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Building a 'non-institution' institution publication launch
Following two years of conversations, programming, field trips and sharings, Building a ‘non-institution’ institution commemorates the end of the Fellowship with Shooshie Sulaiman through the launch of its publication!
More than a record of Shooshie’s Fellowship (2024–2025) with the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), the publication gathers reflections, anecdotes and encounters that unfolded across the Fellowship. It features writings by Shooshie's collaborators, highlighting the Fellowship’s distinctive qualities—its open-endedness and emphasis on the journey rather than destination—while documenting its many trajectories.
Join us in Orang Laut SG's Tanah dan Air garden as we close this chapter with new friends and collaborators in an evening of gathering, storytelling and food. The publication, Building a ‘non-institution’ institution with Shooshie Sulaiman, will be on sale during the event. A limited stock of special edition copies containing selected Karutarial cards produced by Shooshie will also be available for purchase. While stocks last.
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*Programmes may be subject to change without prior notice. Information accurate at time of publishing.
schedule and programmes
This event is structured to be fluid and open; all are welcome to join us at any time.
A reference of timed events is as follows:
7.30 pm | Opening notes by Shooshie and the curators
8.00 pm | Commencement of dinner with Shooshie in conversation with Islanders and Orang Laut SG
8.00 pm - 10.00 pm | Paintmaking with Wild Dot: How can we see colours as living again?
8:45 pm | Kamishibai storytelling with Ayaka Yoshida
notes
General Advisory
• Tanah dan Air is located within the City Sprouts (West Coast) compound in West Coast Park. Participants will have to walk in order to get to the community garden. While the terrain is generally flat, please note that the community garden is laid with gravel and mats.
• Food served during the event is catered by Orang Laut SG and is Halal. Due to the nature of the Orang Laut cuisine, seafood is unavoidable, and alternatives may be difficult to accommodate. For concerns about allergens or specific ingredients, please write to programmes@singaporeartmuseum.sg.
• While the meal will primarily take place while participants are seated on tikar mengkuang (woven mats made from pandan duri leaves), we are happy to provide alternative seating arrangements for any participant upon request.
• Please note that shoes should be taken off when entering Tanah dan Air.
• Your deposit will be returned immediately upon your attendance. Please note that no-shows will result in no refund.
about the fellowship
"Building a 'non-institution' institution with Shooshie Sulaiman" is a process-centred Fellowship that follows Shooshie’s intention to house a second iteration of an earlier work, Emotional Library (2007), in a shophouse based in Malacca. Shooshie’s artistic practice has never shied away from embracing the personal, intuitive and emotive. All of which Emotional Library (2007) exemplifies as the entry point to this Fellowship.
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drop-in activities
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Karutarial
Karutarial
Developed with collaborator Ayaka Yoshida, the Karuta cards are a playful mixture of Malay and Japanese pedagogical art forms that the pair has adopted to function as storytelling devices. Visitors are invited to play Karutarial to learn about Shooshie’s ideas around the curatorial.
Film screening
Film Screenings
Produced over the duration of the Fellowship, a screening of selected documentaries filmed by Dua Tahun Durian Productions will be presented, showing key points in the development of the Fellowship.
Paintmaking with Wild Dot: How can we see colours as living again?
Paintmaking with Wild Dot: How can we see colours as living again?
Discover the slow craft of colour-making with Wild Dot. Select from a small menu of special pigments and learn the precise process of transformation. In this session, you will hand-mull your chosen material into paint and learn about the origins of each pigment as you work. All participants get to take home their own unique, handcrafted paint to keep.