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Language of a City

“A good question to ask is if we could imagine meaning out of memories in the future.” - Heman Chong

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Interview: Heman Chong by Patrick Benjamin

In his archival project of 1,001 photographs of empty places islandwide for Calendars 2020-2096, the much lauded local contemporary artist, manipulates traditional notions of time and space as well as national narrative. He elucidates further to Patrick Benjamin. click here to read the online

China, India and the Role of Art in the Asian Century

 A talk by Prasenjit Duara, Raffles Professor of Humanities, National University of Singapore

Date: 19 January 2012, Thursday
Time: 6pm
Venue: NUS MUSEUM


Admission free. To register email: museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 / 8429

This talk will use the opportunity presented by the ongoing “Western Heavens” series in Shanghai that has, over the last two years, been bringing together artists, filmmakers, writers, social and art theorists and their works from China and India, to grasp how contemporary artists, curators and intellectuals are conceiving of the role of art in bridging and negotiating the gap between societies in Asia.

In what ways has the role of art in society changed over the last century? Although it is perceived to have a social role, art is both big business for the rich and also often divorced intellectually and aesthetically from popular tastes. In this context, it is perhaps necessary to grasp the changed socio-cultural context and institutions through which art can play a public role. The presentation is a preliminary effort to approach these questions from a historical perspective.

Indian, Ptolemaic and Hellenistic Terracottas: Exploring multi- / trans-culturalism in Antiquity

A Talk by Dr. Naman P. Ahuja, A /P, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Date: 20 January 2012, Thursday 
Time: 4pm 
Venue: NUS MUSEUM


Admission free. To register email: museum@nus.edu.sg or call 6516 8817 / 8429

Whereas the Hellenistic impact on the art of Gandhara is well-known to scholars, this lecture delves into the importance of a shared trans-cultural visual culture between Egyptian (Ptolemaic and Roman), Hellenistic (Seleucid) and Indian (post-Mauryan) antiquities, by focussing on the terracottas and ivories of Bengal, the Deccan and even sites in Northern India.

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We RAT on Heman Chong and his Calendars!

Ongoing at the NUS Museum is Calendars (2020-2096), the latest installation work from Heman Chong. For seven years, Chong went around taking photographs of different spaces in Singapore that are seemingly abandoned (most of them weren’t) and created this amazing grid installation of a future Singapore. It’s probably the best exhibition to come out this year, or at least it’s right up there in my books.........click here to read the online article

Check this out! TODAY Article: 05.12.2011

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Explore Singapore 2011: Photography for Children, 4 December 2011 | Photo Gallery

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For the second day of our Explore Singapore 2011 weekend of workshops, we teamed up with Objectifs to present Photography for Children, a workshop designed for children and their parents to learn about the basic concepts and techniques of photography. We then headed out to Haw Par Villa for a field shoot. As we wandered through the theme park, parents shared with their children their memories of the place while the kids put their new knowledge of photography to the test by shooting photographs for a photo story. Back at the Museum, the kiddies spent the afternoon selecting images, learning to tell stories through their photographs and then finally creating their photo stories which they then shared with each other. Thank you to everyone for participating in the workshop! We hope you enjoyed learning about photography and the visit to Haw Par Villa.

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Explore Singapore 2011: Batik Painting for the Family, 3 December 2011 - | Photo Gallery

Morning Session
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Afternoon Session
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Walking into the NUS Museum last Saturday, visitors were greeted with the scent of melting wax as we launched the first day of our weekend extravaganza of workshops for National Heritage Board's Explore Singapore 2011 with the Batik Painting for the Family workshop. This workshop was organised with the intention of teaching more people about the traditional art of batik painting and to encourage family bonding by asking parent & child to team up to create a piece of batik. Through meticulous instruction from the batik instructors from Kamal's Artshop, parent & child waxed and coloured a white piece of cloth to create their very own batik art. Big thank you to everyone who attended, we hope you enjoyed creating your batik piece as much as we enjoyed having you here!

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Publication: Calendars (2020-2096)

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Essay | “Heman Chong: Calendars (2020 – 2096)” | David Teh

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