SIFA 2023: LIFE PROFUSION

Life Profusion is SIFA’s virtual platform, a portal for creation and discovery. 

This year, Life Profusion presents Privacy by MOJOKO, a series of eight digital works from eight international artists exploring modern concerns of surveillance and personal data; and Prompt: Play curated by Hong Xinyi, which gathers creative responses to programmes at SIFA 2023. 

Privacy https://www.sifa.sg/life-profusion/lp-privacy
Curated by MOJOKO (@mojokoworld on Instagram & Facebook)

Negotiating between the private and the public is one of the predominant challenges for humanity in the 21stcentury. Staying connected to our digital identities requires us to pay with our private data, leaving us vulnerable to breaches of security and trust. When privacy is fast becoming a disappearing luxury, how do we safeguard our personal rights as people in today’s hyper-connected society? Do we value privacy or take it for granted? What is the impact of shifting boundaries of privacy on the collective mindset?

Curated by MOJOKO, this series of ten short digital works from ten international artists gathers a diverse array of perspectives exploring the meaning of privacy and the cost of surveillance. 

Artist names & artwork titles-

Got Hacked by CYC (Chong Yan Chuah) 
Malaysia | @chongyanchuah 

Security Boundaries by DVDP (Davidope)
Hungary | @dvdp 

Private Parts by ABC (Aik Beng Chia)
Singapore | @aikbengchia

Silent Listening by Gilang Kusama  
Indonesia | @gilangkussuma

Suspicious Patterns by Vince Fraser 
UK | @vincefraser

Veil of Secrecy by Sadiq Mansor 
Singapore | @249.png

Privacy Erosion by MOJOKO 
Singapore | @Mojokoworld

Personal Space by Barbarian Flower
Malaysia | @barbarianflower

Prompt: Play https://www.sifa.sg/life-profusion/lp-prompt-play
Curated by Hong Xinyi
A series of creative responses, in visuals and text, to programmes at SIFA 2023. Some of the creative responses are authored by writers from Critics Circle Blog @criticscircleblog, a platform that hosts diverse voices responding in multiple ways to the performing arts in Singapore. Each article is accompanied by an illustration by Winnie Wu of studioKALEIDO.