NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore

𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆

Food security has been a perennial concern in Singapore, which sees the nation-state importing more than 90% of its food and allocating only 1% of its land to agriculture. These challenges are intensified by disruptions to global supply chains due to climate-induced extreme weather. In response, Singapore Food Agency has implemented strategies to address national food security concerns, including the promotion of local urban agriculture. Edible Garden City, an urban farming social enterprise, has been a lead to expanding the country's urban agricultural landscape. Having established over 280 edible gardens, EGC is committed to regenerative agriculture and soil-based food systems as foundational to cultivating food sovereignty and fostering community agrarian literacy.

Join us on Saturday, 2 May at Edible Garden City’s site in Queenstown to learn about the importance of local soil-based food systems with a lecture by EGC Co-Founder 𝗕𝗷𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘄, followed by a hands-on soil composting workshop with members of the EGC Queenstown community.

🗓️ Saturday, 2 May 2026
⏰ 10:00 – 11:30am
📍 Edible Garden City, 60 Jalan Penjara, S149375
🔗 Participant Fee: $21.80 (incl. GST)
https://ntumarketplace.ntu.edu.sg/CCA003

🖼️ Making as a sensory-led investigation, Climate Transformation Gathering, 16 December 2026. Urban Farm, NTU CCA Singapore. Image courtesy of NTU CCA Singapore.

The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Lecture Series is supported by the MOE AcRF Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲: 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲

Coastal ecosystems and communities across islands such as Bintan and Singapore face existential threats of climate change-induced sea level rise and ocean warming. Industrial development adds to these pressures that expose coastal communities to significant risks to resources and livelihood, and the loss of maritime and cultural knowledge. Introducing an on-going digital humanities project, the Repository on Coastal Ecosystems: Bridging Artistic, Scientific and Community-led practices in the Riau Archipelago, was developed under the Climate Transformation Programme. Drawing from the long-term engagement in Bintan, the project explores how such digital tools support the documentation of mangrove restoration and coral
transplantation, and the circulation of coastal knowledge for a wider range of stakeholders. Referencing various onsite collaborations with community practitioners, researchers, and institutions in both Singapore and Indonesia, Professor 𝗨𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗲𝗿 and Research Fellow 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁, Climate Transformation Programme reflect on such platforms. Respondent Dr 𝗢𝘄 𝗬𝗮𝗻 𝗫𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗴, St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, NUS, shares her scientific engagements with partners and communities in the region. This lecture is moderated by 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼 𝗛𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻, Climate Transformation Programme.

🗓️ Thursday, 23 April 2026
⏰ 6:30 – 8:30pm
📍 The Hall, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
🔗 Free registration
In-person:
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/lecture-from-shoreline-practices-to-shared-knowledge-tickets-1986523140188?aff=SocialMedia
Online:
https://nus-sg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Kfm18lCzQsWnahwX6ule4Q

🖼️ Pengudang villager preparing a paving block for coral transplantation during a training activity. Pengudang village, Teluk Sebong, Bintan, Indonesia, 15 Feb 2025. Image by Henky Irawan.

The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Lecture Series is supported by the MOE AcRF Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨

Join us for the launch of 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨 (Wendy’s Subway, 2025), a publication by our former Artist-in-Residence 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 gathering fifteen years of the artist’s scripts!

On this occasion, Coburn presents a new monologue entitled 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 inspired by 𝘈 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦 (1980), a one-person performance by the American actor and writer Spalding Gray (1941–2004). Moving through a set of index cards bearing the names of plays he acted in, Gray told stories related to those productions, dwelling on events unfolding behind the scenes. As the order of the index cards was random, no two performances were ever the same. In Coburn’s version, each of his cards indicates the name of a person who has a role in the book: an academic he interviewed for a project, an amorous attendee to one of his monologues, his collaborator Susan Bennett (the original voice actress of Siri), a data center employee who insulted him, and more. 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 brings focus to his many collaborators and the monologues they helped create.

The performance will be followed by a conversation between 𝗧𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 and artist/writer 𝗝𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲.

📅 Tuesday, 21 April 2026
⏰ 7.00 – 8.30pm
📍 The Hall, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
🔗 Free registration –https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/book-launch-some-monologues-tickets-1986520247536?aff=SM

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[1] [2] [3] 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴 by Tyler Coburn (Wendy’s Subway, 2025). Photo: Justin Lubliner. Courtesy of the artist and Wendy’s Subway.
[4] Portrait, Tyler Coburn, 2026. Photo: Siqi Zhu. Courtesy of the artist.

𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲: 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

In 2000, scholars Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer proposed the formal recognition of a new ‘Anthropocene’ epoch, a geological era defined by profound human modification of the global environment. How might we understand this epoch through transformations of the Earth’s surfaces––the erosion of coastlines, the clearing of forests, or the accumulation of plastic along ocean horizons? What are the signatures of the “Anthropocene” and how can they be measured? Through material residues, Artist, Curator and Educator 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝘂𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 (LASALLE College of the Arts) creates physical records of discarded objects that wash ashore along Singapore’s coastlines. Associate Professor 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 (NIE and ASE, NTU) examines the impacts of sand mining and natural disasters at a geographical scale, tracing changing riverscapes and landscapes through remote sensing technologies and GIS modelling. Moderated by archaeologist 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗲, this lecture explores how surfaces of the earth are being radically altered by climate change and human activity and asks how we document and mediate the processes changing our coastlines forever.

🗓️ Tuesday, 7 April 2026
⏰ 6:30 – 8:30pm
📍 The Hall, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
🔗 Free registration
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/lecture-signatures-of-the-anthropocene-tickets-1985437555174?aff=SocialMedia

🖼️ View of the Mekong Delta as part of Associate Professor Edward Park's field research. Image by Edward Park.

The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Lecture Series is supported by the MOE AcRF Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

Lecture: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗿𝗯𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀

Decarbonisation has emerged as a central organising principle of contemporary climate governance. It refers both to the technical reduction of carbon emissions, and the broader socio-economic transformation that aligns production, consumption, and infrastructure with climate mitigation imperatives. Globally, buildings account for ~37% of global energy-related carbon emissions. In Singapore, the built environment contributes ~20% of national emissions—including both ‘embodied carbon’ from material production and transportation, and operational carbon generated throughout a building's use. As urbanisation continues, emissions are anticipated to rise substantially, which will intensify the challenge of achieving net-zero emissions within the built environment. Beginning with Associate Professor 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵, he will highlight solutions to decarbonise the building sector and current obstacles that prevent firms from adopting them. 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗮 presents research investigating the potential for high-rise building typologies to evolve into low-carbon models in the future. Often associated with higher emissions today, the high-rise typology remains indispensable in high-density cities such as Singapore. This lecture will be moderated by Professor 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗲𝗽𝗳𝗲𝗿.

🗓️ Tuesday, 31 March 2026
⏰ 6:30 – 8:30pm
📍 The Hall, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore
🔗 Free registration
https://www.eventbrite.sg/e/lecture-decarbonising-urban-futures-tickets-1984352287108?aff=SocialMedia

🖼️ PARKROYAL Collection Pickering, Singapore, aerial view. Image by Eurthe. Courtesy of WOHA Architects, Singapore.

The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Series is supported by the MOE AcRF Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

🌏 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

What happens when artists and scientists find common ground in shared curiosities, concerns, and collective care for ecological complexities?

Join us for a live event featuring Artists-in-Residence Ng Hui Hsien, The Observatory, and Zarina Muhammad. Spanning polyphonic storytelling, moving image, live music, and performance, this evening marks the culmination of the inaugural 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲, 𝐀𝐫𝐭 & 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡), a pioneering collaboration between 𝐍𝐓𝐔 𝐂𝐂𝐀 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞 and the 𝐍𝐓𝐔 Earth Observatory of Singapore, curated by Dr 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗼.

Emerging from a year-long drift into geosciences, each artist offers a unique proposition that interlaces measurements with musings, the empirical with the embodied, science with speculation, and facts with signals. Framing the evening, a selection of research materials from the NTU Earth Observatory of Singapore offers a glimpse into the complex planetary phenomena that informed the artists’ inquiries.

Together, these acts chart a non-linear journey to the threshold of our profound unknowing of the invisible forces that shape the planet, inviting us to experience new modes of attention and attunement to the Earth.

✦ 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰!

📅 Tuesday, 24 March 2026
⏰ 7:00 – 10:00pm (Doors open at 6:40pm)
📍 Esplanade, Annexe Studio
🎟️ $10 - General Admission (Ages 16+)
🔗 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 & 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: https://linktr.ee/ntu_ccasingapore




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1. Morning fog at the outer caldera of Mount Batur. Image by Ng Hui Hsien. Courtesy the artist.
2. Portrait, Ng Hui Hsien, 2026. Photo: Kee Ya Ting. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore.
3. Portrait, The Observatory. Photo: Kee Ya Ting. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore.
4. Zarina Muhammad, performance documentation of 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮, part of 𝘖𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, December 2025, Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Photo by Ashwin Koushan. Courtesy Kochi-Muziris Biennale and the artist.
5. EOS scientists conducting fieldwork at Merapi volcano, Indonesia, 2012. Courtesy NTUEarth Observatory of Singapore.

Join us as a Senior Executive 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿!

🔎 We are seeking a highly organised, resourceful, and people-oriented 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 to join the 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 in Museum Studies and Curatorial Practices (MSCP) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

🏫 The MSCP is one of Southeast Asia’s most respected and dynamic programmes in its field, renowned for its international faculty, innovative curriculum, and strong industry connections. Students and guest lecturers from leading museums, galleries, and cultural institutions worldwide come together here to shape the future of museum and curatorial practice.

✨ In this role, you will be the key point of contact for students, faculty, and institutional partners. Come work at the heart of an academic programme that trains the next generation of museum professionals and curators in Singapore and beyond.

🔗 Learn more and apply - https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Careers/details/Senior-Executive--Graduate-Programme_R00023102-1?q=R00023102

🖼️ Isabelle Desjeux, 𝘊𝘦𝘤𝘪 𝘯’𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, exhibition view, 4 October–7 November 2024, Alliance Française Singapour. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore and Alliance Française Singapour.

✨ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍 | 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐏 ✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us for STAR Residencies OPEN last month!

Visitors stepped into the studios of Artists-in-Residence 𝐍𝐠 𝐇𝐮𝐢 𝐇𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, and 𝐙𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 to explore the evolving processes that define this experimental residency, developed in collaboration with the 𝐍𝐓𝐔 Earth Observatory of Singapore.

The residency is enabling the artists to sense volcanic life, coastal memories, and subterranean pulses—revealing how research-based artistic practices can offer new vital perspectives on the Earth’s shifting matters.

Next month, we will stage the artistic propositions emerging from this intensive period of research and interdisciplinary dialogue in a special night of live events. Watch this space for more updates!

🗓️ 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟒 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 | STAR Residencies Final Event

🎟️ Full programme and registration details will be released in the coming weeks.




🖼️ STAR Residencies OPEN
1. Studio of The Observatory.
2. Studio of Ng Hui Hsien.
3. Studio of Ng Hui Hsien.
4. Studio of The Observatory.
5. Studio of The Observatory.
6. Studio of Zarina Muhammad.
7. Studio of Zarina Muhammad, detail.
All images taken during STAR Residencies OPEN, 31 January 2026. Photos by Kee Ya Ting. Courtesy NTU CCA Singapore.