Object Lessons Space

An online archive and platform that encourages an interconnected and networked understanding of art and art history • [email protected]

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We’ve been working on a physical publication for a little over a year now, and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!

On Holding Space is a commemorative publication. It examines various ecologies of generosity and hospitality.

https://t.co/ZKAcegOU2K

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Copies of our publication, On Holding Space, are still available!
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Order your copy now: https://t.co/h8BL9v3ojW

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We’re almost ready to ship out preorders of our new publication, On Holding Space. As a bonus, all preorders will come with a free set of postcards.

To preorder within Singapore, use the Google Forms link in our bio. If you'd like a copy but are overseas, drop us an email.

[Object Lessons Space @ObjectLessons_]

We’ve been working on a physical publication for a little over a year now, and we can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!

On Holding Space is a commemorative publication. It examines various ecologies of generosity and hospitality.

https://t.co/ZKAcegOU2K

[Object Lessons Space @ObjectLessons_]

The publication features:
🎲 Interviews with Sonia Kwek, Charmaine Poh, Pey Chuan Tan, and PURE EVER
🔮 Artworks by Joanne Pang, Marla Bendini, Rifqi Amirul Rosli, and Aki Hassan
✨ Poems by Jollin Tan

Preorder your copy now. Publications will ship in January 2022.

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Missed the premiere of our podcast episode earlier this week?

Listen to it on Spotify now! A full transcript of the episode is also available on our website 🍄

https://t.co/9bxLiJqA6v

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Mushroomed is a series of conversations around art making, artistic networks and ecosystems produced in collaboration with SGCR.

Our ninth episode is an interview with thesupersystem. It will premiere on Spotify today 21 July at 12nn (GMT +8).

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Mushroomed is a series of conversations around art making, artistic networks and ecosystems produced in collaboration with SGCR.

For this episode, we speak to Susanna Tan about the language of flora and fauna, and how she works with them.

Tune in here: https://t.co/pah9FY9e2U.

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Melissa Tan's works are based on nature and different ways of mapping. Her projects revolve around landscapes and formation.

“Every time I look at these maps, I feel like a bird flying over land. That’s what I enjoy about encountering these maps.”

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The practice of Boedi Widjaja articulates reflections on memory, spatial relations and cross-cultural hybridities.

“Architecture has given me the necessary language — visually, materially, and spatially — to think about space and place.”

https://t.co/oCpZVePJ30

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Missed the premiere of our podcast episode last week?

Listen to it on Spotify now! A full transcript of the episode is also available on our website 🍄

https://t.co/eurH1Ohyjq

[Object Lessons Space @ObjectLessons_]

Mushroomed is a series of conversations around art making, artistic networks and ecosystems produced in collaboration with SGCR.

Our next episode is a deep dive into our latest issue. It is now live on Spotify.

Tune in here: https://t.co/OmCmm7HhaO.

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Debbie Ding is a visual artist and technologist who researches and explores technologies of perception by investigations and experimentation.

“Over the past few years, I've been working on all the skills I need to build the world that I have in mind.”

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Tara Fatehi Irani's practice explores the ephemeral interactions between memories, words, bodies and sites through performance, text, videos, music and dance.

“What does it mean to walk along the lines on a map? Who drew these lines and how?”

https://t.co/WakszuCI7B

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Cian Dayrit’s work investigates notions of power and identity as represented and reproduced in monuments, museums, maps and other institutionalized media.

“What is cultural work for, if not to contribute to raising the consciousness of the people?”

https://t.co/75iCPo7uP2

[Object Lessons Space @ObjectLessons_]

Missed the premiere of our podcast episode last week?

Listen to it on Spotify now! A full transcript of the episode is also available on our website 🍄

https://t.co/EBzDODNTKT

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◖ On Psychogeographies◗
March/April 2021

Our understanding of physical space is often mediated through maps. Mapmaking is often seen as a precise science, yet it favours some knowledge systems over others. How might we find alternatives to this?

https://t.co/WFBmOAjVQH

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Mushroomed is a series of conversations around art making, artistic networks and ecosystems produced in collaboration with SGCR.

Our sixth episode is an interview with Mahalakshmi Kannapan. It will premiere tomorrow 6 April at 10pm (GMT +8).

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Jason Lim's repertoire of works encompasses ceramics, photography, installation art, and performance art.
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“My relationship to clay is very connected — my hands just respond to the organicity of the material.”

https://t.co/VCaleJEbsj

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Syaiful Aulia Garibaldi is interested in the world of microorganisms, the process of decomposition, and ecology.

“Art is meant to make you think deeply or philosophically, and this can be applied to thinking about plants, ecosystems, or ecologies.”

https://t.co/9qe8axt946

[Object Lessons Space @ObjectLessons_]

Missed the premiere of our podcast episode earlier this week?

Listen to it on Spotify now! A full transcript of the episode is also available on our website 🍄

https://t.co/A7j0Syx4e0