Titled Every Step in the Right Direction, this international contemporary art exhibition focuses on the necessity of considering current conditions and what that means for the choices we make moving forward. Through the exploration of artworks, the city, and the self, Singapore Biennale 2019 invites visitors to think about where their right direction is, and transform the world. Discover the relationship REST STOPS CHOP CHOP between artwork(s) and buildings while stepping in and • Asanoya Boulangerie out of places with their own 15 Queen Street CITY TRAIL! stories. Challenge yourself to • Lowe’f finish the trail in one hour or take 1 Queen St (60mins) your time to uncover upon the • Mellower Coffee hidden nooks along the way. 108 Middle Road 1 • Tanuki Raw at kapok LASALLE COLLEGE OF ARTS National Design Centre • Wonder Gelato 261 Waterloo Street Opera of Kard (Market) Hard Black on Cotton Aesthetics 101 Arnont Nongyao Tracey Rose Prapat Jiwarangsan 12-channel Installation of pencil on 6-channel slide and video video installation paper works (set of 9) projection, 2 light boxes and film slides 2 SAM AT 8Q HOARDINGS Moro Moro Gooseberry Project Coping Mechanisms Bakudapan Food Soyung Lee Pooja Nansi Study Group 7 works Digital print on vinyl Mixed media installation: Various media sticker, typography, maps, drawings, artefacts augmented reality (AR) with scent, and video and performance poetry SINGAPORE 3 ART MUSEUM 4 NATIONAL 5 DE SUANTIO HOARDINGS MUSEUM LAWN GALLERY – SMU Every Step Counts sitsit sa kuliglig La camera insabbiata Amanda Heng (whatever circles from (The Chalkroom) Multi-disciplinary project: the center) Laurie Anderson workshop, text work in Lani Maestro Hsin-Chien Huang public space, archival Mixed media installation: Virtual reality (VR) footage, video projection wooden structure, capiz installation and live performance shells, marble and metal 1 BLOCK 7 2 BLOCK 22 BALIK Level 1, #01-13 Level 1, #01-33 BARRACKS! (70mins) Get closer to nature and appreciate various ways of An Obstacle in Reincarnations Fossils of Shame: Queen’s Own Hill seeing at Gillman Barracks. Through moving images, Every Direction (Hopea Sangal and The Pillars and its Environs sound, theatre, sculptures and artefacts, connect to Nabilah Nordin Sindora Wallichii) Zakaria Omar Robert Zhao Renhui the wider world of the past and the present. Mixed media installation Ruangsak Anuwatwimon Sculpted driftwood from Photographs, video Soil, glass, iron, brass, demolished stilt houses and found objects in books and video display cabinet with echo corner artist-led tours Find and reflect at our echo corners around BLOCK 9 the galleries. Where you can share your 3 BLOCK 22 4 Shed, Pavilion 5 BLOCK 9 thoughts on the artworks through questions Exterior - Gravel Road & Walkway Level 2, #02-21 and activities. Far From Home Present-past-patterns Carving Water, Escape Velocity III (Meeting Place) Vanghoua Anthony Vue Melting Stones Zai Tang Paphonsak La-or Vinyl, photographic prints Hu Yun Graphite, charcoal, ink Acrylic on canvas (121 and duct tape 4K video with sound, on paper, 10” dubplate, paintings and outdoor ice sculpture and turntables, MaxMSP painting), and acrylic sound installation and computer paint on wires BLOCK 9 BLOCK 9 Level 3, #03-21 Level 3, #03-22 Letter to the Sea Bukit Brown Index #132: Snail Paradise Lim Sokchanlina Triptych of the Unseen Chang En-Man Video installation: Post-Museum Site-specific installation: transparency, scuba mask Wayang stage, chairs, photography, videography, REST STOPS and flippers cardboard virtual reality embriodery and recipes (VR) goggles and archival • Creamier materials in joss paper 5A Lock Road construction GO RD GALLERY (80mins) Journey through a stirring experience where modern meets contemporary! ST Search through histories and find new meaning in connections made with land, craft, tradition and space. echo corner Find and reflect at our echo corners around the galleries. Where you can share your thoughts on the artworks through questions and activities. 1 CITYHALL COURTYARD 2 Coleman Atrium SINGTEL GALLERY A REST STOPS • Aura • Courtyard Café • Gallery & Co. • Smoke and Mirrors • Yàn In the Skin of a Tiger: Black-Hut, Black-Hut Phum Style Ali Akbar Sadeghi Time: Dust Monument to What Boedi Widjaja Phare, Animation Films Min Thein Sung We Want (Tugu Kita) Mixed media installation: the Battambang Circus Ali Akbar Sadeghi Dust on canvas and Sharon Chin salt-infused concrete, Performance, 6 animation films cotton, 29 pieces 13 banners made from sound, petrified wood documentation of reclaimed fabric and metal performance, and bamboo and painting on canvas 2 3 (2 panels) 4 SINGTEL GALLERY A SINGTEL GALLERY B SINGTEL GALLERY C Parallel Communes Am I A Ghost? Telling stories from Chapter 2: async - volume Many waters to cross Temsüyanger Longkumer C&G outside and inside The Blessed Child Zakkubalan Dennis Tan 4 terracotta sculptures Multimedia installation: Verónica Troncoso Ngoc Nau In collaboration with Durational performance – film clips, questionnaire, Fabric scrolls, photographs, Print on canvas Ryuichi Sakamoto construction resulting in drawings and poster sketches, audio recording and augmented reality 24-channel video hand-crafted timber boat and performance (AR) app installation and 2-channel video FOR PUBLIC SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2019 DAILY KOPI, TEH AND CONTEMPORARY ART (Starting 9 Dec 2019) Specially designed for seniors, these multilingual tours will allow them to discover National Gallery Singapore contemporary art and enjoy a treat of kopi and teh (coffee and tea) at the end of TOURS and Gillman Barracks the tour. Join us for a guided tour and gain Free with Biennale admission Free with Biennale admission. Pre-registration required. insight into the artworks and artists Visit www.singaporebiennale.org for more details. featured. Tours start from 9 Dec 2019 NATIONAL onwards and are not available on public GALLERY SINGAPORE NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE GILLMAN BARRACKS holidays. All Japanese tours are not Fri, 6 Dec 2019 | Fri, 21 Feb 2020 Fri, 10 Jan 2020 | Fri, 6 Mar 2020 TOURS IN ENGLISH available from 21 Dec 2019–5 Jan 2020 3.30pm–4.30pm 3.30pm–4.30pm Mondays – Wednesdays 2pm Free for Merdeka and Pioneer Saturdays 2pm Generation visitors with valid IDs NATIONAL TOURS IN MANDARIN GALLERY GILLMAN Sundays 11am SINGAPORE BARRACKS TOURS IN JAPANESE SINGAPORE Mondays to Thursdays 10.30am BIENNALE ACCESSIBLE GILLMAN BARRACKS NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE Sat –Thur | 10am–7pm • Fri | 10am–9pm COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE TOURS IN ENGLISH [By request only] SERVICE on Saturdays and Sundays Thursday, Friday, Sunday 2pm to and from National Gallery To bring contemporary art to a more diverse audience, we have specially crafted TOURS IN MANDARIN Singapore and Gillman Barracks. activities to serve communities with different abilities. Sundays 1.30pm Latest schedule and pick-up Requests must be received five weeks in advance. Slots are limited and available on a locations at singaporebiennale.org TOURS IN JAPANESE first-come-first-serve basis from Dec 2019 to Mar 2020. Tours are not available on public holidays. Fridays 1pm For enquiries, email [email protected] CURATOR TOUR FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS Join the curators of the Singapore Biennale 2019 on an exclusive tour that focuses on and examines specific themes in this edition of the Biennale. Find TODDLER ART STEP INTO THE out more about the artworks and the curatorial decisions that go on behind WORKSHOP STORY WITH SRT the scenes in organising the nation’s pre-eminent contemporary art event. Sats, 15, 22, 29 Feb 2020 Sats, 22, 29 Feb 2020 GILLMAN BARRACKS NATIONAL GALLERY SINGAPORE Sats, 7, 14, 21 Mar 2020 Sats, 7, 14 Mar 2020 Sat, 18 Jan 2020 Fri, 14 Feb 2020 2–3.30pm | Gillman Barracks, Blk 1 10.30–11.30am | Asian Civilisation 7.30pm–8.30pm | $15 7.30pm – 8.30pm | Free with Biennale admission $35 per parent-child. Museum, Demonstration Room Tickets available at SISTIC. Registration is required at Tickets available at SISTIC $35 per parent-child. sb2019-artisticdirectortour.peatix.com Developed by Jelly Bean Attic to Tickets available at SISTIC help toddlers grow and learn through Learn new skills and boost your creativity sensory play, these workshops include and confidence in this multi-sensory SINGAPORE BIENNALE 2019 a tour followed by an art-making workshop where parent and child CELEBRATES activity where toddlers will learn spatial participate in movement, drama and reasoning and practice coordination as craft activities in a safe environment. Celebrate these festive occasions at Singapore Biennale 2019 with well as their gross and fine motor skills. Developed by the Singapore Repertory your loved ones and participate in fun, family-friendly activities. Come back to explore a different themed Theatre, this workshop brings participants on workshop each weekend, from toys to food an experiential journey which culminates in the CHRISTMAS CHINESE NEW YEAR 11am–6pm | Gillman Barracks and nature. All materials provided. Suitable Biennale exhibition space. Suitable for children Wed, 25 Dec 2019 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 Free admission for children 18 months – 4 years old. 3 – 4 years old. 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