The first Objectifs Film Club session, held online via Zoom, featured filmmaker Kirsten Tan and actress Oon Shu An in conversation on Kirsten’s little known early short film Come (rent …
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Objectifs Film Club: Death of the Sound Man by Sorayos Prapapan Featuring Sorayos Prapapan in conversation with Tingli Lim Thu 25 Jun 2020, 9pm to 10pm (Singapore Time) This event will …
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Objectifs Film Club: The Great Escape by Tan Wei Keong Featuring Tan Wei Keong in conversation with Alfian Sa’at Thu 21 May 2020, 9pm to 10pm (Singapore Time) This event will …
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We celebrated the virtual launch of the Objectifs Film Library on 30 Apr with our first Objectifs Film Club session, held online via Zoom. Thank you to the more than …
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The Women in Film & Photography Showcase is our annual celebration of extraordinary and groundbreaking works by women photographers and filmmakers, highlighting the important contributions that women make to the …
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The Objectifs Film Library is a new initiative by Objectifs that aims to be an educational and research resource for film lovers in Singapore and around the world. The collection …
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Objectifs Film Club: Come by Kirsten Tan Featuring Kirsten Tan in conversation with Oon Shu An Thu 30 Apr 2020, 9pm to 9.45pm This event will be held online, via …
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The Objectifs Film Club is features discussions between filmmakers and arts practitioners regarding their films that are available via the Objectifs Film Library. Join our mailing list to be kept updated …
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In 1935, a herd of feral cattle was spotted roaming Singapore. Since then, alleged sightings have been rare. Reports came mainly from Japanese soldiers in World War II and occasionally from local residents. If these reports are true, these cows were confined to the areas of Tampines, Punggol, Sembawang and Pulau Ubin. In 2016, a cow was discovered on Coney Island but died shortly after.
Some believe that wild cows still roam Singapore.
Conceived by The Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ) between 2014 and 2019, this book features images of cows in Singapore from the 1890s to 2016 from ICZ’s archive.
About Robert Zhao Renhui
Robert Zhao Renhui (b. 1983, Singapore) is a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of the Institute of Critical Zoologists. His artistic practice addresses the human relationship with nature challenging accepted parameters of objectivity and scientific modes of classifications.
Zhao received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Photography from Camberwell College of Arts and London College of Communication respectively. His work has been exhibited in international group shows such as Jiwa: Jakarta Biennale, Indonesia, 2017; 7th Moscow Biennale, Russia, 2017; 20th Sydney Biennale, Australia 2016; Les Recontres d’Arles, France, 2015. Amongst his more recent solo exhibitions in Singapore are The Nature Museum, commissioned by Singapore International Festival of Art (SIFA) and The Bizarre Honour, realized for OH! Open House, both in 2017. Zhao has undertaken residencies at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France, and Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, United States, and the Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan. He was awarded Young Artist Award by National Arts Council in 2010 and was a finalist of Hugo Boss Asia Art Award 2017.
Reared and roomed by dedicated owners for participation in pageants, ornamental chickens, including the impressive Malaysian breed of Ayam Serama, project a natural and seemingly effortless charisma rivalling that of human models. Ernest Goh’s award-winning portraits capture the full range of these beautiful birds’ personalities: puffed chests, ruffled plumage, bowed heads and all. By turns provocative, humorous and surprising, the photographs in the Cocks Headshots series will move you to view our humble feathered friends in an entirely different light.
About Ernest Goh
Ernest Goh’s passion for animals was nurtured as a young boy wading in the streams of his grandmother’s kampung village looking for fishes. He considers his passion for animals a natural extension of his interest in photographing the human condition. Fast paced global development has caused a sharp increase in animal-human interactions and better appreciation of nature will be crucial to both species in the future. In The Fish Book (Wee Editions, 2011) he presented a whimsical study of the ornamental fish in Singapore and in October 2012 he received the Discernment Award at the ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu photography awards for his portraits of fowls. He is also the creative director of The Animal Book Co; an outfit that works with animal welfare groups through photography.
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