Third Singapore Biennale: Open House in a Not-So-Open Society
‘Performance Art Laboratory Project’ and ‘Undisclosed Territory #5’, was a performance art forum held at Padepokan Lemah Putih in Karanganyar district, Central Java. It lasted from 22 April until 1 May, and explored unexpected aspects of the human body.
May 18, 2011
Roy Voragen
The writer is a Bandung-based academic and writer.
THE theme of the Singapore Biennale (SB2011) was ‘Open House’ (as celebrated by many during Chinese New Year or at the end of the Ramadan fasting month). This theme comes with an ironic twist: Singapore is not exactly an open society. Can art open up and lay bare the contradictions of Singapore?
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