YAM AT SAM is a programming collaboration between Singapore Art Museum and artists Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen of the artist-run analogue film lab Film Nerve. The collective will present a series of live performances, hands-on workshops and regional screenings focused on analogue photochemical experimentation and expanded cinema.

The project takes the taro (yam) plant as a central thematic motif, drawing parallels between the physical medium of analogue film and plant growth—both being slow, organic processes shaped by light, time and collective labour. Embracing an incubation model, the series emphasizes open experimentation, shared artistic labour and community-constructed knowledge.

Venue: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

When: 28 Aug 2026 - 31 Jan 2027,

By: Singapore Art Museum (SAM)