Sunday, April 10, 2011

Singapore Biennale

From the Singapore Biennale description:

Koh Nguang How is a artist, archivist, and curator who has been documenting and collecting materials relating to contemporary art in Singapore since the late 1980s. Koh's documentation of the Artists Village between 1989 and 1999 has become a significant historical resource. In 2005 he established the Singapore Art Archive Project, presenting a selection from it as part of SB2011. Based on the extensive collection that swamps his HDB flat, and a trove of art news clipped from Singapore’s English and Chinese language newspapers, Koh will set up within the gallery an active archival laboratory that replicates the configuration of his apartment. The project merges personal research, private and public space, and public enquiry.
A man who collects and archives shitloads of newspaper articles and stores it in his own HDB flat? This is also known as my mom's worst nightmare. (Although to be honest, I wouldn't be able to live with his many newspaper cuttings as well.)

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