Design for exhibitions at The Substation.

2019–2020

The Substation’s PiakPiakPlace Insta-Comic Competition invited Singaporeans to celebrate their struggles and contestation for space with a healthy dose of satire and self-deprecating humour. What happens when spatial boundaries between the private and the public are blurred? How can we make room for staircase romps, e-scooter riders, and unauthorised picnics amidst increasingly privatised spaces and placemaking initiatives?

The Salon des Refusés was a famed exhibition of works rejected by the authorising Paris Salon in 1863. The Substation commemorated Singapore Night Festival 2019 with a celebration of rejection by holding an open call for rejected proposals and artworks. All artworks are exhibited. 

Zhiyi Cao and Divaagar are the featured artists whose works enact the in-betweenness inherent within systems of encounter in posture and place.