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Artist-in-residence

Committed to supporting artists, curators, and researchers by offering them time and space to pursue their research without the pressure of deadlines and production commitments, the Residencies Programme values the open-ended nature of artistic research and embraces multiform expressions of creative enquiry. Aiming to facilitate the production of knowledge, this studio-based programme is dedicated to established and emerging artists and serves as platform for critical exchange in Southeast Asia. The Residencies Programme offers a wide spectrum of programmes aimed at sharing the process of artistic research with the public - Residencies OPEN / Studio Sessions / Insights, which range from open studios, artists’ talks, conversations, performances, and screenings. The Residencies Programme unfolds through annual cycles and runs by nomination only. Every year, a rotating pool of curators and arts professionals from all over the world is invited to nominate two artists for the residency. The nominated artists are subsequently invited to submit a research proposal along with their portfolio and CV. Ultimately, the Residencies Committee, an international panel of experts, reviews the submitted materials and designates the artists who are awarded the residency.

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James Jack

Residency period

3 February 2015 – 14 April 2015

About

James Jack’s (b. 1979, U.S.A) artworks have been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions including: Water and Land- Niigata Art Festival, Japan (2015); Setouchi International Art Festival, Kagawa, Japan (2013); Busan Biennale Sea Art Festival, Japan (2013); Miniature Landscape for O’ahu, Honolulu Museum of Art, Hawaii (2011) and the Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Niigata, Japan (2009). His writings are published in The Japan Times, ISSUE, Modern Art Asia, Art Asia Pacific as well as numerous gallery and museum catalogues. Jack recently completed a Ph.D. in art practice at Tokyo University of the Arts on the topic Art in Contingent Pacific Currents.

Focus

James Jack is concerned with rejuvenating fragile links that exist in a place, developing socially engaged artworks in connection with the people and land encountered there. At NTU CCA Singapore, he will work on the project Stories of Khayalan Island (2013- ) which commenced with rumours of an island that disappeared near Singapore. While in residence, he will search for evidence of Khayalan Island amidst the paradoxes of the rapidly changing harbour. Historical maps will be redrawn based on collective imaginations of space and sea vessels will be rebuilt to visit contingent islands at risk of vanishing. A search for this imaginary island in the social and ecological realities of today provides the basis for a book of stories as well as newly created artworks.

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NTU CCA Residencies OPEN: James Jack, Stories of Khayalan Island, Part 1: KHAYALAN ISLAND, a reading
18 Mar 2015, Wed 7:30pm - 9:00pm

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Stories of Khayalan Island is an art project by James Jack which commenced with the rumour of an island that disappeared in the Singapore Harbour during the early 19th century. While in residence at NTU CCA Singapore, Jack’s search for Khayalan Island includes collective boat trips to nearby islands to look for its traces within the complexities of today.

This event will consist of voices from Khayalan Island based on the search in progress. The evening will be moderated by Seng Yu Jin (Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore) and readers will include Steve Dixon (President, LASALLE College of the Arts), Chand Chandramohan (Artist-in-Residence, The Artists Village, Pulau Ubin) and artist James Jack.

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NTU CCA Residencies OPEN: James Jack, Stories of Khayalan Island, Part 2: Map to Khayalan Island, an interactive event
20 Mar 2015, Fri 7:00pm - 11:00pm

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The artist invites participants to trace the outline of an island in their imagination. By drawing the borders of each coastline in time, islands that are at risk of being lost are reclaimed through imagination. This event will consist of voices from Khayalan Island based on the search in progress. The evening will be moderated by Seng Yu Jin (Senior Curator, National Gallery Singapore) and readers will include Steve Dixon (President, LASALLE College of the Arts), Chand Chandramohan (Artist-in-Residence, The Artists Village, Pulau Ubin) and artist James Jack.