SEP 2018
THE PROBABILITY OF VERACITY PART 2: THE RE-ENACTMENTS (FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL)
Lower Gallery
Gilles Massot is a multidisciplinary artist whose project The Probability of Veracity is focused on Jules Itier (1802-77), a French customs officer who made daguerreotypes of his journey around Asia in 1844-45. In part one of this project, Massot used painting to re-create the seven missing daguerreotypes mentioned in Itier’s published journal. In this exhibition, which presents the second part of the project, Massot uses a highly experimental technique to reflect on the development of photography since Itier’s original works were first created in the 19th century. This photographic installation is complemented by a soundscape by musicians Leslie Tan and Luke Chen, whom Massot invited to collaborate with him.

Library book with bullet holes, by Shubigi Rao

AUG 2018
THE WOOD FOR THE TREES
Lower Gallery
Since 2014 artist and writer Shubigi Rao has been working on a ten-year film, art and book project, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book, about book and library destruction, and the book as activism and resistance.

Following the release of the first volume in 2016, The Wood for the Trees presents documentation and material from this project’s second volume. The Wood for the Trees functions as a visual bibliography of the texts, people, and sites encountered during her project. One of its aims is to explore the connective tissue that exists between artists, writers, printers, academics, bibliophiles, shadow library activists, librarians and other cultural custodians, and various defenders and supporters of print and open access to knowledge.

Purchase Shubigi Rao’s books at our physical store or via our webstore:
– Pulp II: A Visual Bibliography of the Banished Book (Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize 2020 -Creative Nonfiction in English)

AUG 2018
SNAPSHOTS UNDER THE STARS
Courtyard
The Objectifs Courtyard once again comes alive for Singapore Night Fest 2018! Join us on a nostalgic journey down memory lane with a slideshow featuring old images of Singapore by Lui Hock Seng, Lim Kwong Ling and The Photographic Society of Singapore (PSS Singapore). Accompanying the slideshow will be classics and original compositions by musician Jack Tan.

Harit Srikhao, Thailand (Young Portfolio Award)

AUG 2018
INVISIBLE PHOTOGRAPHER ASIA AWARDS 2018 EXHIBITION
Chapel Gallery
The Invisible Photographer Asia Awards aim to spotlight and champion excellence in photography art and practice in Asia. This exhibition presents works by the winners of the 2018 IPA Awards in the following four categories: Documentary Prize, Art Prize, Photobook Prize and Young Portfolio Prize. View the full list of finalists and their showcases here.

JULY 2018
BLIND SPOTS
Lower Gallery
A photography project by Labour Arty that aims to document the everyday common spaces and places shared by migrant workers and locals. These scenes are often seen but not noticed, and offer momentary glimpses of intimacy and interaction that are laid bare, though at times not by choice. The works featured by Abigail Han, Gaelan Gu, Lisabelle Tay and Harriet Koh include snapshots of the back of lorries that carry humans as cargo, as well as selections from partner projects.


MAY 2018
A WALKED LINE CAN NEVER BE ERASED
Chapel Gallery
Amanda Heng began her practice in the late 1980s, an epochal moment in Singapore art history that saw the beginnings of contemporary art, where she worked in performance, installation and other multi-disciplinary projects. A lecturer and full-time art practitioner, Heng was also awarded the prestigious Cultural Medallion award in 2010.

A Walked Line Can Never Be Erased features documentation of and artistic responses to the events that Amanda Heng presented as part of M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2018: Let’s Walk.

The durational live performance I Walk from the South to the North continued Amanda’s interest in rituals, exchanges and their relationship with live performance in daily life. In the public participatory performance Let’s Walk, participants walked backwards from The Substation to the Merlion Park. Amanda also conducted the Walking Workshops with art and design student-participants who created works in response to the walks. Includes a panel discussion on Contemporary Art and the Everyday with Amanda Heng, Woon Tien Wei and Zaki Razak. 

APR 2018
INSTINCTIVE 2.1: (IN)SIGNIFICANT
Chapel Gallery
instinctive is a Singapore-based artist collective consisting of artist-members from across the globe. It was first formed in 2016 with artists coming together in the tenets of collaboration, cultural exchange and friendship. The exhibition brings together 12 artists of diverse practices and working across various mediums to explore the oft-overlooked aspect of size and scale in both the artwork and its subject. Featuring works by Alba Escayo (Spain), Chang Hui Fang (Taiwan), Claire Deniau (France), Deusa Blumke (Brazil), Justin Lee (SG), Kim Kei (USA), Martha Chaudhry (US), Natalia Ludmila (Mexico), Paul Campbell (US), Shin-young Park (New Zealand), Urich Lau (SG) and Yeo Shih Yun (SG).

© Muhammad Fadli

JAN-FEB 2018
WE WILL HAVE BEEN YOUNG
Lower Gallery
Twelve photographers from eight Southeast Asian countries were selected for mentorship at the Southeast Asian Photography Masterclass at OBSCURA Festival of Photography 2016. Over the course of a year, they were mentored by photographers Jörg Brüggemann and Tobias Kruse of the agency OSTKREUZ Agentur der Fotografen, working on individual projects themed on youth and the future. The exhibiting photographers are: Alvin Lau (Malaysia), Amrita Chandradas (Singapore), Muhammad Fadli (Indonesia), Dennese Victoria (the Philippines), Kanel Khiev (Cambodia), Dwi Asrul Fajar (Indonesia), Elliott Koon (Malaysia), Watsamon Tri-yasakda (Thailand), Lee Chang Ming (Singapore), Geric Cruz (the Philippines), Linh Pham (Vietnam) and Yu Yu Myint Than (Myanmar). The works are also available in a photobook