An exhibition by Betty Goh
13 to 26 Sep 2024
Objectifs Lower Gallery 1
Opening: Sat 14 Sep 2024, 3pm – 5pm
Objectifs Workshop Space
Free admission
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[Artist Talk] Journeying through the Subconscious in Abstract Street Photography with Betty Goh (Please register here)
Date & Time: Sat 14 Sep, 3pm – 4pm
Location: Objectifs Workshop Space
Free admission
Subconscious is Betty Goh’s long term project about the introspective reflections of her soul and subconscious.
Growing up in the heart of Singapore, the adrenaline rush and vibrancy of this busy city excites her. At the same time, she feels an amount of unspoken loneliness, tension and dilemma hidden beneath the surface. These overlapping and complex emotions are often expressed through Betty’s subconscious during her daily street walks and hence, the result of her visual poetry.
Through her unique use of reflections, shadows, silhouettes, long exposure, lines, shapes and spaces, Betty captures the subtle psychological aspects of a busy urban street life. While her work exudes a sense of mystery, imagination and surrealism, all her street work is un-posed and un-staged, captured within a single exposure, and with zero or minimal edits. Majority of the photos in this exhibition were shot on the streets of Singapore and some were captured in Tokyo. As a keen Leica camera user, Betty has been using the Leica Q2 and Leica Q3 cameras to capture her work.
Come visit this exhibition to celebrate Betty’s passion for abstract street photography.
This exhibition is supported by Objectifs Centre for Photography & Film and Leica Singapore.
About Betty Goh
Betty is the only Singaporean artist included in “Women Street Photographers”, a book curated by Gulnara Samoilova and published by Prestel Publishing in March 2021. The book features 100 contemporary female street photographers around the world. In May 2024, Betty held her first solo exhibition “Subconscious” in Tokyo, Japan. Her works were also displayed in Leica Singapore, Leica Malaysia and Germany. In 2023, she represented Singapore at the first international Mexico Street Photo Festival and was the only Singaporean and Asian showcasing her work in a group exhibition in Germany. Her images have also been included in group exhibitions in New York City, Australia, California, India and will be in Italy in September 2024.