Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms of the Earth

An exhibition by Zen Teh and SueKi Yee

Opening: Tue 14 Jan 2025, 7pm – 9pm
The opening reception will be accompanied by a performance by Sueki Yee at 7pm.
Free admission

Related events
Participative Movement Workshop (Please register here)
Date & Time: Sat 18 Jan 2025, 3pm – 530pm
Workshop details
SueKi’s performance: 3pm – 4pm
Sharing and movement activities: 4pm – 530pm
Location: Objectifs Lower Galleries
Free admission

Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms of the Earth is a project extended from Zen Teh’s residency project and exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany. As part of her residency project, she conducted walking workshops in Phnom Penh, Bangkok and Berlin. This project idea draws on her ongoing research on our relationship with urbanity in rapidly developing cities.

Zen (visual art) and SueKi (dance) as collaborators, are now interested in moving forward with research into Singapore’s urban context, delving deeper into how they can explore the discourses on light and urbanity through multidisciplinary means: soundscapes, multimedia data translation, movement, and tactile forms. This provides multiple entry points into the research as well as the interpretation, creation, and presentation of the data. Through artistic means, they are interested in opening up a space where people can take time to process and discuss their embodied perspectives on light and darkness, and how these ever co-existing elements are inextricably linked to life rhythms, memories, pollution, urban development, safety and surveillance, environmental changes, accessibility of energy, and volatile global political states.

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About Zen Teh
Zen Teh (b.1988, Singapore) is an artist and educator interested in man’s relationship with the natural world. Her art practice spans photography, sculpture and installation art. Teh has initiated collaborative interdisciplinary projects with artists, art professionals and scientists to explore the impact of human activity on natural environments. Teh’s works have been showcased in Singapore and regionally including Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. She was conferred the Young Artist Award by The National Arts Council, Singapore in 2021. She was artist-in-residence at the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany in 2024.

About SueKi Yee
SueKi Yee is a Malaysian dancer-choreographer (currently based in Berlin) who’s drawn to improvisation, site-specific work, and multidisciplinary experimentation and collaboration. With a Bachelor in Dance (ASWARA), she’s trained in contemporary dance, ballet, and various traditional folk and classical dances. Movement has become her entry point into understanding and exploring other art forms, providing diverse entry points into her work and expanding the horizons of research, creation, and presentation.