tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2022-12-06T18:04:15+08:00 Peatix Objectifs tag:peatix.com,2022:event-3342709 2022-10-09T15:00:00SGT 2022-10-09T15:00:00SGT

Exhibition Activation: In other words – an off script gymBy Bernice Lee and Jereh Leung, initiated by Eng Kai Er9 & 23 October and 6 November, Sunday | 4pm to 6pmChapel Gallery, Objectifs Free admission, donations are welcome*Part of Sugar Pills for a Bitter WorldCurated by Daniel Chong, recipient of Curator Open Call 2022Featuring works by Desiree Tham, Eng Kai Er, Mike HJ Chang, Ryan Lim Zi Yi and Yeyoon AvisIt is difficult to hold conversations these days without offending or saying the wrong things. It feels like there is a script of accepted terms and right words that one cannot deviate from. In other words – an off script gym stems from this sneaking suspicion that conversations are, in fact, less improvised than we think. Initiated by Eng Kai Er and activated in the exhibition by collaborators Bernice Lee and Jereh Leung, the work presents us with a menu of exercises. From disrupting eye contact to holding silence, each exercise is meant to emphasise the unspoken rules of conversation making through breakage and absurdity. These exercises are exactly that – activities to change how we think about conversation. The work hopes to shift and nudge our usual conventions in hopes of us collectively remaking new ones to allow us to hold more honest, vulnerable, and unpredictable nonverbal and verbal exchange.This work is part of Sugar Pills for a Bitter World. It is presented by Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, and supported by the Cultural Matching Fund.Find out more about the exhibition and associated programmes here.*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.The recipient receives financial, administrative and marketing support to present an exhibition in the Chapel Gallery. Applications to this programme are accepted via an open call process.Header image from Cinema-Going-Surrogates (2016-ongoing) by Mike HJ Chang