SGABF2024 Dialogue Sunday — Singapore Art Book Fair

27 October 2024, Sunday

1:00PM — 2:30PM

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[PANEL]
Practising (Beyond) Print: Multidisciplinary Design Studios in Conversation *

Featuring Corners & Studio150
Moderated by Gideon Kong

This panel brings together independent design studios that centre print and publishing in their practices, while also building upon this foundation to move into researching, organising, and curating. In addition, both studios often work closely with contemporary artists, art institutions, and art events in their projects, commercial or otherwise. This conversation will position the creation of art books as one key element in a larger creative ecosystem, and explore the expanded roles that design studios can play.

Hyojoon Jo Co-Founder, Corners
Daewoong Kim Co-Founder, Corners
Founded in 2012, Corners provides graphic design services for publications/prints, digital images, websites, exhibition graphics, and signages. It also curates exhibitions, makes merchandise, and creates research-based publications. Corners run Corners Printing and Corners Publishing, which specialises in risograph printing presses and collaborates with friends and other creatives.

Piyakorn Chaiverapundech Co-Founder, Studio150
Pat Laddaphan Co-Founder, Studio150
STUDIO150 is a Bangkok-based design studio that leverages graphic design as a core tool across all mediums, specialising in information interpretation, design research, and data visualisation. Founded by Piyakorn Chaiverapundech and Pat Laddaphan, the studio bridges graphic design with contemporary art, focusing on observation, multidisciplinary research, curation, and storytelling. Their work transforms contemporary data and objects into diverse projects, including publications, exhibitions, and commissioned works. STUDIO150 co-founded the BANGKOK ART BOOK FAIR in 2017 and participated in Momentum 12, the 12th Nordic Biennale for Contemporary Art.

Gideon Kong
Graphic Designer
Gideon Kong co-runs gideon-jamie, a small design studio that is also involved in publishing, writing, and making exhibitions. They started Temporary Press in 2018, a publishing press that explores ideas and practices around design, and Temporary Unit in 2020, an ad-hoc exhibition space and bookshop. In 2021, he completed an MA (research) on critical and artistic graphic design practices, and has been teaching at the University of the Arts Singapore (Lasalle College of the Arts) since 2016.

3:00PM — 4:30PM

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[PANEL]
On the Same Page: Artists’ Books as a Site of Intersection *

Featuring Darius Ou, Oscar Salguero & Claudia de la Torre
Moderated by Berny Tan

Within the realm of artists’ books, these three independent practitioners have connected with each other across continents and across disciplines. Discussing compelling individual projects as well as their collaborations, this conversation will shift between the perspectives of artist, designer, curator, researcher, publisher, archivist, and so on, demonstrating how artists’ books can be a rich space of hybridity and experimentation.

Darius Ou
Graphic Designer
Darius Ou (b. 1993) is a graphic designer from Singapore, whose practice focuses on typography, motion design, and graphic lores. In his spare time, he runs hyperpress, a research initiative and body of work exploring the intersections of 3D printing, graphic design, and publishing – producing 3D-printed books, objects, and texts. He is a recipient of the ADC New York Young Guns 21 award.

Oscar Salguero
Founder, Interspecies Library
Oscar Salguero is an independent curator, researcher, and archivist based in Brooklyn. In 2021 at Center for Book Arts, NY, he curated Interspecies Futures [IF], a survey of artists' books exploring the intersection of speculative fiction and new interspecies possibilities. In 2023, Salguero curated NEO MINERALIA, an exhibition at Center for Craft, North Carolina, that considered synthetic and digital rocks as alternative geological specimens. Salguero founded Interspecies Library in 2019, the first archive of artists’ books exploring various subjects of interspecies research such as animal communication, plant intelligence, microbial cultures, queer ecology, animism, bioart, etc. Since 2023, he runs Journal of Therolinguistics, a platform for the poetic study of nonhuman languages.

Claudia de la Torre
Artist & Publisher
Claudia de la Torre is a Mexican, Berlin-based artist, educator and independent publisher who creates artworks situated at the intersection of printed media, conceptual publications, and installation. Using the basic concept of a book as her guide, she examines the structures and relationships of surface, form, and ideas. In 2011, de la Torre founded backbonebooks as an extension of her artistic practice, serving as a platform for publishing and conceptualising artists’ books. Since 2021, she has been leading the Artists’ Books Workshop in her studio, collaborating with creatives who want to bring their ideas to life in book form. Through a processual, conceptual and collaborative approach she aims to open new perspectives into what a book can be.

Berny Tan
Curator, Singapore Art Museum
Berny Tan is an artist and curator from Singapore. In her curatorial work, she nurtures an artist-centred practice grounded in empathy, sensitivity, and collaboration. Her past projects include the Singapore Biennale 2022 presentation Page Break, a publicly accessible residency that looked at how everyday objects and scenes are explored through the medium of the artist’s book. Tan holds an MA (Dist) in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BFA (Hons) in Visual & Critical Studies from the School of Visual Arts. In 2024, she joined the Singapore Art Museum as Curator of its new Design Collection.

5:00PM — 5:30PM

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[TALK]
Tactile Books: A Way Forward

Presented by Lim Jin Ying, Ng Luo Wei & Chong Kwek Bin
Moderated by Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Access Team

What does it mean to read art books as a person with visual impairment? Trigger Design has collaborated with Beyond Vision International (BVI) to present a multi-sensorial experience titled Accessible Sights. In this talk, the team will share what goes into the process of designing an audio-tactile guidebook, while also proposing new ways of communicating art to include persons with visual impairment.

About Accessible Sights
In collaboration with Beyond Vision International (BVI) and Enabling Village, we designed a multi sensorial experience around Enabling Village. The public would be able to experience Enabling Village through senses beyond sight, which provides them with a new perspective on Enabling Village as well as learn more about the Visually impaired community. For the event, we designed an embosser for participants to create their own tactile embossing as souvenirs. The embosser is designed with considerations of VI user’s safety and intuitiveness.

Lim Jin Ying
Industrial Designer, Trigger Design Studio
Jin Ying has been involved in planning the event from its inception, overseeing from ideation to execution. With a deep commitment to inclusivity in arts and design, Jin Ying will share her insights on the importance of creating accessible experiences. She will delve into the design considerations for developing the embosser, highlighting how user feedback shaped the process. Her talk will offer perspectives on integrating inclusivity into design practices, ensuring that art and spaces are accessible to all.

Ng Luo Wei
Industrial Designer, Trigger Design Studio
Luo Wei has been deeply involved in the Accessible Sights event from the outset. Luo Wei will share her expertise on the design considerations for creating the embosser, emphasizing the importance of user feedback and rigorous testing. She will discuss how user insights guided the selection of appropriate materials and the development process. Her insights will offer a deep dive into the technical aspects of creating accessible tactile resources, ensuring that they meet the needs of the visually impaired community.

Chong Kwek Bin
Manager; Independent Living & Caregiver Support, SG Enable
Kwek Bin has played an integral role in the Accessible Sights project at Enabling Village. Working closely with Trigger Design, Kwek Bin provided invaluable user insights and feedback throughout the project's development. His extensive experience in supporting independent living for individuals with disabilities positions him as an expert on the importance of tactile resources in enhancing accessibility.

5:30PM — 7:00PM

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[DROP-IN ACTIVITY]
Making Images Tactile!

Presented by Trigger Design

Join in the fun of making tactile images and take home a hand embossed souvenir!

Trigger Design
Design Consultancy Studio
Trigger Design believes in solutions that trigger positive ripples – enriching the lives of end users and aiding businesses to build a strong and sustainable brand. Their partners trust us to deliver holistic innovations that challenge the status quo yet remain grounded by thorough research; distilling complex insights into simple, resonant, and iconic solutions that trigger the ‘Wow’. Their works span across tech, lifestyle objects, furniture pieces, experiences, culture and identity.

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