An archive of SGABF editions since 2018, the year in which the fair became independently organised and funded for the first time in five years. Besides our local exhibitors, SGABF has hosted exhibitors from Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, USA, UK, and the United Arab Emirates, all of whom are listed below.
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2022
The 2022 Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF2022) was held at the Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark from 29 Apr – 1 May.
As travel restrictions had not fully lifted, the fair once again hosted international exhibitors through our ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or one who has been matched with them.
This edition hosted a total of 94 Exhibitors, and 6,500 visitors over one weekend, many of whom attended the fair for the first time. The SGABF2022 Zine Room, now known as Cut Copy Paste, has since expanded into its very own Zine Fair.
Over the weekend, we hosted a series of artist talks, book launches, as well as A Different Reading, a showcase initiated by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together nine young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian, creating five new artist books through this collaboration.
During the weeks leading up to the fair, we presented a physical iteration of the Singapore Art Book Library at starch, an artist-run space located at Tagore Lane. Our collection of art books, artists’ books & zines that have been amassed over the past 8 years was made available for all to browse.
Finally, we introduced an online photo series called Knock Knock, which features artists, small presses, publishers and zinemakers in their workspaces, giving a behind-the-scenes look at their work processes and book-making practice.
#SGABF2022
As travel restrictions had not fully lifted, the fair once again hosted international exhibitors through our ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or one who has been matched with them.
This edition hosted a total of 94 Exhibitors, and 6,500 visitors over one weekend, many of whom attended the fair for the first time. The SGABF2022 Zine Room, now known as Cut Copy Paste, has since expanded into its very own Zine Fair.
Over the weekend, we hosted a series of artist talks, book launches, as well as A Different Reading, a showcase initiated by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together nine young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian, creating five new artist books through this collaboration.
During the weeks leading up to the fair, we presented a physical iteration of the Singapore Art Book Library at starch, an artist-run space located at Tagore Lane. Our collection of art books, artists’ books & zines that have been amassed over the past 8 years was made available for all to browse.
Finally, we introduced an online photo series called Knock Knock, which features artists, small presses, publishers and zinemakers in their workspaces, giving a behind-the-scenes look at their work processes and book-making practice.
#SGABF2022
Singapore Art Book Fair 2022
SGABF2022 EXHIBITORS
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CUT COPY PASTE
Zine Exhibitors curated by Thing Books
SG ART BOOK DIALOGUE
SG Art Book Dialogue is a series of book launches, discussions & artist talks held at the Singapore Art Book Fair.
29 APRIL, FRIDAY
4:30 - 5:30pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: open environments
(Presented by Leonorana)
Isabel Carvalho (Artist), Ang Kia Yee (Artist), Salty Xi Jie Ng (Artist), txting teo (Arts Practitioner), ila (Artist) and Lune Loh (Poet)
(Presented by Leonorana)
Isabel Carvalho (Artist), Ang Kia Yee (Artist), Salty Xi Jie Ng (Artist), txting teo (Arts Practitioner), ila (Artist) and Lune Loh (Poet)
Leonorana is an editorial project by Portuguese artist Isabel Carvalho, which takes the form of a magazine centred on artistic research. For its fifth issue, Leonorana gathers and dwells upon perspectives and approaches revolving around the theme of Environments. Born in part out of a remote residency at NTU CCA Singapore, this issue is co-edited by Isabel Carvalho and Ang Kia Yee, and features essays by contributors based in Singapore, Portugal, Brazil and Sweden. Moving across varied landscapes, these essays span seas, swamps and cities; intimacy and alienation; mermaids and cows; ancestry, innocence and anxiety — expanding our appetite for artistic research through writing, as well as our understanding of environments.
Following its launch in Portugal in December 2021, this is the issue’s (and, in fact, the magazine’s) first physical launch in Singapore. The two co-editors will be joined by Singapore-based contributors ila, Salty Xi Jie Ng, txting teo and Lune Loh in an open conversation between the worlds and environments of their respective essays.
Following its launch in Portugal in December 2021, this is the issue’s (and, in fact, the magazine’s) first physical launch in Singapore. The two co-editors will be joined by Singapore-based contributors ila, Salty Xi Jie Ng, txting teo and Lune Loh in an open conversation between the worlds and environments of their respective essays.
6:00 - 7:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Blood Sweat & Tears
(Presented by Holycrap)
Pann Lim (Father/Creative Director)
(Presented by Holycrap)
Pann Lim (Father/Creative Director)
Blood Sweat & Tears, presented by Pann Lim, stems from the simplest of reasons and there is absolutely no rocket science behind it. This book is just about looking back on and celebrating the ten years since Holycrap started with his wife Claire and children Renn and Aira. Within these printed pages lies every memory forged or new adventures embarked upon and he will be sharing some of those projects they have done together as a family since 2011 right up
till 2021.
till 2021.
30 APRIL, SATURDAY
1:00 - 2:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Remodeling Love Island: Reality Television and Experimental Publishing with Each and Every Press
(Presented by Brendan Page)
Brendan Page (Founder/Designer/Printer, Each and Every Press)
(Presented by Brendan Page)
Brendan Page (Founder/Designer/Printer, Each and Every Press)
Love Island is a reality television show in which British bodybuilders look for love and engage in complex conflict resolution. During a time when comfort can be found in ignoring one’s surroundings, shows like Love Island take on a new meaning for many, including artist Brendan Page.
In this talk, Page will discuss his project “The Villa”, a Risograph-printed book containing abstract 3D models of iconic moments from the show’s fourth season. He will speak to his work at Each and Every Press, experimental Risograph printing, and the making of “The Villa”.
3:00 - 4:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: Street Report
(Presented by Faiz Zohri, Gideon Kong, Atelier HOKO)
Faiz Bin Zohri (StableUnstable), Clara Koh (Atelier HOKO) and Gideon Kong (gideon-jamie)
(Presented by Faiz Zohri, Gideon Kong, Atelier HOKO)
Faiz Bin Zohri (StableUnstable), Clara Koh (Atelier HOKO) and Gideon Kong (gideon-jamie)
Street Report (publication series) is an ongoing project of detailed accounts or statements describing events and situations on the street by a Street Reporter, usually as the result of observation and inquiry. Initiated by Atelier HOKO, Faiz Bin Zohri, Cathy Hang, and gideon-jamie, published by Temporary Press.
The first two titles are Public Bins and Hooks and Holes (Sungei Road). The first one looks closely at behaviours surrounding the use of public bins and the other at the installation of improvised shop tentage. Housed in a compact form, both are generously illustrated with photographs, sketches, and annotations.
The first two titles are Public Bins and Hooks and Holes (Sungei Road). The first one looks closely at behaviours surrounding the use of public bins and the other at the installation of improvised shop tentage. Housed in a compact form, both are generously illustrated with photographs, sketches, and annotations.
5:00 - 6:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Making Books, Growing Up, and Other Things
(Presented by Lai Yu Tong, Moderated by Renée Ting)
Lai Yu Tong (Artist) and Renée Ting (Director, Singapore Art Book Fair)
(Presented by Lai Yu Tong, Moderated by Renée Ting)
Lai Yu Tong (Artist) and Renée Ting (Director, Singapore Art Book Fair)
Lai Yu Tong is a Singaporean artist who works freely across various mediums. His practice involves modest gestures of simplifying and rearranging the things around him. In this talk, he will be reviewing in chronological order the ten books he has made starting from his first zine published in 2014 when he was a teenager, to his latest book that will be launched at this edition of SGABF. These books were made in parallel to the works he has made, marking different stages in his practice and his life. He will be sharing the origins and processes behind them, and how he feels looking back on them now.
7:00 - 8:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: A Different Reading
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Woong Soak Teng (Artist), Catherine Hu (Artist), Lin Shiau Yu (Artist), Macarius Eng (Designer), Azelia Ng (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Woong Soak Teng (Artist), Catherine Hu (Artist), Lin Shiau Yu (Artist), Macarius Eng (Designer), Azelia Ng (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
A Different Reading is an initiative by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together 9 young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian. Through this collaboration, A Different Reading serves to open up new dialogues and synergies between young creatives of varied background, training and knowledge through the process of creating a new artist book. In this talk, each pair of artist and designer be sharing more on their thought processes and approach in their collaborative creation of their artist book.
1 MAY, SUNDAY
1:00 - 2:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: Talking About Nothing
(Presented by Atelier HOKO, Moderated by Stephanie Peh)
Alvin Ho (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO), Clara Koh (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO) and Stephanie Peh (Writer and Creative Producer)
(Presented by Atelier HOKO, Moderated by Stephanie Peh)
Alvin Ho (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO), Clara Koh (Co-founder, Atelier HOKO) and Stephanie Peh (Writer and Creative Producer)
In this informal discussion, Atelier HOKO uncovers how the close examination of everyday life can give us something, nothing and everything.
3:00 - 4:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Discussion: Nonbinaryhood
(Presented by Aki Hassan)
Aki Hassan (Visual Artist)
(Presented by Aki Hassan)
Aki Hassan (Visual Artist)
Nonbinaryhood reflects on the artist’s experience of being nonbinary, and how to navigate the cisnormative structures they have grown up with. Across forty eight pages in deep blue, the project asks the reader to think about the systems we move around, and the allowances we make for ways-of-being imposed upon us.
5:00 - 6:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Artist Talk: The ICZ is a Library
(Presented by Robert Zhao Renhui, Moderated by Berny Tan)
Robert Zhao Renhui (Artist) and Berny Tan (Artist and Independent Curator)
(Presented by Robert Zhao Renhui, Moderated by Berny Tan)
Robert Zhao Renhui (Artist) and Berny Tan (Artist and Independent Curator)
Robert Zhao Renhui is a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of the Institute of Critical Zoologists (ICZ). His practice addresses humanity’s relationship with nature, and is characterised by a longstanding interest in investigating sites defined by the conflation of wilderness and urbanisation. Zhao’s research-oriented processes often culminate in publications accompanying each of his projects, richly illustrated with photographs shot or collected by him, and produced in collaboration with local design studios. In this talk, Zhao will discuss his work through the lens of these publications, and the important role they play in narrative construction and consolidation in his practice.
7:00 - 8:00pm
The Engine Room @ Singapore Art Museum39 Keppel Road, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Singapore 089065
Book Launch: A Different Reading
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Marvin Tang (Artist), Hong Shu-ying (Artist), Gwendolyn Say (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
(Presented by THEBOOKSHOW)
Marvin Tang (Artist), Hong Shu-ying (Artist), Gwendolyn Say (Designer) and Ming (Designer)
A Different Reading is an initiative by THEBOOKSHOW that brings together 9 young creatives under the mentorship of local designer Hanson Ho (H55) and artist Ang Song Nian. Through this collaboration, A Different Reading serves to open up new dialogues and synergies between young creatives of varied background, training and knowledge through the process of creating a new artist book. In this talk, each pair of artist and designer be sharing more on their thought processes and approach in their collaborative creation of their artist book.
SGABF2022 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2021
In light of COVID-19, SGABF is dedicated to presenting yet another successful – and safe – edition of the fair, and understands the challenges and constraints faced by exhibitors based outside of Singapore. Therefore, SGABF2021 features an ‘Adopt-an-Exhibitor’ programme that allows local exhibitors to share their booths with an international exhibitor of their choice, or who has been matched with them. This ensures that we will continue to showcase international publications, and provide a platform for collaboration between local and international participants.
Additionally, SGABF2021 returns as the Re:source Edition. In a world turning away from touch, we revisit the medium of the art book – its definitions, mechanisms, and creative possibilities. The Re:source Edition includes two video series. First, Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide introduces art book making in a 10-episode seminar and dialogue series. It is produced by Currency in partnership with SGABF. Second, we highlight the tactility of the art book in 10 short-form episodes of #ArtBookASMR, produced in collaboration with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge. Finally, the new Re:source page also collates Singapore-based businesses serving local creatives, providing a starting point for new local art book makers to source for materials, printers, and paper.
#SGABF2021
Additionally, SGABF2021 returns as the Re:source Edition. In a world turning away from touch, we revisit the medium of the art book – its definitions, mechanisms, and creative possibilities. The Re:source Edition includes two video series. First, Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide introduces art book making in a 10-episode seminar and dialogue series. It is produced by Currency in partnership with SGABF. Second, we highlight the tactility of the art book in 10 short-form episodes of #ArtBookASMR, produced in collaboration with Melinda Lauw of Whisperlodge. Finally, the new Re:source page also collates Singapore-based businesses serving local creatives, providing a starting point for new local art book makers to source for materials, printers, and paper.
#SGABF2021
Singapore Art Book Fair 2021
SGABF2021 EXHIBITORS — NTU CCA
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Lucy’s Dictionary of Femininity
Presented by A Stubborn Bloom, Lucy’s Dictionary of Femininity is an anthology of feminine objects and femininity. By assembling these objects into an alphabetical and curated system, this dictionary seeks to reframe domestically-feminine objects that are conventionally perceived as objects and signs of weakness, imbuing them with contemporary notions of strength. The showcase will be accompanied by a video, ‘Home Economics with A Stubborn Bloom’, that takes its cues from home economics textbooks used in secondary schools in Singapore in the 1970s and 1980s.ROOM F
SG Art Book Library
An initiative of SGABF, the SG Art Book Library is a growing catalogue of published print materials that explore the creative possibilities of art book publishing to generate meaningful discourse.Art Books: A Beginner’s Guide
An introductory series for creatives who are interested in making their own books or are looking to publish their own projects. Each episode contains a seminar on art book making, followed by a conversation with Singapore-based practitioners.ROOM G
Book Launches
Presented by NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore at the Single Screen.Culture City. Culture Scape.
Fri, 05.03.2021
5.00—6.30PM
This book documents a public art commission at Mapletree Business City II, featuring works by artists Dan Graham, Tomás Saraceno, Yinka Shonibare CBE, and Zul Mahmod. The curators’ reflective essays and conversations with the artists and the Chairman of Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd underscore the significance of art in public space.
SentAp!
Sat, 06.03.2021
2.30—3.30PM
This publication for the exhibition Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Equals), a solo project by late and cherished artist Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, takes the format of a special issue of SentAp!, the magazine founded by curator Nur Hanim Khairuddin and Ise in 2005.
Engaging with Contemporary Art and Spaces of the Curatorial — A Resource Guide for Educators
Sat, 06.03.2021
4.00—5.00PM
Contemporary art is an excellent educational resource that lends itself to inquiry-based and experiential learning, and encourages creativity, self-expression, and critical thinking. By introducing the Centre’s past exhibitions and programmes, this guide helps educators explore cross-disciplinary subjects and pedagogical strategies while engaging with contemporary art and spaces of the curatorial.
Sat, 06.03.2021
2.30—3.30PM
This publication for the exhibition Campur, Tolak, Kali, Bahagi, Sama Dengan (Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Equals), a solo project by late and cherished artist Roslisham Ismail aka Ise, takes the format of a special issue of SentAp!, the magazine founded by curator Nur Hanim Khairuddin and Ise in 2005.
Engaging with Contemporary Art and Spaces of the Curatorial — A Resource Guide for Educators
Sat, 06.03.2021
4.00—5.00PM
Contemporary art is an excellent educational resource that lends itself to inquiry-based and experiential learning, and encourages creativity, self-expression, and critical thinking. By introducing the Centre’s past exhibitions and programmes, this guide helps educators explore cross-disciplinary subjects and pedagogical strategies while engaging with contemporary art and spaces of the curatorial.
SGABF2021 EXHIBITORS — 72-13
SGABF2021 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2019
In its 6th year running, the Singapore Art Book Fair has well established itself as one of the leading art book fairs in Asia.
While the fair continues to grow in exhibitors and audience, it remains committed to building an environment of support for artists, small and/or independent presses, and publishers working in the medium.
The Singapore Art Book Fair serves to capture the energy and vision of artists, and believes in evolving and presenting the diversity of our community, as well as exposing the audience to new and innovative publishing practices.
The 2019 SGABF was held from 28 — 30 June at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.
While the fair continues to grow in exhibitors and audience, it remains committed to building an environment of support for artists, small and/or independent presses, and publishers working in the medium.
The Singapore Art Book Fair serves to capture the energy and vision of artists, and believes in evolving and presenting the diversity of our community, as well as exposing the audience to new and innovative publishing practices.
The 2019 SGABF was held from 28 — 30 June at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.
#SGABF2019
SGABF2019 EXHIBITORS
ZINE ROOM
PUBLISHED!
Organised by NTU CCA Singapore, the programme for Singapore Art Book Fair 2019 explores the medium of publishing as a research space. It brings together local, regional, and international publishers, writers, artists, and scholars who deal with what it means to publish about art as a knowledge-producing format and engage with its various discourses.
Friday, 28.06.2019
1.
Opening Address
7:15 — 7:30pm
Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks
Speakers:
Renée Ting [SG], festival director
Renée Ting [SG], festival director
2.
Performances by
Bani Haykal [SG] & Ferry [SG]
7:30 — 8:30pm
Organiser:
Ujikaji [SG]
Ujikaji [SG]
The beat writer William Burroughs wrote: "Word begets image and image is virus." The opening performances will comprise musicians who work heavily with foundations of words and text, transforming them into viral images through sound, voice, instruments, and technology.
Saturday, 29.06.2019
*Registration at 10AM1.
On Publishing
Panel10:30am — 12:00pm
Speakers:
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Shauba Chang [TW], Founder and Chief Editor, Waterfall
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Victoria Hindley [US], Acquisitions Editor in Design and Visual Culture, The MIT Press
- Trasvin Jittidecharak
[TH], Founder Silkworm Books and Mekong Press
- Li Qi
[CN], Editor-in-Chief of LEAP, and Deputy Editor of The Art Newspaper China
- Mathieu Renard [FR], Lendroit éditions
Moderated by Ute Meta Bauer [DE/SG], Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
The conversation will revolve around the role of publishing art writing and cultural histories, with representatives from both established and relatively young imprints questioning the role institutions play in creating a discursive space for writing art histories.
2.
On Critical Writing
Panel2:00 — 3:30pm
Speakers:
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H. G. Masters
[US/HK], Deputy Editor and Deputy Publisher, ArtAsiaPacific
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Carlos Quijon, Jr
[PH], writer, curator
- Ema Tavola
[FJ/NZ], artist-curator
Moderated by Qinyi Lim [SG], Curator, National Gallery Singapore
This discussion will focus on the contemporary landscape of critical writing. How do writers, scholars, and artists understand, define, and practise critical writing? It will examine why such writing is needed and what influence and role it plays not only within the art scene, but also within a broader discourse.
3.
On Publishing Series
Panel4:00 — 5:30pm
Speakers:
- Dr Ana Bilbao [MX/UK], Editor, Afterall
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Helen Hughes [AU], Co-founder and Co-editor, Discipline
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Verónica Sanchis Becomo [VZ/HK], Editor, Writer, and Founder of Foto Féminas
- Peera Songkünnatham [TH], Aan Journal
- Moderated by Mark Rappolt [UK], Editor-in-Chief, Art Review & Art Review Asia
4.
Improvised Ambient Set
by Kin Leonn [SG/UK]
7:30 — 8:00pm
Organiser:
KITCHEN. LABEL [SG/JP]
KITCHEN. LABEL [SG/JP]
Utilising a palette of reverb-drenched guitar, synthesiser harmonies, and a system of MIDI-driven software triggers, Kin Leonn will construct a temporary world of immersive atmospheres using instinct and emotional response to sonic occurrence.
5.
The Official SG Art Book Fair Afterparty
8:30pm — Late
We are throwing a party for exhibitors and fairgoers! Enjoy some of Singapore’s underground music brought to you by local collective Good Times. Held on the second night of SGABF2019, there will be booze and food for sale accompanied by a line-up of underground DJs such as Itch, Reiki and Sadat with sounds that travel from jazz, city pop, 60s/70s garage, reggae, breaks to arabic funk and afropop.
Sunday, 30.06.2019
1.
Facebook Artist in Residence Program: Open Form
Panel12:30 — 1:30pm
Speakers:
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Jessica Shaefer [US], Art Programs & Partnerships Lead, Facebook
- Pey Chuan Tan [SG], Art Curator & Producer, Facebook
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Genevieve Chua [SG], artist
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Speak Cryptic [SG], artist
- Moderated by Melanie Pocock [UK/SG], Writer, Curator and Assistant Curator, Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts
This panel discussion invites members of the FB Art Department to speak on the collaborative decisions that put together Open Form, a publication which celebrates the Facebook Artist in Residence (AIR) programme’s recent five-year anniversary. Open Form traces the development of the AIR programme's from its roots in the counterculture of San Francisco Bay Area, to its integration within the company’s hacker culture. Featuring over 200 art commissions worldwide, the book serves to replicate immersive artistic experiences through the medium of the analog book. Local AIR artists will also be present to share their views on creating analog art in a digital world, and how the AIR experience has influenced their practice.
2.
Seenthesis: Visual Literacy through Singapore Photography
In Conversation2:00 — 3:00pm
Speakers:
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Ang Song Nian [SG], artist, Lecturer, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
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Guo Yixiu [SG], artist, educator
- Moderated by Gwen Lee [SG], co-founder and Director, DECK
This conversation is an attempt to put together a resource book for school educators on creating engaging classroom art activities. Across 168 pages, with over 100 works by 28 photo artists, the book provides a basic fundamental overview of the medium and the social history of photography in Singapore. The launch presentation will share the concept and process in developing content to complement the school arts curriculum, and how Seenthesis ultimately hopes to enable visual literacy among youths through photography from Singapore.
3.
The City as…The
City for…
Panel3:30 — 5:00pm
Speakers:
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Ute Meta Bauer [DE/SG], Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, NTU School of Art, Design and Media
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Calvin Chua [SG], Adjunct Assistant Professor, Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
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Woon Tien Wei [SG], artist/ curator.
The critical spatial discussions of this panel advances from an understanding of the built environments from regional perspectives and practices, that are situated within global discourse, focusing on regional bottom-up city planning that is informed by postcolonial heritages, tropical modernities, and global architectural approaches. Reflecting also the cultural formats of how we can engage in such questions, the discussion will offer a rich source of artistic/activist interventions and their imaginary of “art on a civic scale.”
Saturday and Sunday, 29—30.06.2019
1.
Featuring
Artists-in-Residence:
- Ang Song Nian [SG]
- Tanatchai Bandasak [TH]
- Wei Leng Tay [SG]
- Iris Touliatou [GR]
- Munem Wasif [BD]
- Zarina Muhammad [SG]
Residencies OPEN provides a rare insight into the often introverted sphere of artist studios by profiling the diversity of contemporary art practices from around the globe and the divergent ways artists conceive an artwork with the studio as a space for experimentation and research.
SGABF2019 TEAM
Renée Ting
Director
Director
Currency
Design
Design
SINGAPORE ART BOOK FAIR 2018
The Singapore Art Book Fair (SGABF) is an annual event that champions both local and international art and print material. It is a platform for artists, publishers, and zine-makers to meet and interact with like-minded individuals as well as introduce their works to a new and interested audience every time.
SGABF2018 was held at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in Gillman Barracks. For the first time in five years, the fair is independently organised and funded. This year hosted a total of 67 Exhibitors, making it the largest edition yet, 21 of whom are international from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the UK. SGABF2018 also featured a Zine Room and Zine Library curated by Squelch Zines, a community platform that has been supporting local zine-makers. In 2018, the fair saw more than 4,500 visitors over one weekend.
#SGABF2018
SGABF2018 was held at NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in Gillman Barracks. For the first time in five years, the fair is independently organised and funded. This year hosted a total of 67 Exhibitors, making it the largest edition yet, 21 of whom are international from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and the UK. SGABF2018 also featured a Zine Room and Zine Library curated by Squelch Zines, a community platform that has been supporting local zine-makers. In 2018, the fair saw more than 4,500 visitors over one weekend.
#SGABF2018
Singapore Art Book Fair 2018
SGABF2018 EXHIBITORS
ZINE ROOM
The Zine Room was conceived by SQUELCH ZINES — a collective that aims to bring zine-makers into a space where they can buy, swap and inspire each other to broaden Singapore's zine culture.
The Zine Room focuses on the local scene through 2 avenues:
a spotlight for local exhibitors, and a Zine Library documenting submissions from local and international zinesters.
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PUBLIC PROGRAMMES
PUBLISHING AS DISCOURSE was the title of the programme for Singapore Art Book Fair 2018, curated by NTU CCA Singapore, that explored the media of publishing as a discursive space.
This series of conversations, presentations, and workshops brought together international publishers, writers and scholars, curators and artists who adopt the field of publishing as a critical form to engage with the arts.
Singapore Art Book Fair 2018 was held in The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road, Gillman Barracks, and all public programmes took place in The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road.
1.
PUBLISHING INDEPENDENTLY
Sunday, July 1, 2018
5:30 PM — 7:00 PM
Speakers:
- Ringo Bunoan (Philippines), artist and Co-founder, Art Book Philippines
- Savannah Gorton (Germany/Denmark), curator and Co-founder, Friends with Books
- Beatrix Pang (Hong Kong), Founder, Small Tune Press
- Moderated by Shubigi Rao (India/Singapore), artist
What is the potential of self-initiated publications as a form of artistic collaboration? What are the benefits and pitfalls of self-publishing versus traditional publishing, and how does it contribute to the cultural field? This panel will explore recent developments in self-publishing and what necessitates these forms of independent production.
2.
PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONSSunday, July 1, 2018
1:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- 1.30 – 2.30pm: Ringo Bunoan (Philippines), artist and Co-founder, artbooks.ph
- 2.45 – 3.45pm: Beatrix Pang (Hong Kong), Founder, Small Tune Press
- 4.00 – 5.00pm: Savannah Gorton (Germany/Denmark), curator and Co-founder, Friends with Books
This event features case study presentations of artist-book projects selected by international and regional independent publishers. The speakers will introduce various collaborative projects between artists and publishers, providing insight into how artist books are conceptualised and how they develop into the final printed form.
3.
PUBLISHING GEOPOLITICS
Saturday, June 30, 2018
5:30 PM — 7:30 PM
Speakers:
- Chong Ton Sin (Malaysia), Founder, Gerakbudaya and Executive Director, Strategic Information and Research Development Centre
- Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez (Philippines), Editorial Board Member, Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia
- Moderated by Peter Schoppert (Singapore), President, Singapore Book Publishers Association and Director, National University Singapore Press
This session centres on the scholarly periodical and the role it plays as a discursive space for writing art and cultural histories. Representatives from both established and young journals will come together to critically examine its geographical and conceptual markers.
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PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONSSaturday, June 30, 2018
1:30 PM — 5:00 PM
Presenters:
- 1.30 – 2.30pm: Christophe Boutin (France), Co-founder, onestar press and Three Star Books
- 2.45 – 3.45pm: Shyue Woon (Singapore), artist and architect
- 4.00 – 5.00pm: Wei Guan (China), Co-founder, Bananafish Books and Art Director, Shanghai Art Book Fair
This event features case study presentations of artist-book projects selected by international and regional independent publishers. The speakers will introduce various collaborative projects between artists and publishers, providing insight into how artist books are conceptualised and how they develop into the final printed form.
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PUBLISHING COMPLEXES
Friday, June 29, 2018
6:00 PM — 7:30 PM
Speakers:
- Kaye Cain-Nielsen (United States), Editor-in-Chief, e-flux journal
- Chloe Chu (Hong Kong), Associate Editor, ArtAsiaPacific;
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Robin Peckham (United States/China), Editor-in-Chief, LEAP magazine;
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Mark Rappolt (United Kingdom), Editor-in-Chief, ArtReview and ArtReview Asia
- Amy Sherlock (United Kingdom), Deputy Editor, frieze magazine
- Moderated by Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore
This session discusses some of the strategies art magazine publishers adopt to present a comprehensible outlook of current developments in contemporary art, as well as evaluates the magazine’s role in generating discourse in the arts. Magazine publishers have grown beyond producing conventional printed series to delving into, not only digital platforms, but also activities such as exhibition making, fair and festival initiatives, education programmes, and other forms of artistic production while maintaining their core business in publishing.
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PUBLISHING ARTISTS’ BOOKS
ARTIST TRADE BOOKFriday, June 29, 2018
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM
Speakers:
- Broy Lim (Singapore), artist
- Woong Soak Teng (Singapore), artist
- Moderated by Gwen Lee (Singapore), Co-founder and Director, Singapore International Photography Festival and DECK gallery
In Spring 2017, eight Asian recipients of Steidl Book Award were invited to make their books in Göttingen, Germany. Among them were Singaporean artists Broy Lim and Woong Soak Teng. With each concept, the artists translated their ideas and work into a book form, crafting, refining stories and visuals into book objects. This conversation will share the process, challenges, and constraints the artists had in order to arrive at the book they called their own.
SGABF2018 TEAM
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Currency
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CONTACT
Singapore Book Publishers Association
120 Hillview Ave, Kewalram Hillview #05-03
© Singapore Book Publishers Association 2023. All rights reserved.
The Singapore Pavilion will be part of the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse from the 18 to 22 October 2023.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporebookpublishers.sg.
The Singapore Pavilion will be part of the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse from the 18 to 22 October 2023.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporebookpublishers.sg.
CONTACT
Singapore Book Publishers Association
120 Hillview Ave, Kewalram Hillview #05-03
+65 6957 7093
Singapore Book Publishers Association
120 Hillview Ave, Kewalram Hillview #05-03
+65 6957 7093
© Singapore Book Publishers Association 2023. All rights reserved.
The Singapore Pavilion will be part of the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse from the 18 to 22 October 2023.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporebookpublishers.sg.
The Singapore Pavilion will be part of the 75th Frankfurter Buchmesse from the 18 to 22 October 2023.
For further enquiries, please contact us at info@singaporebookpublishers.sg.