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23/05/2015

Future Perfect will be saying goodbye to our space in Gillman Barracks. We've turned the gallery into a Reading Room for the day- pop in to have a read through materials from our Exhibitions Archive, check out our selection of merchandise, or just stop by to say hello!

11/05/2015

The Straits Times gives a thumbs up to the Singapore artists showing during the Venice Biennale 2015. The article highlights Charles Lim's SEA STATE at the Singapore Pavilion, as well as Jane Lee and Iyvone Khoo who are presenting work at the collateral events.

Apart from the well-received Singapore Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, two Singaporean artists are exhibiting in high-profile collateral exhibitions during the international arts festival.

09/05/2015

Don't miss out on Ntu Cca Singapore's public conversation, "The Geopolitical and the Biophysical: a structured conversation on Art and Southeast Asia in context", an exciting collateral event of La Biennale di Venezia

Starting today at 4pm in Venice, the talk will be streamed live. For the full schedule and a list of panelists, visit: https://www.gillmanbarracks.com/others/ntu-cca-singapore/666

NTU CCA Singapore 2015 Venice Biennale Public Conversation Art&Education

08/05/2015

"Lim’s pavilion had stunning videos of transport ships filmed horizontally, but running vertically, as if sailing up and down the wall. Its most remarkable artifact was a 20-foot-tall buoy, towering in the center of the room, encrusted in barnacles and mussels. With windows at the end of the room opening up to the Canal, this stunning exhibition literally brought the sea indoors."- ARTnews Magazine

Installation view of Charles Lim's show in Singapore's pavilion. The Venice Biennale, with its global array of national pavilions, allows visitors to make like

07/05/2015

AsiaOne covers the Official Launch of the Singapore Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia

"Charles Lim's practice stems from an intimate engagement with the natural world, mediated and informed by field research and experimentation, performance, drawing, photography and video. His works make visible a dynamic coastal ecology, showing how the infrastructures of global capitalism do not replace the maritime environment, but inhabit and transform it." Curator, Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, on the SEA STATE project.

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Pavilion was officially opened on May 6, 3pm by Mr Sam Tan, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore, in a newly-restored space in the Sale d'Armi building at the Arsenale, Venice, Italy.This is the first time that the Singapore Pavilion is situated in…

07/05/2015

Congratulations Charles & Team SG!

A huge turnout for the Official Launch of SEA STATE for the Singapore Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia. Follow Singapore Art Week for more photos of the event.

06/05/2015

A few pictures of Charles Lim & Team SG installing SEA STATE at La Biennale di Venezia. Until November 22 at Arsenale – Sale d’Armi, Campo della Tana 2169/f, Venice, Italy.

06/05/2015

After a brief hiatus in 2013, Singapore returns to to the world's leading contemporary art exhibition, the Venice Biennale with a presentation by artist Charles Lim.

04/05/2015

"Already a noted Singaporean filmmaker—and, much earlier in his life, an Olympic sailor—Lim is representing Singapore at the 56th Venice Biennale. Curated by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa from the National Gallery Singapore, the pavilion features the culmination of Lim’s “Sea State” series. His practice, which is informed by field research and experimentation, as well as by photography and film, brings to light Singapore’s ecology—and perhaps a certain sense of national identity—which has been nearly forgotten by the public due to the country’s aggressive land development and its industrial use of its surrounding waters."

In a lengthy interview, Charles Lim & Shabbir Hussain Mustafa speak to Hanae Ko of ArtAsiaPacific about SEA STATE and their collaboration for La Biennale di Venezia.

ArtAsiaPacific magazine is the leading English-language periodical covering contemporary art and culture from the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

02/05/2015

To discover more about Charles Lim's highly acclaimed SEA STATE series, follow the link below to visit a special site with documentation of his previous projects and his solo presentation for La Biennale di Venezia.

SEA STATE is a series of nine projects by the artist Charles Lim. Explore the projects and view the exhibition at the Singapore Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2015.

01/05/2015

Hitting the newsstands this week is the Summer issue of artreview.com , with Charles Lim as the cover artist!

The magazine's very own has also included the Singapore Pavilion on her list of choice picks from La Biennale di Venezia. Link: http://artreview.com/previews/gallery_girl_wishlist_23_venice_2015/

30/04/2015

We are counting down the days until the opening of Charles Lim's SEA STATE at the Singapore Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia . Stay tuned for more updates & check out the trailer here: https://vimeo.com/123178890.

Future Perfect would also like to wish all our Friends a very Happy Labour Day. The gallery will be closed on Friday, 1 May for the public holiday.

This is "SEA STATE" by Charles Lim Yi Yong on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.