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April 2024 - February 2025
Resonates With Residency (National Gallery Singapore)
The Resonates With Residency is a residency programme that invites local performing artists to respond to works and themes from the Gallery’s long-term and special exhibitions.
Returning with a refreshed format, this cycle of the Resonates With Residency features a cohort of three artists, each commissioned to create a series of multi-disciplinary performances in response to the Gallery's permanent exhibition, Between Declarations and Dreams: Art of Southeast Asia since the 19th Century. Over several months, the artists will draw inspiration from the exhibition's artworks and themes to ideate, innovate, and iterate towards two work-in-progress showcases, leading up to their final performances at Light To Night Singapore 2025.
In her residency, titled A Slow Future Through: A Gentle and Caring Approach to Art Making, Cheryl will explore what it means to prioritise intentionality, compassion and deep “seeing” in life, through the lens of the three works she has chosen. She will consider what we choose to reveal or see in others and ourselves, as well as the potential unseen forces that work against our state of being.
Her final showcase will be on 1, 2 Feb 815 - 9pm at Padang Atrium National Gallery Singapore
1 Feb 2025
ARTSPLAINING
Sat, 1 Feb 2025 | 9:15 pm - 10:00 pm | National Gallery Singapore, Supreme Court Wing, Level 5, UOB Southeast Asia Gallery 12
A casual platform for art advocacy, Artsplaining introduces and fosters art appreciation by engaging individuals from various industries and backgrounds who may not have direct ties to the arts, thus establishing relatability and connections between the art and non-art worlds.
Through thoughtful conversations and witty interpretations, our featured guests reflect on how the works in National Gallery Singapore relate to different industries and non-art spheres. Equal parts offbeat and accessible, this programme is perfect for anyone curious about the visual arts!
For the first time, Artsplaining is collaborating with the Resonates with Residency (RWR) Programme to highlight RWR artists and their creative process leading up to their final performance during the festival. Tune in to hear Cheryl's perspective on his residency and how it influenced her choice of artwork for his performance.
About the Speakers:
Cheryl Ho is an award-winning actor, writer and facilitator focusing on care, creativity and inclusion. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, she has worked with leading theatre companies in Australia, including Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company, as well as with Singapore’s Artwave, The Necessary Stage and Esplanade. Ho was also a Creative in-Residence with Rainbow Centre and Superhero Me.
Cheng Jia Yun is a curator at National Gallery Singapore, where she researches post-war art of Southeast Asia. She is interested in the ruptures, solidarities and collective actions that emerged in the region from the 1970s onwards. Past projects include Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia 1969–1989 (2019), Chng Seok Tin: Drawn Through a Press (2021), Nothing is Forever: Rethinking Sculpture in Singapore (2022), See Me, See You: Early Video Installation of Southeast Asia (2023) and Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America (2023).