CURATOR OPEN CALL RECIPIENT 2024
Curator Open Call is part of Objectifs’ ongoing efforts to to broaden perspectives by supporting curatorial research and innovative ways of presenting image-based work. The programme supports the realisation of …
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The Perfumed Nightmare: Screening and Talk by Kidlat Tahimik
Organised by Gajah Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition and book launch of Tiw-tiwong: Tales & Turns in the Art of Baguio and the Cordilleras at Gajah Gallery Film screening …
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Spider & Man hoKODOMO Zine by Lou
Lou (2017)
He likes sea creatures. He hates the feeling of sand in his pants. Mostly, he cannot say no to pizzas.
hoKODOMO (2023) is an informal publishing project by Atelier HOKO that consists mostly of children’s drawings for everyone to enjoy. Sometimes, we find grown-ups with their ugly and nonsensical drawings and we like to share them too. We hope each little booklet carries the energy and preciousness of being a child. We do not make these drawings “nicer” or more acceptable for the masses. They are all pretty ugly.
About Atelier HOKO
Atelier HOKO (2002) is an independent research lab that focuses on the study of the growing disengagement between people, things and space. The atelier hopes to cultivate in people, an open-ness and ability to un-know, bringing about a heightened curiosity towards all phenomena by taking a fresh look at reality. Founded by Alvin Ho and Clara Koh.
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HOKODOMO Set
A set of 7 HOKODOMO Zines
What is inside:
1. Octopus_______
2. Name the Birds
3. What is the Magic Worb?
4. small drawings
5. Spider & Man
6. Rainbow & Rockets
7. Scribbles
Each envelope that houses the set is stitched with a sewing machine and put together by making use of some misprints from the process of making these zines. They are one of a kind and will be selected at random. (Cover color of ‘Octopus’ will also be selected at random.)
About HOKODOMO
HOKODOMO (2023) is an informal publishing project by Atelier HOKO that consists mostly of children’s drawings for everyone to enjoy. Sometimes, we find grown-ups with their ugly and nonsensical drawings and we like to share them too. We hope each little booklet carries the energy and preciousness of being a child. We do not make these drawings “nicer” or more acceptable for the masses. They are all pretty ugly.
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Phenomena by Calvin Chow
Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap – the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia – is facing a crisis. Located in Northwest Cambodia, this vast body of water was once one of the world’s most vibrant ecosystems. But, according to the Mekong River Commission, since 2018 the volume of the lake has dropped below its historical average. A deadly combination of the climate crisis, overfishing, and upstream dams is threatening both the ecology of the lake and the livelihoods of the communities of floating villages that call it home.
In late 2021, Chow, working on a commission from the British Journal of Photography and international NGO WaterAid, journeyed 250km over 16 days on a small boat, traveling from one floating village to another. He lived in people’s homes, listened to the stories of those who depend on the lake, and photographed stories that mattered.
However, before embarking on the journey, the artist faced a different kind of journey, one that began in Singapore, from the window of his bedroom. Brought on by the pandemic, he began to intentionally make pictures from home in an attempt to make sense of the chaos within.
Phenomena presents a new way of seeing, fusing the objectivity of issue-based documentary photography with the subjective experience of the artistic journey. Previously published worldwide in The Independent, Financial Times, and galleries such as Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, this solo exhibition by Calvin Chow will be the artist’s first showing of the work in Asia and a special opportunity to look at the future of photography through the lens of an emerging artist and photographer from Singapore.
About Calvin Chow
Calvin Chow is a Singaporean artist and photographer with an interest in the relentlessness of things, time, space, and everything in between. Having lived across a nature reserve in Singapore his entire life, his work traces between nature and humanity through the use of the photographic lens.
His work has been featured in the British Journal of Photography, FT Weekend Magazine, Libération, It’s Nice That, Nowness Asia, and The Straits Times. He has exhibited internationally in spaces such as Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, and at festivals like the Singapore International Photography Festival.
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Fifty Years Too Late by Djohan Hanapi
Fifty Years too Late is a collection of crayon-drawings of film-stills illustrating a series of deadpan poetic romances and heartbreaks through the unexpected playfulness of dialogue.
About Djohan Hanapi
Djohan Hanapi AKA Djohahn is a full-time illustrator running Knuckles & Notch, a Risograph publishing and print studio, based in Singapore. He has always been fascinated and obsessed with analogue printing since he was a teen.
Even during his earlier days, he was always trying to break the creative norm. As he dives further into the creative industry, his passion for analogue printing pushed him to experiment with the infinite possibilities of Risograph and thus give birth to whacky, mind-blowing, and sometimes controversial artworks.
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Monthly Remedy by Pixie Tan
A zine about an alternative remedy to pink panadols and the hot water bottle during that time of the month.
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On the Newsstand by Pixie Tan
What makes a magazine cover stand out? And how does a quick sketch capture its essence? On the Newsstand is the first issue of the (as seen) series exploring the world through the eyes of design students. In this issue, discover the magazines that were “eye-catching” on the newsstands of Singapore in August 2023.
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