Photography and art are vocations that are different from a ‘regular’ job. Creativity cannot be spun out of financial duress.
Contested Landscapes: Northeast Hinterland Exhibition Notes
I am left imagining if Punggol was the scene of some post-Anthropocene reterritorialization, where the animals are the ones who have rehabilitated the space the space we left behind.
Singapore Photography: Desires and anxieties of a small city state
We took the opportunity to introduce Singapore photography to the audience in a presentation titled Singapore Photography: Desires and Anxieties of a Small City State.
Photography, Power & Currency: WMA Interview with HK01
I don’t feel photography needs to be overtly ambitious in assuming impact or power. And in any case, impact and power are impossible to measure. Photography has a part to play in adding to a cumulative effect.
Spotlight: 10 Ukrainian Artists at Odessa/Batumi Photo Days
I wanted to learn if the anxieties and desires of Ukrainian artists were similar to those in Singapore and Asia, and what language they used in expressing them in their art and photography.
Learn all the rules, bin them, then pick one up again: Interview with Raw View Magazine
I recently got invited by Raw View Magazine to join their panel of consulting curators and will be contributing views from Asia.
World Press Photo – A view of the world in little Singapore
145 images from the latest World Press Photo 2016 awards, billed as the “Oscars” of photojournalism, is currently on exhibit at the National Museum of Singapore till 26th March.
Spotlight: Photo Projects from Temasek Poly students
Everyday Muslim, 4.1km2 and I’m Not Sick: Final Year Projects from Students at Temasek Polytechnic: Nadyah Binte Azman, Don Chi and Charlene Yong.
Manit Sriwanichpoom on Art, Purpose and being Fearless
In the following conversation with prolific Thai artist/curator Manit Sriwanichpoom, we talk candidly about photography and purpose, censorship and compromises, and being fearless in art-making.
Hong Kong x Singapore Photobook Exchange, April 2017
HK/SG Photobook Exchange is an extension of our efforts to further dialogue, development and appreciation of photography and publishing practice in Singapore and the region.
Cities of Darkness: A conversation with Greg Girard
A conversation with Greg Girard ~ What do you think is the future of cities and citizens? These days, with the unthinkable occurring on almost a daily basis, nothing is too far fetched.
Of Yearnings and Exiles: Tsering Topgyal, Tibetan Photojournalist
Tsering Topgyal’s long-term project features portraits of other young Tibetans like himself, living in exile, and separated from home and family.
Beyond Wilderness, Chua Chye Teck
Beyond Wilderness is a book of photographs (2014–2015) by Singaporean artist Chua Chye Teck of the disappearing forests and wilderness in Singapore.
Photography in Southeast Asia: A Survey, by Zhuang Wubin
In Southeast Asia, our understanding of photography is largely framed through the binary of photography versus art, which morphs into the other dichotomous paradigm of straight photographers versus artists who use photography.
SIPF: The Photography Archive as Conversation
The Archive as Conversation examines the nature of photographs as documentation of events, occasions, people and personal memories.