Desire is Dead
Through a playful juxtaposition of artworks, the exhibition seeked to tease out the erotic presences, complexities, and potentialities in Singapore’s midst, where a plenitude of desire surrounds us every day and everywhere, shaping the way we view the world and ourselves.
The exhibition was configured such that it is as much a visual showcase as it is a spatial exercise enacted bodily through artworks that engages audiences sensorially or require audience interaction. Watch a short video HERE to hear about the curator Adele Tan’s take and inspiration behind this.
Stealth / Where Do Wounded Soldiers Go?, 2021
Where Do Prayers Go? / This Is Not The End, 2021
Where Do Desires Go When They Are Forgotten?, 2022
Where Do Thoughts Go When They Are Forgotten?, Undated
Marla Bendini is a cross-disciplinary artist and trans woman working in painting, text, sound and performance to articulate the infinitely faceted transgender experience on her own terms. Her figures in her durational wall “mural” unfold to embody trauma, anxiety, and hope, questing for the remembrance of a history and community that are tied up with Orchard Road.
Artist:
Marla Bendini
Stealth / Where Do Wounded Soldiers Go?
Oil on linen
122 x 122 cm
Where Do Prayers Go? / This Is Not The End, Where Do Desires Go When They Are Forgotten?
Oil on linen
122 x 91 cm
Where Do Thoughts Go When They Are Forgotten?
Pastel, Photographs From Artist’s Archive on All Mural
Dimensions Variable
Marla Bendini
Stealth / Where Do Wounded Soldiers Go?
Oil on linen
122 x 122 cm
Where Do Prayers Go? / This Is Not The End, Where Do Desires Go When They Are Forgotten?
Oil on linen
122 x 91 cm
Where Do Thoughts Go When They Are Forgotten?
Pastel, Photographs From Artist’s Archive on All Mural
Dimensions Variable
Stop Looking Back / You're Not Going That Way / Trust Where Life is Taking You, 2023
Marla Bendini is a cross-disciplinary artist and trans woman working in painting, text, sound and performance to articulate the infinitely faceted transgender experience on her own terms.
Artist:
Marla Bendini
Live Performance at Tanglin Shopping Centre, #01-02/03
51 Min
Marla Bendini
Live Performance at Tanglin Shopping Centre, #01-02/03
51 Min