I’m excited to be showing ten glass works and a two-channel video installation at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin, in a group exhibition “Forgive Us Our Trespasses”, till 8 December 2024. It is the first time I have been able to show a whole series of glass plates…
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The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten on view at Camera Austria, Graz
My series of glass works The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten and two-channel film The Mountain That Hid are in a group exhibition “Double Exposure” at Camera Austria in Graz. Curatorial text by Anna Voswinckel: The examination of the complex, transnational political entanglements of colonialism and its traumatic effects on (family) biographies forms the starting…
Read More“The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten”, shown at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program studio exhibition, New York
I first became interested in Magic Lantern slides in learning through @gabbymoser’s scholarship about how they were a colonial pedagogical tool — specifically, they were used in a series of eight lectures cast as geography lessons to teach pupils around the British empire about its colonies. I became interested in what was inscribed in those…
Read More“The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten” on view at Zilberman Gallery, Berlin
“The Suitcase Is A Little Bit Rotten”, drawn from a series of 40 glass slides , and “The Mountain That Hid”, a two-channel video work, are on view at Zilberman Gallery, Berlin, in the group show “Transit”. Zilberman | Berlin is delighted to announce the opening of its new space in Berlin’s Schlüterstraße 45 with…
Read MoreShifting Sands at Gropius Bau Berlin
An installation of photographic prints and a newly-created VR piece, ‘The Garden Of No Return”, from my “Shifting Sands” project is on view at the Gropius Bau Berlin till August 2023. Indigo Waves and Other Stories Re-Navigating the Afrasian Sea and Notions of Diaspora 6 April to 13 August 2023 Taking the stories and histories…
Read MoreNow represented by Zilberman Gallery
Excited to join the stable of artists at Zilberman Gallery making work on socio-political themes from around the world, with this new representation by the gallery announced via e-flux today. With thanks to the team at the gallery; look forward to making new, multidisciplinary work with your support! https://www.art-agenda.com/announcements/319098/sim-chi-yin
Read MoreShowing “Most People Were Silent” In Art Basel’s Virtual Viewing Room
Part of my series on nuclear weapons, “Most People Were Silent is showing in Art Basel’s Virtual Viewiing Room, alongside work by fellow Zilberman Gallery artists including Isaac Chong Wai, Pedro Gómez-Egaña, Jaffa Lam, Burcak Bingol. This is the Covid19-era alternative after Art Basel Hong Kong was called off this month. https://www.artbasel.com/viewing-rooms ・・・ Visit our @artbasel Online Viewing Room dedicated…
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“One Day We’ll Understand” 2015 – on-going Remnants Photographic installation, variable dimensions Requiem Two-channel video and sound installation, 16:9, sound, colour Duration: 12:34 mins Sim Chi Yin’s Remnants and Requiem take us on a cinematic journey through traces of hidden histories. The ethereal landscapes she conjures are an unspoken archive of an undeclared war. Evocative…
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