21 Aug 2015, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmAndrea Nanetti will propose a different understanding of the maritime ‘heritage’ in terms of skills and knowledge. In the case of Allan Sekula’s work, he will show how the scholar and the artist approach to maritime…
6 Jun 2015, Sat 4:00pm - 6:00pmLai Chee Kien researches on histories of art, architecture, settlements, urbanism, and landscapes in Southeast Asia. His publications include A Brief History of Malayan Art (1999), Building Merdeka: Independence…
24 Apr 2015, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmBeginning with the Dalam series as a preface to Simryn Gill’s meditation on the Tanjong Pagar Railway Station (Guide to the Murals at Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Singapore) and its defunct Station Hotel — two…
27 Feb 2015, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmThe final talk of the Yang Fudong: Incidental Scripts Exhibition (de)Tour series will be conducted by Michelle Lim, a writer and curator based in New York and Singapore, and Assistant Professor at NTU School of Art,…
6 Feb 2015, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmThe second talk of the Exhibition (de)Tour series will be conducted by Ben Slater, a film critic and lecturer in Screen Writing and Narratives at NTU School of Art, Design and Media. Slater will explore Yang Fudong’s…
14 Jan 2015, Wed 7:00 - 8:30 pmBlock 43 Malan Road Seminar RoomJoin artist and writer Ho Rui An in this series of talks engaging participants in discussions on Yang’s works in the exhibition. Ho is the Singapore desk editor for ArtAsiaPacific and has…
10 Oct 2014, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmThe talk by Stefano Harney and Tonika Sealy relates directly to the ethos of their collective, Ground Provisions, which curates events around art as a political form ‘from below,’ with particular reference to the…
12 Sep 2014, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmEntitled Normative Genders and the Prose of the World, Petrus Liu’s exhibition tour will address theatricality as a political strategy to challenge gender boundaries. Liu will reflect on the relation between “acting”…
5 Sep 2014, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmMiguel Escobar Varela’s presentation will focus on the contemporary Javanese Wayang Kulit Shadow Puppetry and radical re-elaborations forms of this performance tradition.A public programme of Theatrical Fields: Critical…
29 Aug 2014, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pmAs a response to Theatrical Fields, Ming Wong will introduce his research on the Cantonese cinema history in Hong Kong, looking at how the arrival of Cinema influenced traditional Cantonese opera.A public programme…