S.E.A. Focus Curated 2022: chance constellations
By Ian Tee

Hello and welcome to ‘Ian’s Research Club’, an A&M podcast. In each episode, I speak with guests from the visual arts community, as well as creative individuals from adjacent industries. Hosting this podcast is an extension of the long-form interviews I have been conducting, and a way of capturing the personal voice. I hope you find the conversations as generative and enjoyable as I know I will!

My guest on this episode is Joyce Toh, Head of Exhibitions for S.E.A. Focus Curated 2022. Previously, she was Senior Curator at the Singapore Art Museum from 2007 to 2020, where she curated exhibitions, oversaw the museum’s Philippine collection and publications. Joyce is also the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of ARTO, a social discovery platform to make art physically and emotionally accessible to everyone.

We speak on the occasion of S.E.A. Focus 2022, an anchor event of Singapore Art Week. This is the second time S.E.A. Focus is presented as a hybrid fair, with a physical show at Tanjong Pagar Distripark in Singapore as well as a digital showroom. Joyce and I discuss the theme ‘chance constellations’, the fair’s unusual layout as well as some highlight artworks you do not want to miss.

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