Organization

Korea-Singapore Exchange Cooperation Grou

The Korea-Singapore Exchange Cooperation Group was established to implement the Korea Arts Council's International Arts Joint Funding Program [Korea-Singapore International Exchange Program] in 2020-2021. Kim Jyeong-yeon, the leader of the group, was selected as the chief facilitator of the ARKO side of the project and experimented with the possibilities of international exchange activities in the pandemic era with the cooperation of the Korea Arts Council and the National Arts Council of Singapore (NAC). The Korea-Singapore Exchange Cooperation Group presented the art and technology project "Invisible Cities" and participated in the NAC's project "Pluritopia

Partner organization

Starch

Starch is an artist-run space to encourage creativity, experimentation, and conversations. Since its inception in 2021, the space has become a hub for collaboration and exploration of various forms of exhibition-making. Starch was created to foster critical discussions, while also promoting care and support for artists and creative practitioners. Located in Tagore Lane, Starch has hosted numerous exhibitions and open studios, including after/party - which was a part of Singapore Art Week 2023 - and Inheritance of Parts, which featured the works of talented artists such as Irfan Kasban.

The space has received recognition from various publications such as Financial Times UK, Monocle magazine, etc.

Project

When the World Stops Turning

<When the World Stops Turning> is an artistic project that explores and experiments with mourning, memorializing, remembering, and documenting death in the realm of art. The project evokes the pandemic, which actually stopped the world, but also serves as a metaphor for the great grief felt by those who have experienced the loss of a death. Curators and artists from South Korea and Singapore will examine various deaths in our time, including the pandemic, to share issues of human dignity and the process of healing for those left behind. The project consists of research visits to both countries, studio visits, online meetings, and presentations, and aims to realize one exhibition each in Korea and Singapore in the future. As it deals with the inherent human issue of death, the project aims to overcome the era of exclusion, hostility, and marginalization that has intensified since the pandemic and present an alternative future through extensive communication with audiences in both countries.