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16 October 2022–19 March 2023

Singapore Biennale 2022: Natasha

16 October 2022–19 March 2023

Named Natasha, the Singapore Biennale's 2022 iteration is conceived by Binna Choi, Nida Ghouse, June Yap, and Ala Younis. Over a one-year period, the Biennale has unfolded both in Singapore and overseas, with its final event taking place in Singapore across 13 sites including Singapore Art Museum.

Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: Natasha (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[Angela Bulloch][0] & Imke Wagener, [Liam Gillick][1], [Pierre Huyghe][2], [Richard Phillips][3], [Rirkrit Tiravanija][4], M/M, [Philippe Parreno][5], _No Ghost Just a Shell_ (2000). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/angela-bulloch/
[1]: https://ocula.com/artists/liam-gillick/
[2]: https://ocula.com/artists/pierre-huyghe/
[3]: https://ocula.com/artists/richard-phillips/
[4]: https://ocula.com/artists/rirkrit-tiravanija/
[5]: https://ocula.com/artists/philippe-parreno/

Doa Aly, _Semenkhkare The Many Forms of Silence_ (2022). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Why Was Singapore Biennale 2022 Named Natasha?

[Haegue Yang][0], _The Hybrid Intermediates – Flourishing Electrophorus Duo (Sonic Intermediate – Hairy Carbonous Dweller and The Randing Intermediate – Furless Uncolored Dweller)_ (2022). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/haegue-yang/

Kanitha Tith, _Hut Tep Soda Chan_ (2011–2017). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Shin Beomsun, _Tales in Stone In Search of the Language of Primordial Paradise_ (2022). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

News Why Was Singapore Biennale 2022 Named Natasha? By Sam Gaskin, Singapore, 18 April 2022

Organisers say it has less to do with the name's specificities than the ways we respond to given names in general. (Also, Tolstoy.)

Kanitha Tith, _Someone is moving_ (2019–2022). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[Pratchaya Phinthong][0], _Algahest_ (2012). Level 1, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/pratchaya-phinthong/

Natasha Tontey, _Garden Amidst the Flame Lacuna for Compassion_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Kiraṇ Kumār, _Six uneasy fragments (exactly) about the natural and spiritual_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Moad Musbahi, _air cut into song_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Raed Ibrahim, _Scripted Tablets_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Extended.Asia, _Ext.Asi Archive_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Donghwan Kam, _Fermentation Houses_ (2021–2023). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Joo JaeHwan, _Series of bricolage paintings_ (1997–2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Samia Halaby, _Kinetic Paintings_ (1987–1988). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Firas Shehadeh, _Signal Feels Colllision_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Ali Yas, _Die Flut (The Flood)_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Ong Kian Peng, _The Vicious Sea_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Wu Mali,_《旗津本事旗津的帝國滋味》(Cijin PúnSū Cijin’s Taste of Empires)_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Elina Waage Mikalsen, _Áhcagastá Tales of the Ember_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook][0], _Philosophical Theater of Animals_ (2019), _Dogs’ Palatial House_ (2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/araya-rasdjarmrearnsook/

Yoon Mi Ae, _Communion Wafers_ (2017–2022). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Kym Jinhong, _15 drawings with various mediums_ (2017). Level 5, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Cevdet Erek, _Bergama Stereo in Singapore_ (2022). Level 3, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

$Maile Meyer & Drew Kahuʻāina Broderick, _KĪPUKA \[for “Natasha”\]_ (2022). Sentosa Cove, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.$

[Heman Chong][0], _The Library of Unread Books_ (2016–ongoing). International Plaza, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/heman-chong/

[Heman Chong][0], The Library of Unread Books (2016–ongoing). Collection of Singapore Art Museum. Courtesy Heman Chong and Renée Staal. International Plaza, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/heman-chong/

Zarina Muhammad, _Moving Earth, Crossing Water, Eating Soil_ (2022). St John's Island, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Åsa Sonjasdotter & Daniela Zambrano Almidón, _Papitas Tarpuycha/Earthing Potatoes_ (2011–ongoing). Lazarus Island, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Donghwan Kam, _Fermentation Houses_ (2021–2023). Lazarus Island, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[Trevor Yeung][0], _The Pavillion of Regret_ (2022). Yan Kit Playfield, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

[0]: https://ocula.com/artists/trevor-yeung/

AWKNDAFFR, _Get to the Point_ (2022). Singapore Flyer, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

AWKNDAFFR, _Islandwide Coverage_ (2022). Multi-venue, Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Layering of images taken at various points of multiple journeys during the making of Islandwide Coverage. Courtesy the AWKNDAFFR. Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Nida Ghouse, Co-Artistic Director of SB2022 with Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law. Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law looking at Shin Beomsun, _Tales in Stone In Search of the Language of Primordial Paradise_ (2022). Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

Binna Choi, Co-Artistic Director of SB2022 with Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law. Singapore Biennale 2022: _Natasha_ (16 October 2022–19 March 2023). Courtesy Singapore Art Museum.

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