Temperature Taking Exercises (2023–24)
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Title
Temperature Taking Exercises (2023–24)
Description
Set in the year 2050, the same year as the global target for net-zero emissions established during the Paris Agreement that emerged out of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, this almanac appropriates a traditional form using a variety of contributions that ‘forecasts’ the metaphysical and metaphorical climate in Singapore, an island-city once theorised by media scholar Cherian George as the “air-conditioned nation.” Cycling through seven seasons, the almanac moves against a linear passage of time, from archival vignettes of Singapore’s environmental history in the late 20th century to short stories and microfictions of an expanding tropical climate from the 21st to 25th centuries. The almanac also includes counter-cartographic renderings of a climate just Singapore in 2050, alongside the clairvoyant and timeless wisdom of a vernacular weather deity, commonly known as the Thunder Marshall, channelled through spirit medium Briano Sim at Shui Gou Guan Temple.
Conceived and edited by Soh Kay Min and Ng Mei Jia, in
collaboration with Kent Chan, artist, SG Climate Rally (SGCR), Dr Fiona Williamson, Associate Professor, Singapore Management University, and Zuhaira Syaza for graphic design.
Conceived and edited by Soh Kay Min and Ng Mei Jia, in
collaboration with Kent Chan, artist, SG Climate Rally (SGCR), Dr Fiona Williamson, Associate Professor, Singapore Management University, and Zuhaira Syaza for graphic design.
Date
12 April - 31 May 2024
Contributor
Coverage
Exhibition Item Type Metadata
Short Description
A sub-enquiry within the Climate Crisis and Cultural Loss research project.
Exhibition Mode
Show Type
Location
Onsite (NTU)
Onsite (CCA)
Exhibition Start Date
12 April 2023
Exhibition End Date
31 May 2024
Collaboration
Yes
Commissioned Work
No
Collection
Citation
“Temperature Taking Exercises (2023–24),” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed September 10, 2024, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/4624.
Item Relations
| This Item | References | Item: The 2050 Weather Almanac: Climate Landscapes of the Future |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Climate Crisis and Cultural Loss |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: SG Climate Rally |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Zuhaira Syaza |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Mellowdramatics |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Nadī |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Chooc Ly Tan |
| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Fiona Williamson |
| Item: Soh Kay Min | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: Ng Mei Jia | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: Kent Chan | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: Works by Kent Chan: Monsoon Sessions and Warm Fronts | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: Workshop: Envisioning a Climate Just Singapore in 2050 by SG Climate Rally | Is Part Of | This Item |