Stimulating the senses and connecting with the now, HORIZONS is an opportunity to travel around the world in 24 hours and engage with limitless forward-thinking visions. Tuning in with global experts across art, business, technology, creative ventures, wellness and more, the journey is interactive, collaborative and nurturing. Dial in to a studio visit, embark on a culinary exchange, accompany an artist on a walking tour of their city, tune into a meditation — HORIZONS is a collection of meaningful and memorable physical meet digital moments from around the globe.
This 24-hour virtual programme — commissioned by the National Arts Council (Singapore) in partnership with so-far, AORA and Metis Art — allows for a long-haul trip from Singapore to Guatemala, Istanbul to Dhaka, Seoul to London, and beyond. HORIZONS, by its very title, widens our sense of latitude — emotional, social and geographical — and furthers horizontal, collaborative, sensual and interdisciplinary crossovers. Through the moments of this programme, seeds are planted for many possible futures. Ones that are glocal, human, connected and filled with new propositions of what is and can be.
Art and Technology – Synchronicity
10am (GMT) | 1pm (GMT+3) | 6pm (SGT)
Our first anchor talk — “Synchronicity” — addresses the conditions of creating within, surviving and inhabiting the future. We propose portals and practices of undoing platform dystopias, and examine the contradictions of Web3.0 within artistic practices. Writer and musician K. Allado-McDowell leads with a metaversal sound meditation session, and is joined by curators Julia Kaganskiy and Shumon Basar for a conversation moderated by Christina J. Chua.
Art and Business – Bleeding Edges
11am (GMT) | 2pm (GMT+3) | 7pm (SGT)
Our second anchor talk — “Bleeding Edges” — concerns the future of technology, art, and business. We question how to build new, interdisciplinary methodologies to sustain museums and the digital arts ecosystem. Leigh Tanner, Elliot Safra and Noah Raford come together in a conversation moderated by Emrah Yayici.
Art and The Senses – Synaesthesia
12pm (GMT) | 3pm (GMT+3) | 8pm (SGT)
Our third anchor talk — “Synaesthesia” — provides a fresh discovery of synaesthetic healing through the different senses and the mediums of music, dance, performance, wellness and cuisine. The session is introduced through a meditative walkthrough Yorkshire Sculpture Park, followed by a walk through the streets of Dhaka with Ruxmini Choudhary. Curators Ruxmini, Fatoş Üstek and Dr. Helen Pheby join in a conversation moderated by Benni Allan.
Art and The World – Beyond Borders
1pm (GMT) | 4pm (GMT+3) | 9pm (SGT)
Our final anchor talk — “Beyond Borders” — upends national and regional boundaries, pointing to surprising crossroads between far-flung regions, building bridges between indigenous and hybrid identities. We traverse latitudes that surpass themselves in an effort to destroy parochialism, and connect again. This dialogue is held with curators Dr. Valentina Locatelli, Ying Tan, and patron Benedicta M. Badia-Nordenstahl, moderated by Jenn C. Ellis.
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