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Guided Tour with Curator and Exhibiting ArtistsSunday 30 October | 2pm to 3pmChapel Gallery, ObjectifsAdmission is free, donations are welcome*Join curator Daniel Chong and exhibiting artists Desiree Tham, Mike HJ Chang, Ryan Lim Zi Yi and Yeyoon Avis in a guided walkthrough of this group show. During the tour, they will share more about the ideas and concepts behind the exhibition, as well as their art installations.Find out more about the exhibition and associated programmes here.Sugar Pills for a Bitter World is presented by Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, and supported by the Cultural Matching Fund.*About Sugar Pills for a Bitter WorldLiving as we are now in an age of absurdity, every new event is somehow more ridiculous than the last. Our financial systems constantly hang in the balance; we’re forever in a health crisis; even the concept of truth has changed. Yet it is undeniable that sweet relief can also be found in a new brand of humour. This serotonin boost goes by many names: Gen-Z humour, TikTok humour or Post-Dada irony. Often defined by its generational difference, it is marked by its low video quality and unplanned randomness. However, it is often misunderstood as mere attempts to laugh away the pain. In a generation that has dealt with the increasingly illogical nature of the world, this brand of humour is not just a mere joke. In fact, within its absurdity are honest attempts to make sense of the world. They have developed their own sugar pill – a placebo activated from belief.This exhibition functions as a sampler – a conceptual pillbox. Containing the work of 5 artists, each of them have developed their own sugar pills - placebos to process and guide them through their times. They are honest responses created in the vernacular chaos of our era, sitting between the poetic and the hilarious. *About Objectifs' Curator Open CallCurator Open Call is an annual programme that encourages innovative curatorial approaches to lens-based art. This is part of Objectifs’ ongoing effort to broaden perspectives by supporting curatorial research and innovative ways of presenting image-based work.Header image from Cinema-Going-Surrogates (2016-ongoing) by Mike HJ Chang