Environmental knowledge and the ways it is communicated through visual arts have been at the core of Wang Ruobing’s practice for the past twenty years. With rising water temperatures and the expansion of the Tropical Warm Pool—a large mass of ocean water that features water temperature above 28 degree within which maritime Southeast Asia is situated—the coastal ecosystems in the region have become a crucial field for environmental research and climate change studies. Drawing equal inspiration from scientific knowledge and from Donna J. Haraway’s theories of ‘sympoiesis’ (making-with), the artist hopes to develop new artworks that reconfigure more sustainable relations to the Earth and all its inhabitants.
Singapore
Wang Ruobing
Singapore
Wang Ruobing
2 September 2022 - 31 January 2023
During the residency, the artist intends to expand her ongoing research on ocean ecologies and on the human impact on marine life by forging connections and, potentially, activating collaborations with scientific research centres at Nanyang Technological University.
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Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Cultural Environment, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environmental Crisis, Identity, Nature, Oceans & Seas, Sustainability
Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Cultural Environment, Ecology, Ecosystems, Environmental Crisis, Identity, Nature, Oceans & Seas, Sustainability
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Wang Ruobing
Wang Ruobing
COUNTRY OF PRACTICE: Singapore
Committed to exploring new ways of seeing and methods of knowledge production, the artistic practice of Dr Wang Ruobing (b. 1975, China) stretches from drawing to photography, sculpture, kinetic art, and installation. With a diverse range of methodological approaches to present her ideas, her body of work addresses environmental issues and transcultural discourses on identity and hybridity. Her work has been presented in venues such as Yuan Contemporary Art Museum, Chongqing, China (2019), The Esplanade– Theatres on the Bay, Singapore (2021, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2011, 2004), The Substation, Singapore (2019, 2004, 2003, 1999), and EVA International, Ireland’s Biennial of Contemporary Art, Limerick, (2010) among other venues. Ruobing is also an educator, independent curator, and the co-founder of Comma Space (逗号空间), an artist-run experimental platform that ‘creates thinking spaces between commas’. She holds a Ph.D. in Fine Art from Oxford University, United Kingdom.
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