Engagements

As ‘artists in the community’, we recognise the value of art as a starting point for conversations and encounters with diverse perspectives.

Apart from making art, we actively participate in speaking engagements to share the knowledge we have gained through our interdisciplinary practice and research.

We also work with educational institutions and cultural bodies to facilitate arts-based learning experiences for a range of audience types such as students, educators, practitioners, and the general public. Each session is largely customised and designed based on programme objectives, audience, and resources and budget available. Below are some examples of the work we do and the topics we cover.

If you would like us to participate in your panel, deliver a lecture or develop a workshop for your programme, please get in touch.

The Role of Conversation in Collaborative Artistic Practice

A presentation for the Diverse Pedagogies module of LASALLE’s Master of Arts in Arts Pedagogy and Practice Programme. We shared an overview of our approach to collaborative practice, as well as Sze Yunn’s research on disciplinary-based collaboration.

Creating through Collaboration

A workshop developed for the Museum Education Symposium 2017, organised by the Academy of Singapore Teachers. The session, attended by primary and secondary-level art teachers, provided an overview of the features of collaboration and how they could be applied to different scenarios. Participants were then paired and facilitated through a collage-making exercise, to experience these features first-hand.

Introduction to Art in Public Space

A lecture and workshop developed for Singapore Management University’s Advance Arts & Cultural Management module. The session, aimed at senior undergraduate students from across different disciplines, featured a site visit to the refurbished gate posts of the former National Library and a discussion on the emplacement of such structures in public space and their narrative purpose.

Walking in the City

A workshop on walking as an approach to sensing and mapping the city, co-developed and facilitated with Asst Prof Hoe Su Fern of Singapore Management University. Designed as a break-out session for the Singapore International Foundation conference Without Culture, There is No Future for Cities, the workshop included a typology of walking trails in the city and discussed experimental forms such as the psychogeographic dérive. Participants were also engaged in a mapping exercise, where they were invited to recollect, sketch and describe a walking trail around a favourite neighbourhood.

Mirror Walk

Psychogeographic walking tour of the Bras Basah district, conceptualised as one of the public programmes for ‘An Atlas of Mirrors: Singapore Biennale 2016’. Structured as an experimental ‘moving panel of interlocutors’, the session featured heritage and conservation enthusiast Kelvin Ang, academic Hoe Su Fern and curator Michael Lee exchanging their insights on the artistic, cultural and architectural history of the district. The tour also encouraged participants to share personal narratives along the way.

A Shape to Read: Exploring Language in Contemporary Art

A public lecture and workshop on text-based approaches in modern and contemporary art. Participants were introduced to a brief history of abstraction and the use of language in art, and taken through several writing and image-making exercises. The session was devised for the National Library’s ALT TXT series, which focuses on the intersections between art, design and literature.

Engagement History

  • 2025
  • “Rendering the Palimpsestic City: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Realising Perception3’s Public Space Practice”. Paper presentation and panel discussion for “Capturing Public Space and Community Practices, a panel of Capturing Practice: Arts and Design Practice Research Exchange (ADPRex). Organised by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Singapore. 6 Aug.
  • 2022
  • “The Visual Arts in Singapore’s Public Spaces: Approaches and Challenges”. Lecture for Arts, Culture, and the Global City. Organised by the Arts and Cultural Management programme, Singapore Management University, Singapore. 1 Sep.
  • 2021
  • Envisioning Possibilities: The Future of Public Art in Singapore. Artist Roundtable. Organised by Public Art Trust, National Arts Council for Rewritten: The World Ahead of Us, Singapore. 29 May.
  • Whose Site Are You On? Exploring Notions of Space and Community in Public Art. Artist Roundtable. Organised by Public Art Trust, National Arts Council for Rewritten: The World Ahead of Us, Singapore. 29 May.
  • The Story of a Place is in Its Name – Artist-Led Tour. Artist talk. Organised by The Story of a Place is in Its Name for Arts in Your Neighbourhood: Pasir Ris, Singapore. 13 Mar.
  • Art Outside the White Cube: Impact of Art in Public Spaces. Online panel conversation for Bus.Stop.Art virtual tour launch. Organised by Bus.Stop.Art and Facebook Open Arts, Singapore. 27 Jan.
  • 2020
  • RESET: Cross Pollinations with Art. Online panel conversation for Singapore Art Week 2021. Organised by Art & Market, Singapore. 17 Dec.
  • “The Role of Conversation in Collaborative Artistic Practice”. Presentation for Experiencing Diverse Pedagogies module. Organised by MA in Arts Pedagogy and Practice programme, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. 8 Oct.
  • “Art in Public Space: Notions & Perspectives”. Presentation for Art in Public Space & Critical Spatial Practice module. Organised by MA in Museum Studies & Curatorial Practices programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 16 Sep.
  • “The Visual Arts in Singapore’s Public Spaces: Ways of Seeing & Making”. Lecture for Arts, Culture & The Global City module. Organised by Arts & Culture Management programme, Singapore Management University. 3 Sep.
  • “Introduction to Art in Public Space”. Lecture and workshop for Advanced Arts & Cultural Management module. Organised by Arts & Culture Management programme, Singapore Management University. 19 Feb.
  • 2019
  • “Perception3: Research & Practice”. Presentation and panel conversation for Speaker Series: Creative Practices, in conjunction with Journey: AA Asia Exhibition. Organised by Zarch Collaboratives, Singapore. 19 Oct.
  • 2017
  • “A Shape to Read: Exploring Language in Contemporary Art”. Workshop for ALT TXT series. Organised by National Library Board, Singapore. 15 Oct.
  • “Walking in the City” (with Asst Prof Hoe Su Fern). Lecture and workshop for Without Culture, There is No Future for Cities conference. Organised by Singapore International Foundation. 1 Mar.
  • “Mirror Walk” (with guests Kelvin Ang, Asst Prof Hoe Su Fern, Michael Lee). Artist talk and psychogeographic walking tour for An Atlas of Mirrors. Organised by Singapore Biennale 2016. 7 Feb.
  • “Perception3: There Are Those Who Stay/There Are Those Who Go”. Artist talk for Considering Artists series. Organised by THEO Arts Professionals, Singapore. 21 Jan.
  • “Creating through Collaboration”. Workshop for Museum Education Symposium 2017. Organised by Singapore Art Museum and Singapore Teachers’ Academy for the Arts. 19 Jan.
  • 2016
  • Singapore Biennale 2016: Artists Insights. Artist talks for Singapore Biennale preview and opening weekend. Organised by Singapore Biennale 2016. 29 Oct.
  • 2011
  • Eternity: Q&A with Filmmakers. Post-screening talk at the 2nd Experimental Film Forum opening programme. Organised by The Substation. 5 May.
  • 2008
  • “Places, Still and Moving”. Artist talk for ROJAK 12: Place. Organised by FARM.sg. 31 Aug.
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