空城

Synopsis

For Singapore Art Week 2026 as part of 开门见山, we return to challenging the traditional boundaries of the white cube. At the center of our presentation is a monolithic architectural installation, an HDB-inspired folly that occupies the gallery's core. Its scale overwhelms the viewer's perspective, while its windows offer brief, imagined glimpses into the lives of fictional residents.

Housed within this structure are the works of our 8 participating artists, each reflective of how art is shown, consumed, and valued in our precious city-state. In a year where personal and cultural values feel both intimate and increasingly complex, we ask: how do we see art, the act of presenting it, and the systems surrounding its consumption?

By shaping the exhibition like a familiar Singapore residential unit, we question whether this makes art more accessible or, ironically, more distant. Instead of a gallery to enter, the entire setting becomes a single sculptural object, turning the exhibition itself into a quiet satire of how we encounter and value art.