Vietnamese works appear in children's exhibition in Singapore

The third biennial Gallery Children's Biennale exhibition, which starts on May 22, 2021, features artworks by nine renowned artists and artist groups: Dinh Q Le (Vietnam), artist couple Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (Philippines/Australia), Jeremy Sharma (Singapore), Joyce Ho (Taiwan - China), Khvay Samnang (Cambodia), Nandita Mukand (Singapore/India), Nona Garcia (Philippines), Sandra Lee (Singapore) and Speak Cryptic X ADDADDADD (Singapore).

With a combination of online and offline formats, the exhibition is expected to bring audiences more new ways to enjoy art, from creating “digital artworks” with just a swipe of a finger to exploring the works displayed vividly at the exhibition.

This hybrid exhibition format also contributes to promoting the connection between children and artists during a period of maximum restrictions on face-to-face activities. Most of the online works allow children to co-create with established international artists.

This year's Gallery Children's Biennale exhibition has four main themes including Homeland, Diversity, Time and Environment, with works aiming to inspire children to embrace the values ​​of acceptance, openness and diversity, while providing young audiences with space to unleash their creativity.

Vietnamese artist Dinh Q Le participated in the Diversity theme, bringing “Voices From The Centers” which allowed young audiences to learn how to create a 60-second video in response to an artwork in the national collection, through the use of a “digital weaving” technique inspired by Dinh Q Le’s signature “photo weaving” style.

According to artist Dinh Q Le, his work will help young audiences enjoy national works of art proactively, in the way they want and have direct feedback on the work.

The exhibition's online art experiences will take place from May 22, 2021 to December 2022 at the website:www.childrensbiennale.com, allowing children's arts programming to be accessible to the public everywhere.

The National Gallery Singapore is expected to open its doors to the public in September 2020 for a live viewing of the works on display at the Gallery Children's Biennale.

topics at the EXHIBITION

• Homeland Theme: Audiences will explore the concept of family and community and what it means to work together for a greater good.
• Diversity Theme: where young audiences will also be encouraged to express themselves creatively and tell their personal stories through works of art.
• Theme of Time: provides the audience with a greater understanding of the concept of time.
• Environmental Theme: helps audiences gain a clearer view of environmental destruction issues, such as climate change and plastic waste.

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