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| Shane Ng, Continuity in Pulses (2020) at Singapore Ceramics Now 2021 |
Day 1, 22 Jan 2021:
I started visiting two exhibitions at my basecamp, The Substation. Starting with Ceramic Expressions presented by Mulan Gallery. Then I visited "Withering Rice, Flourishing Sovereignty" by Chu Hao Pei. This is a mixed media installation which highlights a collection of rice farming practices and its interwoven relationship between rice and politics in Southeast Asia. A staple consumed in the region, rice has become more than a food product but a symbol embedded within our Southeast Asian cultures. Through a constellation of textures and material, the work explores the production and consumption of rice as borderless produce, and how it is or can be used as a socio-political tool to reimagine the boundaries between countries in Southeast Asia. Chu's mixed media installation is Substation's We are not coming back, We are coming around and is a part of the NGS's Novel Ways of Being project.
I had a meeting with Farhan Idris and talked about his art criticism project. Then I listened to the Reset Talk Series by Art & Market.
Then took an afternoon nap before heading out to Gillman Barracks again. At Gillman, I visited Singapore Ceramics Now 2021. One of the largest surveys of ceramics art in local art history since the 90s. A wonderful exhibition which expands ceramics practice. Singapore Ceramics Now 2021 is organised by Jason Lim and curated by SEED Art Space.
Continued with The Hours After, Artists as Collector and Deliverance at Mucciaccia Gallery.
We ended the evening with dinner with the art trail's guests talking about art, life and everything.
* I visited and attended six SAW events and have 83 left to go.
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