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SUMMARY:ICA Singapore - Vertical Submarine: Chinese illiterati
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening reception! \nExhibition runs Saturday 29 July – Sunday 22 October\nExhibition viewing and dialogue: Saturday 29 July\, 4:30–5:30 pm \nEarl Lu Gallery\, Basement Level 1\, LASALLE College of the Arts\nAll welcome. Admission is free \nThis installation by art collective Vertical Submarine (founded Singapore\, 2003) explores conflicting notions of Chinese identity in literature\, and intellectual and cultural theory. \nThe installation takes the form of an enormous Chinese handscroll spread across the floor of the gallery. On the scroll are Chinese translations of two texts: an English translation of a letter written in German by Franz Kafka to his fiancée Felice Bauer\, and an extract from ‘The spectre of comparisons: Nationalism\, Southeast Asia and the world’ (1998) in English by historian and political scientist Benedict Anderson. \nIn ‘The spectre of comparisons’\, Anderson describes various conceptions of Chinese identity held by ethnic Chinese students at Yale University in the United States\, whom he met while teaching there in 1996. These include an American-born Chinese student who believes himself to be ‘absolutely’ Chinese\, and a student from Singapore\, who asserts that he is not Chinese but ‘Singaporean’. \nWritten by a member of Vertical Submarine who is illiterate in Chinese\, the handscroll raises issues of authenticity in relation to Chinese language and identity. The position and orientation of the scroll require visitors to move around or across it in order to read the text. The reference texts are also displayed in the gallery. These physical gestures mirror the difficulties inherent in translation and intercultural understanding. \nThroughout the exhibition\, Vertical Submarine will use the installation as a starting point to engage participants and visitors in discussions on concepts of ‘Chineseness’\, and their origins in geopolitical conflicts\, migration and diasporic communities. During opening hours\, visitors may encounter a member of the collective in the gallery. \nThis project is part of Vertical Submarine’s ongoing research with curator Iola Lenzi on language\, translation\, and identity\, which began in 2014. \n#verticalsubmarine\n#chineseilliterati \nImage: Courtesy Vertical Submarine\, 2017
URL:https://onarto.com/art-event/ica-singapore-vertical-submarine-chinese-illiterati/
LOCATION:ICA Singapore\, LASALLE College of the Arts\, 1 McNally Street\, Singapore\, 187940\, Singapore
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