The Singapore Biennale 2013: If the World Changed

Being an artist is not easy. Otherwise, the expression "like an art form" would be very commonly used. The Singapore Biennale 2013 has announced its commencement with the theme "If the World Changed" on 7 September 2012. Revolving around our ever-changing environment, If the World Changed has been proposed to foster understanding the many changes that we as people of the environment undergo, and how environmental change is related to human change. Promising to be an event better than last year, The Biennale 2013 will see over 20 regional curators with extensive knowledge on art around the Asia Pacific vicinity gracing this event as part of the festivities. The annual event will also contribute in adding to the rich cultural heritage of the Bras Basah-Bugis Precinct.

Elaborating on this year’s title and focus, Mr. Tan Boon Hui, Director of Singapore Art Museum (SAM) said, “The Singapore Biennale is dedicated to contemporary art’s propositions for our changing worlds. With this edition we hope to encourage artists and audiences to respond to their lived experiences and explore what kind of worlds they want to live in. We seek to explore these questions through the work of Southeast Asian and Asian artists; a majority of artists presented at SB 2013 will be from this most dynamic of regions, reflecting, mediating, and envisioning responses to their changing worlds, whatever it may mean to them!” 

SB 2013 is inviting artists to submit their proposals for consideration. All material will be reviewed by members of the curatorial team and shortlisted artists may be invited for further discussion with the curators and possible inclusion in the Biennale. The open is now open and call will close on 21 December 2012. 

Singapore Biennale 2011 

Images Courtesy of Singapore Arts Museum