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>
<p>Registration and tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite.<br /><br /></p>
<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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Ana Prvački in collaboration with Joyce Bee Tuan Koh and Galina Mihaleva <i>Mouthful (masked duet)</i>
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How to breathe deeply and sing expressively in this moment when the mouth and nose embody danger? How to have pleasure in music when in its essences it is airborne and moist? <br /><br />Let us return power and agency to the mouth and voice while still protecting ourselves and others. Let us express our emotions freely into the air that we all share. The <i>Mouthful</i> mask is both conceptual and practical. It exposes the breath and gives us an earful and eyeful of air. <i>Mouthful</i> projects a new sound which follows the guidelines of our time while it overcomes and embraces the obstacles we face with poetry and humor. <br /><br /><i>Mouthful</i> is conceived by Ana Prvački, produced and manifested by Galina Mihaleva and activated by Reginald Jalleh and Zerlina Tan with original music by Joyce Bee Tuan Koh. A transdisciplinary, collaborative work, Mouthful is realized with two performative activations and as an installation and sound work in The Vitrine at NTU CCA Singapore, Block 43 Malan Road.
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<i>Loose Leaves. Process, materials, sounds from Listen to my words</i> by Dana Awartani
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By disclosing rarely-seen preparatory drawings, sketches, and embroidery tests from the artist’s archive, <i>Loose Leaves</i> offers an intimate foray into the process of making <i>Listen to my words</i> (2018). An immersive installation by Dana Awartani, <i>Listen to my words<i> combines hand-embroidered silk panels and recordings of Arabic poems recited by modern-day Saudi women to confront issues of silencing, invisibility, and gendered divisions of space deeply entrenched in the cultural fabric of the Middle East. <br /><br />Drawn from the significant but scarcely documented tradition of female poets in the Arab world from the pre-Islamic era to the 12th century, the poems selected by the artist express feelings of love, yearning, and pride. They relay modes of awareness, stances of resistance, and acts of empowerment often centred on the female body. <br /><br />The distinct visual language articulated by the geometric patterns—bearers of sacred values in Islamic culture—references the ornamental motifs found on <i>jali</i> (or <i>mashrabiya</i>), lattice screens used in traditional Islamic architecture to control the circulation of air and light as well as to shield women from the male gaze. <br /><br />Presented alongside the original audio recording, <i>Loose Leaves</i> layers a selection of preparatory studies in the enclosed space of The Vitrine to provide a glimpse of the subtle negotiations that inform Awartani’s creative journey across different techniques and materials. </i></i>
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<i>along waves of gravity –a solidar y of holes</i> by Kin Chui
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Envisioned in 1956 by Indonesian artist Iljas Hussein*, <i>along waves of gravity –a solidar y of holes</i> was to be a monument to the short-lived Principal Liaison Centre (PLC) established in Singapore in 1926. Pivotal in the international surge of anti-colonial struggles, the PLC was a point of liaison between the 3rd International and the region and it was meant to serve as an organ for the amplification of the voices of the marginalised and the oppressed. <br /><br />At the Asian-African Conference held in Bandung in 1955, Hussein was entrusted with the task of imagining a monument that encapsulated the spirit of the PLC. One year later, he presented the idea for <i>along waves of gravity –a solidar y of holes:</i> a triangulation of holes strategically placed across the island that would gather and continuously echo the voices uttered into them. Inspired by theories of general relativity and topological properties of continuous deformation, Hussein’s design articulates, spatially as well as acoustically, an anti-monumentalist stance. Rather than asserting an univocal shape, the monument retreats into the ground as a series of interconnected and shapeshifting vessels which reverberate and transform sound waves throughout time. Hussein kept experimenting with these ideas until his death in 1989 but, due to its scale and technical complexity, his visionary project remained unbuilt. The surviving renderings and audio experiments of the unrealised monument are now displayed in The Vitrine. <br /><br />* Iljas Hussein is a fictional artist conceived by Kin Chui. The name is one of the many aliases used by Tan Malaka (1897 –1949), an influential revolutionary thinker and fighter in the political struggles for Indonesia’s independence. Specifically, this alias was used to pen Malaka’s magnum opus <i>Madilog</i> (1943), the Indonesian acronym for <i>Materialisme Dialektika Logika (Materialism Dialectics Logics)</i>.
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<i>Viva<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">r</span>i<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">u</span>m (wii fl∞w w/ l4if but t4k£ ø forms, ♥) </i>by Fyerool Darma
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Engaging The Vitrine as a site imbricated with complex histories and practices of display, Fyerool Darma complicates our understanding of Telok Blangah, the area where Gillman Barracks is located and where the artist recently moved, through objects found or acquired, deconstructed and reoriented by the artist and his collaborators. <br /><br /><i>Viva<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">r</span>i<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">u</span>m (wii fl∞w w/ l4if but t4k£ ø f0rms,♥)</i> is an exercise in four parts. Identified through keywords caches on internet-based community marketplaces and by skimming through nearby shops, the items are representations of the artist’s movements and encounters around Telok Blangah and of the possible future of the area: from its literal meaning of “cooking pot” to the forthcoming “Greater Southern Waterfront” development plan. Three items will be placed in The Vitrine, one at a time, with a monthly cadence and each accession will be captured in the Highlights section of the artist’s Instagram account (@fdarma). <br /><br />Asking questions such as: What is Telok Blangah? And, more importantly if objects are to be taken as registers of the site: Where exactly is Telok Blangah?, Fyerool’s <i>Viva<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">r</span>i<span style="text-decoration:line-through;">u</span>m (wii fl∞w w/ l4if but t4k£ ø f0rms,♥)</i> encapsulates an object-based index of the area wherein the items slide like cursors along intricate trajectories and the realms of the physical and digital, the archive and the display, are merged.
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<i>Landscape Series #1</i>, 2013 by Nguyen Trinh Thi
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Interested in the idea of landscapes as a quiet witness to history, artist Nguyen Trinh Thi collects and compilates hundreds of images in which anonymous persons are portrayed pointing towards seemingly empty locations within a landscape. Taken by innumerable Vietnamese press photographers, figures are always captured in the same position, gesturing towards the landscape to indicate a past event, the location of something gone or something lost or missing. We are left with no information about the people and their specific thoughts or feelings, only their repetitious sameness of pointing towards an “evidence” within the silent landscape. <br /><br />The land bearing witness to the volatile transitions in our geo-political, cultural, and social systems questions the extent of which unsustainable and environmentally-taxing practices effect the environment. Does a landscape harbour ill-feelings towards events and circumstances that have caused it harm? And if it were to break its silence, what forgotten stories would it reveal? Rather than disregarding the land, Nguyen’s photographs suggest these environments contain a plethora of unspoken histories. <br /><br />Nguyen’s works are built upon and are often generative of one another. Parallel to this presentation, two of her films, <i>Vietnam the Movie</i> (2015) and <i>Fifth Cinema</i> (2018), will be on view in The Single Screen from 28 May – 9 June and 11 – 23 June respectively. This screening is part of the Centre’s Film Screening Programme: <i>Faces of Histories</i>, 14 May – 17 July 2019.
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<i>Semangat Kejiranan</i> by Izat Arif
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Interested in the contiguities and frictions between the natural and urban environment, <b>Izat Arif</b> has conducted experiential and erratic fieldwork in various landscapes in Singapore observing plants, soil, insects, and traces of human presence. This investigation is presented in The Vitrine as a form of a provisional “cabinet of essential items,” which contains a selection of the artist’s notes and drawings, research tools, and findings.
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<i>impasse to verbal</i> by Luca Lum
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Interested in the “semiotic thickness” of Geylang, an area located on the east-central side of Singapore where bustling street life, covert activities, information technologies, and data mining protocols are increasingly intertwined, Luca Lum has been observing the diffuse entanglements of bodies and surfaces, behaviours and networks that define contemporary urban life. <i>impasse to verbal</i> comes out from her continued engagement with the neighbourhood and from her speculations on the slippage between what things are, how they look, and what they do—which the artist defines as the play between description and disposition. <br /><br />The work is a visual assemblage that merges wall notices, official zoning maps, personal routes, and various extracts sampled from the urban landscape. Through an intricate interplay of stratifications and transparencies, it creates an imploded visual environment where information is simultaneously displayed and withdrawn, revealed and cloaked. Steeped in a pervasive blue glow reminiscent of the light of electronic devices, the signs are left to float and clash into leaky configurations that shatter conventional patterns of readability.
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<i>Creatif Compleks</i> by Michael Lee
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Developed during his residency at NTU CCA Singapore, <i>Creatif Compleks</i> (2018) is the culmination of <b>Michael Lee</b>’s reflection on the function of the artist’s studio within the arts ecology of a city. The work takes the form of a diagram about a hypothetical property development consisting of various configurations of the artist’s home/studio. The use of LED light strips, a popular fixture in advertising and interior design, alludes to latent apprehensions about the development and promotion of the arts in Singapore which today are, arguably, at a feverish pitch. Informed by myths and fantasies of artists in their studios, the work takes a speculative leap into the utopian and the absurd.
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<i>Speed Reading</i> by Sonya Lacey
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Confounding ordinary notions of legibility, the work of <b>Sonya Lacey</b> addresses the politics of communication by tampering with the concrete textures of language. Specifically conceived for The Vitrine, <i>Speed Reading</i> combines two bodies of work that put the sheer physicality of language to a test. <i>Headlines from The Straits Times</i> and <i>Solar Print Tests</i> (both 2017) result from a series of experiments, undertaken by the artist during her residency at NTU CCA Singapore, where she exposed newsprint paper to both sunlight and artificial light, while <i>Dilutions</i>, an earlier work from 2016, is a sculptural piece involving a movable metal typeface and the process of corrosion determined by lead oxide. Slowly warping over time, the material components entailed in the production and circulation of the written word, <i>Speed Reading</i> alters the boundaries of legibility and shakes the physical foundations of the transmission of knowledge.
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