The Substation Associate Artist
Ho Tzu Nyen presents
4x4 – Episodes of Singapore Art
Episode Four: Lim Tzay Chuen – The Invisible Artwork
11 Oct 9 pm, Arts Central 2005
Episode Four: Lim Tzay Chuen – The Invisible Artwork
Written and Directed by Ho Tzu Nyen
Starring Lim Kay Tong and Angela May
Features Alter #11, 2002, an unrealized proposal for an artwork by Lim Tzay
Chuen, who recently represented Singapore at the prestigious Venice Biennale.
Lim had proposed for a bullet to be fired into an art gallery at the National
Institute of Education from a nearby range.
This episode uses the scenario of disagreements between a television host of an
arts documentary and a television viewer (both roles played interchangeably by
Lim Kay Tong and Angela May) in order to examine a host of issues connected to
Lim Tzay Chuen’s proposed project.
4 x 4 – Episodes of Singapore Art is presented by the National Arts Council and
The Substation as part of the Singapore Art Show 2005, as well as Arts Central.
On Lim Tzay Chuen
Lim Tzay Chuen was born in Singapore
in 1972. He lives and works in Singapore. Lim has a longstanding interest in the
manipulation of existing social and institutional relationships and structures.
His work combines seemingly contradictory notions of invisibility and
architecture, romanticism and administration. By creating particular situations,
or acting as a catalyst, the artist aims to shift the dynamics, often taken for
granted, that construct our everyday experiences.
Lim's interventions are often imperceptible, or unfold over time, and hence it
is difficult to assess the successes or failures of his projects. A number of
them have yet to be realised, but sometimes it is the process of negotiation
that forms part, if not all, of the work, such as his recent attempt to uproot
and ship the 80 ton Merlion statue from Singapore to Venice for the 51st Venice
Biennale.