A poem by Joey Chin, who recently attended Cyril Wong’s workshop at The Substation last March.

FOCAS editor Lucy Davis talks about the final issue of the publication, on Regional Animalities.

Artistic Co-Director Audrey Wong explains The Substation’s policy on animals in art.

Guest of honour Sharon Siddique’s speech for the launch of the final issue of FOCAS.

Launched in September 2007, Article: the SAS Companion was a single-issue newspaper that covered the 2007 Singapore Art Show. Put together by a team of mostly young writers, Article featured interviews, previews, reviews, as well as opinion-editorial pieces on contemporary Singapore art. Download the PDF here.

Videology features five artists who each take a process-based approach to their work; in this exhibition, they use video as a way of re-thinking their practices. Videology (29 Feb to 10 March) is the first of two projects in The Substation’s Open Call Programme. Curator Urich Lau explain’s the show’s concept, and artists Claes Erik Erikson, Julie Lee, Maxine Chionh, Patricia Ho and Veliana talk about their works.

Guest Editor Sophia Natasha Wei reports on the Tupada Action & Media Art festival, which took place in April 2007 in the Philippines.

Sabrina Koh asks, What does the artist look for in a private space? What can the artist do in private spaces? How private should private space be for the artist?

Urich takes a look at websites of Singaporean artists and some other international portals, and examines what they do for artists in their professional practice and implementation.

Walk Into Their Lives was an exhibition of photographic works documenting the lives of migrant workers in Singapore. The exhibition attracted my interest for two reasons: the involvement of the Migrant Voices society, and the “outreach” nature of the exhibition. The event was held at a HDB void deck in the heartlands of Hougang on 6 March 2007.