2020/ 2021— Uncursed Cotton/ Buang Suay
2020/ September, NGS Out of Isolation Corvid19, Perspectives online, National Gallery Singapore’s online publishing platform for research, conversations, insights, as well as its behind-the-scenes work. https://www.nationalgallery.sg/magazine/out-of-isolation-covid-19-jimmy-ong-johann-yamin-uncursing-cotton Also duplicated here; Video edited by Johann Yamin https://vimeo.com/jogja/review/519648624/b4ce665ba2 This series of performances come about having met Smiha Kapoor who
2020/July— NUS Museum prep-room conversation online
Conversation with Johann Yasmin and Kirti Bhaskar Upadhyaya webinar started as Insta-stories at NUS Museum during Corvid lockdown. https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17855973422072128/ The conversation with Johan and Kirti revolves around the time I have spent in Yogyakarta. During the lockdown in Singapore, BLM was unfolding on USA TV screens and much pointing out of Singapore Chinese privilege was on social media in SG. Recalling how I made a video work (KungKum 2
2020/ March-October, Stay Home Quilt, community project
As artist-in-residence with 3Pumpkins in collaboration with volunteers from TzuChi HYC, La Salle interns and migrant workers in Singapore. Remotely built an installation of quilts with these three respective demographics and quarantined migrantworkers.The process begins with the Pandemic from March through October 2020. [3Pumpkins on Instagram: “#stayhomequilt has been consistently receiving youth who are interested in creating participatory art work to put together over 200
2019/ — Visual Notes: Actions and Imaginnings,/NX Gallery, NUS Museum.
Johann Yamin interviewed and curated a survey of works from NUS Museum collection "Amoy Suite "(about 400+ pcs) to include video works previously unscreened. 2020 iteration of the exhibition includes the following videos: Milas, a very Long Dream. [Melas, February 2012. on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/57906860) Video of “7 days of Crying” [Private Video on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/62347969 ) and Karaoke Without Tears. [Karaoke Without Tears on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/50785757/0
2019/ October— AWARE Singapore charity show.
Exhibition opportunity to get these objects out in public view before the end of Bicentennial year in Singapore. more photos of series of Refuse Bins here: https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B10GdFryYG9T944 A public talk and demonstration on how to use the Raffuse Bins was presented at 1880 Club prior to the charity auction event.
2019/ September— A Year in Java, ACM Singapore.
An installation of curtains of povertquilts that made a room within a room. By day the public is invited to sew buttons in memories of their loved ones. By evening, the public participation to sew a single long sarong become part of a group performance to atone for the wrongs of Raffles in Colonial Java. Museum public audience were asked to hand sew one or more buttons in remembrance of their deceased ancestors. This took place on the north panel of Povertyquilts entitled A
2019/April- Raw Forms, Coda Culture, Singapore.
curated group show at Seelan Paley's independent art space in Golden Mile. Another group show at Coda Culture new premise at Aliwal Street featured one of the Refuse Bin series in December. The works premiered at Coda Culture are as follow: Raffuse Bins Series: Stackable Catchall Trays. Recycle Bin for cans and bottles. Plastic Bag Holder, Knives Block, All in edition 3. Carpaint on cast resin. A reworked Seamstress Raffles which became "Arch of Rafflesia" made of denim
2019/ June— PovertyQuilt*, @Campers'Corner
Interactive Installation, friends and public were invited to sew buttons on a quilt in memory of artist's grandmother (and recently deceased spouse). Beginning with filial piety to secretive grief ... to collective Corvid Memorial. The buttons gather in constellations and grow with time at different venues. This sets of curtains and three more sets to come would be a start of a series of memorial sewings made for three different occasion and settings. From Yogyakarta workshop
2019/ March—Covered Causeway, Passport@ OH! OpenHouse.
Lived in a HDB room with a white-collar migrant worker and performed with this new PR from Malaysia over 5 weekends in various Void Decks and covered walkways in Woodlands Singapore. The artist addresses the process of renouncing one's passport with participants of performance. Commisioned by OH!OpenHOuse, More photos available at OH! OpenHouse: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvOylbLBxKB/?fbclid=IwAR3bwY9WW-nwdj1Z8hOAeN3l0labF5wIA4DMbaIWyaxK0JxkJBSY0ldr8aM https://www.instagram.
2019/ February—artist talk, Raffles Revisited, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore.
...in conjunction with the exhibition Raffles in Southeast Asia . (Slide presentation of works in progress with performance of babad of fall of Yogyakarta under the British). The slide presentation chronicle my "research' of Raffles in Java beginning with the exhibition {A History of Java} in 2015. I took the opportunity to prescreen the mock-documentary-toour of Raffles in Jogja. I have also brought along two Javanese assistants trained to performed a puppetry skit of Olivia
