Events
SIPF Photobooks Showcase
It is funny that in this digital era we continue to witness the expanding interest into the photobook as a…
SIPF Portfolio Showcase
In a famous metaphor Henry James explains experience: experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an…
Boomers
Meet the Korean equivalent of the Japanese salaryman — the ‘Ajeossi’. The term refers to middle-aged men from their 40s…
Mars on Earth
It is humanity’s penchant to always seek out new, undiscovered frontiers. In the realm of space travel and exploration, the…
Where Does the Sun Rise; Where Will the Moon Shine
In an uncertain era plagued with global crises ranging from the pandemic, heightening geopolitical tensions, to the issue of environmental…
Under the Night of the Unseen Stars
Artificial lights have always taken center stage as subjects in Toni Cuhardi’s photographs. He prefers thinking of photography as not…
Dwelling
Through montage and multiple exposures, Matthew Cronin re-imagines home furnishing catalogue photographs by J.C. Penney, an American department store chain…
Ground Truth, or How to Resurrect a Tree
Ground Truth, or How to Resurrect a Tree illustrates the state of ‘seeing something when there is none.’ Following the…
Unperson | Portraits of North Korean Defectors
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel “1984”, an “unperson” is someone who has been vaporised, whose record has been erased. Similarly,…
SEPARATE HIDDEN RULES
Masquerading as glossy product advertisements, Makoto Oono’s vivid still life imagery draws viewers in hook, line and sinker, before sensations…
Red Flowers 红花
When one reaches a bottleneck in life, looking back may be the way forward. Red Flowers is a tribute to…
11,565 Kilometre Project
Since 2018, Beichen Zhang has been investigating the history and circulation pathways of Chinese artefacts in American museums, in an…
How to Pickle an Adder
In 1983 when an inquisitive fisherman picked up a rock and threw it up the steeply-shelving beach at Cell Howell…
Ghost Island
Suffused with the enigma and otherworldliness of dreams, Ghost Island is an endeavour at building visual metaphors and frameworks for…
Living Under the Volcanoes
Located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia ranks third in the world with the most active volcanoes, after the…
of solongs and ashes
of solongs and ashes is a visual stream of consciousness reflecting the deluge of memories swirling in Min Ma Naing’s…
The Witch Stage
Liza Ambrossio’s art is inseparable from her life, mirroring her experiences as a woman of mixed ancestry born in a…
Room no.2 and Sunset on Unnamed Lanes (2020)
“Room no.2” examines the interiors of the homes of Khlong Toey, one of Bangkok’s largest slums, with a straightforward and…
Wandering, Wondering
Wandering, Wondering is a story of us all growing up as adults, being accustomed to social norms, and living in…
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With a background in web creation, Soushi Tanaka became intrigued by the transmission and transformation of visual data via optical…
Work naming has not yet succeeded
From 2019 to 2020, a social movement surged in Hong Kong opposing the government’s highly controversial amendment of the legislation…
Cuttings
SIPF Satelllite Cuttings presents new commissions by six Singaporean artists inspired by the natural world. The exhibition considers interactions with environments…
The Salt of the Earth
The Salt of the Earth is a group exhibition that explores the way in which family and the ties that…
Worlds and Spacing 世界与空间
Worlds and Spacing – 世界与空间 presents a selection of photographs from three bodies of work created by Chinese artist Maleonn…
Hawaii Nights
Presenting a selection of photographs from Aik Beng Chia’s series The Night We Never Met within an atmosphere that complements…
Listen…don’t ask what bird is singing
Listen…don’t ask what bird is singing brings together a group of photographers whose contemporary images continue to encapsulate a similar…
Spring Odyssey
The current technological machine of information and communication operates at the centre of human subjectivity, not only in the depths…
How Things Dream
An ongoing project blending texts, imagery and audiovisual material, How Things Dream is based on an imaginative, post-democratic future, dominated…
KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2022
The KASSEL DUMMY AWARD of the FOTOBOOKFESTIVAL KASSEL for the best unpublished photo book design of the year, has been…
Hong Kong Photobook Dummy Award
To promote photobook culture, Hong Kong Photobook Festival was founded by Lumenvisum in 2020. The Festival aims to connect photographers,…
Nowhere Here
Nowhere Here is a site-specific video and photographic project unfolding over three chapters: The Presence of Your Absence, Anima and…
The Line of Least Resistance
East of Kuala Lumpur stands the lush hills of the Titiwangsa range, significantly bio-diverse with areas of primary forest and…
Placemaking at the moment between times
The non-place – a term coined by French anthropologist Marc Augé to describe places of transience where people remain largely…
Dark Cities
In the past few weeks while editing his photos, Shyue Woon was drawn down an internal pathway of reflection on…
Peace Agency
Peace Agency is a site-specific installation that transforms a commercial unit in the Peace Centre into a waiting experience. Taking…
AHEAD – a glimpse into Singapore’s future
What lies AHEAD but is already visible in present day Singapore? What are traces of the future that can already…
Mental Pictures
In the midst of the fast-paced society we live in today, some would take refuge in the slower process of…
MIRROR: #BUILDECK Fundraiser
Experience an afternoon of art and photography with SIPF at 37 Emerald Hill! Immerse yourself in variety of photography activities—from…