— PROJECT NAME

National Gallery Singapore

Resonates With Residency

Chowk Productions

— ROLE

Producer

The Resonates With Residency is a residency programme that invites local artists to respond to works and themes from the Gallery’s long-term and special exhibitions.

Alchemy: Stone to Flesh was a dancer’s reading of the exhibition, Nothing is Forever: Rethinking Sculpture in Singapore.

There is a centuries-old relationship between sculpture and the classical dances of India. Throughout the subcontinent, dance forms like Odissi have inspired countless craftspeople to create reliefs, stone carvings, idols and statues for temples, palaces, and even ordinary homes. The inspiration flowed the other way too, as performers created dances in response to sculptures. For example, the temple sculptures and reliefs in Orissa are associated with some of the basic stances in Odissi.

During their residency, Chowk Productions—in collaboration with other artists—explored the manifold ways that the language of dance can be used to interpret sculpture. Transformation is key to life and art; we have to embrace the fact that nothing is forever.

- National Gallery Singapore