>Dr. Tanvi Maheshwari</strong> (Associate Director for Research, Future Cities Laboratory Global)</p>
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<p><strong>SUMMIT</strong><br /><br /><strong>Free registration for Conference Days through </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events"><strong>https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events</strong></a></p>
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<p><strong>Thursday, 16 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>5.15pm – 8.00pm</strong><br />Venue: CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602<br />Theatrette, Level 2</p>
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<p>5.15 pm <strong>Registration and Coffee</strong><br /><br />5.45pm <strong>Opening addresses</strong> by <br />Guest of Honor Dr. <strong>Alvin Yeo</strong> (Singapore), Senior Director, Joint Policy and Planning Division, Singapore Food Agency<br />Prof. <strong>Subodh Mhaisalkar </strong>(Singapore), Executive Director for Academic Research, National Research Foundation Singapore, President’s Chair in Energy and Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)<br />Prof. <strong>Tim White </strong>(Australia/ Singapore), Vice President (International Engagement); President’s Chair in Materials Science and Engineering; Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU)<br />Prof. <strong>Sacha Menz</strong> (Switzerland), Director of Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global and Professor of Architecture and Building Process, ETH Zürich<br />Prof. <strong>Thomas Schroepfer </strong>(Germany/Singapore), Co-Director, Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global, Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC) and Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)<br />Prof. <strong>Ute Meta Bauer </strong>(Germany/Singapore), Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor at the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM), NTU </p>
<p>6.30pm <strong>Keynote Lecture</strong> <strong><em>CLOSING THE LOOP</em></strong><em><strong>: The Role of Circular Economy in the Food Sector</strong></em> <br />by <strong>Paula Huerta</strong> (Spain/Indonesia), Circular Economy Consultant and Director Bambook Studio and GUASL<br /><br />Followed by a conversation with <strong>Assoc. Prof. Laura Miotto</strong> (Italy/Singapore), at the School of Art, Design, and Media (ADM), NTU<br />8.00pm <strong>RECEPTION</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Friday, 17 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>8.30am – 7.30pm</strong><br /><br />CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602<br />Theatrette, Level 2</p>
<p>8.30am Registration and Coffee</p>
<p><strong>Food Ecosystems</strong><br /><br />9.00am Welcome by Co-Curators<br /><strong>Prof. Ute Meta Bauer</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Founding Director, NTU CCA and Professor at NTU ADM, <strong>Assoc. Prof.</strong> <strong>Laura Miotto</strong>(Italy/Singapore), NTU ADM, <strong>Prof. Thomas Schroepfer</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Co-Director, FCL-G, SEC, and Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, SUTD<br /><br />9.10am <strong><em>Food Connects</em></strong> <br />Lecture by <strong>Raine Melissa Riman</strong> (Malaysia), Co-Curator, E.A.T Borneo Conference, media strategist and social media lead, <em>What About Kuching</em> Festival<br /><br />9.40am <strong><em>Hello! I am a Black Soldier Fly and I am Transforming the Global Food System</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Niraly Mangal</strong> (India/Singapore), Doctoral Researcher at SEC<br /><br />10.00am <strong><em>Clinically Relevant Materials & Applications Inspired by Food Technologies</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Prof. Wiliam Chen</strong> (Singapore), Michael Fam Endowed Professor and Director, Food Science and Technology, NTU <br /><br />10.20am <strong><em>Human Created Food Crisis</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Britto Arts Trust / Mahbubur Rahman</strong>(Bangladesh), Artist, Co-Founder and Trustee, Britto Arts Trust</p>
<p>10.40am BREAK</p>
<p>11.00am Discussion with <strong>Prof. William Chen</strong> (Singapore), Michael Fam Endowed Professor, Director Food Science and Technology, NTU, <strong>Niraly Mangal</strong> (India/Singapore), Doctoral Researcher, SEC, <strong>Britto Arts Trust / Mahbubur Rahman</strong> (Bangladesh), Artist, Co-Founder and Trustee, Britto Arts Trust, and<strong> Raine Melissa Riman</strong> (Malaysia), Co-Curator, E.A.T Borneo Conference, media strategist and social media lead, <em>What About Kuching</em> Festival, Moderated by <strong>Prof. Ute Meta Bauer</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, NTU ADM</p>
<p>12.00pm LUNCH BREAK</p>
<p><strong>Urban Food Alternatives</strong><br /><br />1.30pm <strong><em>Architecture of Urban Agriculture for Building Sustainable Cities</em></strong>, <br />by <strong>Prof. Thomas Schroepfer</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Co-Director, FCL-G, SEC Global, <strong>Assoc. Prof. Carlos Banon</strong> (Spain/ Singapore), SUTD and Director and Co-Founder, AIRLAB Singapore <br /><br />2.00pm <strong><em>How Singapore is Addressing Global Food and Environmental Challenges through Alternative Proteins</em>, </strong><br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Valerie Pang</strong> (Singapore), Innovation Associate, The Good Food Institute (GFI) APAC<br /><br />2.20pm <strong><em>Healing Remedies & Roadside Beauties</em>, </strong><br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Adeline Kueh</strong> (Singapore), Artist, Senior Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts <br /><br />2.40pm <strong><em>Consumer Acceptance of Alternative Proteins: Enduring and Emerging Issues</em></strong>, <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Bianca Wassmann </strong>(Germany/Philippines), Doctoral Researcher, SEC</p>
<p>3.00pm BREAK</p>
<p>3.20pm Discussion with <strong>Assoc. Prof. Carlos Banon </strong>(Spain/Singapore), SUTD, Director and Co-Founder, AIRLAB Singapore, <strong>Valerie Pang</strong> (Singapore), Innovation Associate, GFI APAC, <strong>Adeline Kueh</strong> (Singapore), Artist, Senior Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, and <strong>Bianca Wassmann </strong>(Germany/Philippines), Doctoral Researcher, SEC, Moderated by <strong>Prof. Thomas Schroepfer</strong>(Germany/Singapore), Co-Director, FCL-G, SEC</p>
<p>4.20pm BREAK</p>
<p><strong>Non Conventional Food Sources</strong><br /><br />4.40pm <strong><em>Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Our Food – How To Make More Sustainable Choices</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Dr. Iris Haberkorn</strong> (Germany/Singapore) Senior Researcher and Project Lead, SEC <br /><br />5.10pm <strong><em>Urban Food Production in a Circular Bioeconomy with Microalgae as Case Study</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Byron Perez </strong>(Ecuador/Singapore) Doctoral Researcher, SEC<br /><br />5.30pm <strong><em>I Have Never Seen a Swimming Salmon in My Life</em></strong><br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong> (Malaysia), Artist<em> </em><br /><br />5.50pm <strong><em>Reporting on Singapore’s Innovations of Cultivated Meat</em></strong> <br />Flash Lecture <strong>Dr. Keri Matwick</strong> (USA/Singapore) Lecturer, School of Humanities NTU and <strong>Dr. Kelsi Matwick</strong> (USA/Singapore) Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida</p>
<p>6.10pm BREAK</p>
<p>6.30pm Discussion with <strong>Dr. Iris Haberkorn</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Senior Researcher and Project Lead, SEC, Byron Perez (Ecuador/Singapore), Doctoral Researcher, SEC, <strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong> (Malaysia), Artist, and <strong>Dr. Keri Matwick</strong>, Lecturer, School of Humanities NTU, and<strong> Dr. Kelsi Matwick </strong>(USA/Singapore), Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida, Moderated by <strong>Dr. Tanvi Maheshwari </strong>(India/Singapore), Associate Director (Research), FCL-G, SEC</p>
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<p><strong>Saturday, 18 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>09.00am – 1.00pm</strong><br /><br />CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, 138602<br />Theatrette, Level 2</p>
<p>9.00am Registration and Coffee</p>
<p><strong><em>Food Industries</em></strong><br /><br />9.30am Welcome by Co-Curators<br /><strong>Magdalena Magiera</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Curator and Research Associate NTU CCA Singapore, <strong>Dr. Tanvi Maheshwari </strong>(India/Singapore), Assoc. Director (Research), FCL-G, SEC<br /><br />9.40am <strong><em>Sarawak Rice: From Traditional Significance to Modern Sustainability</em></strong>, <br />Lecture by <strong>Karen Shepherd</strong> (Malaysia) writer, content creator, and Strategic Director for UCCN Kuching Creative City<br /><br />10.40am <em><strong>On Palms, Weevils, and Owls: Tracing more-than-human labour in the oil palm territories of Johor, Malaysia</strong></em>, <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Hans Hortig </strong>(Austria/Singapore), Doctoral Researcher, FCL-G, SEC<br /><br />11.00am <strong><em>Collective Making and Domestic Hacking</em></strong>, <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Irene Agrivina </strong>(Indonesia), Artist, Co-Founder HONF and XXLAB<br /><br />11.20am <strong><em>Microbial Fuel Cells: Mud, Microbes, and Midichlorians (of The Force)</em></strong>, <br />Flash Lecture by <strong>Saad Chinoy</strong> (Singapore) Co-Founder, SpudnikLab, Storytellers’ Kitchen, and EdibleMakerspace</p>
<p>11.40am BREAK</p>
<p>12.00pm Discussion with <strong>Karen Shepherd</strong> (Malaysia), writer, content creator, and Strategic Director for UCCN Kuching Creative City, <strong>Hans Hortig </strong>(Austria/Singapore), Doctoral Researcher, FCL-G, SEC, <strong>Irene Agrivina </strong>(Indonesia), Artist, Co-Founder HONF and XXLAB, and <strong>Saad Chinoy</strong> (Singapore), Co-Founder, SpudnikLab, Storytellers’ Kitchen, and EdibleMakerspace, Moderated by <strong>Magdalena Magiera</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Curator and Research Associate NTU CCA Singapore</p>
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<p><strong>Saturday, 18 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>04.00 – 6.00pm</strong><br /><br />National Design Centre, 111 Middle Road, Singapore 188969<br />Auditorium</p>
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<p>4.00pm <em><strong>Circularity and 3D-printing for Addressing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Future Cities</strong></em>, <br />A Talk by <strong>Assoc. Prof. Carlos Banon</strong>, SUTD, Director and Co-Founder, AIRLAB Singapore <br />5.00pm Guided Exhibition Tour of <em>Circular Futures: Next Gen</em> (following the lecture)</p>
<p><strong>Sunday, 19 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>04.00 – 6.00pm</strong><br /><br />National Design Centre, 111 Middle Road, Singapore 188969<br />Auditorium</p>
<p>4.00pm <strong><em>The Potential for Digital Models in Urban Agriculture</em></strong> <br />A Sharing Session by <strong>Alba Lombardia</strong> (Spain/Singapore) PhD Researcher SUTD, with introductions by <strong>Prof. Thomas Schroepfer</strong>(Germany/Singapore), Co-Director, FCL-G, SEC, and Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, SUTD, and <strong>Assoc. Prof. Carlos Banon</strong>, SUTD, Director and Co-Founder, AIRLAB Singapore <br />5.00pm Guided Exhibition Tour of <em>Circular Futures: Next Gen</em> (following the sharing session)</p>
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<p><strong>WORKSHOPS</strong></p>
<p><strong>Saturday, 18 February 2023</strong><br /><strong>Tickets for workshops can be purchased or registered for at </strong><a href="https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events"><strong>https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events</strong></a></p>
<p>10am – 1pm <strong><em>To Gathering: Food Flows</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Alecia Neo</strong> (Singapore) artist, <strong>Ground-Up Initiative </strong>(Singapore), and <strong>Madhumitha Ardhanari </strong>(Singapore), Principal Sustainability Strategist, Forum for the Future<br />Venue: Kampung Kampus, 91 Lorong Chencharu, Singapore 769201</p>
<p>2.30 – 5.30pm <strong><em>Grow Your Own Microgreens with PVs</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Dr. Christoph Waibel</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Module Coordinator, Powering the City, FCL-G, <strong>Dr. Shi Zhongming </strong>(China/Singapore), Principal Investigator, Building Integrated Agriculture, FCL-G, <strong>Dr. Zhang Qianning</strong> (China/Singapore), Principal Investigator, Building Integrated Agriculture, NUS, <strong>Dr. Huang Zhaolu</strong> (China/Singapore), Research fellow, Building Integrated Agriculture, NUS<br /><br />Venue: Future Cities Laboratory, Value Lab, Level 6, CREATE Tower, 1 Create Way, Singapore 138602 </p>
<p>3.00–5.30pm <strong><em>Novel Materials</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Irene Agrivina</strong> (Indonesia) Artist, Co-Founder HONF and XXLAB, and <strong>Saad Chinoy </strong>(Singapore), Co-Founder, SpudnikLab, Storytellers’ Kitchen, EdibleMakerspace<br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-04, Singapore 109452</p>
<p>4.00 – 6.00pm <strong><em>An Afternoon with “Salmon” Tea Sandwich</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong> (Malaysia) Artist<br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-06, Singapore 109441</p>
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<p><strong>Sunday, 19 February 2023</strong><br /><br /><strong>Tickets for workshops can be purchased or registered for at <a href="https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events">https://bit.ly/ntuccaideasfest2023_events</a></strong></p>
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<p>10.00am – 12.00pm<em> </em><strong><em>Stories & Food of Semakau</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Firdaus San</strong>i (Singapore), Founder Oranglaut.sg and The Black Sampan <br />Venue: West Coast Park</p>
<p>10.00 – 11.30am<strong> <em>Elevating the Ordinary: Crafting a Creative Exploration of an Everyday Staple</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Karen Shepherd</strong> (Malaysia) writer, content creator, and Strategic Director, UCCN Kuching Creative City, <strong>Raine Melissa Riman</strong>(Malaysia), Co-Curator, E.A.T Borneo Conference, media strategist and social media lead, <em>What About Kuching</em> Festival, and <strong>Dr. Franca Cole</strong> (UK/Malaysia), Consultant in Conservation and Archaeology, Sarawak Museum, Lecturer, NTU ADM<br /><br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-04, Singapore 109452</p>
<p>10.00 – 12pm <strong><em>Healing Remedies & Roadside Beauties</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Adeline Kueh</strong> (Singapore), Artist, Senior Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts <br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-02, Singapore 109452</p>
<p>10am – 12.30pm <strong><em>Edible Wild</em></strong> <br />with Native’s <strong>Joy Chee</strong>, Resident Bartender, Gardener at Native Bar<br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 6 Lock Road, Research Office, Singapore 108934</p>
<p>11.30am – 1.30pm <strong><em>Human Created Food Crisis</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Mahbubur Rahman </strong>(Bangladesh), Artist, Co-Founder and Trustee, Britto Arts Trust and <strong>Shimul Saha </strong>(Bangladesh), Artist, both members of <strong>Britto Arts Trust. </strong><br />Venue: Intermission Bar, The Projector, 6001 Beach Rd, #05-00 GOLDEN MILE TOWER, Singapore 199589</p>
<p>2.30 – 5.30pm <strong><em>DIY Self-Watering Plant Robot!</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Dr. Christoph Waibel</strong> (Germany/Singapore), Module Coordinator, Powering the City, FCL-G, <strong>Dr. Shi Zhongming </strong>(China/Singapore), Principal Investigator, Building Integrated Agriculture, FCL-G, <strong>Dr. Zhang Qianning</strong> (China/Singapore), Principal Investigator, Building Integrated Agriculture, NUS, <strong>Dr. Huang Zhaolu</strong> (China/Singapore), Research Fellow, Building Integrated Agriculture, NUS<br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-02, Singapore 109452</p>
<p>3.00 – 5.00pm <strong><em>How Food Media Affect What We Eat</em></strong> <br />with <strong>Dr. Keri Matwick </strong>(USA /Singapore) Lecturer, School of Humanities NTU and <strong>Dr. Kelsi Matwick</strong> (USA /Singapore) Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida<br />Venue: NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-04, Singapore 109452</p>
<p><strong>EXHIBITIONS</strong></p>
<p>NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 & 38 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks, Singapore<br />Exhibition Hours<br />Thursday, 16 – Sunday, 19 February 2023, 12.00 – 7.00pm <br />Free admission to all exhibitions</p>
<p><em><strong>Hello! I am a Black Soldier Fly and I am Transforming the Global Food System</strong></em><br />Primary Contributor:<strong> Niraly Mangal</strong>, Doctoral Researcher, SEC <br />Other Contributors: <strong>Adrian Fuhrmann</strong>, PhD Researcher, SEC, <strong>Vartika Goenka</strong>, Research Assistant, <strong>SEC, Heng Chin Wee</strong>, Research Assistant SEC, <strong>Shaktheeshwari Silvaraju,</strong> PhD Student, SEC, <strong>Chloe Tan</strong>, Research Assistant, SEC, <strong>Tan Yong Jen</strong>, Research Assistant, SEC, <strong>Yanyun Yan</strong>, Research Associate, <strong>Zhang Qihui</strong>, PhD student <br />NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-03, Singapore 109452</p>
<p><em><strong>Sustainable Food Systems with Microalgae-based Proteins</strong></em><br /><strong>Dr.</strong> <strong>Iris Haberkorn</strong>, Senior Researcher and Project Lead, SEC, <strong>Byron Perez</strong>, Doctoral Researcher, SEC, <strong>Helena Schmitt</strong>, PhD Researcher, SEC,<strong> Carole Zermatten</strong>, Student SEC<br />NTU CCA Singapore, Block 37 Malan Road, #01-03, Singapore 109452</p>
<p><strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong><br />NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-06, Singapore 109441</p>
<p><em><strong>The Journey of Food</strong></em><br />Primary Contributors:<strong> Yuhao Lu,</strong> Postdoc. Researcher, FCL-G,<strong> Helen Lei Fan,</strong> Research Assistants, FCL-G <br />Other Contributors:<strong> Kaiyu Lu,</strong> Research Assistants, FCL-G,<strong> Muhammad Is’Maill Bin Azman, </strong>Research Assistants, FCL-G,<strong> Isabella Meo, </strong>Research Assistants, FCL-G,<strong> Jasper Phang Wee Keat,</strong> Research Assistants, FCL-G,<strong> Zi Gui Toh, </strong>Research Assistants, FCL-G,<strong>Loo Yanshan, </strong>Research Assistants, FCL-G<br />NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-05, Singapore 109441</p>
<p><strong><em>Potential Agriterritories – Agrarian Questions and Agroecological Design Architecture of Territory</em></strong><br /><strong>Assoc. Prof. Milica Topalovic, </strong>Architecture and Territorial Planning, Department of Architecture, ETH Zurich,<strong> Alice Clarke</strong>, Teaching Assistant, Architecture of Territory, ETH Zurich,<strong> Hans Hortig</strong>, Doctoral Researcher, FCL-G, SEC, <strong>Karoline Kostka</strong>, Senior Researcher, New Urban Agendas for Agrarian Territories, FCL-G, SEC, and Students of the joint Master of Advanced Studies at the ETH Zürich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (ETH EPFL MAS UTD)<br />NTU CCA Singapore, Block 38 Malan Road, #01-07, Singapore 109441 </p>
16 - 19 February 2023
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Hoo Fan Chon, Citra Sasmita, Vuth Lyno: New Works
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<p>NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and the European Union Delegation to Singapore are pleased to present the exhibition <strong><em>Hoo Fan Chon, Citra Sasmita, Vuth Lyno: New Works</em></strong>. The exhibition marks the culmination of the first cycle of <a href="https://ntu.ccasingapore.org/collaboration/sea-air/"><strong>SEA AiR—Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the European Union (SEA AiR</strong>)</a>. As participating artists in the inaugural cycle of SEA AiR, <strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong> (Malaysia), <strong>Citra Sasmita</strong> (Indonesia), and <strong>Vuth Lyno</strong> (Cambodia) have each been awarded a three-month-long residency at an art institution in Europe as well as funding for the creation of artworks.</p>
<p>In the first half of 2022, amidst unrelenting surges of the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the artists took off from their home countries to conduct three-month-long residencies: Hoo Fan Chon at <strong>HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme</strong> (Finland); Citra Sasmita at <strong>WIELS</strong> (Brussels, Belgium); and Vuth Lyno at <strong>Villa Arson</strong> (Nice, France). The artworks featured in the exhibition <em>Hoo Fan Chon, Citra Sasmita, Vuth Lyno: New Works</em> have been created by the artists in the months following their residencies, a much-needed time for critical reflection and material experimentation that allowed them to develop their research findings and creative inspiration into full-fledged artworks. Ranging from installation and video to sculpture and painting, some of these works also mark these artists’ first attempts at embracing new mediums and materials: 3D animation techniques for Hoo Fan Chon, video for Citra Sasmita, and paper for Vuth Lyno. Most importantly, they bear witness to how the artists’ interests in the cosmetics of food, cultural contaminations, decolonial practices, the empowerment of women, and the resilience of marginalised communities, have evolved over the last year.<br /><br /><span>In residence at </span><strong>HIAP—Helsinki International Artist Programme </strong><span>(Finland) from late February to late May, </span><strong>Hoo Fan Chon</strong><span> soon became fascinated by the salmon pink hue that adorns the facades of many buildings across Finland and its neighbouring countries. This chromatic cue tied in with the artist’s ongoing interest in issues of taste, class, and fish culture—the son of a fisherman, fish-based imagery and foodscapes are often the subject of his work. Hoo Fan Chon’s erratic investigation, imbued with a distinctive sense of irony, around the cosmetic processing of farmed salmon and the social status of salmon consumption as a signifier of class and wealth in Chinese culture resulted in a multimedia installation. </span><em>How to turn your siakap into salmon</em><span> is a video work, inspired by tutorials commonly found on YouTube, that illustrates DIY techniques to colour affordable fish in order to simulate a salmon-eating experience. The artist’s first experiment with 3D animation, the installation </span><em>I have never seen a swimming salmon in my life</em><span> projects swimming salmon cuts onto an aquarium with a voiceover about the plights that threaten the survival of salmons. </span><em>Finnish landscape painting series</em><span> is a series of painterly interventions on found paintings where Chinese blessings and images of the proverbial “carp leaping over the dragon’s gate” are inscribed onto landscape paintings that the artist sourced from thrift shops around Helsinki.</span><br /><br /><span>The artistic practice of </span><strong>Citra Sasmita</strong><span> revisits ancient Balinese mythologies and retools traditional artistic techniques and materials to address misconceptions that persist in contemporary society, especially with regard to the status of women. The residency at </span><strong>WIELS</strong><span> (Brussels, Belgium) from April to June enabled her to encounter and research the legacy of her ancestors held in European museum collections built during the colonial era by often dubious and unethical means. The installation </span><em>Timur Merah Project VIII: Pilgrim, How You Journey</em><span> revolves around the figure of I Dewa Agung Istri Kanya, a queen of the Klungkung kingdom in Bali, who fiercely opposed the Dutch colonisers in the 19th century. Ruled out from most historical accounts, the history of this charismatic woman leader is revived in Citra’s powerful imagery and interspersed with scenes from the Bhima Swarga epic depicting the hero’s journey between Heaven and Hell. Painted on traditional Kamasan canvases, the paintings are mounted on antique pillars arranged in an eight-pointed star configuration that references ancient Balinese cosmologies. The installation also comprises a double-channel video, the artist’s first video work, in which a singer performs the poem </span><em>Prelambang Bhasa Wewatekan </em><span>(</span><em>The Coded Language of Symbols</em><span>), written by the Queen herself. Underneath the tantric symbolism of the poem secretly lurk the Queen’s memoir, anti-Dutch propaganda messages, and military strategies.</span></p>
<p>Pursuing intersecting interests in architecture, the politics of space, and place-making practices, during the residency at <strong>Villa Arson </strong>(Nice, France) from March to May, <strong>Vuth Lyno</strong> had the opportunity to travel several times to the French capital and research the architectural remnants of the 1931 International Colonial Exposition which took place in the Bois de Vincennes, a forest park in Eastern Paris. He discovered that the former Cameroon Pavilion was turned into a Buddhist temple in the late 1970s. Following its conversion into a place of worship, the building and the surrounding greenery have come to play an important role in the spiritual, cultural, and social life of the Cambodian community in France. A migrant community’s appropriation of a site previously used to display colonial (mis)representations of those very communities led the artist to develop a broader reflection on the role of urban parks as sites of refuge wherein minorities and marginalised groups (sex workers, queer communities, the homeless, etc.) can find emancipation and enact their agency. The resulting installation <em>Vibrating Park-Forest </em>ensues from a comparative study of heterogenous uses and grassroots practices that unfold in specific parks in Paris, Phnom Penh, and Singapore. <em>Vibrating Park-Forest</em> is the artist’s first installation made of paper, a material he began to experiment with during his residency at Villa Arson.</p>
<p>The exhibition is curated by Dr <strong>Anna Lovecchio</strong>, Assistant Director (Programmes), and NTU CCA Singapore. The project leader of SEA AiR is <strong>Ute Meta Bauer</strong> Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore, and Professor, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University.<br /><br /><a href="https://ntu.ccasingapore.org/collaboration/sea-air/">SEA AiR—Studio Residencies for Southeast Asian Artists in the European Union</a><span> is funded by the European Union.</span><br /><br /></p>
<p><strong><span>Dates</span> <br />Official Opening</strong> in the presence of H.E. Iwona Piórko, EU Ambassador to Singapore and the artists<br />10 January 2023, 4.00 – 5.00pm<br />Public preview: 4.00 – 7.00pm</p>
<p><strong><em>Creative Trajectories</em></strong><br />Artist talk by Hoo Fan Chon, Citra Sasmita, and Vuth Lyno<br />11 January 2023, 6.00 – 7.30pm</p>
<p><strong><span>Exhibition Hours</span></strong><br />11 January – 5 February 2023<br />Tue to Sun: 12.00 – 7.00pm<br />13 January: 12.00 – 9.00pm<br />Open on public holidays (except Mondays)</p>
<p><strong><span>Location</span></strong><br /><span>NTU CCA Singapore Residencies Studios</span><br /><span>Blocks 38 Malan Road</span><br /><span>Singapore 109441</span></p>
10 January - 5 February 2023
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Free Jazz IV. Geomancers
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<p>From its first iteration in 2013, <em>Free Jazz</em> has pushed boundaries and expanded upon pressing concerns of our times. <em><strong>Free Jazz IV. Geomancers</strong></em> continues this approach, featuring artworks ranging from virtual reality to video, performance, and sound as an exercise in planetary awareness. The exhibition presents significant artistic practices from across the globe that are deeply invested in creating an environmental consciousness and that share an understanding of the world as a vulnerable, yet resilient, mesh of coexistences, correlations, and co-creations. As with geomancy, these artworks can help us to read the signs that our planet is trying to send us and that they can inspire a stronger commitment to create a sustainable future for life on Earth.</p>
<p>Alongside scientists, environmental activists, enlightened policy makers and civil society members, contemporary artists are increasingly concerned with future prospects of ecological collapse and planetary survival. They address these issues through the language of art, creating images, sounds, narratives, and experiences that allow us to establish affective and cognitive connections with the environment and partake in the planetary intelligence of the Earth. Stemming from NTU CCA Singapore’s ongoing engagement with the overarching subject of <em>Climates.Habitats. Environments.</em>, <em>Free Jazz IV. Geomancers</em> brings together a selection of creative practitioners who are distinctly alert to these urgencies.</p>
<p>Conceived for Singapore Art Week 2022, this programme consists of a film screening series, a virtual reality installation, a performance and a sound installation. Some of the featured artworks zero in on signs of earthly demise, others indicate pathways of resilience and strategies for regeneration. All the works result from long-term research and extensive fieldwork and, when presented together, they engender a kaleidoscopic overview of the multitudinous forms of ecological entanglements.</p>
<p>Artists: <strong>Martha Atienza </strong>(Philippines), <strong>Ursula Biemann</strong> (Switzerland), <strong>Carolina Caycedo & David de Rozas</strong> (United Kingdom; Spain/United States), <strong>Chu Hao Pei </strong>(Singapore), <strong>Liu Chuang</strong> (China), <strong>Pedro Neves Marques</strong> (Portugal), <strong>Katie Paterson </strong>(Scotland), <strong>Rice Brewing Sisters Club </strong>(South Korea), <strong>Daniel Steegmann Mangrané </strong>(Spain/Brazil), <strong>Jana Winderen </strong>(Norway), <strong>Zarina Muhammad & Zachary Chan</strong> (Singapore), and <strong>Robert Zhao Renhui </strong>(Singapore).<br /><br /></p>
<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong><span>Exhibition Information</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Katie Paterson<br /></strong><em>To Burn, Forest, Fire</em>, 2021, performance<br />Performance schedule: 14, 15, 18, 22, and 23 January, 6.30 – 7.00pm<br />Block 37 Malan Road, #01-04, Gillman Barracks<br />Entrance is on a first-come first-served basis up to the capacity allowed by the<br />prevailing social distancing measures. Audience to arrive at least 15 minutes<br />before the performance starts. Please note that the performance entails the<br />burning of incense inside an indoor space.<br />Please see our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/614164509912322/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D">Facebook event</a> for the latest updates.</p>
<p><strong>Daniel Steegmann Mangrané</strong> <br /><em>Phantom (kingdom of all the animals and all the beasts is my name)<br /></em>2014–2015, VR installation<br />Tuesday to Sunday, 12.00 – 7.00pm<br />Fridays, 12.00 – 9.00pm<br />Block 38 Malan Road, #01-07, Gillman Barracks<br />Please see our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/472012560983385/">Facebook event</a> for the latest updates.</p>
<p><strong>Jana Winderen</strong><br /><em>Listening through the Dead Zones</em>, 2021, sound installation, 20 min, on loop.<br />Monday to Thursday: 8.00am to 9.00pm (last entry 8.00pm)<br />Fridays to Sundays: 8.00am to 10.00pm (last entry 9.00pm)<br />Please see our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1327631087681077/">Facebook event</a> for the latest updates.</p>
<p>Green Roof, Marina Barrage, 8 Marina Gardens Drive, Singapore 018951<br />The sound installation is located on the Green Roof at Marina Barrage, above the<br />Sustainable Singapore Gallery, accessible either via the walking ramp or the elevator.<br />Once on the rooftop, visitors will find the work in the proximity of the glass house, on<br />the southern edge of the rooftop. Visitors are encouraged to take the time to pause and<br />experience Listening to the Dead Zones while facing the open sea.</p>
<p class="has-medium-font-size"><strong><span>Screening Programme</span></strong></p>
<p>Friday, 14 and 21 January 2022, 12.00 – 9.00pm<br />Session I: 12.00 – 2.50pm<br />Session II: 3.00 – 5.50pm<br />Session III: 6.00 – 8.50pm</p>
<p>Tuesday to Sunday, 15 – 23 January 2022, 12.00 – 7.00pm<br />Session I: 12.00 – 3.20pm (intermission: 1.30 – 2.00pm)<br />Session II: 3.30 – 6.50pm (intermission: 5.00 – 5.30pm)</p>
<p>Block 38 Malan Road, #01-06, Gillman Barracks<br />Films will be screened in the order as below during each session.<br />Please see our<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/389146689658432/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A%5B%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D%5D%7D"> Facebook event</a> for the latest updates.</p>
<p><em><strong>Martha Atienza <br /></strong>Panangatan 11°09’53.3”N 123°42’40.5”E</em> 2019-10-24, 9min<br /><br /><strong>Zarina Muhammad & Zachary Chan</strong><br /><em>earth, land, sky and sea as palimpsest</em>, 17 min 37 sec<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Rice Brewing Sisters Club</strong><br /><em>Mountain Storytellers, Storytelling Mountains: A Tale Theatre</em>, 15 min 37 sec</p>
<p><strong>Carolina Caycedo & David de Rozas</strong><br /><em>The Teaching of the Hands</em>, 47 min<br /><br /><strong>Pedro Neves Marques</strong><br /><em>Semente Exterminadora [Exterminator Seed]</em>, 28 min<br /><br /><strong>Ursula Biemann</strong><br /><em>Acoustic Ocean</em>, 18 min<br /><br /><strong>Liu Chuang</strong><br /><em>Can Sound be Currency?</em>, 19 min 43 sec<br /><br /><strong>Chu Hao Pei<br /></strong><em>Inventing Miracle: The Rice to Power</em>, 9 min 59 sec</p>
<p><strong>Robert Zhao Renhui</strong><br /><em>And A Great Sign Appeared</em>, 4 min 52 sec</p>
<p><em>Free Jazz IV. Geomancers </em>is supported by National Arts Council Singapore and Nicoletta Fiorucci Russo De Li Galli. NTU CCA Singapore also wishes to thank our collaborators IHME Helsinki, and PUB Singapore’s National Water Agency at Marina Barrage.</p>
14 - 23 January 2022
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<em>Non-Aligned</em> Film Programme: <em>Third Way / After Bandung</em>
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<p>This film programme was originally intended to be screened on-site in parallel with the exhibition <b><i>Non-Aligned</i></b>. During Singapore’s Circuit-Breaker period, selected films were available to be streamed on our website for limited periods of time, even after the Centre re-opened to the public on 27 June 2020. As of 18 August 2020, the Film Programme is being screened exclusively on site in the Single Screen, with limited capacity and physical distancing measures in place. NTU CCA Singapore gratefully acknowledges the collaboration of the curators, filmmakers, and distributors in making online screening possible during the global COVID-19 crisis.</p>
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<p>This programme features films that engage post-colonial processes covering different moments and geopolitical contexts. The Asian-African Conference in 1955, known as the Bandung Conference, amidst the complex processes of decolonization, established self-determination, non-aggression, and equality as part of the core values that then formed the Non-Aligned Movement. This history is unpacked and contextualised through this series of screenings.</p>
<p>Co-curated by writer and curator<span> </span><strong>Mark Nash</strong><span> </span>and film researcher <strong>Vladimir Seput</strong>.</p>
<p>Screening on loop during opening hours.</p>
<p><strong>Joris Ivens,<span> </span><em>Indonesia Calling,<span> </span></em>1946 <br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 22 min</p>
<p>This film shows the role trade union seaman and waterside workers in Sydney played in Indonesia’s independence struggle after World War II. Comprising different nationalities and races, they united together to prevent the departure of Indonesia-bound Dutch ships that carried weapons meant to bring the Indonesian National Revolution to a halt. The film seeks to distil aspects of the historical context of the events depicted in the film and gives insight to the major re-alignments in the relationship between Australia and Indonesia.</p>
<p>4 – 16 August 2020 (On loop in The Single Screen and also available online) <br /><strong>First conference of Non-Aligned Movement, 1961<br /></strong>Archive footage, colour, sound, 10 min 51 sec</p>
<p>Archive footage from the first conference of the 1961 Non-Aligned Movement,<em> </em>otherwise known as the Belgrade Conference, presenting historical events from the meeting. The inaugural conference was initiated by three key figures: Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia; Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt; and Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India. Attended by 25 countries from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the conference is a direct response to the division of sphere of influence settled between the major world forces after WWII and the Cold War, enabling members to independently formulate their own position in international politics.</p>
<p>18 – 23 August 2020 (On loop in The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Ousmane Sembène,<span> </span><em>Borom Sarret</em>, 1963<br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 18 min</p>
<p><em>Borom Sarret</em>, considered to be the first African film by a black African, is a portrayal of poverty and inequality in postcolonial Africa. It follows the daily life of a Dakar “borom sarret”, or cart driver in Wolof (a language of Senegal), who is constantly being taken advantage of by others. Feeling hopeless about his situation, he compares modern life to that of a working slave, imprisoned in a cycle of poverty. </p>
<p>Restored in 2013 by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project in association with Institut National de l’Audiovisuel and the Sembène Estate. Restoration work was carried out at Laboratoires Éclair and Cineteca di Bologna/L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory. Restoration funding provided by Doha Film Institute. </p>
<p><strong>Mikhail Kalatozov,<span> </span><em>I am Cuba (Soy Cuba)</em>, 1964<br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 141 min</p>
<p>Narrated by Raquel Ravuelta, a seminal figure in Cuban theatre, film, television and radio, as “The Voice of Cuba,”<span> </span><i>I am Cuba</i> follows four stories of Cubans during the Cuban Revolution. Maria works at a Havana nightclub; Pedro is a tenant farmer; Enrique, a young university student, is part of the intellectual resistance; and Mariano is a peasant who joins the rebel army. The script was co-authored by the Cuban novelist Enrique Pineda Barnet and the Soviet poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.</p>
<p>25 – 30 August 2020 (Every hour in The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Ousmane Sembène,<span> </span><em>Black Girl (La noire de… ),<span> </span></em>1966 <br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 60 min</p>
<p>The film chronicles Senegal’s first years of independence by following a young ambitious woman, Diouana, who moves to the French Riviera with a bureaucrat and his wife who return to France after working in Dakar. Originally hired as the family nanny, she becomes enslaved as a maid in France. A human drama and a radical political statement, <em>Black Girl</em> critiques the enduring colonial mind-set of a supposedly postcolonial world. <em>Black Girl</em> was Ousmane Semb<strong>è</strong>ne’s first feature film and the first black African feature film which screened at Cannes. It alsowon the Prix Jean Vigo and top prize at the Carthage Film Festival. </p>
<p>Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Film Foundation. <br />Restored by Cineteca di Bologna/ L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory, in association with the Sembène Estate, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, INA, Eclair laboratories and the Centre National de Cinématographie. Restoration funded by The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project. </p>
<p>1 – 6 September 2020 (12pm, 1.45pm, 3.30pm, 5.15pm in The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Tomás Gutiérrez Alea,<span> </span><em>Memories of Underdevelopment,<span> </span></em>1968<br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 97 min</p>
<p>The film’s narrative, based on the novel <em>Inconsolable Memories</em> by Edmundo Desnoes, is presented through the lens of Sergio, a wealthy bourgeois aspiring writer, during the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs Invasion. His family decides to retreat to Miami during the turmoil of social changes. The film is interspersed with real-life documentary footage of protest and political events in which Sergio’s life and personal relationship unfolds. As the threat of foreign invasion looms over Sergio, his desire for companionship also intensifies. </p>
<p>Restored by the Cineteca di Bologna at L’ Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in association with Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC). Restoration funded by the George Lucas Family Foundation and The Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project.</p>
<p>8 – 20 September 2020 (12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.30pm, 5.45pm in The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Želimir Žilnik,<span> </span><em>Early Works (Rani Radovi)</em>, 1969<br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 58 min</p>
<p><span lang="en-gb">Winner of the Golden Berlin Bear Award at the 19<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Berlin International Film Festival,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Early Works (Ravi Radovi) </i>focuses on the June 1968 student demonstrations in Belgrade, as well as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="en">Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in the same year. Both incidents happened<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span lang="en-gb">against an international backdrop of student protests, political movements and anti-colonial struggles<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>around<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the world. In the film, three young men and a girl called Yugoslava attempt to start a revolution in the countryside after being inspired by the early writings by Karl Marx, but are unsuccessful.</span></p>
<p>8 – 20 September 2020<strong> </strong>(In The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Želimir Žilnik,<span> </span><em>Shorts: Black Film (Cri Film)</em>, 1971</strong><br />16 mm transferred to digital file, b&w, sound, 14 min</p>
<p><span lang="en">An example of the Yugoslav Black Wave, the film movement in Yugoslavia in the 1960s to 1970s,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span lang="en-gb">Shorts: Black Film (Cri Film)</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="en-gb"> </span></span><span lang="en-gb">is a spontaneous effort by Žilnik to highlight socio-political issues. In the wee hours, he approaches six homeless men<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>on the streets of Novi Sad.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Žilnik<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>interviews them and allows them to sleep over at his home. Over the next few days, he speaks to members of the public, social workers,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and the police, but nobody is able to offer any solutions.</span> </p>
<p><strong>Karpo Godina,<em><span> </span>Litany of Happy People (Zdravi ljudi za razonodu)</em>, 1971</strong> <br />35mm transferred to digital file, colour, sound, 15 min</p>
<p>The <em>Litany of Happy People </em>is a song-film about the diverse group of people living harmoniously in rural Vojvodina, an autonomous province of Serbia known for its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic identity. The film presents families with multi-ethnic backgrounds, standing in front of their seemingly similar but colourful rural houses. The film won numerous awards at short film festivals.</p>
<p><strong>Karpo Godina,<em> About Art of Love or a Film with 14441 Frames (O ljubavnim veštinama ili film sa 14441 kvadratom)</em>, 1972</strong> <br />Colour, sound, 10 min</p>
<p>This film presents an almost journalistic report of the female textile workers and male military soldiers in the Macedonian village of Stip. Interwoven with military footage and shots of the village, the alternating scenes present the two groups in proximity, while being completely isolated. The film went through a thorough restoration process in 2016 and was shown at the 30th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, Italy. </p>
<p>22 – 27 September 2020 (12pm, 1.30pm, 3pm, 4.30pm, 5.45pm in The Single Screen)<br /><strong>Isaac Julien,<span> </span><em>Frantz Fanon: Black Skin White Mask</em>, 1995<br /></strong>35mm transferred to digital file, colour, sound, 70 min</p>
<p>This film interrogates the life and work of Frantz Fanon, a highly influential anti-colonial writer, civil rights activist, and psychoanalytic theorist from Martinique. The docudrama is interspersed with archival footage of Fanon as well as interviews with family members and colleagues. Reflecting on the black body and its representations, the film is rooted in the black arts movement in Britain and North America.</p>
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<em>Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks.</em>
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<p>Collaborative and experimental by nature, <em>Free Jazz III </em>builds upon its past iterations by activating and challenging common understandings of exhibition-making and the use of space. Sound walks. Machines listen. We are living through unusual times. </p>
<p>As the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore approaches a major transformation away from a permanent exhibition space in early 2021, <em>Free Jazz III</em> continues to explore the possibilities of an international research centre for contemporary art, featuring many artists who have been part of NTU CCA Singapore’s exhibitions, residencies, and programs since 2013, when the Centre presented <em>Free Jazz</em> as its inaugural event. The project began as a form of inquiry and an active tool to generate new possibilities for conceptualizing and programming an art institution. <em>Free Jazz III </em>convenes diverse projects united by themes of adaptation via masterful improvisation, trans-mediatic pivots, and the conscious renegotiation of our relationships to nature, technology, and each other. The disparate components of <em>Free Jazz III </em>explore the elements of dissonance, resistance, and innovation embedded in its musical namesake and the ability for sound and art to transcend physical and social distance. Embracing sound and walking as two powerful ways to overcome distance and bring people together, <em>Free Jazz III </em>comprises projects that can take place in non-gallery spaces, independently, asynchronously, or in purposeful syncopation with the present moment, reflecting on the past and looking forward to the future. </p>
<p>Admission to all programmes and events is free.</p>
<p><strong><span><a href="http://ntu.ccasingapore.org/events/sound-walks/"><em>Sound. Walks.</em></a></span><br />January–March 2021 (On-site and online)</strong></p>
<p>Reflecting on the loss of physicality through increased virtual interactions as well as many histories of sound and walking, artists address common life and communality in times of social distancing. In this series of performative explorations of sound, music, and community building, reflections take the form of soundwalks, sonic wayfinding and other physical and aural experiences, offering multiple ways for the public to actively witness, listen and participate, both remotely and on-site. Soundwalks by <strong>Tini Aliman</strong> (Singapore), <strong>Christa Donner</strong> and <strong>Andrew S Yang</strong> (United States), and <strong>Diana Lelonek </strong>(Poland) and <strong>Denim Szram</strong> (Poland/Switzerland) are propelled by sonic outputs of nature. Storytelling, correspondence, and the impossibility of direct communication factor into projects by <strong>Cheryl Ong</strong> (Singapore), <strong>Ana Prvački</strong> (Romania/Germany) in collaboration with <strong>Joyce Bee Tuan Koh</strong> (Singapore) and <strong>Galina Mihaleva </strong>(Bulgaria/Singapore), and <strong>Vivian Wang</strong> (Singapore/Switzerland). Sound, history, culture, and space overlap and intertwine in works by <strong>Arahmaiani </strong>(Indonesia) and <strong>Jimmy Ong</strong> (Singapore),<strong> bani haykal</strong> (Singapore) and <strong>Lee Weng Choy </strong>(Malaysia),<strong> Reetu Sattar</strong> (Bangladesh), and<strong> anGie Seah</strong> (Singapore).</p>
<p><em>Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks. </em>is curated by <strong>Magdalena Magiera</strong> (Germany/Singapore), NTU CCA Singapore Curator, Education and Outreach, and <strong>Dr Karin Oen</strong> (United States/Singapore), NTU CCA Singapore Deputy Director, Curatorial Programmes</p>
<p><strong><span><a href="http://ntu.ccasingapore.org/events/under-the-skin/"><em>Under the Skin</em></a><br /></span>1 December 2020 – 31 January 2021 (Online)</strong></p>
<p>World premiere and special performance<br />1 December 2020, 7pm SGT</p>
<p>This trio of performative works by artists <strong>George Chua </strong>(Singapore), <strong>Nina Djekić </strong>(Slovenia/Singapore/Netherlands), and <strong>Noor Effendy Ibrahim </strong>(Singapore) engages with sound, bodily movements, and performance. These new pieces are cinematically translated into the medium of video by filmmaker <strong>Russell Morton</strong> (Singapore) and viewed online, acknowledging the curatorial premise that, “the pandemic has pushed us into a space of dramatic convergence—where a deep tech, hyper-connected future collides with social political unrest,” in both the work itself and the medium in which it is presented.</p>
<p><em>Under the Skin</em> is curated for <em>Free Jazz III </em>by artist <strong>Cheong Kah Kit </strong>(Singapore) as part of <a href="https://www.novelwaysofbeing.sg/"><em>Proposals for Novel Ways of Being</em></a>, a united response to the changes brought about by COVID-19 hosted by twelve Singapore arts institutions, initiated by the National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum.</p>
<p><strong>Partner programmes:</strong></p>
<p><strong><span><a href="https://machinelistening.exposed/curriculum/"><em>Machine Listening, a curriculum</em></a></span><br />From October 2020 (Online)</strong></p>
<p>Expanded collaborations and explorations of curatorial spaces also took form in support of <em>Machine Listening, a curriculum</em> instigated by Melbourne-based <strong>Liquid Architecture</strong>. This evolving online resource, comprising existing and newly commissioned writing, interviews, music and artworks is a new investigation and experiment in collective learning around the emergent field of machine listening. It premiered with three online sessions open to all as part of <span><a href="https://www.unsound.pl/en/intermission"><em>Unsound 2020: Intermission</em></a></span>, an experimental sound festival in Krakow, Poland. NTU CCA Singapore and Liquid Architecture will convene another collaborative online session open to the public in early 2021.</p>
<p><em>Machine Listening, a curriculum </em>is curated by <strong>Sean Dockray</strong>, <strong>Dr James Parker</strong>, and <strong>Joel Stern </strong>(all Australia).</p>
<p>Visit the evolving<span> </span><span><a href="https://machinelistening.exposed/curriculum/">open source curriculum</a></span><span> </span>and the recorded Unsound sessions:</p>
<p><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddnvR7IGpes">(Against) the coming world of listening machines</a></span><br /><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM5SVoMBnKI&t=2935s">Lessons in How (Not) to be Heard</a></span><br /><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuNmI9Xdgpo&t=7795s">Listening with the Pandemic</a></span></p>
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<p><span><em><strong>Sollum</strong><strong> Swaramum<br /></strong></em></span><strong>26 February 2021, 7.30 – 9.00pm</strong><strong><br />On-Site at Blk 43 Malan Road</strong></p>
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<p>Presented in collaboration with The Arts House’s Poetry with Music series, the 4th edition of<span> </span><em>Sollum Swaramum</em>, brings together musicians <strong>Ramesh Krishnan</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Mohamed Noor</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Munir Alsagoff</strong><span> </span>in exploration of the synergies between music and text, with devised and improvised texts based on the work of Tamil literary stalwarts<span> </span><strong>P Krishnan</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Ma Ilangkannnan</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Rama Kannabiran</strong>. These newly devised texts are written by<span> </span><strong>Harini V</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Ashwinii Selvarai</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Bharathi Moorthiappan</strong>, performed by<span> </span><strong>Sivakumar Palakrishnan</strong>, and art direction by<span> </span><strong>Laura Miotto</strong>.</p>
<p>Curated by Magdalena Magiera, Curator, Outreach and Education, and Dr. Karin Oen, Deputy Director, Curatorial Programmes, NTU CCA Singapore. </p>
<p><em>Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks.</em><span> </span>presented in partnership with Proposals for Novel Ways of Being, The Arts House, Liquid Architecture, as part of Singapore Art week, supported by National Arts Council.</p>
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<em>Free Jazz</em>
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<em>Free Jazz</em><span>, NTU CCA Singapore’s inaugural programme brings together artists, curators, art critics and scholars to imagine and contribute to the thinking and envisioning of the potentials for this new Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore. As the title suggests, </span><em>Free Jazz</em><span> is about improvisation, the ability to listen, to respond and engage into a less prescribed and controlled environment. Improvisation stands for a form of inquiry that can become an active tool to generate new possibilities for conceptualising and programming art institutions. </span><em>Free Jazz </em><span>at NTU CCA Singapore presents a series of paired presentations and juxtaposes different approaches into a single platform as a playful way to encourage conversational and performative interactions that can take spontaneous, fluid, unplanned moves.</span>
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Ideas Fest 2020
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<p>NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and the New Museum are pleased to announce participants and collaborators for the second edition of the<span> </span><strong>NTU CCA Ideas Fest</strong>,<span> </span><strong>IdeasCity Singapore</strong>, guest-curated by IdeasCity, taking place in Singapore and across Southeast Asia from February 15 to 22, 2020.</p>
<p>Building upon the NTU CCA Singapore’s research theme<span> </span><em>Climates. Habitats. Environments.</em><span> </span>and IdeasCity’s exploration of the role of art and culture beyond the walls of the museum, IdeasCity Singapore’s residency and public program will examine the urgency of solidarity structures in negating climate change and its impact on Southeast Asia and communities worldwide.</p>
<p>Twenty practitioners have been selected from an international open call for the residency program at the NTU CCA Singapore to develop independent research at the intersection of art and ecology. Throughout the residency, participants will engage in workshops and lectures presented by local artists, practitioners, and community leaders<span>, including </span><strong>Heman Chong</strong><span>, </span><strong>Lynette Chua</strong><span>, </span><strong>Drama Box</strong><span>, </span><strong>Charles Lim</strong><span>, </span><strong>Zarina Muhammad</strong><span>, and </span><strong>Post-Museum</strong><span>, along with organizations such as </span><strong>New Naratif</strong><span>, </span><strong>The Projector</strong><span>, </span><strong>Singapore Community Radio</strong><span>, </span><strong>soft/WALLS/studs</strong><span>, and </span><strong>The Substation</strong><span>.</span><br /><br /></p>
<p>Residency Fellows include:<span> </span><strong>Francisco Brown</strong><span> </span>(United States),<span> </span><strong>Jane Chang Mi<span> </span></strong>(United States),<strong><span> </span>Kar-men Cheng<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Lingying Chong<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Chloe C. Chotrani<span> </span></strong>(Philippines/Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Calvin Chua<span> </span></strong>(Singapore), <strong>Fataah T. Dihaan</strong><span> </span>(United States),<span> </span><strong>ila<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Heider Ismail<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Lily Kwong</strong><span> </span>(United States),<span> </span><strong>Clarissa Ai Ling Lee<span> </span></strong>(Malaysia),<strong><span> </span>Michelle Lai<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Kwan Q Li<span> </span></strong>(Hong Kong),<strong><span> </span>Angela Mayrina<span> </span></strong>(Indonesia/United Kingdom),<strong><span> </span>John Kenneth Paranada<span> </span></strong>(Philippines/United Kingdom),<strong><span> </span>Patricia Sayuri<span> </span></strong>(Japan/Brazil),<strong><span> </span>Pen Sereypagna</strong><span> </span>(Cambodia),<span> </span><strong>Shahmen Suku<span> </span></strong>(Singapore/Australia),<strong><span> </span>Ruby Thiagarajan<span> </span></strong>(Singapore),<strong><span> </span>Dat Vu<span> </span></strong>(Vietnam), <strong>Nikan Wasinondh (Bow) </strong>(Thailand) and<strong> Jason Wee<span> </span></strong>(Singapore). For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.ideas-city.org/">http://www.ideas-city.org</a>.<br /><br /></p>
<p>On February 22, 2020 at NTU CCA Singapore, IdeasCity Singapore will present and broadcast a series of dialogues between local and international artists and community leaders on topics including food sovereignty (<b>Angela Dimayuga</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><b>Emeka Ogboh</b>), underground archives (<b>Heman Chong</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><b>Monica Narula</b><span> </span>of Raqs Media Collective), image and power (<b>Ho Rui An</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><b>Shumon Basar</b>), ecofeminism (<b>Marwa Arsanios</b>), and traces of migration (<b>Kunlé Adeyemi</b>,<span> </span><b>Eleena Jamil</b>,<span> </span><b>Bouchra Khalili<span> </span></b>and<span> </span><b>Alfian Sa’at</b>). A sequence of debate circles will examine the roles of solidarity and speculation in addressing climate injustice, featuring interdisciplinary perspectives from speakers such as<span> </span><b>Becca D’Bus</b>,<span> </span><b>Kirsten Han</b>,<span> </span><b>Prasoon Kumar</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><b>Zarina Muhammad</b>.</p>
<p>Workshops and conversations facilitated by Bakudapan Food Study Group and a presentation of new VR work by artist<span> </span><b>Rindon Johnson</b><span> </span>will invite select audiences to engage directly with artists envisioning pathways to equitable and sustainable futures. The programme will also feature screenings, showings, and remarks by performance artist<span> </span><b>ila</b><span> </span>and Digital Minister of Taiwan,<span> </span><b>Audrey Tang</b>.</p>
<p>Responding to the context of climate crisis, in which artists, activists, and scholars around the world are working today, IdeasCity Singapore will include a series of programmes across Southeast Asia in collaboration with<span> </span><strong>The Forest Curriculum</strong><span> </span><strong>and </strong><strong>Nomina Nuda (Los Baños, Philippines)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Malaysia Design Archive (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>House of Natural Fiber (Yogyakarta, Indonesia)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>The Land (Chiang Mai, Thailand)</strong>, <strong>Sàn Art (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Harvard’s Graduate School of Design</strong><span> </span><strong>(Boston, United States)</strong>.</p>
<p>Facilitated by IdeasCity and workshopped at NTU CCA Singapore with an advisory council of Singaporean community members whose work exemplifies equitable practices, a community agreement was developed that details best practices for achieving an accountable, sustainable, and authentic collaboration in Singapore.<br /><br /><strong><u>Programme on 22 February 2020</u></strong><span> </span><br />10.00am<br />Start and Finish by<span> </span><b>Ute Meta Bauer</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Vere van Gool</strong><br />10.15am<br />Dialogues by<span> </span><strong>Shumon Basar</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Ho Rui An</strong><span> </span>on capitalism and the extreme self<br />11.00am<br />Lecture by<span> </span><strong>Kirsten Han</strong><span> </span>on emergent medias and speech<br />11.20am<br />Film screening by<span> </span><strong>ila</strong><br />12.00pm<br />Presentation by<span> </span><strong>Heman Chong</strong><span> </span>on archives as commons<br />12.15pm<br />Lecture Screening by<span> </span><strong>Marwa Arsanios</strong><span> </span>on ecofeminism and community<br />1.00pm<br />Presentation by<span> </span><strong>Monica Narula</strong><span> </span>on submarine horizons<br />1.30pm<br />Performance by<span> </span><strong>Radha</strong><span> </span>“Midnight Masala”<br />1.55pm<br />Hologram lecture by<span> </span><strong>Audrey Tang</strong><br />2.00pm<br />Conversation between<span> </span><strong>Becca D’Bus</strong><span> </span>and Fellows on solidarity with nature<br />3.00pm<br />Discussion by<span> </span><strong>Shumon Basar</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Heman Chong</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Vere van Gool</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Charles Lim</strong>, and<span> </span><strong>Zarina Muhammad</strong><span> </span>on sovereignty and indigenous contexts<br />4.00pm<br />Lecture by<span> </span><strong>Emeka Ogboh</strong><span> </span>on food diasporas<br />4.15pm<br />Reading by<span> </span><strong>Alfian Sa’at</strong><span> </span>on the poetics of migration<br />4.30pm<br />Presentations by<span> </span><strong>House of Natural Fiber</strong><span> </span>and the<span> </span><strong>Land Foundation</strong><span> </span>on strategies for combatting climate change<br />5.00pm<br />Video Presentation by<span> </span><strong>Angela Dimayuga</strong><span> </span>on culture and cookbooks<br />5.10pm<br />Discussion by<span> </span><strong>Ute Meta Bauer</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Vanessa Ho</strong>, and<span> </span><strong>Prasoon Kumar</strong><span> </span>on trust networks and sustainability<br />6.00pm<br />Kitchen Mapping Workshop by<span> </span><strong>Bakudapan Food Study Group</strong><br />6.30pm<br />VR Demo by<span> </span><strong>Rindon Johnson</strong><span> </span>on speculative futures<br />7.00pm<br />Roundtable by Fellows<br />7.45pm<br />Live Music by<span> </span><strong>Bani Haykal</strong><br />8.00pm<br />Lecture Screenings by<span> </span><strong>Kunlé Adeyemi</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Eleena Jamil</strong>, and<span> </span><strong>Bouchra Khalili</strong><span> </span>on the poetics of migration<br />10.00pm<br />Start and Finish by<span> </span><strong>Ute Meta Bauer</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Vere van Gool<br /></strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>NTU CCA Ideas Fest 2020 is guest-curated by IdeasCity, New Museum, New York.<strong><br /></strong></p>
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<i>Why are they so afraid of a lotus?</i>
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“Speaking nearby” to the exhibition <i>Trinh T. Minh-ha. Films.,</i> this research presentation showcases the Wattis Institute’s year-long research season on Trinh’s multifaceted practice as a filmmaker, writer and theorist. What does the promise of “speaking nearby” rather than “speaking about” look like today? What are the politics of hospitality? What are the problematics of “post-feminism,” and how do we challenge the West as the authoritative subject of feminist knowledge? Expanding the discursive orbit of these questions, the presentation features projects by artists <b>Hồng-Ân Trương </b>(US) and <b>Genevieve Quick</b> (US), and is accompanied by the online convening <i>Mother Always Has a Mother</i>, a result of the ongoing research collaboration between NTU CCA Singapore, Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai), and the Wattis Institute. <br /><br />Conceived by <b>Kim Nguyen</b> (Canada/United States), Curator and Head of Programs, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Wattis), San Francisco.
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