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Objectifs Highlights Diverse Artistic Voices for Singapore Art Week 2025

As Singapore Art Week 2025 takes over the city from 17 to 26 January, Objectifs proudly presents three dynamic exhibitions, spotlighting diverse artistic practices through curation, visual art, and dance. Featuring the works of Lenette Lua, Susie Wong, Zen Teh, and SueKi Yee, these showcases explore themes of artistic labour, the interplay of light and darkness, and the power of self-expression.

Hope you are keeping well! by Lenette Lua

Recipient of the 2024 Curator Open Call, Lenette Lua addresses Singapore’s productivity-driven culture with Hope you are keeping well!, transforming the Objectifs Chapel Gallery into a psychological artist’s studio. Through works by Hu Rui, Genevieve Leong, Huijun Lu, and Arabelle Zhuang, the exhibition delves into the often-invisible labour behind artistic creation.

The exhibition offers visitors interactive experiences, including artist dialogues, curator-led tours, and open studio sessions. These gatherings invite reflection on the values of productivity and challenge visitors to envision sustainable artistic practices beyond relentless excellence.

Exhibition Opening: 14 January 2025, 7 PM to 9 PM

Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms of the Earth by Zen Teh & SueKi Yee

What does light and darkness mean to us—beyond physical phenomena? Artists Zen Teh and SueKi Yee explore this question through a collaborative exhibition that merges visual art and dance. Building on their research in Berlin, the duo investigates themes like urban development, environmental change, and the emotional weight of illumination and shadow.

The public is invited to actively contribute through:

Pre-Exhibition Walking Tour (14 December 2024): Document personal encounters with light and darkness, influencing the final artworks.
Participatory Movement Workshop (18 January 2025): Led by dancer-choreographer SueKi Yee, attendees will explore embodied relationships with light and shadow through movement, transforming the gallery into a space of reflection.
Exhibition Opening: 14 January 2025

Dancing Alone (Don’t Leave Me) by Susie Wong

Lighting up the Bras Basah District throughout Singapore Art Week, Susie Wong’s Dancing Alone (Don’t Leave Me) reimagines solitude and self-expression. Through digital billboards at Fortune Centre and Wilkie Edge, Wong presents onscreen vignettes of solitary women dancing for themselves, inspired by the famous line from The King and I: “No woman would dance alone when a man is looking at her.”

Originally exhibited at Objectifs in 2020, this iteration transforms the urban landscape into a stage. Wong’s work celebrates personal agency while offering a powerful commentary on romance, independence, and identity within the public gaze.

Engage with Art Like Never Before

From questioning artistic labour to illuminating the unseen beauty of light and shadow, Objectifs’ exhibitions for Singapore Art Week 2025 promise immersive, thought-provoking experiences. Join the conversation, connect with the artists, and discover new perspectives.

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