Resonates With Residency

With a nod to sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek humour, witness the playful exploration of Patrick Ng’s Self Portrait with Friends and the tranquil scenes of Membasoh Kain di Tepi Sungai.

The Death of Chikun follows a girl’s meandering thoughts after the death of a neighbourhood chicken. It explores the theme of perception, how to be “human” and what life could be like if we chose to slow down and live deeply.

a tree through time is a work of music and movement that responds to the gazes, abstractions of culture and intermingling of myth and reality in Sudjojono's Perusing A Poster. Redwan Hamzah brings these elements into a different time and space in history by creating feedback-generating instruments from Jelutong wood and using these in conversation with elements of the performance space and the artist.

System Error: Please Check is a slapstick and introspective look at the “unseen” forces working against our state of “being” and what we intentionally choose to let into our frame of consciousness. Performed in English and Singapore Sign Language with Open Captions.

Temporal Threads: Spill the Tea is an immersive journey inspired by the paintings of Batik Variant Truntum II by Mochtar Apin and Flirting With the Jamu Lady by Sudjana Kerton. As the audience is drawn into a kaleidoscope of sonic and visual sensations, vibrant hues and intricate patterns merge and spill to form a mosaic of interconnected experiences. Themes of allure and inner strength intertwine, weaving a narrative of timeless resonance and transformative beauty.

kami, kamu comprises three islands, each with a distinct musical landscape and a “traditional” musician that records input and configures the sound of their island. The piece allows audiences to observe the development of each “island” or to listen to and manipulate the collective composition of the archipelago, seeking a form of aesthetic balance in a dynamic dialogue with the unfolding of the piece.

For her residency, pianist and composer Alina Ramirez presented Roots, a multi-programme response to Tropical: Stories of Southeast Asia and Latin America.

Tactility Studies presented A Sense of Body, a multi-programme response to Gallery Children’s Biennale: Let’s Make A Better Place.

Zai Tang presented Sonic Medi(t)ations, a series of performances created in response to See Me, See You: Early Video Installation of Southeast Asia.

Sigma Contemporary Dance presented Body History, a multi-programme response to the exhibitions Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia and Siapa Nama Kamu? Art in Singapore since the 19th Century.

Drawing on both traditional and contemporary expressions of Nanyin, an ancient musical art form from China, Siong Leng Musical Association presented An Odyssey to the South — a multi-programme response to the exhibition Liu Kuo-sung: Experimentation as Method.

Alchemy: Stone to Flesh was a dancer's reading of the exhibition, Nothing is Forever: Rethinking Sculpture in Singapore.

Inspired by the Gallery’s Ever Present and Familiar Others exhibitions, Realm Aku (My Realm) by Syafiq Halid drew on the idea of The Dreaming.

In the first Resonates With Residency, the artist collective PLAY! took inspiration from the Gallery Children's Biennale to uncover the many ways in which the young and young at heart access their feelings, desires and needs.