NUS Museum Exhibition - Site Situation Spectator

Written by School of Design and Environment (Architecture)

NUS Museum partners the Department of Architecture and University Scholars Programme (USP) to present the Site, Situation, Spectator exhibition. The exhibition, held from 7 March to 7 May 2008, features four projects developed by Architecture + USP students under the USP Advanced Curriculum in response to sites both on and off campus - NUS Museum, The Deck (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Canteen) and Jalan Kubor. Site, Situation, Spectator sees the forging of a relationship between architecture and art in works which demonstrate the complexities of merging creativity with space through detailed research. In the exhibition, the projects developed by the students explore relationships between public, space and practice by engaging with contexts, contingencies of places and their uses. The projects, presented as site-specific installations, will deploy strategies that purposefully mediate the problematics of location, meanings and individual experiences. Says Ahmad Mashadi, Head, NUS Museum, "Projects are developed prescient not only in their regard to the question of place, but also questions the very meanings that are open to the generative relationships between sites and contexts." The intention is to reinvigorate architectural site interpretation by translating interdisciplinary perspectives into architecture and exploring renewed articulations or mappings of ‘site'. Situated with the larger university community, NUS Museum endeavours to facilitate learning as well as forge strong links with the university community. Thus, on this occasion, NUS Museum partners the Department of Architecture and USP to create an experiential learning environment for Architecture students within the programme. Adds Professor Peter Pang, Director, USP, "The mission of USP is to offer the freedom to explore across disciplines, a wide range of extracurricular and overseas opportunities, and a community of exceptionally motivated and talented students. Always, students are encouraged to exercise initiative and creativity, and seek ways to create impactful learning outcomes." About the projects Project Title: Bali Revisited Site: NUS Museum Student: Jan Lim (Year 3) Through a collection of artefacts, Jan hopes to address the complex trilateral relationships between material, museum and myth in the Bali field trip of 1952 by Singapore four ‘pioneer' artists, and provoke a reencountering of the art, while unsettling parts of our artistic conscientiousness. Project Title: My Architectural Travel Map 1:n Site: NUS Museum (temporary) Student: Juliana Chan (Year 5) This project pieces together several maps based on Juliana's interpretation of the spaces and memories of experiencing them. Taking on the role of a mapmaker, she attempts to bring to realisation the power/authority and responsibility within the role. Project Title: Canteen Brick-down Site: The Deck (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Canteen) Student: Debbie Loo (Year 5) This video installation reveals a particular narrative in the site of the NUS Arts Canteen - of dislocated forces between its past and present. Project Title: Jalan Kubor Site: Jalan Kubor, Kampong Glam Student: Hanan Alsagoff (Year 5) A reflective piece of work exploring life and death, past and present through a series of photographs set along a trail through a historically and culturally rich location - Kampong Glam and the often- overlooked Jalan Kubor burial ground. Comments Write Comment Name: Guest Title: Comment:

 

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