Art History of Southeast Asia (Singapore, 7-16 Oct 22)

[Chaitanya Sambrani]

> From: National Gallery Singapore
> Date: Sep 30, 2022
> Subject: ANN: Art History of Southeast Asia (Singapore, 7-16 Oct 22)
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> National Gallery Singapore, Oct 7–16, 2022
> Deadline: Oct 16, 2022
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> Take this opportunity to chart critical issues in the field of Southeast Asian art with artists, cultural workers and thinkers this October Gathering: Between 7th and 16th Oct, join us for 27 multi-formatted programmes, from performance lectures, tours, live readings, panel discussions and film screenings, to a mini-exhibition and pop-up library. Delve into new strategies and innovative perspectives while dreaming up manifold possibilities of our collective futures.
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> HIGHLIGHTS
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> "A CYBORG ISLAND MANIFESTO: A PERFORMANCE, A POSITION, A PROVOCATION"
> SAT 8 OCT | 4PM | KEYNOTE
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> “But something is holding Singapore back from manifesting to her fullest potential and brightest radiance: her ritualised shame. For how can she be who is, own who she is, while hiding the fact that she is trans and a cyborg?”
> Singaporean writer Amanda Lee Koe considers stories of agency, urgency and futurism in her performance lecture.
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> Register here: https://bit.ly/ACyborgIslandManifesto
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> "OLD HABITS DIE HARD BY POOJA NANSI"
> SAT 8 OCT | 11AM | TOUR
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> How can we reframe works from the perspectives of different genders? In her book Out of the Sun Esi Edugyan says “I am not a historian. Only a storyteller with an interest in overlooked narratives”.
> As a Singaporean woman of Indian descent, writer Pooja Nansi finds it hard to find an emotional connection to the paintings in the Southeast Asia galleries.
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> Register here: https://bit.ly/OHDH_PoojaNansi
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> "I AM AN ARTIST (HE SAID)"
> SAT 15 OCT | 1PM | BOOK LAUNCH & LIVE READING
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> Composed as an irreverent dialogue between masculine and feminine narrators, Thai artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook’s compelling and humorous essays are an uncategorisable fusion of art criticism, feminist theory, art pedagogy, gossip and autofiction. Join a live reading of extracts by artist Heman Chong, writer Amanda Lee Koe and Araya herself, as well as a sharing on the development of the book by Roger Nelson.
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> Register here: https://bit.ly/IAmAnArtist
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> AN UNCOMMON HISTORY OF THE COMMON FENCE
> SUN 16 OCT | 5PM
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> The common fence - often used as a protective safety urban device or as a boundary marker demarcating permissible and non-permissible movement - has had an uncommon history within the biography of Singapore.
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> A PROLOGUE BY JASON WEE
> Understand the common fence as a participant in key events in the history of Singapore.
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> THE READING SPIRAL
> Hear directly from Lilian Chee, Jason Wee, Goh Sze Ying and Justin Zhuang as they read the concerns of An Uncommon History - the interconnections between photo history, civic history and the histories of our architectures.
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> Register here: https://bit.ly/AnUncommonHistory
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> "POP-UP LIBRARY"
> ALL DAY | CITY HALL WING, LEVEL 3, CITY HALL CHAMBER
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> Stocked with titles hand-picked by the collaborators of October Gathering and librarians from National Library Board, the library addresses and expands on critical themes and provocations raised in the sessions. Look out for live readings on 8 & 9 Oct!
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> The library is co-developed with the Singapore National Reading Movement.
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> "THE ORIGINAL IS AN ILLUSION: RECONSTRUCTING TOWARDS A MYSTICAL REALITY"
> ALL DAY | CITY HALL WING, LEVEL 5, ROOFTOP STUDIOS
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> Can we conceptualise the exhibition as a medium that generates new ways of thinking about and making art?
> The exhibition "Towards a Mystical Reality: A Documentation of Jointly Initiated Experiences" (1974) is restaged as a case study to consider the exhibition as method and the exhibition as medium.
> Visit and participate in its restaging.
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> For more information & registration, visit: https://www.nationalgallery.sg/october-gathering-2022