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Here at SAM Residencies, we now have a dedicated Instagram account to keep you up to date with all our happenings! We’ll not only feature residents and their practices, but also the in-depth explorations and behind-the-scenes moments.
Across our four residency types, we’ve seen our studios transformed into community centres, public gardens, libraries and spaces for learning together and so much more over the last 5 years since our inception. We’re excited to share more with you, now in almost-real-time!
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SAM Residencies is an initiative by @singaporeartmuseum .
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Happening next Thursday, 21 May, join Community & Education resident duo, jee chan (@jeech_n ) and Sharon Mercado Nogales (@sharonmuevesucuerpo ) for ABU/ALMITAS. The first of many iterations, the duo expand on longstanding dialogues around family, territory, tradition, queerness, death and coloniality. Come by to hear from them and see its first unfolding as an installation!
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Join artist resident @anaiskarenin and collaborators Suryakenchana (@suryakenchana ) and Kamelia Kenchana (@artbychums ) next Thursday, 26th March, 7:00PM, for an evening of conversation about art practice, shared knowledges, and the cultural and ecological complexities surrounding plants across the tropics.
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Join us next Tuesday, 24th March, 7:00PM for Amidst Flames: Reflections on Fire, Politics and Materiality with Artist Resident @joaquinseguranet . In this sharing, Joaquín will expand on his long-term research into systems of government and the modes of resistance and emerge in respond. Linking his research on Latin America to Southeast Asia, he draws parallels among notions of absence, dissidence, and diverse materialities, particularly by examining fire as a common imagery.
Check out the link in our bio to resgister, hope to see you there!
Images: Installation of Pyre (2016) presented by Cushion Works in 2018. Photographed by Robert Divers Herrick, courtesy of the artist and Pequod Co. (Mexico City).
Join us this Saturday (7th March, 12-6PM) for another edition of Open Studios!
Artist residents Anais-Karenin (@anaiskarenin ), Joaquín Segura (@joaquinseguranet ) and Marisa Srijunpleang (@marisasri_ ) welcome you into their studios to get a glimpse into their ongoing work and projects developed during their time in residence. Come by to also experience the remnants of Weixin Quek Chong’s (@weixin_quek_chong ) jelly-like sculptural explorations, a snippet of her time in-residence. From gelatine sculptures, ecological narratives and investigations into post-war traumas, Open Studios gathers a range of work-in-progress and research materials by each resident.
See you this Saturday! Register your interest in the link in our bio 🌱
Join us next Thursday, 12 February, for melting/moulting points: a sensory sculptural experience with Artist resident @weixin_quek_chong . Accompanied by texts by poet Raksha M., this experiential session explores states of fluidity, humidity and melting in relation to the body through plant gelatine skins, casted for each participant.
melting/moulting points is free with an $8 refundable deposit. The gelatine skins are made from agar-agar and water. While generally allergen-friendly, participants with sensitivities should exercise caution where necessary.
Register at the link in our bio! 🌟💫
For our next Residency Thursday, join us this Thursday, 29 January at 7PM with Curatorial & Research resident @sofia.dourron . At From Salt to Sand, Sofía will share insights into her projects and research around ecological thinking—pandering across salt and sand to think through material histories, global circulations and mega-engineering.
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This Singapore Art Week 2026, 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 presents projects developed by SAM Residencies 2025 participants during their time in residence.
Shaped by experiences from SAM Residencies in Jatiwangi, Yogyakarta, and Bangkok, the programme looks at how networks, shared knowledge, and different contexts influence artistic practice today. It moves beyond traditional studio spaces to highlight new ways of learning, researching, and creating.
This showcase features works by residents Ana Mendes, An Chorong, Isa Pengskul, Jim Jasper Lumbera & Joey Alexis Singh, Mario A. Llanos, Rui Yamaguchi, Ye Sian-Jie, Victoria Hertel, and Weixin Quek Chong.
Look out for a discussion panel 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘕𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘶𝘴, and the collaborative initiative 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 coming soon on 30 and 31 January!
SAM’s Residency Studios at #03-07 of 39 Tanjong Pagar Distripark. Admission is free.
Find out more at bit.ly/throughthecurrents.
See you at the studios!
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What is our relationship to the moon?
The Moon School invites participants to consider our relationship to the moon at Makan Bulan. Drawing from Southeast Asian perspectives, The Moon School is a site of mutual learning and experimentation as we recentre the moon in our everyday. Here, we will move through different sensorial experiences—from food to deep listening and rituals—join us to be a part of this collective curiousity.
The Moon School comprises of Arie Syarifuddin, ila, Salty Xi Jie Ng, Haeju Kim, Angela Pinto and Seline Ilana Teo.
Makan Bulan with The Moon School is part of Through the Currents: In Conversation with SAM Residencies.
More information and registration at link in our bio!
@alghorie@ilailailailaila_@saltythunder13
Together with dblspce, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art, Esplanade, Heritage Art Space, Cemeti Institute for Art and Society as well as Jatiwangi art Factory, join us at Residencies as Nucleus as we chat about organising residency programme—from the functions, directions and challenges.
This conversation is part of Through the Currents: In Conversation with SAM Residencies.
More information and registration at link in bio!
@dblspce@ntu_ccasingapore@esplanadesingapore@heritageartspace@cemeti.institute@jatiwangiartfactory
This Singapore Art Week 2026, the fourth edition of In Conversation with SAM Residencies will feature projects developed by our residents of 2025 while in residency with SAM!
Through the Currents builds upon the outward movement of SAM Residencies in 2025 and thinks through how networks can proliferate alternative modes of thinking and making outside of the residency studios. Come by to sit with nine projects in our showcase, from in-progress works to accumulation of research materials by Ana Mendes, An Chorong, Isa Pengskul, Jim Jasper Lumbera & Joey Alexis Singh, Mario A. Llanos, Rui Yamaguchi, Ye Sian-Jie, Victoria Hertel and Weixin Quek Chong! 📽️📝💬
Stay tuned for more information about activations happening on 30 and 31 January!
More information and registration at the link in bio. See you at the studios!
@anamendesana@runopparun@therealvirtualpengskul@lumberasingh@mardemario@rutty07z@yesianjie@victoria_hertel@weixin_quek_chong
We’re starting out the year strong with artist resident @weixin_quek_chong , presenting Onto-limbics: slipping into fluid and temporal modes.
Happening this Saturday, 10th January 2026 at 11:30AM, join us for a time of sensory contemplation as Weixin delves into her explorations on sensorial languages, hybridity and tactility that guide her practice and ongoing research. This artist sharing will be followed by a guided workshop and a sensory experience with gelatine sculptures.
Onto-limbics is free with an $8 refundable deposit. The gelatine sculptures shared during this programme are made from agar-agar and water. While generally allergen-friendly, sensitive participants should exercise caution where necessary.
Click the link in our bio to register. See you there!✨
