CHAT WITH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: KANCHANA GUPTA
Objectifs welcomed visual artist Kanchana Gupta as the artist-in-residence for our Objectifs Artist Studio Residency programme during Feb-Mar 2020. The programme provides residents with valuable space to develop projects in …
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For Our Migrant Workers
With the increase in COVID-19 cases among Singapore’s migrant worker community, there is an urgent need to support the workers in our midst. This print sale is a collective fundraising effort …
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OBJECTIFS DOCUMENTARY AWARD
The Objectifs Documentary Award champions Objectifs’ mission to broaden perspectives through image making, by supporting original voices in visual storytelling in Singapore and the wider region. The Award enables photographers …
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Singapore, Very Old Tree (2nd edition) by Robert Zhao
Singapore, Very Old Tree aims to boil the generic image of Singapore as a Garden City down to specifics by exploring the concrete, personal connections that Singaporeans have made with trees.
This box set contains a booklet containing the stories of the 30 trees in the project, 30 postcards of the trees, a map of trees of interest in Singapore and poster of one of the trees.
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.
CURATOR OPEN CALL RECIPIENT 2020
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 a curatorial …
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HABIT(c)AT
HABIT©AT is an inquiry into how street cats in Singapore inhabit the man-made spaces of the suburban landscapes. This publication explores the intrinsic relationship between cats and their surrounding, encouraging the viewing of our urban landscape not simply as public space but one charged with possibilities through the cats’ adaptive appropriation. Their ability to discern subtle qualities and identify ‘gifts’ from the surrounding is a wisdom that human beings can humbly learn from and apply to our own approach towards dwelling.
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.
ARTIST TALK WITH RONY ZAKARIA AND WEI LENG TAY
Read a recap of the artist talk for Pantura, an exhibition by Rony Zakaria, the recipient of the 2019 Objectifs Documentary Award, Open Category.
The session is a dialogue between photographer Rony …
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ARTIST TALK WITH DAVE LIM AND IAN TEH
Read a recap of the artist talk for The Believers, an exhibition by Dave Lim, the recipient of the 2019 Objectifs Documentary Award, Emerging Category.
The session is a dialogue between visual …
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IN BELIEVING, WE…
In conjunction with The Believers by Dave Lim Mentored by Ian Teh Presented as a culmination of the Objectifs Documentary Award 2019 (Emerging Category)
Workshop Space, Objectifs Free admission
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SIGHT AND SOUND – MAR 2020 (BONG JOON HO) by BFI
Internationally acclaimed director Bong Joon Ho takes over as guest editor of the March issue of Sight & Sound.
The S&S editorial team worked closely with Bong to shape the issue, and Bong hand-picked a selection of articles he wanted to see in the magazine. Alongside a major survey of Bong’s career to date by Asian cinema expert, and longtime champion of Bong’s work, Tony Rayns, Bong himself discusses some of the formative influences that first ignited and then shaped his love of cinema, including a profile piece on the great Korean director Kim Kiyoung, whose classic 1960 film The Housemaid is regularly voted the greatest ever Korean film in polls, and which was a key influence on Parasite. Bong also talks us through an exclusive selection taken from the more than 200 pages of intricate storyboards that he created in the pre-production for Parasite. To mark the 20th anniversary of Bong’s first feature, Barking Dogs Never Bite, Bong has selected 20 relative newcomer directors whose films he believes will shape our viewing for the next 20 years.
Away from the special material chosen by director Bong, the issue also features filmmakers such as Pedro Costa, Elia Kazan, and Céline Sciamma, and reviews of new cinema releases.
About the British Film Institute (BFI)
The BFI is the UK’s lead organisation for film, television and the moving image.