Preventive Publics: The Burning Car in Thomas Hirschhorn’s Installations

Brianne Cohen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research focuses on contemporary art in the public sphere, and particularly, art engaged with concerns of global migration, postcolonial histories, political violence, and environmentalism. She is currently completing a book entitled “Preventive Publics: Contemporary Art and the Idea of Europe,” which examines art...

Mapletree–NTU CCA Singapore Public Art Education Programme

Sound Performance and Guided Tours 5.30pm Guests to Arrive/ Photo-taking at LED Wall 5.50pm Welcome by NTU CCA 5.55pm Speech by Mr Edmund Cheng 6.00pm Presentation of Token to NTU CCA 6.05pm Start of Art Tour for Mapletree Directors 6.05pm Start of Sound Performance by Zulkifle Mahmod 7.15pm Guided Tour MBC II Meeting point: Sonic Pathway Installation,  80 Mapletree Business...

Tours: Culture City. Culture Scape. Guided Tour at Mapletree Business City II

Explore the new art installations nestled in the lush compound of Mapletree Business City II (MBC II). Themed Culture City. Culture Scape., this public art project, commissioned by Mapletree and curated by NTU CCA Singapore comprises works by internationally renowned artists Dan Graham (United States), Zulkifle Mahmod (Singapore), Tomás Saraceno (Argentina/Germany), and Yinka Shonibare(Nigeria/United Kingdom). Inspired by the idea of expanded sculptural environments,...

Tour: Culture City, Culture Scape at Mapletree Business City II

Explore the new art installations nestled in the lush compound of Mapletree Business City II (MBC II). Themed Culture City. Culture Scape., this public art project, commissioned by Mapletree and curated by NTU CCA Singapore comprises works by internationally renowned artists Dan Graham (United States), Zulkifle Mahmod (Singapore), Tomás Saraceno (Argentina/Germany), and Yinka Shonibare(Nigeria/United Kingdom). Inspired by the idea of expanded sculptural environments,...

Curatorial Consciousness. Participation between Practice and Process

As artists have moved towards models of post-studio practice in which the art object is no longer privileged above other forms, the gallery itself becomes a site for production, dialogue, and debate. In this lecture, Dr Michael Birchall argues that the museum has transformed itself into a site of participation through the facilitation of socially...

Tour: Culture City. Culture Scape. Guided Tour at Mapletree Business City II

Explore the new art installations nestled in the lush compound of Mapletree Business City II (MBC II). Themed Culture City. Culture Scape., this public art project, commissioned by Mapletree and curated by NTU CCA Singapore comprises works by internationally renowned artists Dan Graham (United States), Zulkifle Mahmod (Singapore), Tomás Saraceno (Argentina/Germany), and Yinka Shonibare(Nigeria/United Kingdom). Inspired by the idea of expanded sculptural environments,...

Ethics of Curatorial Practice: Making Art Public, Building Institutions

In examples of institutions created by artists or curators, many times the institution is a personal affair, whereby it is inextricably connected to the research interests and cultural practice of its founders. Reflecting on the already existing modes of cultural and institutional operations in Athens, Fokianaki will unfold the institutional trajectory of the independent space...

Workshop for Teachers and Educators

Focusing on the artworks in the initiative entitled Culture City, Culture Scape., the workshop offers a closer look at the artistic practices, artworks on exhibit and prepares educators for visits with their students by providing educational tools as entry points to the art trail. Led by art educator Kelly Reedy, the workshop will assist in identifying aspects...

Tour: Culture City. Culture Scape. Public Art Trail at Mapletree Business City II

Guided tours at Culture City. Culture Scape., NTU CCA Singapore’s collaboration with Mapletree Business City II will return in January 2019 as part of Singapore Art Week. Inspired by the idea of expanded sculptural environments, the artworks explore the interplay between landscape, architecture, and the broader social and economic environments they are placed in. More than being...