Public Art
Kathleen Ditzig, Hera Chan
17 January 2025 to 26 January 2025
Free admission
Synopsis
Bureaucracy is a defining feature of contemporary life, embodying the social contracts and financialised logics that permeate our time, labor, relationships, and even the afterlife.
Borrowing its title from David Graeber’s 2015 book, this exhibition brings together artists from Singapore and beyond who have engaged with everyday bureaucracy and its idioms. Featuring artworks that are produced through international legal limits, that poetically reflect upon the personal cybernetic relationship with censorship, and that unpack the financialization of the office, public housing unit or mobile phone, The Utopia of Rules reflects upon the social contracts, agencies, and logics that define these everyday systems. In turn, the exhibition points to how in ‘following rules’ and ‘filing paperwork’, artists can speak to and shift cultural protocols.
The Utopia of Rules is curated by Hera Chan and Kathleen Ditzig, with design by Joshua Comaroff and Vanessa Ban.
Participating artists/curators:
A City in Miniature (Ong Ker-Shing and Joshua Comaroff, with Harry Lam, James Lim and Rebecca Chong), C&G, Heman Chong, Ho Rui An, Serene Hui, Joaen, Josh Kline, Kwan Sheung Chi, Michael Lee, Charles Lim, Margaret Tan, Arlette Quỳnh-Anh Trần, Wang Tuo, Tisya Wong, and Yong Xiang Li
Public Art
Veronyka Lau, Agatha 'Agy' Lee & Adeline Huang
17 Jan 2025 to 26 Jan 2025
Free admission
The Textile Paper Lab and Canberra residents re-imagine their community spaces with majestic soft sculptures that catch the light and wind and soar with their vibrant spirits.
Public Art
Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen
17 Jan 2025 to 27 Jan 2025
Free admission
Before and After the Unknown is a multimedia exhibition by Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen, exploring existence as an island in time through a speculative fiction universe of 11th-century Temasek.
Developed by Atelier HOKO, Commissioned by The Everyday Museum, a public art initiative by Singapore Art Museum
17 Jan 2025 to 27 Jan 2025
Free admission
A pop-up presentation exploring the role of instructional art in public spaces, advancing the dialogue on how we balance routine compliance with creative expression in daily interactions.
Funan and Vertical Submarine
17 Jan 2025 to 16 Feb 2025
Free admission
SNAKES & LADDERS: The Art Odyssey at Funan, curated by Justin Loke, gamifies the exhibition experience, blending Singaporean art, mythology, and ecology, featuring diverse artists and interactive installations.
