OBJECTIFS STUDIO RESIDENCY RECIPIENT 2020 – KANCHANA GUPTA
Kanchana Gupta (b. 1974) is an artist of Indian origin who lives and works in Singapore. She works with paint, installation and mixed media and has shown her works in …
Read More
Building Memories – People, Architecture, Independence
Building Memories is an interactive art book documenting the intrinsic histories, as well as personal and collective memories of four public buildings which have helped shape the nation. These were the National Library (1960), the National Theatre (1963), the Singapore Conference Hall and Trade Union House (1965) and the National Stadium (1973). This project was supported by the Singapore Memory Project’s irememberSG Fund as part of the Singapore50 (SG50) celebrations.
The art book offers an informative and immersive reading experience through the inclusion of interactive elements such as old photographs, comic illustrations, interesting graphic components, a miniature 3-D paper pop-up building and even an old library borrowing slip complete with pocket. This tactile approach was taken to evoke nostalgia in senior readers as well as provide younger generations with a deeper insight to life of the yesteryears.
MEN, MOUNTAINS, AND THE SEA by Rony Zakaria
Men, Mountains & The Sea is the second book by photographer Rony Zakaria. As Indonesia located at the ring of fire, it is home of more than 100 volcanoes and over 100,000 km of coastlines. Rony documented the relationship between people and nature in communities living on the mountains and near the sea. The photographs were taken during 10 year period from 2008-2017 and have been exhibited in photo festivals and galleries worldwide.
About Rony Zakaria
Rony Zakaria graduated with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Upon graduation he started his career as a photographer. He then studied photojournalism at Galeri Foto Jurnalistik Antara. In 2009 he studied on a fellowship at Asian Center For Journalism in Manila Philippines. Since then he has been working for international publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Le Monde, Mare, GEO, The Guardian, Monocle, among others.
Rony has received several awards for his works which includes NPPA Best of Photojournalism, Roberto del Carlo Photolux award and Mochtar Lubis Award Grant. His works have also been exhibited in galleries and festival in Paris, Frankfurt, China, Bangladesh, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. In 2013, he published his first book, Encounters, a collection of personal photographs taken since the beginning of his career.
Read More
THE BELIEVERS
Mentored by Ian Teh Presented as a culmination of the Objectifs Documentary Award, Emerging Category
Lower Gallery, Objectifs 13 Mar to 19 Apr 2020 Free admission
Download an interview with …
Read More
PANTURA
Curated by Wei Leng Tay Presented as a culmination of the Objectifs Documentary Award, Open Category
Chapel Gallery, Objectifs 13 Mar to 19 Apr 2020 Free admission
Scroll to the …
Read More
A Land Imagined
Set in industrial Singapore, police investigator Lok must find missing migrant worker Wang. Wang suffers a worksite accident and is anxious about repatriation. Unable to sleep, Wang starts frequenting a dreamy cybercafé in the dead of the night. Hoping to look for some form of human connection in this foreign land he feels alienated from, Wang forms a virtual friendship with a mysterious gamer that takes a sinister turn. When Wang suddenly disappears, Lok digs deep into the trail leading to a land-reclamation site, in order to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.
Winner of the prestigious Golden Leopard at the 71ˢᵗ Locarno Film Festival 2018 and Best Asian Feature at the 29ᵗʰ Singapore International Film Festival 2018, A Land Imagined by Yeo Siew Hua won Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Film Score at Taipei’s 56ᵗʰ Golden Horse Awards 2019. The film is Singapore’s entry to the 2020 Academy Awards’ (Oscars) Best International Feature Film category. This limited-edition boxset DVD contains a specially designed booklet with never-before-seen images of the film and an exclusive director’s interview, plus a free bonus download code to A Land Imagined‘s award-winning soundtrack.
If you represent an educational institution or library and are looking to purchase our DVDs for your organization, our DVDs are available at an institutional fee. This includes an education licence that grants your institution public performance rights for classroom, organisational or library use for a non-paying audience. If you wish to purchase our DVDs for this purpose, kindly contact us at info@objectifs.com.sg for a quotation.
Read More
STORIES THAT MATTER 2021: SCREENINGS
Presented by Objectifs, in partnership with The Projector 2 to 4 Apr 2021 at The Projector Admission: $15 per screening, with concessions for students, NSFs, seniors and The Projector’s members …
Read More
STORIES THAT MATTER 2020: WHO CARES
Objectifs presents Stories That Matter, an annual programme that looks at critical issues and trends in non-fiction visual storytelling. This year, the programme features the theme ‘Who Cares’
WHO CARES …
Read More
OPEN CALL: STORIES THAT MATTER WORKSHOPS
Application Deadline: 7 February 2020 Apply here
Objectifs invites proposals from persons who are currently working on or keen on developing art projects, curatorial proposals and community initiatives concerning issues …
Read More
Other Highlights From 2020
OCT-NOV 2020 SHOOTING HOME YOUTH AWARDS CLASS OF 2019 EXHIBITION Lower Gallery & Courtyard Featuring works by the 11 photographers from Objectifs’ young photographers developmental programme. Includes Arielmegan Tan, Beverly …
Read More