AAP 2022 - Nor — OH! Open House

Associate Artist Programme (2022/23 Cycle)

Artists

Acts of Friendship (2020). Image courtesy of the artist.

Past & Present Lives of (2019). Image courtesy of the artist.

Sekali Lagi (2020). Photo by Ken Cheong, courtesy of National Gallery Singapore.

nor (b.1993, Singapore)

nor’s artistic practice is rooted in self-portraiture. Their works span the disciplines of photography, film, video, performance, text and spoken word poetry to engage with ideas of belonging and identity through frameworks of gender performance, ethnographic portraits and transnational histories.

They presented a solo exhibition IN LOVE at Coda Culture (2018, Singapore), and has shown at group exhibitions including An Exercise of Meaning in a Glitch Season at the National Gallery Singapore (2020-2021) and Minor Infelicites at Post Territory Ujeongguk (2020, South Korea).

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nor will be exploring the theme of ikatan ("temporary ties" in Malay) through ropes as a device that ties the boat of migrants on the land; maritime trade; as well as interpretations of what "ties" could mean in all permutations of the future.

Associate Artist Programme