Artsplaining ft. Resonates With Residency Artist Amin Alifin & Curator Goh Sze Ying
Registration
19 Jan 2025
8–8.45pm
Registration point: National Gallery Singapore, Supreme Court Wing, Level 3, Supreme Court Foyer
Free, pre-registration required. Registered attendees will need to show confirmation email.
A casual platform for art advocacy, Artsplaining introduces and fosters art appreciation by engaging individuals from various industries and backgrounds who may not have direct ties to the arts, thus establishing relatability and connections between the art and non-art worlds.
Through thoughtful conversations and witty interpretations, our featured guests reflect on how the works in National Gallery Singapore relate to different industries and non-art spheres. Equal parts offbeat and accessible, this programme is perfect for anyone curious about the visual arts!
For the first time, Artsplaining is collaborating with the Resonates with Residency (RWR) Programme to showcase RWR artists and their creative process leading up to their final performance during the festival. Come by to hear Amin’s perspective on his residency and how it influenced the choice of artwork for his performance.
Goh Sze Ying is a curator at National Gallery Singapore, where she has worked on exhibitions that include Living Pictures: Photography in Southeast Asia (2022), Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia (2022), Something New Must Turn Up (2020) and Minimalism: Space. Light. Object. (2018). In 2019, she co-curated the sixth edition of the Singapore Biennale, Every Step in the Right Direction. Her research focuses on Southeast Asian photography and art in the mid-20th century, with an interest in how art refigures issues of identity, mobility and place.
Amin Alifin is a multi-disciplinary performing artist with 17 years of professional experience in the performing arts industry. A versatile dancer and choreographer, Alifin’s extensive credits encompass theatre, music and the visual arts. He also teaches, competes and choreographs both locally and on international stages. Alifin’s performance and competition accolades include being the first and only Singaporean to have ever won the champion title for the Gatsby Dance Asia Finals in Tokyo.
