Artistic Research]]> Architecture]]> Ways of Seeing]]> Cultural Heritage]]> 19 Mar 2016, Sat 2:00pm - 7:00pm
Studios, Blocks 37 & 38 Malan Road

Residencies: OPEN offers a rare insight into the often introverted sphere of the artists’ studio. Through showcasing discussions, performances, research and works-in-progress, Residencies: OPENprofiles the diversity of contemporary art practice and the divergent ways artists conceive artwork with the studio as a constant space for experimentation and contemplation.

Zul Mahmod, Block 37, Studio #01-01

Zul Mahmod’s (Singapore) practice investigates the aural architecture of spaces in order to explore the emotional, behavioural and visceral responses of its inhabitants. While in residence, Zul will explore the aural relationship between readymade sound sculptures and the architecture of space. Sonic characteristics, forms and textures of everyday objects will be examined in order to compose an orchestra of sonic sculptures.


Guo-Liang Tan, Block 37, Studio #01-03

How does one speak of abstraction and what can the abstract say? As part of his residency, Guo-Liang Tan (Singapore) has initiated a number of conversations with other artists, writers and curators around the operation of abstraction as an artistic strategy today. This panel will gather part of this ongoing investigation to situate abstraction beyond its usual formal discourse and reconsider its relevance to the fields of semiotics, socio-politics and phenomenology. Tan is a visual artist working primarily in painting and text. In his work, the painterly and the textual act as surfaces for performing affect that can conjure a haunting or a promise.

Moderated by Guo-Liang Tan, speakers include Dr Kevin Chua, art historian; Joleen Loh, Assistant Curator, National Gallery Singapore; and Ian Woo, artist.

Saleh Husein, Block 37, Studio #01-04
Saleh Husein’s (Indonesia) current research looks at Arabic descendants in Indonesia. This research crosses borders between art, politics, economy, and also science and centres around how they see themselves in the contemporary. Through themes of identity, transition and journeys, he is exploring the story of the Arabic society in Singapore, seeking artefacts and archives that look at the relationship and histories between the two groups from the perspective of its citizens. Husein will present new work developed whilst in residence at NTU CCA Singapore that considers the temporality and asynchrony of migration.

Zac Langdon-Pole, Block 38, Studio #01-05
Zac Langdon-Pole’s (New Zealand) work straddles cross-cultural experience and with it he seeks to investigate procedures of cultural exchange. The implications of such investigations are to reveal often overlooked, lyrical relationships between broader socio-cultural processes, objects, images and individual people. Langdon-Pole will present the film, Pieces of 8 (2015), which depicts a yellow canary bird in a cage. The film references the historical usage of canaries in mining, where they would accompany miners in a small cage, their death serving as a warning signal if conditions became unsafe to consider broader notions of danger or anxiety.

Dennis Tan, Block 38, Studio #01-07
Dennis Tan (Singapore) will present the work-in-progress construction of a traditional Indonesian Kolek sailboat. Through construction of the boat, Tan will investigate ideas of self-organisation and the transmission of skills and knowledge through generations of oral history in the Riau Archipelago and how this enables the continuity of cultural communities. Tan’s practice suspends conceptualism, tinkers with found objects and the environment as a gestural structure upon which the loop closes with the behaviour of its recipients. To date, this inclination sets the tone of his evolving practice.

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Zul Mahmod]]> Guo-Liang Tan]]> Saleh Husein]]> Zac Langdon-Pole]]> Dennis Tan]]> Kevin Chua]]> Joleen Loh]]> Ian Woo]]> Southeast Asia]]> Asia]]> Oceania]]>
Ways of Seeing]]> Materiality]]>
Contributors: Hilmi Johandi, Ian Woo
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan]]>
Hilmi Johandi]]> Ian Woo]]> Anna Lovecchio]]> Nadia Amalina]]> Ashwin Menon]]> Yuen Chee Wai]]> Podcast]]> https://www.buzzsprout.com/1845756/11152098-aircast-9-hilmi-johandi]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Artistic Research]]> Cultural Production]]> Hilmi Johandi]]> Ian Woo]]> Transcript]]> Southeast Asia]]> Modernity]]> Ian Woo]]> Southeast Asia]]> Artistic Research]]> Cultural Heritage]]> Performance]]>
Frustrated by how challenging it was to get reviews on art from Southeast Asia published in art magazines in Europe or the United States, Tony Godfrey started to write an illustrated weekly letter. Titled Tuesday in the Tropics, he emailed this letter to curators and friends in the United Kingdom. Over the course of the year, they have become more varied – sometimes reflective, sometimes descriptive, sometimes personal. Godfrey will read the first of these letters including his most recent (No. 40) along some of those from in between, while artist Ian Woo will provide a musical accompaniment.
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Tony Godfrey]]> Ian Woo]]> Video]]> Southeast Asia]]>
An Abstract, Speaking: A panel discussion by Artist-in-Residence Guo-Liang Tan

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Artistic Research]]> 19 Mar 2016, Sat 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Block 37 Malan Road, Studio #01-03

How does one speak of abstraction and what can the abstract say? As part of his residency at NTU CCA Singapore, Guo-Liang Tan has initiated a number of conversations with other artists, writers and curators around the operation of abstraction as an artistic strategy today. This panel will gather part of this ongoing investigation to situate abstraction beyond its usual formal discourse and reconsider its relevance to the fields of semiotics, socio-politics and phenomenology.

Moderator: Guo-Liang Tan Speakers: Dr Kevin Chua, art historian; Joleen Loh, Assistant Curator, National Gallery Singapore; and Ian Woo, artist

This panel discussion takes place as part of Residencies: OPEN during Art Day Out! at Gillman Barracks.]]>
Guo-Liang Tan]]> Tan Guo-Liang]]> Kevin Chua]]> Joleen Loh]]> Ian Woo]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Culture City. Culture Scape. Art, Urban Change, and the Public Sphere]]> Public Sphere]]> Urbanism]]> Geopolitics]]> Culture City. Culture Scape. is a public art education programme launched in 2017. A first of its kind in Singapore, the programme features a series of newly commissioned public art works by Dan Graham, Zulkifle Mahmod, Tomás Saraceno and Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA), nestled at Mapletree Business City II, and aims to bring the arts closer to the communities.

Conceived as a research presentation at NTU CCA Singapore’s The Lab, Art, Urban Change, and the Public Sphere engages with the making of the Public Art Trail at Mapletree Business City II in the context of Privately-Owned Public Spaces (POPS) together with other artistic and urban developments in Singapore. The works of the Public Art Trail by international renowned artists Dan Graham, Zulkifle Mahmod, Tomás Saraceno and Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA)are animated through augmented reality in a unique spatial setting. The presentation reflects on emerging discourses such as Future Asian Spaces or Art in the Public Sphere and situates the interconnectedness of cultural politics, urban developments and economic conditions in today’s Singapore. A same-titled Public Art Education Summit in October will reflect on the socio-poltical changes and challenges of Art in the Public Sphere with a focus on community engagement, social (corporate) responsibility, and new artistic approaches in an ever-expanding urban setting.

Contributors include: Lewis Biggs, Chairman, Institute for Public Art; Lilian Chee, Associate Professor & Deputy Head (academic), Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore; Connie Chester, Head of Research and Communication, Studio Tomás Saraceno; Heman Chong, artist; Speak Cryptic, artist; Priyageetha Dia, artist; Eileen Goh, Assistant Manager, Art-In-Transit; Jeremy Hiah, artist and founder, Your Mother gallery; Ruth Hogan, Studio Manager; Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA)Kevin Hsiu, Assistant Director, Liveable Cities; Eileen Lee, Manager, Corporate Communications, Mapletree Investments; Vincent Lee, Principal Architectural Assistant, Art-In-Transit; Samantha Lo/SKL0, artist; Zulkifle Mahmod, artist; Khim Ong, independent curator; Seelan Palay, artist and founder, Coda Culture; Aurel von Richthofen, Senior Researcher, Singapore-ETH Centre SEC; Regina de Rozario, PhD candidate, NTU ADM; Peter Schoppert, Managing Director, National University of Singapore Press; Mustafa Shabbir, Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore; Angela Tan, Assistant Director, Sector Development (Visual Arts), National Arts Council; Isaiah Tan, 3D Modeler; Ludovica Tomarchio, Research Assistant, Singapore-ETH Centre SEC; Ian Woo, artist; Robert Zhao, artist; Epigram Books; Lisson Gallery; DCA Architects,; Shma Company Limited,; Shimizu Corporation; and among others.]]>
Dan Graham]]> Zulkifle Mahmod]]> Tomás Saraceno]]> Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA)]]> Lewis Biggs]]> Lilian Chee]]> Connie Chester]]> Heman Chong]]> Speak Cryptic]]> Priyageetha Dia]]> Eileen Goh]]> Jeremy Hiah]]> Ruth Hogan]]> Kevin Hsiu]]> Eileen Lee]]> Vincent Lee]]> Samantha Lo/SKL0]]> Khim Ong]]> Seelan Palay]]> Aurel von Richthofen]]> Regina de Rozario]]> Peter Schoppert]]> Mustafa Shabbir]]> Angela Tan]]> Isaiah Tan]]> Ludovica Tomarchio]]> Ian Woo]]> Robert Zhao]]> Epigram Books]]> Lisson Gallery]]> DCA Architects]]> Shma Company Limited]]> Shimizu Corporation]]> Multimedia Installation]]> Southeast Asia]]>