Dive into an insightful dialogue between Festival Artist Dennis Tan and Festival Director John Tung. Taking Tan’s artwork for the festival – tarps as planes and ropes lines to bind – as a setting off point, the conversation expands into meaningful conversation about the artist’s practice, philosophy, and approaches to artmaking. Beyond offering a nuanced understanding of the motivations and processes that define Tan's oeuvre, the conversation is an essential one for those seeking depth in contemporary art discourse.

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About the artist: Dennis Tan (b. 1975) is an interdisciplinary artist with expertise in Painting, Environmental Design, and Architecture. As a bricoleur, Tan's method involves repurposing everyday items and found objects, blurring the lines between art and daily life. His work, ranging from durational performances to installations, leaves behind sculptural remnants and fleeting gestures. Notable presentations include: There are too many episodes of people coming here… at the NUS Museum (2016), the Singapore Biennale 2019, and the 2020 Yokohama Triennale.

About the Festival Director: John Z.W. Tung is an independent curator and exhibition-maker. To date, his close work with artists has realised more than 50 artwork commissions and site-specific adaptations ranging from the minute to monumental. Serving as a co-curator for the Singapore Biennale 2016 and Singapore Biennale 2019, three of the artwork commissions he curated were finalists for the Benesse Prize, with one work winning the prestigious award. His recent appointments as an independent curator include Festival Curator for the 7th & 8th Singapore International Photography Festival (2020 & 2022) and Associate Curator for the Open House programme, For the House; Against the House (2021, 2022 & 2023), and The Forest Institute, a large-scale architectural art installation dedicated to secondary forest ecologies. In 2023, he was the recipient of the inaugural Tan Boon Hui Curatorial Prize.