EXHIBITION

New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed

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Curated by ArtScience Museum, New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed is opening a portal to extraordinary new worlds.

The exhibition will uncover new perspectives on the genre of science fiction, encountering multiple futures and alternative realms, inspired by Asia’s rich history and culture.

New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed is a contemporary art exhibition that shows how women artists and collectives from Asia are addressing science fiction, dream worlds and fantastical realities in their work. Featuring artworks, artefacts, Hollywood and Asian films, this exhibition offers visitors a unique journey through time and space to uncover fascinating realms and strange lifeforms. It expands on Western science fiction paradigms such as parallel worlds and interstellar travel, whilst exploring Asian mythologies and philosophies – including hybridity, mysticism, moving beyond humanity’s corporeal limitations, and the enduring fantasy of an other-worldly paradise.

As more diverse voices emerge, the traditionally male-dominated science fiction genre is slowly evolving. This exhibition takes the opportunity to celebrate the importance of Asian women artists and to showcase alternative voices, focusing on their visions of what a more inclusive future might look like.

Artists featured in this exhibition:

Morehshin Allahyari, Cao Fei, Patty Chang, Kara Chin, Chok Si Xuan, Club Ate, Debbie Ding, Fei Yi Ning, Shilpa Gupta, Etsuko Ichihara, Lee Bul, Liu Xiao Fang, Xin Liu, Mariko Mori, Moon and Jeon, Nguyen Trinh Thi, PACK, Anne Samat, Soe Yu Nwe, Sputniko!, Astria Suparak, The House of Natural Fiber, Saya Woolfalk and Anicka Yi.

Explore the Artworks

Moon and Jeon, The Ways of Folding Space and Flying, 2015. Image courtesy of the artists.

Four channel HD video installation
Sputniko! and Napp Studio & Architects, Red Silk of Fate – The Shrine, 2021. Image courtesy of the artists.

Immersive installation
Mariko Mori, Miko No Inori, 1996. Image courtesy of the artist. © Mariko Mori

Single channel digital video
Cao Fei, Nova 17, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist, Vitamin Creative Space and Sprüth Magers.

Film still
Patty Chang, Mountain (Shangri-La), 2005. © Courtesy of the artist.

Mixed media installation
Etsuko Ichihara, Namahage in Tokyo, 2017. Image courtesy of Etsuko Ichihara + ISID OPEN INNOVATION LAB.

Single channel digital video

Opening Programmes

Opening Symposium
Film Screenings
Masterclass

Radical Imaginations – New Eden Opening Symposium

21 Oct (Sat), 2pm

ArtScience Cinema, Level 4

Ticketed admission: S$10

In the opening symposium of New Eden: Science Fiction Mythologies Transformed, join us to envision speculative futures and inhabit new worlds informed by Asian mythologies and science fiction.

The line-up of speakers include Sputniko! (British/Japanese multimedia artist, designer and filmmaker), Irene Agrivina (Indonesian artist, technologist and co-director of House of Natural Fiber), Debbie Ding (Singapore visual artist and technologist), and more.

More details coming soon
In Search of Tomorrow

From 16 Oct

ArtScience Cinema, Level 4

Mix of free and ticketed admission with online pre-booking

Spaceships, aliens, floating cities and red dusty planets - in the shiny and bold world of science-fiction, humanity's aesthetic of the future has always been shaped by our fear of the unknown, and our unshakable desire to peek behind the curtain.

In Search of Tomorrow celebrates visions of the future with a lineup of kitsch b-movies, beloved cult classics, and contemporary arthouse films that depict the utopian and dystopian fantasies of what life could be like, on Earth or elsewhere. Films include Andrei Tarkovsky’s seminal Solaris (1972), iconic android cartoon Astro Boy (1980), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s hallucinatory Memoria (2021), starring Tilda Swinton.

More details coming soon
Clay Bouquet Masterclass with Soe Yu Nwe

22 Oct (Sun), 10.30am – 4pm
Rainbow Room, Basement 2
Ticketed Admission: S$85 per participant, S$280 group package of 4

Let your creativity bloom and sculpt your own clay bouquet in a pottery
masterclass by artist Soe Yu Nwe.

Participants will learn how to sculpt intricate flowers out of ceramic clay, arrange them into a sculptural bouquet, and bring them to life by applying coloured underglaze.

This 1-session masterclass includes materials, glazing and firing and welcomes potters of all skill levels – from budding hobbyists to master potters looking to try their hands at something new.

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