NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in collaboration with TBA21–Academy is presenting a group exhibition, "The Oceanic."The exhibition focuses on large-scale human interventions in oceanic ecospheres with contributions by 12 artists, filmmakers, composers, and researchers who engage with both the long cultural histories of Pacific Ocean archipelagos and their current conditions. As part of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy’s (TBA21) The Current — an ongoing research initiative into pressing environmental, economic, and socio-political concerns — NTU CCA Singapore’s Founding Director Professor Ute Meta Bauer was invited to lead the project’s first cycle of expeditions from 2015–17. The featured contributors in “The Oceanic” are The Current Fellows who joined the expeditions on TBA21–Academy’s vessel Dardanelle to Papua New Guinea (2015), French Polynesia (2016), and Fiji (2017). Stemming from this cycle of expeditions, the exhibition addresses various ecological urgencies affecting the ocean and its littorals as a habitat for all life forms, as well as particular aspects of sea governance. The exhibition also includes a sound component by PerMagnus Lindborg who recorded the land and underwater soundscapes of the Tuamotus in French Polynesia, as well as a film programme selected by Filipa Ramos and other members from The Current. The exhibition is on view through March 8, 2018 at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Gillman Barracks, 43 Malan Road, Singapore. For details, visit: http://ntu.ccasingapore.org/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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