An exhibition by Lim Sokchanlina and Zen Teh
9 Nov to 15 Dec 2024
Objectifs Chapel Gallery
Opening: Sat 9 Nov 2024, 3pm – 5pm
Free admission
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Artist Talk with Lim Sokchanlina and Zen Teh (Please register here)
Date & Time: Sat 9 Nov, 2pm – 3pm
Location: Objectifs Annexe, Junior Lab
Free admission
On Water presents the initial artistic outcomes of this collaborative research project by Singaporean Artist Zen Teh and Cambodian Artist Lim Sokchanlina. Using moving images, anecdotal interviews, installation, and photography, the artists provide visual entry points by which critical conversations on the environmental and societal impact of hydroelectric dams and sand mining in Cambodia might gain urgency. On Water questions if there might be alternative frameworks for industrial development, ones that incorporate the riverine communities’ long-standing knowledge and understanding of nature’s rhythms and cycles in planning for future infrastructure projects?
This exhibition is supported by
About Lim Sokchanlina
Lina (b.1987, Cambodia) works across documentary and conceptual practices with photography, video, installation and performance. Using different strategies, he calls attention to a variety of social, political, geopolitical, economic, cultural and environmental changes in Cambodia in relation to the globe and in the notion of what power and economics play roles in our everyday contemporary living. His works usually involve researching to discover, unpack and document the history of the present and the imagination of the future by learning from the past.
About Zen Teh
Zen Teh (b.1988, Singapore) is an artist and educator interested in man’s relationship with the natural world. Her art practice spans photography, sculpture and installation art. Teh has initiated collaborative interdisciplinary projects with artists, art professionals and scientists to explore the impact of human activity on natural environments. Teh’s works have been showcased in Singapore and regionally including Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. She was conferred the Young Artist Award by The National Arts Council, Singapore in 2021. She was artist-in-residence at the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany in 2024.