AiRCAST

AiRCAST takes you inside the Residencies Studios of NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, located right at the edge of the lush tropical forest in Gillman Barracks. This podcast broadcasts the inner lives of our Artists-in-Residence who are invited to share about the ideas, processes, and research methodologies behind their work. With a storytelling approach tailored to each practitioner, AiRCAST features an open format in tune with the rich diversity of creative practices and discourses which unfold within the Residencies Programme.

SEASON 2

Episode 7: Priyageetha Dia

Starting off the second season, curator and writer Anca Rujoiu interviews Artist-in-Residence Priyageetha Dia about the background research, interests, and aesthetic strategies behind the new body of work presented in Forget Me, Forget Me Not (2022).

Read more about Priyageetha Dia’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Priyageetha Dia, Anca Rujoiu
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 8: Fazleen Karlan

In this episode, curator Samantha Yap digs deep into the practice of Artist-in-Residence Fazleen Karlan as they exchange memories, experiences, and thoughts about time, materiality, pop culture, and the vitality of archaeology in Fazleen’s work.

Read more about Fazleen Karlan’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Fazleen Karlan, Samantha Yap
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 9: Hilmi Johandi

In this peer-to-peer exchange between thoughtful image-makers, Artist-in-Residence Hilmi Johandi and Singaporean artist and educator Ian Woo ponder over the significance of the studio in Hilmi’s practice, the artist-audience relation, the process of reframing, and his sources of inspiration.

Read more about Hilmi Johandi’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Hilmi Johandi, Ian Woo
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 10: Min-Wei Ting

In this episode, we invited film programmer Viknesh Kobinathan to traverse the trajectory of our Artist-in-Residence Min-Wei Ting’s practice. They exchange memories that reveal shared notions of space and architecture, while contemplating upon the latent anxieties that stem from the everchanging landscape of Singapore prevalent in Min-Wei’s films.

Read more about Min-Wei Ting’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Min-Wei Ting, Viknesh Kobinathan
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}

Episode 11: Zachary Chan

This episode features a conversation between two multidisciplinary creatives who are also previous collaborators: Artist-in-Residence Zachary Chan and Singaporean playwright Joel Tan. The two come together for a fascinating exchange revolving around Zachary’s research into the religion he grew up with, Pentecostal Christianity, as well as the practice of spiritual mapping and strategic-level spiritual warfare.

Read more about Zachary Chan’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Zachary Chan, Joel Tan
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon
Intro & Outro Music: Yuen Chee Wai
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}

Episode 12: Wang Ruobing

In this episode, we hand over the microphone to curator Tamares Goh to interview our Artist-in-Residence Wang Ruobing. This conversation between peers shines a spotlight on Ruobing’s practice rooted in materiality, the importance of found objects in her art-making process, as well as her ongoing research into the symbiotic relationship between environmental sciences and visual arts.

Read more about Wang Ruobing’s practice here.

SEASON 1

Episode 1: Tini Aliman

In the first episode of AiRCAST, NTU CCA Singapore’s curator Anna Lovecchio speaks to Artist-in-Residence Tini Aliman about her sonic practice and close listening of the natural environment.

Read more about Tini Aliman’s practice here.

^{Contributor: Tini Aliman
Conducted by: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Kristine Tan
Sound Engineer: Rudi Osman
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 2: Russell Morton

In this episode, Anna Lovecchio ventures into the mysterious and mobile mindscape of Artist-in-Residence Russell Morton who, at the time of the residency, happens to be deeply immersed in the development of his first feature film.

Read more about Russell Morton’s practice here.

^{Contributor: Russell Morton
Conducted by: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Kristine Tan
Sound Engineer: Rudi Osman
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 3: Yeo Siew Hua

On this episode, we open up this platform for the first time to a guest interviewer! We invited Kent Chan to pick the brain of our Artist-in-Residence Yeo Siew Hua. Being both filmmakers and artists, as well as occasional collaborators and life-long friends, they candidly share about art-making, fund-raising and the driving factors in Siew Hua’s practice.

Read more about Yeo Siew Hua’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Yeo Siew Hua, Kent Chan
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Kristine Tan
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon (The Music Parlour)
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 4: Chua Chye Teck

Artist-in-Residence Chua Chye Teck speaks to Anna Lovecchio about his journey with the medium of photography and his enduring fascination for fleeting forms and makeshift compositions.

Read more about Chua Chye Teck’s practice here.

^{Contributor: Chua Chye Teck
Conducted by: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Kristine Tan
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon (The Music Parlour)
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 5: Han Xue Mei

In this episode, curator and scholar Hsu Fang-Tze converses with our Artist-in-Residence Han Xuemei about the latter’s urgency for engagement and her current efforts to carve out “intervals of quiet” and “plots of rest” in the hectic context of Singapore.

Read more about Han Xue Mei’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Han Xuemei, Hsu Fang-Tze
Editor: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Kristine Tan
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon (The Music Parlour)
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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Episode 6: Yuen Chee Wai

Wrapping up the first season of AiRCAST, Yuen Chee Wai shares with Anna Lovecchio about his expansive journey in experimental music and the outburst of creative energy triggered by the pandemic.

Read more about Yuen Chee Wai’s practice here.

^{Contributors: Yuen Chee Wai
Conducted by: Anna Lovecchio
Programme Manager: Nadia Amalina
Sound Engineer: Ashwin Menon (The Music Parlour)
Intro & Outro Music: Tini Aliman
Cover Image & Design: Arabelle Zhuang, Kristine Tan}
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