Shangri-La Art Podcast CHAN + HORI CONTEMPORARY

Theatre Director Lewin Bernard and Curator Deborah Lim has a conversation with Jay Ho on the occasion of ‘Oumuamua’s Tale, his second solo exhibition, presented by Chan + Hori Contemporary as part of the Singapore Art Week January 2022 at Gillman Barracks in Singapore.





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Curator Clara Peh has a conversation with Ivan David Ng on the occasion of Roads Around A Mountain, his first solo exhibition, presented by Chan + Hori Contemporary as part of the Singapore Art Week January 2022 at Gillman Barracks in Singapore.





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SUBLINGUA, SUBMACHINES is the experimental arm of Ivan and Pauline Despi’s studio The Acid House, with an artistic philosophy to change how animations, film and visuals can be experienced by audiences. Fuelled by collaborations across different genres, their artwork titled Dream Weavers for NEW WEAVE comprises a community weaving collective dreams into a grand tapestry - drawn from the idea of the t’nalak weave of the T’boli tribe that receives divine designs through their dreams.

Rezaliando and Fizah Rahim helm a team at MACHINEAST that has swayed brands such as NIKE and IBM to their distinctive style. With personal links to Padang, Sarawak and the regions that host weaving centres for the Maybank Women Eco-Weavers programme, memories of childhood, histories and home traditions were part of MACHINEAST’s considerations for their creative practice. Spanning the commercial and artistic, these powerhouses work across cultural contexts to represent Southeast Asia on a global scale.

Working towards a more convincing illusion, three-dimensional artworks by LOUDSQUEAK have a filmic quality to them that captures colour, light, shadows and motion. Made up of particles in a digital weave, they bring to mind pixels and serve as greater statements of who we are as people, how we interact with those around us and how we divide ourselves into different groups based on social, economic or other defining qualities. Trained as a software developer who adds layers to his artworks, learn about his analytical yet free-flowing approach to making art.

A fascinating deep dive into the mind of SHAHRIL AZUAR JIMIN, the first CEO of the Maybank Foundation moved from law to running factories to insurance to eating leaves in Sawahlunto, which all served as defining moments. Identifying weaving as an aspect that ties the countries of ASEAN together, he speaks about the importance of dignity and the empowerment that has been created for both weavers and artists.