NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore presents Propositions for Planetary Attunement, a live event featuring Artists-in-Residence Ng Hui Hsien, The Observatory, and Zarina Muhammad. Spanning polyphonic storytelling, moving image, live music, and performance, it marks the culmination of the inaugural STAR Residencies (Science, Technology, Art & Research), a pioneering collaboration with the NTU Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS), curated by Dr Anna Lovecchio, Curator, NTU CCA Singapore.
What happens when artists and scientists find common ground in shared concerns and collective care for ecological complexities? What can they reveal about planetary matters that often exceed us—from the imperceptible scales of geological time and elusive frequencies to the molecular texture of rocks and the age-old modes of interaction with the environment? Emerging from a year-long drift into geosciences, each artist offers a unique proposition that interlace measurements with musings, the empirical with the embodied, science with speculation, and facts with signals.
Complementing the artistic propositions is a selection of research materials curated by the NTU Earth Observatory of Singapore. This display foregrounds the core scientific work explored by the artists during the residency, offering a glimpse into the data and phenomena that informed their inquiry. Together, these acts chart a non-linear journey to the threshold of our profound unknowing of the invisible forces that shape the planet, inviting us to cultivate deeper forms of attention and attunement to the Earth.
Venue: Esplanade Annexe Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore 038981
When: 24 Mar 2026, 7pm - 10pm
By: NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore)
