US AND THEM AND YOU
By Khairuddin Hori
(Part of The Substation’s Associate Artist Showcase)
July 2010 – November 2010

The Substation Facade

Beginning in July 2010, Us and Them and You is a monthly showcase of photo prints by local multi-disciplinary artist and Associate Artist of The Substation, Khairuddin Hori. The exhibition will highlight the existence of a minority group within the Singaporean-Malay minority through photo documentation.

Often seen as heathens and undesirable misfits primarily due to their physical disposition and lifestyle choices, members of this minority group will be captured on large scale prints, their photo portraits acting as testaments to the widespread Asian embrace of globalisation and western ideologies.

Each month from July till November, a new photo print banner will be displayed on The Substation building façade. This monthly showcase of photo prints will eventually culminate in a show in The Substation Gallery from 29 November to 19 December 2010.

Bio:

Khairuddin Hori

Multi-disciplinary artist and curator

Eleven years after graduating with a Diploma in Fine Art (Sculpture) from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Khairuddin Hori (Khai) completed a Masters of Arts (Fine Art) from the Open University, UK, conducted at LASALLE College of the Arts in 2006. In 2002, he was appointed as an Associate Artist of The Substation.

Born in 1974 in Singapore, he has explored and presented works and concepts through various mediums and across diverse disciplines such as theatre, painting, sculpture, installation and performance art. His multifarious practice has seen him in several incarnations, from Associate Director of Teater Ekamatra, a local Malay language theatre company, to helming a contemporary visual arts studio, Wunderspaze.

Khai has been known to direct and create daring productions such as Die Faustus Die!, which was staged on the façade of The Substation building in 2001 along with the curation of several exhibitions including Berita Harian (2003) and Berita Harian II (2010), showcasing contemporary Singaporean-Malay artists, One On Other (About Studio, Bangkok, 2005), a Thai-Singapore collaborative project, and a presentation of three emerging artists from Southeast Asia through Open SEA (2006).