My friends are having an exhibition this weekend at the Arts House. As part of Objectifs’ Shooting Home program, I’m curious how the photographers have developed over the course of one year. Do check out the exhibition or join them for the guided tour on Oct 10 for more insight into their works. The Unfamiliarity [...]
Shanghai’s m97 Gallery will be showcasing the works of three Chinese photographers from Sep 11 to Oct 25, 2009. TOP, from (“Impermanent Instant“) © Li Jun, 2008 Li Jun’s Impermanent Instant draws inspiration from Buddhism’s concept of impermanence, where all existence is in constant flux and time itself, an eternally changing instance. Dust, in this [...]
Paradise Lost is an exhibition curated by Zhao Renhui, which seeks to present the transition of documentary photography in our region. As digital processes proliferate in the industry, photography has lost its role as an objective witness. Now, viewing photography requires a certain (healthy) sense of criticism and suspicion. The artists involved are: Ang Song [...]
The Angkor Photography Festival is back for its 5th year from Nov 22 – Nov 28 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Details of the festival will be up on their website soon but applications for the workshop are now open till August. However, you need to be below 28 (born after Oct 1980), work as a [...]
The pioneer batch of graduates from NTU’s School of Art, Design and Media will be showing their work at 2902 Gallery from Jun 12 to Jun 21 at 2902 Gallery. I will be there to support my friends, look out for the person hogging the drinks admiring the prints. I can’t wait! More information on [...]
Opening this Friday in conjunction with the Singapore Art Festival and Month of Photography is a group exhibition, TransportAsian, at the Singapore Art Museum. Centered around transportation in Asia, artists from Asia and Southeast Asia were invited to explore and interpret the the themes. Artists involved are Dominic Khoo, John Clang, Chua Chye Teck, Samantha [...]
I’m slightly behind my posting but opening today at The Cathay Gallery is an exhibition, The Life of My Sisters, by Debby Ng and Edwin Koo. In collaboration with The Little Sisters Fund and asia! magazine, the photographers entered the lives of young Nepalese girls currently receiving help from the fund. The Little Sisters Fund [...]
ABOVE, from (“Octopus Garden“) © Agan Harahap The theme for this year’s CUT is Figure and once again, we are treated to an insight to Southeast Asia’s photography scene. From the press release: Artists featured in CUT09 are on the forefront of highlighting the problematics of representation in photography. Instead of subscribing to the belief [...]
TOP TO BOTTOM, from (“The Rice Project“) © The Rice Project Team, 2008 The Rice Project is a photography exhibition featuring the works of 10 photographers who turned the spotlight back on the Asian Tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka. Five years after the tragedy, houses and lives are still being rebuilt. The project started off [...]
TOP, from (“Thai Child Boxing“) © Susetta Bozzi, 2008 Now that SIPF is over, the next big event to watch out in Southeast Asia is the Angkor Photography Festival. It will be on from 23 Nov to 28 Nov in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The first festival of its kind in SEA, this is its fourth [...]
