A Spectacular Zero

A Spectacular Zero Written by Chris Ong October 2010 Graffiti in Singapore is increasingly recognised as a legitimate, creditable and valuable genre of art, and one of the local vanguard responsible for this change in mainstream opinion is Mohammed Zulkarnaen Bin Othman aka ZERO. As a member of the urban arts collective ARTVSTS, ZERO’s work has constantly revolved around the themes of street culture, the urban landscape, current affairs, and the conceptual idea of graffiti and the graffiti artist presented as a marketable “brand”. With his first solo exhibition at The Substation, ZERO continues to explore the use of graffiti in advertising and marketing campaigns. Chris Ong attempts to stencil the thoughts of ZERO about the state of graffiti art today.

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RE:gina is Dead!: Artists’ Intervention into the Authoring of Singapore (-an) History

This is a critical essay on the Performance Open Call 2010 event RE:gina is Dead! by Melissa Quek, Elizabeth de Roza and Gilles Massot, together with Brian O’Reilly and Koo Chia Meng

RE:gina is Dead!: Artists’ Intervention into the Authoring of Singapore (-an) History
Written by Richard Chua
September 2010

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On The Move

This is a critical essay on Duet by Law Soo Leng and Richard Philip, presented as part of The Substation’s Associate Artist Showcase.

On The Move
Written by Kenneth Kwok
August 2010

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Conversations with Raka Maitra

This is a critical essay on Variations On A Theme by Raka Maitra, presented as part of The Substation’s Associate Artist Showcase.

Conversations with Raka Maitra
Written by Stephanie Burridge
June 2010

“It is most exciting and challenging to create something new…to take risks and accept that sometimes it might not work…to explore new themes and concepts to see how I respond to them.” – Raka Maitra

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Confessions by Mux

We are featuring our first edition interview with mux. Our newly appointed associate artist group. The interview intends to allow the readers to find out more about the artists in a casual setting; they are not necessarily talking about art.

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