© Anna Boyiazis – Finding Freedom in the Water
NOV-DEC 2024
RESILIENCE – STORIES OF WOMEN INSPIRING CHANGE
Courtyard
The World Press Photo Foundationand the Kingdom of the Netherlands present Resilience – stories of women inspiring change. The exhibition showcases a selection of stories, awarded in the World Press Photo Contests from 2000 to 2021, that highlight the resilience and challenges of women, girls and communities around the world. Multiple voices, documented by 17 photographers of 13 different nationalities, offer insights into issues including sexism, gender-based violence, reproductive rights, and access to equal opportunities. The stories explore how women and gender issues have evolved in the 21st century and how photojournalism has developed in the ways of portraying them. The exhibition coincides with the United Nations’ Orange the World Campaign, a world-wide campaign to end violence against women.
NOV-DEC 2024
WOMEN INSPIRING WOMEN: WALKS OF LIFE
Objectifs Platform
This exhibition is part of the second book from the Women Inspiring Women series photographed and authored by Dr Chua Yang. The book features 101 portraits and stories of women from different walks of life. Dr Chua has donated all her books to fundraise for various charities that are women-focused or have women-led projects. Any donor who donates SGD120 and above to the Campaign will receive a copy of the book for their generosity and support; and will be eligible for tax deductions of 250% the amount of the qualifying donation. All support and donations will mutually benefit both arts charities, Objectifs and The Private Museum.
DEC 2024
PEOPLE, PLACES & PHENOMENA
Objectifs Annexe
In an era of fleeting digital content and misinformation, documentary photography grounds us in reality by offering visual narratives that evoke empathy, spark dialogue, and preserve a record of our moment in history. Through their raw and honest lenses, five emerging storytellers from the Diploma in Design Communication and Experiences at LASALLE College of the Arts have spent the past 15 weeks seeking, documenting, and reflecting on their chosen subjects. Learn more about their works here.
NOV 2024
SINGAPORE URBANSCAPE
Lower Galleries
Singapore Urbanscape by fine art photographer Tan How Jwat is a visual exploration of the intricate relationship between architecture and urban life in one of the world’s most dynamic cities. The images delve into the essence of Singapore’s ever-evolving cityscape, where modernity intersects with heritage, and the convergence of cultures is reflected in the structures that shape the skyline.
OCT 2024
CURIO: A WORLD OF WONDER, BEYOND DISABILITIES
Chapel Gallery
CURIO is an art fundraiser organised by Rainbow Centre, a charity serving persons with disabilities, showcasing 45 works of art by talented youths. In a time when open-mindedness is more necessary than ever, CURIO encourages us to see beyond the familiar and to value curiosity as a catalyst for understanding.
The budding artists are from RC’s Artability talent development programme for students 15 – 18 years old, who grow their visual art styles through training and opportunities. They are exposed to a variety of art mediums and advocacy opportunities to partake in the local art scene, through learning journeys or exchanges with professional artists or trainers. Through their art, these youths reveal beauty in diverse perspectives, reminding us that inclusion is the path to a more vibrant, empathetic world.
OCT-NOV 2024
POETRY IN PATTERNS
Lower Galleries
Poetry in Patterns by artist Lynn Loo explores unusual forms of moving-image using a combination of systems and chance methods. Active experimentation with materials leads to unintentional outcomes that resist explicit meanings and invite interpretation. The two installations, a video work and a looped 16mm projection work, take inspiration from patterns found in nature, in our daily lives and within the filmmaking process itself. In addition to the gallery installations there will be an evening of film projection performances, and a 16mm film workshop.
OCT 2024
NOTHING BUT SINGAPORE
Lower Galleries
This photographic exhibition shares French designer Christophe Gaubert’s view on a place initially foreign to him. From details to patterns, the images unfold the complex dialogue woven between the living and the built, in a form of harmony and sometimes conflict that speaks as much to the origins as to the trajectory of an evolving city in nature. As a tribute to the beauty of this place, each photograph, made over the last seven years, is a pretext to talk about what escapes the eye but profoundly connects us to our environment.
SEP-DEC 2024
[collected on paper] OCCASION #1: TIME CAPSULES
Objectifs Library
Co-programmed by artist Hong Shu-ying and Objectifs, [collected on paper] offers a chance to explore different art books and the creators’ thoughts in an intimate setting, with notes on their processes and materials. The first occasion will reflect on the idea of time capsules. The books featured share some qualities with time capsules–most of the images in these books were not originally intended to become part of a book, and they gain additional readings over time, yet become irreplicable, as the shift in time directly impacts their context. Featuring Aparna Nori – 24 Slides, George Wong – Wallet, Lai Yu Tong – Things I Bought, Things I Threw Away, Things I Ate, Things I Saw, Things I Made, and Other Things (For Future Reference), Lou / Atelier HOKO – Spider & Man. The programme includes a Book Club, and Book Sharing session.
SEP 2024
SUBCONSCIOUSNESS
Lower Galleries
Subconscious is photographer Betty Goh’s long term project about the introspective reflections of her soul and subconscious. Growing up in the heart of Singapore, the adrenaline rush and vibrancy of this busy city excites her. At the same time, she feels an amount of unspoken loneliness, tension and dilemma hidden beneath the surface. These overlapping and complex emotions are often expressed through Betty’s subconscious during her daily street walks and hence, the result of her visual poetry. Through her unique use of reflections, shadows, silhouettes, long exposure, lines, shapes and spaces, Betty captures the subtle psychological aspects of a busy urban street life.
AUG-SEP 2024
WATERLOO STREET STORIES 2024: INTERPLAY
Courtyard & Platform
An outdoor photo exhibition featuring the photo projects of 3 emerging photographers from our two-month residency programme – Luna Chang, Tay Yiling and Ng Xin Lui. These projects invite you to journey alongside these young artists as they embrace diverse approaches to image-making that capture the essence of Waterloo through their lenses. The exhibition is part of a collaborative project by Centre 42, Objectifs, P7:1SMA, SMU-Arts and Culture Management, and The Theatre Practice, also known as #WaterlooStKakis, at Singapore Night Festival 2024. Watch the behind the scenes video with artists Ng Xin Lui, Luna Chang and Tay Yiling.
SEP 2024
NATURAL GEOMETRY
Lower Gallery
Fern Wong, a self-taught artist with Down syndrome, captivates with her intricate patterns and vibrant colours inspired by nature. The exhibition showcases her drawings and papercut techniques, highlighting the natural world’s inherent patterns, from tree branches to crystal formations. Each piece reflects her intuitive understanding and meticulous attention to detail, inviting viewers to appreciate nature’s complexity and the joy of creative expression. Wong’s art embodies the harmony and interconnectedness of all living things. Presented by ART:DIS, a social service agency that serves and creates opportunities for persons with disabilities in the arts
蝴蝶结, Bow Knot by Chan Jia Ying
AUG 2024
YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME CLASS OF 2023 EXHIBITION
Chapel Gallery
Meditations on the self, relationships and their surroundings occupy the works of eight participants of Objectifs’ YPMP 2023. This exhibition is an invitation to walk alongside these young artists as they embrace a variety of approaches to image-making, presenting stories of family, friendship, home and affirmation. Featuring Chan Jia Ying, EZC, Firdaus Imran, Jovin Lee, Paige Gan, Tự-Anh Đặng (Ben), Valerie Siah, Zhang Xuanqi (Jack Axel Zhang).
JUL-AUG 2024
TIMELESS YOUTH
Lower Gallery
Timeless Youth is a collaborative exhibition by Korean artist Choi Minkyung and Singaporean artist Sit Weng San that investigates individual & collective aspirations for youth and newness. It attempts to understand how the phenomena is echoed in all aspects of our lives; from identities to our bodies to urban spaces, and in social, cultural, scientific, and virtual spheres. The two-channel installation, A Manual for Timeless Youth is an instructional video on how to achieve eternal youth. Following the guidelines of “Erase, Control, Colonize, and Disguise”, the work bridges the artists’ embodied experiences, social phenomena in the wellness, anti-aging industries, urban redevelopment, and modernization projects in their respective ‘post-colonized’ cities of Seoul and Singapore.
JUL-AUG 2024
唔好俾我睇
Lower Gallery
“唔好俾我睇 [‘Don’t show me’ in Cantonese]!” That was the retort of artist Donna Chiu’s mother in one of her quarrels with dad. With the phrase as starting point, Chiu begins a journey of introspection, using the processes of photography and painting to move beyond her initial frustrations and misconceptions towards her mother. By using her artmaking to dialogue with her mother, Chiu hopes to better understand her mother and see her in a different light. Curated by Zhuang Wubin.
Press coverage:
– Lianhe Zaobao: Don’t Show Me
© Marcella Mastrorocco
MAY-AUG 2024
WOMEN IN STREET: A GLOBAL STREET PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
Outdoor Courtyard
This exhibition is the result of the cooperative efforts of Women in Street and Women in Street Singapore, bringing together the photographic work of female street photographers from Singapore and various countries. Showcasing work from both emerging and established artists, this exhibition celebrates the diverse subgenres of street photography. Curated by Julia Coddington, Marie-Josée Gouëz-Dailey, and Karlynne Wintels
AUG 2024
KALEIDESCOPE
Chapel Gallery
Presented by ART:DIS, a social service agency which exists to serve and create opportunities for persons with disabilities in the arts, an exuberant outburst of hues will greet visitors when they step into group exhibition Kaleidoscope! With over 40 artworks by 22 artists on show, each with a unique take on colour (from the way it is perceived to the emotions it evoke), this exhibition underscores the artists’ commitment to their studies and the mastering of this challenging aspect of art.
© Hu Qiren / Geraldine Kang
AUG 2024
EXACTLY FOUNDATION EXHIBIT 11
Lower Gallery
With and Without You by Geraldine Kang is an intimate exploration of the relationships between Singapore-based individuals, their families, and the foreign domestic workers they employ. In Drink it While it’s Hot, Hu Qiren builds on his family history and research into the growing trend and practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine, creating a series of images to question notions of belief systems, authenticity and more specifically, value and consumer-driven desire for better health. Presented by Exactly Foundation.
JUN 2024
ECHOES OF HER
Lower Galleries
An exhibition featuring 2023 winners for the Kwek Leng Joo Prize of Excellence in Photography, an annual award established by the late Kwek Leng Joo, to recognise photographic excellence among students at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media. Echoes Of Her brings together two new bodies of work by visual artists Cheryl Yip (When She Bleeds) and Izzati Faisal (Rebirth of Her Soul), interrogating the defined frameworks of femininity and creating a space where the multifaceted experiences of women are acknowledged and celebrated.
MAY 2024
THE YEARNING FOR HARMONY
Objectifs Annexe
Since 2019, Ryhan M.Y. has been residing in Japan. From farming green tea to researching sea salt, practising photography has provided her with a way of reconciling the paradoxical feelings of discomfort and joy while exploring her new home. This creative outlet became especially poignant during a time when borders in Japan were closed and there were numerous insecurities about the future. Each photograph chosen represents a specific moment of beauty and longing for Ryhan. When being in the present also alludes to a well grieved past, this yearning for harmony between nostalgia and the allure of new memories is the fabric of her unapologetically human behaviour. Ryhan has also collaborated with potter DaybyDae and DJ/producer MZA, in an attempt to make the rootlessness, tangible.
APR 2024
LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DEBRIS
Lower Gallery
The planetary issue of outer space debris is one that, while distant from public consciousness, is emerging to be an urgent environmental concern. Dead satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from collisions circle the Earth in rings of debris, where even the smallest paint chip, travelling at astonishing speeds in zero-gravity, bears destructive capabilities. Humanity has always looked to the night sky to make sense of the universe we live in. We observe patterns in its complex tapestry, imagine fantastical characters, and tell stories to guide us through time. How do we, then, see and relate to a sky in which today, a dense, orbiting web of manmade machines overlaps our vision of the cosmos?
Lucy in the Sky with Debris by artist Isabella Ong and curator Seet Yun Teng, takes this, among other intersecting threads, as a starting point. A research and visual art project merging astronomy, cartography, mythology, and material culture, it aims to generate a layered reframing of the space debris issue, exploring alternative ways to visualise and communicate the environmental problem that parallels the ecological crises on Earth. It presents Errant Stars, a kinetic installation, and a display of research materials. This showcase marks the culmination of a 18-month research and artistic development process that serves as the first phase of a multi-year project.
APR 2024
SILHOUETTES OF HAVING BEEN
Lower Gallery
An exhibition by filmmaker and artist duo Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen, devised as a response to the site of Objectifs. Focusing on fallen hair strands as a central material, it is a reflection and turning of attention toward physical presences and the possibilities in being together between time and images. The invisible becomes visible and the minute becomes magnificent as teeming lines are silhouetted against light.
Over a period of time, fallen hair strands by people passing through Objectifs were collected. The strands were adhered to film loops running through 16mm and Super 8 projectors, in a live expanded cinema performance taking place before the exhibition. This was done alongside live modifications of the performed film with ink and lenticular interventions, in combination with an improvisational soundscape with the film loops prepared as percussive elements. As a result, the film loops were physically altered by the live process, creating a unique, unrepeatable moving image piece that forms the core of the exhibition. In the exhibition, Chua and Lam wish to invite an encounter with the materiality and speculative fictions of fallen hair as a bodily response which silently traces our existences. What do they say and express, these silhouettes of having been?
© Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo
MAR 2024
The 3RD MIGRANT WORKERS PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
Lower Gallery
The Migrant Workers Photography Festival is a biennial festival that aims to showcase the creative talents of migrant workers in Singapore through photography, and amplify perspectives of the migrant community. The exhibition features the following finalists’ works, selected by judges Huda Azzis (Founder, Your Local Newsstand) and Chelsea Chua (Programme Director, Objectifs): Indah W. Yosevina, Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo, Michael Jay Abalos, Genelyn Mallare Joson, Jenelyn Leyble, Ruby Velasco. Through its associate programmes — workshops, photowalks, Community Diary — the festival hopes to build a diverse community that transcends nationalities, and help bridge the current social divide between the migrant and local community.
© Alexander Treves
MAR 2024
THREADS
Lower Gallery
The large and growing community of refugees and other displaced people is spread widely around the globe. Threads features photographs by Alexander Treves, taken in over 20 countries, focusing on the people impacted by these systemic drivers of the refugee crisis, emphasizing our shared humanity with those who find themselves in very difficult circumstances. Proceeds from his book Freefall, benefits refugee charities.
FEB 2024
EXACTLY FOUNDATION EXHIBIT 10
Lower Gallery
In Youth in Loop, artist Alecia Neo explores the perspectives of young people on mental health, inviting them to reflect upon the loops they navigate by sharing their own framework of care. Beyond the individual, she also examines larger cultural and societal structures that limit and guide our responses towards mental illness in Singapore. / Fertility is not just a female issue that ends with childbirth and as self-apparent as it seems, the decision to have a child has life-long consequences for all parties involved. In National Service, Kerry Cheah documents different families and their routines at similar times of the day, bringing to life these “consequences” as a way of instigating reflection. Presented by Exactly Foundation.
JAN 2024
ALTERNATIVE ECOLOGY: THE COMMUNITY
Outdoor Courtyard
An art and ecology event consisting of a sculptural social space, Fragment of the unknown memory, made from bamboo by artist/architect Eko Prawoto (Indonesia) and Bamboo Broadcast Studio, a series of public programmes organised by Post-Museum (Singapore). Local community groups, professionals, and artists with interest in sustainability, nature and ecology are invited to take part in different activities, panel talks, booths and symposiums, rallying communities and the public for awareness, fun and participation. Programmes include the Renew Earth Sweat Shop Workshop, a Stone Soup Party, Eco-Karaoke night, Eco-Singles Night, Water & Sustainability Symposiums, and the Singapore Really Really Free Market. The project offers creative interpretations of the profound environmental challenges that we face today, and, at the same time, explores the parallel role of an artist in acting as a catalyst for fostering community collaboration and promoting awareness through creative interpretations and discussions. Curated by Wang Ruobing/Comma Space.