21 Sep – 27 Oct 2024
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Sun – Thu: 10am – 7pm (Last admission: 6pm) |
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Fri – Sat: 10am – 9pm (Last admission: 8.15pm) |
Free Admission
Cesar Jung-Harada: An Ocean City Imagined envisions a hopeful future for humanity, in which society has creatively adapted to environmental changes.
As sea levels rise dramatically, a floating city emerges. It serves as a pioneering international hub for ocean-focused scientific innovation that simultaneously houses communities affected by climate change.
This exhibition is the culmination of the research and development processes of inaugural ArtScientist-in-Residence Cesar Jung-Harada over the course of his residency. Anchored by a large-scale installation of International Ocean Station—a speculative blueprint of a floating ocean city—this exhibition features life-sized manifestations of Jung-Harada’s pioneering sustainable technological inventions. Cesar Jung-Harada: An Ocean City Imagined showcases Ocean Solar Hydrogen—a clean energy generator that may power future ocean cities—and Ocean Train—an inventive mode of transport for ocean communities.
Designer, environmentalist and Singapore Institute of Technology Associate Professor Cesar Jung-Harada proposes renewable and sustainable solutions to the climate crisis that are fueled by speculative design and formalised with scientific research. Covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, the oceans are a life-giving force, and for Jung-Harada, the key to an ecologically balanced and resilient future.
Cesar Jung-Harada: An Ocean City Imagined is curated and produced by ArtScience Museum as part of the ArtScience Residency 2023-2024.
Discover more about Cesar Jung-Harada and his ArtScience Residency here.
International Ocean Station envisions a future network of habitable floating scientific research and development centres, aimed at formulating ocean-powered solutions for climate challenges.
Ocean Train is one of Jung-Harada’s proposed modes of sea transport for coastal cities of the present and the future—such as the International Ocean Station.
Jung-Harada proposes Ocean Solar Hydrogen as an ocean-powered energy generator and energy store, able to potentially power coastal cities such as the International Ocean Station.
Visitors are invited to use the set of International Ocean Station and its figurines to film and contribute their stories of how daily life in a future ocean city could be. Facilitated by members of the Kristang community, learn, imagine and share how different ways of life contribute to a collective future.
Who is the Kristang community?
The Kristang, also called Serani or Portuguese-Eurasians, are a community that emerged from marriages between Portuguese settlers and local Malays in colonial Melaka. Today, there are about 37,000 Kristang worldwide, with 12,000 in Singapore, and the community is actively working to preserve their unique culture and language.
Drop by and design your own solar city using circuitry and solar panels at the lily ponds around ArtScience Museum.
*In the event of inclement weather, this activity may be delayed or cancelled.
Join our ArtScientist-In-Residence Cesar Jung-Harada in exploring what it means to live in harmony with the ocean!
Participants can be inspired by the story of an ocean gardener who saves a coral reef and craft their own animal or human puppets who could live side by side in an Ocean City as imagined by Cesar.
Cesar Jung-Harada, Charles Lim and Dr Jani Tanzil come together in an interdisciplinary discussion addressing the realities of our changing coastal cities.
In this talk and expanded Q&A, Cesar Jung-Harada expands on his projects presented in his An Ocean City Imagined project and discusses with the audience the potential futures for Singapore and a warmer world.
ArtScientist-In-Residence Cesar Jung-Harada’s passion for ocean technology and impact innovation finds a home for education and experimentation at ArtScience Museum.
From boats that move like fish to floating machines that turn seawater into fuel, discover Cesar Jung-Harada’s passion and practice in this introductory video.
Make the most out of your visit and immerse yourself in our range of on-site guided tours that take you on a fascinating exploration of the Museum’s exhibitions. Same-day exhibition tickets will be required for all exhibition tours.
Virtual tours for selected exhibitions are also available for viewing from the comfort of your home.