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Singapore Art Week (SAW) 2022

Held from 14 to 23 January 2022, the milestone tenth edition of SAW will honour the legacies and development of Singapore’s visual arts, and welcome an exciting future with fresh takes and possibilities.

The 10th edition will see over 35 Singapore-based projects from its open call, and offerings from close to 600 artists and creatives, curators, and partners from Singapore and countries such as Bangkok, China, Australia, Turkey, the United Kingdom and United States of America. SAW 2022 takes its theme “Art Takes Over” even further in this tenth edition with programmes that spotlight the rich artistic practices of Singapore’s modern and contemporary artists; raise awareness on the infinite possibilities across art mediums, such as the creative use of technology; go beyond the white cube to offer new experiences in unexpected spaces; and present new perspectives from inside out.

Celebrating legacies of the past, present and future

Singapore is home to visionary artists of various backgrounds, mediums and perspectives that make up the rich artistic practices that have helped build a thriving visual arts scene. SAW 2022 will feature a diverse range of intergenerational programmes that create meaningful dialogues between emerging and established artists. For instance, to mark their 60th anniversary, non-profit Singapore-based art association Angkatan Pelukis Aneka Daya (APAD translates to Association of Artists of Various Resources) will present Bridging Through the Age: An Intergenerational Collaborative Exhibition. The exhibition, which showcases nine pairs of artists’ efforts of addressing and overcoming marginalised issues of age-segregation through the spirit of collaborative art-making, will also witness the artists’ exchange of new ideas and perspectives. The artworks presented are testimonies of their attempt of converging undiscovered differences and similarities.

SAW 2022 will also witness new beginnings, with the official launch of the Critical Craft Collective Singapore, an initiative started by artists Adeline Kueh and Hazel Lim to investigate the relationships between craft and contemporary art, design, and new technologies. Festival goers can reflect on the variety of perspectives presented by the Critical Craft Collective Singapore at The Story of Calico, from the lens of artists such as veterans Homa Shojaie, and Sam I-Shan, and up-and-coming artists like Alysha Rahmat Shah, as they reclaim themes of intimacy through the materiality of calico, a plain-woven textile made from cotton.

Familiar venues and art concepts with a twist

At SAW 2022, arts lovers will see their favourite precincts and neighbourhoods come alive with new launches and expanded programmes. Fans of SAW signature events can look forward to the return of marquee event Light to Night Festival 2022 at the Civic District by National Gallery Singapore, with artistic interventions and phygital programmes under the theme “New Ways of Seeing, Thinking and Being”. The visual art festival will bring even more engaging and multi-sensory experiences in partnership with world-renowned artists and creatives to champion fresh perspectives and dialogues around art and objects from the National collection, the heritage of the Civic District, and relevant social issues. As a pioneer of Singapore’s mall-wide art activation, Funan will make a comeback with Creative Intersections: In the Year of the Tiger, curated by Chan + Hori Contemporary. Through a specially commissioned fictional tiger narrative, newfound collaborations between artists and brands will find resonance with adventurous shoppers as they explore aspects of conservation, science, habitats, and pop culture in this month-long activation.

Pushing new frontiers with unconventional spaces

With the evolution of the arts scene, SAW 2022 boldly steps away from the conventional white cube. At the industrial Tanjong Pagar Distripark (TPD), SAW will take over two expansive warehouse spaces and a cargo lift on Level 5, presenting an unorthodox art-going experience alongside its four open call projects. One of them is A N T I N O D E S, which rallies street culture, music, architecture, technology, fashion and spirituality in this unlikely collaboration. Through experimental modes of presentation such as robotics and augmented reality, the showcase documents changes in Singapore artistic practices amid the pandemic. Opening to the public during SAW 2022, Singapore Art Museum’s new two-floor space will feature exhibitions such as REFUSE, a time-based installation space and archive on Singapore’s very own art rock band The Observatory.

In the thread of introducing art interventions in the everyday, Hawker! Hawker! is set at the historic location of Lau Pa Sat. Curated by Singapore and New York-based artists respectively, Yen Phang and Oh Yam Chew will spark dialogue over the future of our hawker culture through mukbang, kopi chats and other interdisciplinary formats like participatory installation, digital art, and writing. Similarly, beloved Basheer Graphics Books at Bras Basah Complex will house DIASPORA, an exhibition helmed by Eddie Ching of Artblovk pop-up gallery and co-curated by Lim Cheng Tju that investigates the blurring of the public and private space in a time of turbulence and uncertainty. Stepping right into an artist’s theatrical home, Somewhere in Bedok features an intergenerational and interdisciplinary presentation with works by the likes of Ian Woo, Ezzam Rahman, and Masuri Mazlan that explore concepts of domesticity and the uncanny within a HDB flat.

Connecting Singapore’s arts to the world

Come January, SAW 2022 is set to be at the centre of important arts conversations with its blockbuster line-up of international programmes. In partnership with Singapore art discourse publication so-far, UK digital museum AORA Space, and Metis Art, SAW will present HORIZONS, where artists from Singapore and around the world will participate in a virtual interdisciplinary programme across three time zones over 24 hours. Audiences will be able to enjoy studio visits, live performances, panel talks and workshops, with artists and thought leaders such as Samson Young (Hong Kong), Zoe Whiteley (the United States of America) and Gonzalo Herrero (the United Kingdom).

An anchor event in SAW is S.E.A. Focus by STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, which is always highly anticipated by art collectors and aficionados around the world. The pioneering art platform aims to foster a deeper appreciation of Southeast Asian contemporary art and artists, and the 4th edition will return to TPD, in collaboration with Art Basel – the world’s leading fair for modern and contemporary art.

Website: https://www.artweek.sg/

When: 14 - 23 Jan 2022,

By: Singapore Art Week

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