"Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul" at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapor... more "Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul" at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), 29 June to 20 July, 2024. Featuring the work of Haffendi Anuar, Johann Fauzi, Lucas Tan, Siew Guang Hong, Money Wang and Samuel Xun.
Religion and the Arts, 27: 1-2 (Apr 2023). Special Issue: Keeping the Faith: Religion, Gender and... more Religion and the Arts, 27: 1-2 (Apr 2023). Special Issue: Keeping the Faith: Religion, Gender and the Arts in the Twenty-first Century.
In issue 08 of Unlikely - Journal for Creative Arts, "Birds and Language", guest editors Madelein... more In issue 08 of Unlikely - Journal for Creative Arts, "Birds and Language", guest editors Madeleine Kelly and Jan Valender. At <https://unlikely.net.au/issue-08/of-birds-and-men>
E-catalogue for Johann Fauzi's solo exhibition, "#09-1464", at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), ... more E-catalogue for Johann Fauzi's solo exhibition, "#09-1464", at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), Feb 11 to Mar 4, 2023.
Springer International Publishing eBooks, Nov 5, 2022
In &quot;Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism&quot;, eds. Gillian Hannum and Kyu... more In &quot;Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism&quot;, eds. Gillian Hannum and Kyunghee Pyun
E-catalogue essay for "The Textures of Solitude" at FOST, featuring the work of Nicole Coson and ... more E-catalogue essay for "The Textures of Solitude" at FOST, featuring the work of Nicole Coson and Bernie Pacquing
In the catalogue for "Chaos and Order: Chan Thean Chie", 6 - 21 Aug 2022 at the Penang State Art ... more In the catalogue for "Chaos and Order: Chan Thean Chie", 6 - 21 Aug 2022 at the Penang State Art Gallery.
In the Southeast Asian city‐state of Singapore, street artist SKLO has come into conflict with th... more In the Southeast Asian city‐state of Singapore, street artist SKLO has come into conflict with the authorities for her sticker bombing and stenciling. Her arrest foregrounds issues about the socio‐cultural resonances and broader value of street art in local public discourse. This article explores SKLO's praxis vis‐à‐vis the phenomenon of official graffiti, and its structuring of the tightly regulated public realm. Dubbed the “Sticker Lady,” SKLO has been also referred to as “Singapore's Banksy” by local and international media. Besides prompting questions regarding the value of street art as expressions of local culture, these references shed light on how the figure of Banksy has become a figure of neoliberal urban aesthetics, especially pertaining to urban entrepreneurialism – a globally circulated signifier of a particular image of street art that sees the attachment of monetary value, celebrity and cool to such artistic works of subversion. These references to Banksy also...
Contemporary Arts as Political Practice in Singapore, 2016
This chapter evaluates how the work of local filmmaker theatre practitioner Loo Zihan subverts th... more This chapter evaluates how the work of local filmmaker theatre practitioner Loo Zihan subverts the logic of Singapore’s political economy, in his use of the confessional body, a body “laid bare in all its obscured dimensions, operat[ing] as a nexus of intersecting strands: of material and social taboos, trauma and amnesia, abjection and repressed histories” (Ho). Loo’s recent work is read within its specific socio-historical moment: if it indeed confesses, what do its necessarily subjective confessions imply about the broader nation-group, the social milieu in which it operates? Ho is interested in what these “gestures of bodily revelation” (Ho) reveal about the Singaporean body politic today. In its unruly instantiations—publicly nude, ceremonially soiled—the non-compliant body articulates a resistance to the impositions of state and society. Loo enacts a denial of performative reiterations of power, repudiating the required corporeal manifestations of the citizen-subject.
"Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul" at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapor... more "Of placebos that sing sweet in the mouth and ache in the soul" at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), 29 June to 20 July, 2024. Featuring the work of Haffendi Anuar, Johann Fauzi, Lucas Tan, Siew Guang Hong, Money Wang and Samuel Xun.
Religion and the Arts, 27: 1-2 (Apr 2023). Special Issue: Keeping the Faith: Religion, Gender and... more Religion and the Arts, 27: 1-2 (Apr 2023). Special Issue: Keeping the Faith: Religion, Gender and the Arts in the Twenty-first Century.
In issue 08 of Unlikely - Journal for Creative Arts, "Birds and Language", guest editors Madelein... more In issue 08 of Unlikely - Journal for Creative Arts, "Birds and Language", guest editors Madeleine Kelly and Jan Valender. At <https://unlikely.net.au/issue-08/of-birds-and-men>
E-catalogue for Johann Fauzi's solo exhibition, "#09-1464", at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), ... more E-catalogue for Johann Fauzi's solo exhibition, "#09-1464", at Richard Koh Fine Art (Singapore), Feb 11 to Mar 4, 2023.
Springer International Publishing eBooks, Nov 5, 2022
In &quot;Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism&quot;, eds. Gillian Hannum and Kyu... more In &quot;Expanding the Parameters of Feminist Artivism&quot;, eds. Gillian Hannum and Kyunghee Pyun
E-catalogue essay for "The Textures of Solitude" at FOST, featuring the work of Nicole Coson and ... more E-catalogue essay for "The Textures of Solitude" at FOST, featuring the work of Nicole Coson and Bernie Pacquing
In the catalogue for "Chaos and Order: Chan Thean Chie", 6 - 21 Aug 2022 at the Penang State Art ... more In the catalogue for "Chaos and Order: Chan Thean Chie", 6 - 21 Aug 2022 at the Penang State Art Gallery.
In the Southeast Asian city‐state of Singapore, street artist SKLO has come into conflict with th... more In the Southeast Asian city‐state of Singapore, street artist SKLO has come into conflict with the authorities for her sticker bombing and stenciling. Her arrest foregrounds issues about the socio‐cultural resonances and broader value of street art in local public discourse. This article explores SKLO's praxis vis‐à‐vis the phenomenon of official graffiti, and its structuring of the tightly regulated public realm. Dubbed the “Sticker Lady,” SKLO has been also referred to as “Singapore's Banksy” by local and international media. Besides prompting questions regarding the value of street art as expressions of local culture, these references shed light on how the figure of Banksy has become a figure of neoliberal urban aesthetics, especially pertaining to urban entrepreneurialism – a globally circulated signifier of a particular image of street art that sees the attachment of monetary value, celebrity and cool to such artistic works of subversion. These references to Banksy also...
Contemporary Arts as Political Practice in Singapore, 2016
This chapter evaluates how the work of local filmmaker theatre practitioner Loo Zihan subverts th... more This chapter evaluates how the work of local filmmaker theatre practitioner Loo Zihan subverts the logic of Singapore’s political economy, in his use of the confessional body, a body “laid bare in all its obscured dimensions, operat[ing] as a nexus of intersecting strands: of material and social taboos, trauma and amnesia, abjection and repressed histories” (Ho). Loo’s recent work is read within its specific socio-historical moment: if it indeed confesses, what do its necessarily subjective confessions imply about the broader nation-group, the social milieu in which it operates? Ho is interested in what these “gestures of bodily revelation” (Ho) reveal about the Singaporean body politic today. In its unruly instantiations—publicly nude, ceremonially soiled—the non-compliant body articulates a resistance to the impositions of state and society. Loo enacts a denial of performative reiterations of power, repudiating the required corporeal manifestations of the citizen-subject.
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