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Sightseeing Sculpture

The Sky, The Land, & The Sea


6th Jan - 15th Jan 2023  (SAW Show Period)

Daily: 9 am - 5 pm


16th Jan - 2nd April 2023

Monday - Friday: by Appointment

Saturday - Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm

Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Online Artwork Catalogue

Opening Picnic Event on 6th Jan

Yang Jie, Tour Guide of Sightseeing Tour - Picnic & High Tea.

Zooming in... with periscope and endoscope.

Sightseeing Sculpture

The Sky, The Land, and The Sea

6th Jan - 2nd Apr 2023


Synopsis:

“Sightseeing Sculpture: The Sky, The Land, and The Sea” - a spectacle horizon formed by 163 micro-parallel-universes, one could ride on this pixelated macro spectrum, glide above the cloudy sky, wander on the trembling land, dive and submerge under the silent sea.


“The Sky, The Land, & The Sea”, the first ever Shoebox Sculpture Biennale in Singapore, invites more than 80 local sculptors to explore the application of traditional sculpture and to imagine contemporary craftsmanship alongside the changing landscape of contemporary art practices in Singapore.


Comprising two key components, foremost is “The Sky, The Land, and The Sea” the Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023 (Open Call). A site-specific installation prompted by the theme of sightseeing and context of the actual site is an interpretation by artist, to reposition sightseers, providing a shift in navigational point of view. Next is “Sightseeing Sculpture”, a series of guided tour programmes to navigate audiences through varying curatorial lenses and contemporary narrations. It offers multiple alternative visions on various horizons of the sculpture landscape in Singapore. Under the same theme, the series of engagement programmes were fashioned as guided sightseeing tours.


Co-organized by Sculpture 2052 and Sculpture Society (Singapore), in-collaboration with Artists Caravan and a group of young sculptors of our time, “Sightseeing Sculpture: The Sky, The Land, and The Sea” is one of the latest research endeavor expanding upon the 2021, Re-THINGing Sculpture Project by Sculpture Society (Singapore) to showcase the works of local sculptors. 


Link to Registration Form

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Sightseeing Guided Tour 01

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tours 01: Picnic & High Tea

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Lead Artist: Yang Jie

Associate Artist: Casey Chen, Xin Xiao Chang, Yeo Chee Kiong, Artists Caravan (Joey Soh & Ong Xiao Yun), Yellow Thatchery (Yang Jie & Syamil Dasuki).

Narrative

Located within the premises of Sculpture 2052, on top of the GrassLand next to the Shoebox Sculpture Landscape, the tour session promises a “break” from the hectic schedule of SAW activities, taking form as a leisurely PICNIC/HIGH TEA SERVICE. 

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tours invites you, the sightseers, to experience sculpture like you have never before. Artist-docents enact the role of a Tour Guides, and more than 100 miniature sculptures as key landmarks - directing sightseers on a journey through the nuances behind the making, the techniques used to realise these sculptures, and also the history of key public sculptures in Singapore. Covering a wide variety of the sculptural practices of artists based in Singapore, the tour hopes to provide insight into the varied and disparate field of sculpture in Singapore.

What to expect

These tours are part tea time snack service (from licensed kitchen); part performance; and part guided tour of the artworks at the Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023. 


Menu A - Picnic: 6th Jan (Fri)  / 8th Jan (Sun) / 14th Jan (Sat) 

Menu B - High Tea: 7th Jan (Sat) / 13th Jan (Fri) / 15th Jan (Sun)

Duration: 2 pm - 3 pm (60 mins) 

Participation fees: $41


Link to Registration Form

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Sightseeing Guided Tour 02

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour 02 - Reimagined the City

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Prepared & Presented by Artists Caravan

Narrative

What makes one city different from the other? According to Edward T. McMahon in The Distinctive City, “A sense of place is a unique collection of qualities and characteristics – visual, cultural, social, and environmental – that provide meaning to a location. Sense of place is what makes one city or town different from another, but sense of place is also what makes our physical surroundings worth caring about.” As such, besides strategic urban planning, site-specific public art are punctuations that bestow diverse points of access into the site’s history and vision. This guided sculpture tour offers a narrative of the site, information about the sculpture and its site-specificity in an interactive and engaging stroll.

What To Expect

These guided sculpture tours will stroll through two CBD areas in the city. Participants will get to experience the site-specific sculptures and the environmental context that embraces it. After the tour, participants will gain a wider appreciation of public sculptures in Singapore’s urban landscape. Participants will also be gifted a trail map , a cartographic design with limited edition of 30 per trail, by two local artists, @Superduperd4n for Morning Trail and Long Yinghan for Afternoon Trail, as a token to revisit and share stories of these trails with their near and dear. 

  • Pencils and paper will be available for taking notes or just doing frottages! 
  • Participants can share their thoughts and sensory experience with us online such as but not limited to, -  doodles, sound, images, texts, and so on through the QR code on the map. 
  • Participants are encouraged to contribute to a collective cloud map of their experiences. The online map in itself becomes a layering expression of what we, collectively, consider important in our city. These will culminate in collective memories of these Sightseeing Sculpture Guides 2023. 



Time Capsules of Now & Then 01

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour Morning Trail 

Tour will be guided by Artists Caravan. 


Meeting place: National Museum Singapore entrance

Map illustrated by: Dan @Superduperd4n

Date: 7th Jan & 14th Jan 2023
Time: 10am to 12pm

Participation Fee: $24 per pax.


*Group of max. 10

*Please bring water, poncho/umbrella, sunscreen, headgear/shades, mosquito/insect repellent.
*Please wear comfortable walking cloths, and footwear.

*Join our online conversations and impart to our collective memories with these hashtags: #SightseeingSculptureTour2023 #Sculpture2052 #ACtrailwalks 

*The online application form for Sightseeing Tours will be uploaded soon!



Time Capsules of Now & Then 02

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour Afternoon Trail 

Tour will be guided by Artists Caravan. 


Meeting point: Raffles Place Exit A, greens before The Providore Cafe

Map illustrated by: Long Yinghan

Date: 7th Jan & 14th Jan 2023
Time: 4 pm to 6 pm

Participation Fee: $24 per pax.

*Group of max. 10

*Please bring water, poncho/umbrella, sunscreen, headgear/shades, mosquito/insect repellent.
*Please wear comfortable walking cloths, and footwear.

*Join our online conversations and impart to our collective memories with these hashtags: #SightseeingSculptureTour2023 #Sculpture2052 #ACtrailwalks 

*The online Registration form for Sightseeing Tours will be uploaded soon!

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Sightseeing Guided Tour 03

Sightseeing Sculpture Guided Tour 03 - Site-specific Periscope Installation [FrEE]

Copyright: Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023

Prepared by Artist Caravan & YCK


Lead Artist: Artists Caravan

Associate Artist: Leslie Sim, Xin Xiao Chang, Yeo Chee Kiong.

Narrative

The Sand That Was Once A Mountain: 

 

One day, the mountain thought to itself, "I wish I could see the world." Shortly, a piece of its formation broken off and begins to tumble and rumble down the face of the mountain body. And finally, the formation reached the foot of the mountain. It was now smaller, and had a few of itselves. Some decided to stay close to the mountain, some decided it wanted to see more. So off they went, tumbling and rumbling to different parts of the world.

 

Many years passed since, now as a grain of sand, cradle in 1 man's palm, it told the tale of the world it has seen.


What To Expect

A mobile, sculptural, bigger than life-size periscope installation. 

It could be pushed around and approach various sections of ‘The Sky, The Land, 

and The Sea’ during the show period.

Shoebox Sculpture Biennale 2023 Management Committee

Committee Members

  • Yeo Chee Kiong (Sculpture 2052)
  • Tan Yen Peng (Sculpture 2052)
  • Chua Boon Kee (SSS)
  • Casey Chen (SSS)
  • Xin Xiao Chang (SSS)
  • Joey Soh (Artists Caravan)
  • Ong Xiao Yun (Artists Caravan)
  • Yang Jie 
  • Shayne Phua Shi Ying


Guest Curator: 

  • Teng Yen Hui

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