Sub+ Community

Our ongoing collaborations with various creators and community makers in The Substation community.

Theatre Research & Process

Static Metamorphosis | Eugene Chow

Emerging actor-director Eugene Chow delves into the theatre research process by converting comic strips into platform theatre, a form of physical storytelling on a 4x2 space, with his newly formed independent theatre & movement collective, Static Metamorphosis.

Past Shows

Oct 2024 - Gathering Ground Co-Presentation
Platform Theatre work-in-progress showcase, co-presented as part of The Substation Gathering Ground 2024

Nov 2024 - Kampung Kreative
Static Metamorphosis x Hazeerah Basri platform theatre collab at Kampung Halloween Arts Festival

Apr 2025 - Scratch-Easy: Devising Theatre
Sketch night featuring 7 open call submissions based on ‘Metamorphosis’ at Central Arts Library

Open Call

Nov 2025 - Scratch-Easy II: Devising Theatre & Movement
Sign ups for the second installment of Static Metmorphosis’ sketch night now open.

Archive Research

OPEN END | Dr Adrian Tan

Launched as an exhibition in October 2024, OPEN END is an ongoing research project on The Substation Archive by artist-curator Dr Adrian Tan with NTU Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA), The Substation, and National Gallery Singapore’s Rotunda Library & Archive as an awardee of the 2024 Platform Projects Curatorial Award.

Past Events

Oct 2024 - OPEN END: Resonate, Re-Read, Re-Trace The Substation Archive
Site-specific intervention at the Rotunda Library, National Gallery Singapore, co-presented as pa The Substation Gathering Ground 2024

Aug 2025 - OPEN END: Curating The Substation Archive as Research and Performance
Paper presented by Adrian Tan at Arts & Design Practice Research Exchange (ADPRex), as part of Panel 6: Curating, Archiving, and Practice

Upcoming

Stay tuned for Adrian’s research-in-progress and new projects in 2026.