Under the Skin

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Title

Under the Skin

Description

Under the Skin showcases the experimental practices of George Chua, Nina Djekić, and Noor Effendy Ibrahim, three artists who engage with sound, bodily movements, and performance to examine contemporary body and identity politics. Bringing together elements of performance, sound and visual art in response to the theme of Proposals for Novel Ways of Being, the artists have been commissioned to produce new work reflecting their own experiences of the sudden uncertainty and loss of normalcy during the global COVID-19 pandemic: abrupt shifts in social interaction and daily routines, confinement and physical limitations, adjustments, and reorientations to relationships. As we grapple with the uncertainties of the post-pandemic future, this radical moment of instability also calls upon us to reclaim our personal and collective consciousness, to nurture the resilience of our body and soul. How does a body compose itself and develop new vocabularies for articulation? What new sensorial and corporeal sensibilities can we locate and uncover?

While the current conditions of our lives also expose global fragilities and social divisions, this project draws mainly from the spaces, experiences and materialities of everyday life, where the effect of the pandemic is, perhaps, most potent and surreptitious. Attempting to reconcile ideas of tenderness in violence, Noor Effendy Ibrahim continues his on-going performance research to excavate inherent and latent memories within his own body through self-inflicted physical pain. Locating marginalised bodies and their everyday lived experiences via a mythical dance troupe, George Chua meditates on vulnerability and belief, contemplating our existential struggle on what it means to be human. Engaging with translations and memories within an constructed setting, Nina Djekić invites us to consider notions of intimacy via virtual spaces and proxy bodies.

The trio of performative works are cinematically translated into the medium of video by Singapore artist and filmmaker Russell Morton, and their videos presented online.

Under the Skin is curated by artist Cheong Kah Kit for NTU CCA Singapore’s Free Jazz III

Date

1 December 2020 - 28 March 2021

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Short Description

Under the Skin showcases the experimental practices of George Chua, Nina Djekić, and Noor Effendy Ibrahim, three artists who engage with sound, bodily movements, and performance to examine contemporary body and identity politics.

Programme Type

Audience

General

Location

Online

Collaboration

Yes

Commissioned Work

No

Education

No

Collection

Citation

“Under the Skin,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/2925.

Item Relations

This Item Is Referenced By Item: Launch of Under the Skin by Cheong Kah Kit
This Item Is Part Of Item: George Chua – Seven Legged Spider Dance Troupe (2020)
This Item Is Part Of Item: Noor Effendy Ibrahim, in collaboration with Syimah Sabtu – Dancing with the Ghost of My Child in 33 Steps (2020)
This Item Is Part Of Item: Nina Djekić – Approximities (2020)
Item: Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks. Is Part Of This Item
Item: George Chua Is Part Of This Item
Item: Cheong Kah Kit Is Part Of This Item
Item: Nina Djekić Is Part Of This Item
Item: Noor Effendy Ibrahim Is Part Of This Item
Item: Russell Morton Is Part Of This Item