Exhibition (de)Tour with Janice Loo, Associate Librarian, National Library Board; Fiona Tan, Assistant Archivist, National Archives Singapore; and Toh Hun Ping, artist, film researcher, and writer. Moderated by Khim Ong, Curator, Exhibitions, NTU CCA Singapore (Singapore)

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Topography]]> 24 Jun 2016, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Conversations revolving around ideas of Singapore’s landscape as conjured from various sources and viewpoints. The speakers will offer their own perspectives of Singapore’s landscapes, and anecdotes uncovered from various archives and researches, as well as recollect expunged and forgotten places and their inhabitants.

This Exhibition (de)Tour is part of Charles Lim Yi Yong: SEA STATE at NTU CCA Singapore.]]>
Fiona Tan (Singapore)]]> Janice Loo]]> Toh Hun Ping]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Topography]]> Urbanism]]> Ari Wulu]]> Migration]]> Urbanism]]> History]]> Topography]]> 28 Aug 2014, Thu 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Tiffany Chung’s work examines conflict, migration, urban progress and transformation in relation to history and cultural memory. It explores the geographical shifts in countries that were traumatized by war, human destruction or natural disaster. Whether Chung’s studies of the growth, decline or disappearance of towns and cities focus on urban development, environmental catastrophe or humanitarian crisis, her ethnographic research and interviews often play into her re-narrations of historical sites.

Chung’s map drawings layer different periods in history of devastated topographies, reflecting the impossibility of accurately creating cartographic representations of most places. Transgressing space and time, these works unveil the connection between imperialist ideology and vision of modernity. Her maps interweave historical and geologic events, spatial and sociopolitical changes with future predictions, revealing cartography as a discipline that draws on the realms of perception and fantasy as much as geography. Often incorporating international treaties with local histories, Chung’s work remaps memories that were denied in official records. Her mixed-media installations excavate layers of history, re-write chronicles of places, and create interventions into the spatial narratives produced through statecraft.]]>
Tiffany Chung]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Politics]]> History]]> Topography]]>
NTU CCA Singapore are pleased to present a talk and selected screenings of work by NTU CCA Singapore Artists-in-Residence Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor. Vatamanu & Tudor’s artistic practice spans diverse media including film, photography, painting, performance, and site-specific projects. Through their works, they confront the traumatic legacy of Communism in their native Romania and Eastern Europe, while wrestling with the ongoing challenge of how to process history. As part of their residency at NTU CCA Singapore so far they have taken a look at the surrounding environment of both the natural jungle-like environment and various constructions happening in Gillman Barracks to explore various social dynamics. Their work has been included in numerous international exhibitions including (selection): Untitled (12th Istanbul Biennial), Istanbul, 2012; Blind Spots, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, 2009; 5th Berlin Biennial, 52nd Venice Biennial, Romanian Pavilion, Venice, 2007. They have had solo exhibition at Extra City, Antwerp and the Graphisches Kabinett, Secession, Vienna, among others. Vatamanu and Tudor live and work in Bucharest.

After their talk, a conversation between the artists will be led by NTU CCA Singapore Curator, Exhibitions Anca Rujoiu.]]>
Mona Vatamanu]]> Florin Tudor]]> Video]]> Southeast Asia]]> Europe]]>
Topography]]> History]]> Mythology]]> Path. (2012 – ongoing), a body of work revolving around migration, movement, and belonging that reframes our existence by recasting our relationship to the past.]]> Boedi Widjaja]]> Asia]]> Topography]]> Urbanism]]> Sustainability]]> Calvin Chua]]> Southeast Asia]]> Topography]]> Urbanism]]> Chang Jiat Hwee]]> Jiat-Hwee Chang]]> Biodiversity]]> Botany]]> Ecology]]> Ecosystems]]> Topography]]> Nature]]> Against the developmental emphasis on order, cleanliness, and control, weeds are often singled out as plants that grow in the wrong place where they can flourish in spite of being unwanted. In their resistance against human impulses to control and manicure nature, weeds are regarded by the artist as a manifestation of the beauty and resilience of wilderness and chaos. By observing both the physiology and formal qualities of weeds, Chua plans to experiment with a variety of light-sensitive and other photographic techniques to capture their intricate beauty and frame their value for nature and society.]]> Chua Chye Teck]]> Photography]]> Southeast Asia]]> Artistic Research]]> Topography]]> How do I imagine being there?, realized in 2016 alongside an eponymous exhibition. Following the same train of thought, the research project for the residency is titled Being There or Life is a State of Mind, after the 1979 film by American director Hal Ashby. Losi intends to conduct a series of interviews with people from diverse disciplines, generations, and socioeconomic backgrounds asking them to describe a certain typology of place. Texts, drawings, and possibly a video will be created on the basis of the gathered materials.]]> Claudia Losi]]> Drawing]]> Performance]]> Southeast Asia]]> Archival Practice]]> History]]> Identity]]> Topography]]> Ways of Seeing]]> Knowledge Production]]> Fazleen Karlan]]> Southeast Asia]]>