Previous Next Boedi Widjaja, 东邪西毒 I Want to Infect You with History, 2025. Courtesy of the artist and ShanghART Singapore .

Exhibition

Immortal Words :: 字基

ShanghART Singapore

17 January 2026 to 1 March 2026

12:00PM - 6:00PM (Wednesday -Sunday)

Free admission

Synopsis

Immortal Words :: 字基 splices poetry with genetic code, meditating on the diasporic condition. Boedi Widjaja asks: if history is displaced, how might it take up new space through the body? His 4-line toponymic poem spatialises as DNA nano-sculptures—lines, circles, cubes—released through a capsule ball machine, with the microfluidic molecular writing process unspooled on video. A living, participatory work realized with geneticist Eric Yap (Institute of Digital Molecular Analytics and Science).
Boedi Widjaja, Artist
Eric Yap, Geneticist
Harry Chew, Director of Photography
Audrey Koh, Art Producer

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