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Simryn Gill, Charles Lim Yi Yong

SIMRYN GILL, CHARLES LIM YI YONG

The Sea Is a Field Singapore Art Museum 12 January–24 April 2024 Singapore
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The Sea is a Field reveals the inner workings of the SAM Fellowship programme. One of the lines of inquiry of the inaugural programme was the artists’ interest in traversing the space that separates them. Put simply, how to travel between Port Dickson and Singapore by sea? As it turns out there is no simple route. In August 2023, a trip was taken, utilising a network of local ferries, between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore. This journey was an opportunity to continue a collaborative method the artists have developed, with Charles Lim making observations through video and Simryn Gill through photography and text. With their parallax perspectives, the artists annotate stories of everyday crossings, migrations, and borders that connect to a deep cultural and political history of the region.

The portside warehouse, left in its raw state, becomes a place where the artists navigate distances and proximities between the space of collaboration. The artists consider this less a finished exhibition space than a site that can hold both of their observations and sensibilities — a zone of convergence for their solitary and private undertakings and their public iterations.

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Simryn Gill contemporary artist
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Charles Lim Yi Yong contemporary artist
Charles Lim Yi Yong Follow +

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Singapore Art Museum contemporary art institution in Singapore
Singapore Art Museum
39 Keppel Rd, #01-02 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore, Singapore
+65 66979 730
http://www.singaporeartmuseum.sg

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