In this Panel, we bring together Alexander Koch and Lim Kok Boon who once practiced as artists. The discussion would look into their journeys as art practitionersto how they navigate the same field today in different modes.
The live broadcast will also include a question and answer session in the last 30 minutes of the programme with Anmari Van Nieuwenhove.
Speakers:
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Alexander Koch is a curator, gallerist, writer and cultural mediator. In 2008 he co-founded KOW, a gallery specialised in socially oriented art, representing international artists such as Hito Steyerl, Chto Delat?, Tobias Zielony and Candice Breitz.
Koch is also the co-initiator and director of the NEW PATRONS program in Germany as part of a European network that provides citizens with the means to commission art projects internationally in response to their social concerns. He worked as a curator and editor on various exhibitions and publications.
Koch is a frequent lecturer and author focused on economic and institutional transformations within the art world have been the main concerns in his theoretic writings.
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Cheryl Capelli is an animal welfare activist and business owner of hamster supplies store Fat Pouches and the President of the Hamster Society of Singapore. Her focus is on sculpting nutritious food for hamsters as well as pet welfare. While pursing Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from LASALLE College of the Arts, she worked as a BDSM dominatrix performer for six years, collaborating with artists like Divagaar and Becca D'Bus.
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Jun Jie (JJ) Ng works as a Powerlifting Coach and has coached on the Singapore National Team, University College London Team as well as works 1-1 independently with over 40 athletes of varying levels with an emphasis on proper technique, mindset and coach-athlete communication. He is also a Powerlifter that has medalled Internationally and continues to compete. He also produces powerlifting specific informational content on the Technique Matters Youtube Channel.
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Lim Kok Boon is an art educator and artist based in Singapore, passionate about contemporary art and art education. He is an independent art critic who writes art reviews on his blog, boonscafe.com. His artworks often surround food culture in Singapore. His foodie works are often nostalgic paintings of children’s snacks or mundane archival-like photographs of boring daily meals.
His research interests in art education includes visual literacy, e-pedagogy, museum-based learning and art criticism. A frequent creator of art teaching resources in Singapore, he believes every child is entitled to meaningful arts experiences.
Moderator:
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Marc Glöde (PhD) is a curator, critic and film scholar.
His work focuses on the relationship between images, technology, space, and the body, as well as the dynamics between fields such as art/architecture, art/film, and film/architecture. He received his PhD at The Free University of Berlin and has taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden, the FU Berlin, Academy of Fine Arts Berlin, and was Assistant Professor at the ETH Zürich. Since 2017, he is an Assistant Professor at NTU ADM, Singapore, and Co-Director of the MA in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices.
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A content marketer and event programmer with a special focus and interest in contemporary art, Anmari's background in art led to a natural inclination for artistic pursuits, having her own creative projects as well as an understanding and love for contemporary art. A keen aesthetic and knack for personable copywriting led her to grow the Singapore Art Museum's social media following to 30, 000 in 2013. These same skills led her to be the voice and sometimes face of Singaporean brand Telok Ayer Arts Club; applying her creativity to styling and photoshoots for their menus, as well as their robust art programme which gained the attention of many, having the spotlight many a time in the local dailies and magazines.
This panel is presented by H0thouse.