𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 2 𝘤𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢, 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 13,000 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘈𝘨𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴.

𝘐𝘵’𝘴 2020 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺. 𝘔𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘺?

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Selfish Boxes is an exhibition by Singaporean artist Lai Yu Tong presented at The Substation as part of his year long participation in the Associate Artist Programme 2020/21. The exhibition presents new works that contemplate car culture, death and art in the context of Singapore.

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EXHIBITION DATES:
7 April — 18 April 2021

OPENING HOURS:
12pm—8pm daily
12pm—6pm on 18 April

LOCATION:
The Substation Gallery

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lai Yu Tong is a Singaporean artist who works mainly with images. He makes works about the things he sees, things he buys, things he eats, things he uses, things he throws away, and other things, examining habits of consumption whilst living in a city. He studied at the School of the Arts and LASALLE College of the Arts, both in Singapore.

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