The conference will feature presentations by Banu Cennetoglu (Visual Art), Didier Faustino (Architecture), Zak Kyes (Graphic Design), Okkyung Lee (Music), Kazuo Okanoya (Neuroscience), David Peace (Literature) and Yeoh Lam Keong (Economics).]]>
Banu Cennetoglu]]> Didier Faustino]]> Zak Kyes]]> Okkyung Lee]]> Kazuo Okanoya]]> David Peace]]> Yeoh Lam Keong]]> Akiko Miyake]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> CCA Kitakyushu]]> Poster]]> Southeast Asia]]>

The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context is conceived as an extension to Charles Lim’s SEA STATE project presented at the Singapore Pavilion and is in response to Okwui Enwezor’s curatorial theme for the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia: All the World’s Futures. It is organised by the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) under its Research & Education programme, which aims to connect academic research with other forms of knowledge production.

The programme is commissioned by the National Arts Council of Singapore (NAC).]]>
Thomas J. Berghuis]]> Carla Bianpoen]]> Doryun Chong]]> Heri Dono]]> Patrick D. Flores]]> Natasha Ginwala]]> Vincent J.F. Huang]]> Charles Lim]]> Mariano G. Montelibano III]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Jose Tence Ruiz]]> Eugene Tan]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Lee Weng Choy]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Geopolitics]]> Knowledge Production]]>
The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context is conceived as an extension to Charles Lim’s SEA STATE project presented at the Singapore Pavilion and is in response to Okwui Enwezor’s curatorial theme for the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia: All the World’s Futures. It is organised by the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) under its Research & Education programme, which aims to connect academic research with other forms of knowledge production.

The programme is commissioned by the National Arts Council of Singapore (NAC).]]>
Thomas J. Berghuis]]> Carla Bianpoen]]> Doryun Chong]]> Heri Dono]]> Patrick D. Flores]]> Natasha Ginwala]]> Vincent J.F. Huang]]> Charles Lim]]> Mariano G. Montelibano III]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Jose Tence Ruiz]]> Eugene Tan]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Lee Weng Choy]]> Postcard]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Geopolitics]]> Knowledge Production]]>
The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context is conceived as an extension to Charles Lim’s SEA STATE project presented at the Singapore Pavilion and is in response to Okwui Enwezor’s curatorial theme for the 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia: All the World’s Futures. It is organised by the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) under its Research & Education programme, which aims to connect academic research with other forms of knowledge production.

The programme is commissioned by the National Arts Council of Singapore (NAC).]]>
Thomas J. Berghuis]]> Carla Bianpoen]]> Doryun Chong]]> Heri Dono]]> Patrick D. Flores]]> Natasha Ginwala]]> Vincent J.F. Huang]]> Charles Lim]]> Mariano G. Montelibano III]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Jose Tence Ruiz]]> Eugene Tan]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Lee Weng Choy]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Capitalism]]> Globalisation]]> Labour]]> Oceans & Seas]]> Fish Story, to be continued, NTU CCA Singapore presents an international symposium that will mark a concluding point to the show and will highlight the continued relevance of Allan Sekula’s work and writings on the theme of globalisation and capitalism. The symposium will bring together art professionals who have collaborated with Allan Sekula across the years, as well as different researchers and artists who share a set of common interests with his work.The programme will focus on key themes underlying Allan Sekula’s practice including questions of critical realism in contemporary art, representation of labour as well as the vast topic of the sea.

The exhibition Fish Story, to be continued (3 July – 27 September 2015) brings together at NTU CCA Singapore core works of Allan Sekula’s research of the global maritime industry from the collections of Fond Regional d’art contemporain Bretagne, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York and Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21), Vienna. Curated by Ute Meta Bauer and Anca Rujoiu (NTU CCA Singapore), the exhibition introduces chapters from Fish Story (1988 – 1993) alongside two filmic extensions of the project, Lottery of the Sea (2006) and The Forgotten Space (2010), co-directed with the film theorist and director Nöel Burch.]]>
Hilde Van Gelder]]> Carles Guerra]]> Roger Buergel]]> Mercedes Vicente]]> Chung Chee Kit]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Charles Lim]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Anca Rujoiu]]> Asia]]> Europe]]> North America]]>
The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context, Part II, a symposium addressing the multiple notions of “Southeast Asia” and the various issues surrounding its borders, territories, dilemmas and anxieties. SEA STATE by artist Charles Lim Yi Yong, commissioned for the Singapore Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, explores the biophysical, political and psychic contours of Singapore and served as a point of departure for the symposium. Part I of the symposium took place in Venice, Italy during the opening days of the Biennale, and this second iteration will continue and deepen the discussions on the occasion of SEA STATE’s presentation at NTU CCA Singapore.

Southeast Asia, as a geographical region and conceptual category, is a contested entity shaped by diverse cultures and communities. The possibilities and uncertainties in this region – such as urban development, geopolitical relations, and anxieties surrounding national and regional identities – continue to pose unique social and political challenges.

The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context, Part II brings together an array of eminent speakers and respondents to address questions of contemporary art and culture through interdisciplinary approaches – considering bodies of water as cultural-territorial spaces in an exploration of rivers, land reclamation, sea ports, and nomadic communities. The conversations arising from this symposium offers insight into the Southeast Asian consciousness and how it informs the region’s evolving relationship with the wider world.

The symposium is organised by NTU CCA Singapore under its Research & Education programme, which aims to connect research based artistic practices with other forms of knowledge production. As a prelude to the symposium, NTU CCA Singapore will screen films by Thai artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul on 1 and 3 June 2016 to set up a “conversation” between two artist-filmmakers, Apichatpong and Charles Lim Yi Yong.]]>
Aihwa Ong]]> Michael M.J. Fischer]]> Donna Brunero]]> Joshua Comaroff]]> Seth Denizen]]> Gridthiya Gaweewong]]> Imran bin Tajudeen]]> Kristy H.A. Kang]]> Charles Lim]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Dr Wee Beng Geok]]> Professor C.J. Wee Wan-ling]]> Vivienne Wee]]> Poster]]> Southeast Asia]]>
The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context, Part II, a symposium addressing the multiple notions of “Southeast Asia” and the various issues surrounding its borders, territories, dilemmas and anxieties. SEA STATE by artist Charles Lim Yi Yong, commissioned for the Singapore Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, explores the biophysical, political and psychic contours of Singapore and served as a point of departure for the symposium. Part I of the symposium took place in Venice, Italy during the opening days of the Biennale, and this second iteration will continue and deepen the discussions on the occasion of SEA STATE’s presentation at NTU CCA Singapore.

Southeast Asia, as a geographical region and conceptual category, is a contested entity shaped by diverse cultures and communities. The possibilities and uncertainties in this region – such as urban development, geopolitical relations, and anxieties surrounding national and regional identities – continue to pose unique social and political challenges.

The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context, Part II brings together an array of eminent speakers and respondents to address questions of contemporary art and culture through interdisciplinary approaches – considering bodies of water as cultural-territorial spaces in an exploration of rivers, land reclamation, sea ports, and nomadic communities. The conversations arising from this symposium offers insight into the Southeast Asian consciousness and how it informs the region’s evolving relationship with the wider world.

The symposium is organised by NTU CCA Singapore under its Research & Education programme, which aims to connect research based artistic practices with other forms of knowledge production. As a prelude to the symposium, NTU CCA Singapore will screen films by Thai artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul on 1 and 3 June 2016 to set up a “conversation” between two artist-filmmakers, Apichatpong and Charles Lim Yi Yong.]]>
Aihwa Ong]]> Michael M.J. Fischer]]> Donna Brunero]]> Joshua Comaroff]]> Seth Denizen]]> Gridthiya Gaweewong]]> Imran bin Tajudeen]]> Kristy H.A. Kang]]> Charles Lim]]> Shabbir Hussain Mustafa]]> Dr Wee Beng Geok]]> Professor C.J. Wee Wan-ling]]> Vivienne Wee]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Architecture]]> Urbanism]]> CITIES FOR PEOPLE with the conference The Impossibility of Mapping (Urban Asia).

The conference extends what is presented spatially in the exhibition Incomplete Urbanism: Attempts of Critical Spatial Practice, and further engages with its key themes through cross dialogue and exchange between architects, artists, cultural producers and urban researchers. The conference will focus its discussions on (Southeast) Asia and its multiple modernities in relation to architecture, urban experimentation, planning, and development.

Responding to eminent architect William S. W. Lim’s provocation “Imagining the Unimaginable”, the conference commences with a keynote lecture by Professor Leon van Schaik, with a response by Dr Lilian Chee, on Monday, 14 November 2016. The keynote lecture is co-presented with the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) as part of the URA Speakers Series.

A two-day conference continues on 25 and 26 November with panels chaired by Asian Urban Lab and William S. W. Lim, Roger Nelson and Dr Etienne Turpin, and featuring presentations by 17 speakers who are active in the fields of architecture and urban studies.

The programme includes a tour of the exhibition by Shirley Surya, and hosts the Singapore premier of Christopher Rompré’s film The Man Who Built Cambodia.]]>
Larry Ng]]> Khim Ong]]> Leon van Schaik]]> Lilian Chee]]> Shirley Surya]]> William S. W. Lim]]> Tan Dan Feng]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Koon Wee]]> Eunice Seng]]> Sacha Kagan]]> Jeremy Chia]]> Constance Singam]]> Kwok Kian Woon]]> Sharon Siddique]]> Alvin Tan]]> Roger Nelson]]> Chomchon Fusinpaiboon]]> Pen Sereypagna]]> Thanavi Chotpradit]]> Simon Soon]]> Etienne Turpin]]> Giovanni Dessy Austriningrum]]> Hong Phuc Dang]]> Christina Leigh Geros]]> Nashin Mahtani]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Cities for People NTU CCA Ideas Fest 2016/17 Public Summit]]> Urbanism]]> CITIES FOR PEOPLE is the pilot edition of the annual NTU CCA Ideas Fest, a platform to catalyse critical exchange of ideas and encourage thinking “out of the box”. It is a bottom-up approach linking the artistic and academic community with grassroots initiatives. This pilot edition expands artistic interventions and engages contemporary issues such as air, water, food, environment, and social interaction in connection to artistic and cultural fields, academic research, and design applications.

The 10-day programme, coinciding with Singapore Art Week 2017 and Art After Dark at Gillman Barracks, comprises a conglomerate of performances, public installations, participatory projects and social experiment, urban farming initiatives, public dialogues, and a variety of workshops. It cumulates in a three-day summit that brings together a prominent group of architects, theorists, researchers, curators, and community groups to discuss and exchange ideas about urbanism, modes of exchange, critical spatial practice, and to envision a future city. CITIES FOR PEOPLE offers a platform to contemplate the possibilities for our shared space, reformulate our demands accordingly, and project solutions and desires for the future.

CITIES FOR PEOPLE, borrowing the title from a book by eminent Singapore architect William S. W. Lim published in 1990, expands on some of the ideas Lim developed, particularly in relation to tropical environments and recycling, as well as his call for a humanistic architecture. Organised on the occasion of the exhibition Incomplete Urbanism: Attempts at Critical Spatial Practice, this event is an invitation to share and engage in cooperative projects and collective experiences that critically reflect on current challenges in urban and social development.

Ideas Fest Concept: Ute Meta Bauer
Curators of CITIES FOR PEOPLE NTU CCA Ideas Fest 2016/17
Ute Meta Bauer and Khim Ong

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Ute Meta Bauer]]> Khim Ong]]> Southeast Asia]]>
The Current Convening #2 in numerous locations on the occasion of the opening of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016.

The Current is an exploratory fellowship program based in the Pacific. Working collaboratively across disciplines, the program merges the diverse approaches of deeply committed practitioners, collectively conceptualizing ways to address climate change and environmental violence to the oceans. Expeditions aboard the Dardanella research vessel are followed by Convenings in which the investigations of the Expedition leaders and participants can be shared with an audience. The Convening #2 is profoundly dedicated to the oceans, taking poetic approaches to currents and flows of water across cultures. Please join us for three days of structured conversations, workshops, performances, talks, and screenings convened by The Current Expedition leaders Ute Meta Bauer and Cesar Garcia and TBA21-Academy curator Stefanie Hessler. Organized by Markus Reymann.]]>
Francesca von Habsburg]]> Daniela Zyman]]> Markus Reyman]]> Stefanie Hessler]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Cesar Garcia]]> Joan Jonas]]> Amar Kanwar]]> Davor Vidas]]> Natasha Ginwala]]> Ravi Agarwal]]> Nabil Ahmed]]> Filipa Ramos]]> Christopher Myers]]> The Propeller Group]]> Jana Winderen]]> Jamie Y. Shi]]> Sharmistha Mohanty]]> Ritu Sharin]]> Tenzing Sonam]]> Jegan Vincent de Paul]]> Vivek Vilasini]]> TJ Demos]]> Ho Rui An]]> Charles Lim]]> Anthony Acciavatti]]> D. Graham Burnett]]> Aveek Sen]]> Shanay Jhaveri]]> Clémentine Deliss]]> Southeast Asia]]>