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The Gallery's Community Hosts
Hear from the Gallery’s Community Hosts! These volunteers conduct special tours for underserved community groups. By paying special attention to their access needs and interests and facilitating conversations, our Community Hosts ensure that the Gallery is a welcoming space for all. Wuai Mun, Sok Oon, Moe Yin and Chan Pong tells us just what it takes. 5 minute read.
Bumi-Antara: Editorial Foreword
What can Southeast Asia be, beyond geography? Can it play the role in the collaborative building of a world culture? "Bumi-Antara: Southeast Asian Futurism Beyond the Map" is a special takeover of Perspectives Magazine challenges readers to see Southeast Asia not just as a geographic region, but also as a conceptual space. A collaboration with Artistic Director Rachael Rakes and Associate Curator Sofia Durron of the 12th Seoul Mediacity Biennale "THIS TOO, IS A MAP" this takeover introduces the idea that art and culture can be used to question systems and structures of knowledge around us, and be used as the basis create a new world culture. This editorial foreword unpacks the term “Bumi-Antara” and the value of thinking beyond rationalism. 5 minute read.
Resonates With Residency: Zai Tang
Zai Tang was the Resident Artist for Resonates With from July to September 2023. During his residency, Tang presented a series of performances created in response to "See Me See You: Early Video Installation of Southeast Asia," focusing a on different piece of music technology for each artist. In this article, he shares the inspiration for each of his performances, illuminating how they came to be. 12 minute read.
A Conversation with Lin Hsin Hsin on Outer Space and OSIRIS-REx
On 24 September 2023, the sample capsule from OSIRIS-REx returned to Earth carrying NASA's first asteroid sample, taken from the surface of Bennu. The remainder of the spacecraft will continue its investigations into our solar system, carrying with it on board a chip etched with artworks, three of which are by Singapore artist Lin Hsin Hsin. Hear from the artist about how she selected these works, and how her practice is founded on science, mathematics and technology. 6 minute read.

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