Rotan Rattan: Meditations

Yanyun Chen (b. 1986, Singapore) is an artist whose practice explores how stories are inscribed onto our bodies and rewritten through various mediums. Tracing hurt, grief and time’s slow violence on human and botanical forms, she untangles tenuous social constructs around womanhood and upbringing, hoping to honour the scars carried in our bodies. A recipient of the National Arts Council Young Artist Award (2020), Chen has exhibited locally and internationally.  

Dave Lim (b. 1994, Singapore) is a visual artist and filmmaker. With a background in documentary and research, his works explore conceptual concerns ranging from urbanity and the human condition, what it means to live and die in the city, and the form of truth through comedy and reflection. He is a recipient of the National Youth Film Awards (2020), and co-runs Third Street Studio, an independent production company.