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HEMAN
CHONG / NOSLEEPREQUIRED
FULL
CURRICULUM VITAE ( last update : February 2004 )
Full Name Heman Chong / NoSleepRequired
Email address heman66@gmx.de
Mailing The Substation
Address 01 45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936
Mailing Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Address 02 Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin, Germany
Contact Number +49 (0) 179 9700 531
FORMAL
EDUCATION
2000-2002
Master of Art in Communication Art and Design, Royal College of Art, London,
UK
1994-1997 Diploma in Visual Communication, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2004 “Snore
louder if you can”, The Substation Gallery, Singapore
2003 “The
Silver Sessions”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
“The End of Travelling”, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany (with
Isabelle Cornaro)
“Lost (Found Tracks)”, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany
2002 “The
End of Travelling”, The Substation Gallery, Singapore (with Isabelle
Cornaro)
2001 “Flashing
Lights from Across”, The Blue Room, Royal College of Art, London,
UK
1999 "DepartureHall",
The Substation Gallery, Singapore
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS / PERFORMANCES
2004 “LAB”,
Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands
“infiltrate”, The Substation Gallery, Singapore
“Twilight Tomorrow”, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
“Resonant Cities”, http://mediascot.org, Edinburgh, Scotland
“Depicting Love”, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
“..but this is what we are”, Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
“Along the Gates of the Urban”, K&S Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“Berlin-North (with Sparwasser HQ)”, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin,
Germany
“Transmediale.04”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
“Thinking Archives. Archiving Thoughts.” Sparwasser HQ, Berlin,
Germany
2003 “50th
Venice Biennale (Singapore Pavilion)”, Venice, Italy
“Blood: Lines and Connections”, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Denver, Colorado, USA
“Ars Electronica 2003 (Not to Scale)”, Kunstraum Linz, Linz,
Austria
“CP Open Jakarta Biennale”, National Art Gallery, Jakarta,
Indonesia
“15 Tracks”, Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo / Fukuoka Asian
Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
2003 “De (Internationale) Keuze: The Global Soul”, Rotterdam
Schouwburg, Rotterdam, Holland
cont’d “Spektakel Festival: The Global Soul”, Zürcher
Theater, Zürich, Switzerland
“Singapore Arts Festival : The Global Soul”, Victoria Theatre,
Singapore
“In Transit : The Global Soul”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
Berlin, Germany
“A Journey to the Centre of the Earth” Matrix Art Project,
Brussels, Belgium
“36 Ideas from Asia”, The National Museum, L’Aquila,
Italy
“The President’s Young Talent Exhibition”, Singapore
Art Museum, Singapore
“Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin 2003”, Immanence,
Paris, France
“Transmediale.03”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2002 “Sonic
Process”, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
“DAVINCIPROJECT VERSION™ 1.0 : In 72 Hours” Theatreworks
Black Box, Singapore
“Single Screen”, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen,
Denmark
“Contemplation Room : See Singapore!”, Ovengaden Gallery,
Copenhagen, Denmark
“The Show 2002”, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2001 "Worms
III Festival", Plastique Kinetic Worms, Singapore
"10th India Triennale", Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, India
2000 "Video-Take",
Openbare Bibliotheek De Tweebronnen, Leuven, Belgium
"[ Names Changed to Protect the Innocent ] #07", MP Community
Centre, Singapore
“Local Flavour 8”, The Substation, Singapore
"DENSE", Alliance Francaise de Singapour, Singapore
"PHotoEspana 2000 : The Mind on the Edge", Circulo de Bellas
Artes, Madrid, Spain
"Asian Art Festival 2000" Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka,
Japan
1999 "City/Community
- Nokia Singapore Art 1999", Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
"BrainStorm [ What’s that in your head ?]", Singapore
Art Museum, Singapore
“The Mongolian Camel Show”, London, United Kingdom
"[ Names Changed to Protect the Innocent ] #04", Cairnhill Arts
Centre, Singapore
"Capturing the 'I'", Bugis Junction Shopping Atrium, Singapore
1997 “Flickering
Punctuations", The Substation Gallery, Singapore
WORKSHOPS
/ CONFERENCES / TALKS
2003 “EASTdiscourse : Symposium on artists-led
spaces”, Norwich School of Art and Design, UK
“Presentation of works 1999-2003”, Nordjyllands Kunstskole,
Aalborg, Denmark
“Presentation of commission for Venice Biennale”, Sparwasser
HQ, Berlin
“Postshow Talk: In Transit”, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin,
Germany
“2 day Memory workshop (Organiser)”, TAMA City University
Museum, Japan
2002 “SeptFest Conference”, The Substation, Singapore
2000 “Presentation of Molotov Cocktails: Nokia Art 99”, Singapore
Art Museum, SIngapore
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004 “Old
habits die hard”, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK
“Old habits die hard”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
“Thinking Archives. Archiving Thoughts”, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
“RQM”, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
“FRISCHE”, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
2003 “Old habits die hard”, Sparwasser HQ,
Berlin
2001 “Lame Nights”, Performing Arts Lab,
The Royal College of Art, London
2000 “Pale Testament”, Alliance Francaise
de Singapour, Singapore (Publication)
1999 “Geograffiti”, www.geograffiti.org,
in collaboration with Alfian Sa’at
AWARDS
2003 “The President’s Young Talent Exhibition”,
Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2001 Triennale Award, 10th India Triennale, India
RESIDENCIES
/ INSTITUTIONAL AFFLIATIONS
January - December 2004 Associate Artist, The Substation,
Singapore
January - December 2004 Guest Curator, Sparwasser HQ,
Berlin
January – December 2003 Artist-in-Residence, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien, Berlin
September – December 2002 Associate Artist, The
Substation, Singapore
GRANTS
& BURSARIES
2003 Grant for residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien,
The National Arts Council, Singapore
International Relations Grant, The National Arts Council, Singapore
2002 Bourse d’ Aide à la Réalisation,
Département des Affaires Culturelles de la Mairie de Paris, France
2000 Project Grant, The National Arts Council, Singapore
Bursary for Postgraduate Studies, The National Arts Council, Singapore
Travel Grant, The National Arts Council, Singapore
1999 Project Grant, Lee Foundation, Singapore
PRIVATE
COLLECTIONS
Iskandar
Jalil
Edmund Seet
PUBLIC
COLLECTIONS
Fukuoka
Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (Video Library)
Institute of International Visual Art (INIva), London, UK (Video Library)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Press
Nungesser, Michael. "Vom Ankommen und Abheben,"
die tageszeitung, 8 April 2003, Berlin, Germany
Fricke, Johannes. "An Interview,", BE Magazine, July 2003, Berlin,
Germany
Wee, Brandon. "DENSE & the Politics or Dynamic Paradigms,"
iSh, 2000, Singapore
Nayar, Paravathi. "Moving Images," The Business Times, Sept
8 2001, Singapore
Tan, Kai Syng. "DENSE Interview", Lien, May 2000, Singapore
Kwek, Kenneth. "A space where people come and go", The Straits
Times, 24 July 2000, Singapore
Seetoh, Joseph. "In the thick of it", Singapore Tatler, July
2000, Singapore
"Triennale awards presented", The Hindu, 2001, New Delhi, India
"The first mega-event of the year begins", The Hindustani Times,
23 January 2001, New Delhi, India
Tan, Shin Gee. "Peeking under covers", The Straits Times, 12
August 2000, Singapore
Carceller, Cabello. "Nuevo 'glocalismo'", PHotoPeriódico
No.10, July 2000, Madrid, Spain
Carpio, Francisco. "El espíritu del margen", Lapiz, July
2000, Madrid, Spain
Lee, Weng Choy. "Art and nation. Nokia Singapore Art 1999",
Art Asia-Pacific, March 2000, Australia
Sulaiman, Suhaila. "Testing, testing...", The Straits Times,
13 Sept 2000, Singapore
Sulaiman, Suhaila. "Sleepless in Black Box", The Straits Times,
21 Nov 2003, Singapore
Wee, C.J. Wan-Ling. "Brainstorm the best way to come up with truly
new works."
The Straits Times, 16 August 1999, Singapore
Essays
Low, Felicia. "Digital Art: Pixel Perfection and
Art Content," Selves, National Arts Council, 2001, Singapore
Catalogues
Barragán, Paco. “El arte que veine/The art
to come”, Subastas Siglo XXI, Spain
Low, Sze Wee. “50th Venice Biennale: Singapore”, 50th Venice
Biennale, Venice, Italy
Mashadi, Ahmad. "Molotov Cocktails (GreyAquariumRemix)", Nokia
Singapore Art 1999, Singapore
Mashadi, Ahmad. "Heman Chong's Molotov Cocktails", 10th India
Triennale, New Delhi, India
Lee, Joana. "Murmurmurmurmurmur", 36 Ideas from Asia, ASEAN
COCI, Singapore
Hou, Hanru. "The Mind on the Edge (of the New Centres)", PHotoEspana
2000, Madrid Spain
Ngui, Matthew. "A Viewpoint", The President's Young Talents
Exhibition, Singapore
Internet Links
Sparwasser HQ
http://www.sparwasserhq.de/Index/HTMLma03/heman.htm
http://www.sparwasserhq.de/Index/HTMLma03/HTMLEngA.htm
1st CP Open Jakarta Biennale
http://www.cp-foundation.org/group1/1_02.html
50th Venice Biennale (Singapore Pavilion)
http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/bien50/sgp/e-chong.htm
http://www.labiennale.org/en/visualarts/pavilions/participants/singapore.html
http://www.aaa.org.hk/newsletter_venezia50.html
http://www.theartsmagazine.com.sg/current/reviewart3.html
http://www.teknemedia.net/fondazioni/dettaglio_fondazioni.html?newsId=3082
http://www.kondensat-berlin.de/kondensat21/bienalevenedig.htm
10th India Triennale
http://www.nhb.gov.sg/SAM/Newsroom/2001/newsroom_2001_17.htm
Assorted exhibitions
http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/others/whats/0306/06_04.html
http://www.notodo.com/phedigital/html/phe00/textosen/cfe.htm
http://www.kunstraum.at/aktuell.htm
http://www.tav.org.sg/SSPORE/
http://www.likeyou.com/archives/heman_chong_cornaro_sparw_3.htm
http://www.germangalleries.com/Sparwasser/End_of_Travelling.03.html
http://www.germangalleries.com/Sparwasser/Consequences_Summer.03.html
http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/rohrpost-0305/msg00062.html
http://www.nikolaj-ccac.dk/aktivitet/textandsubtext/mere-info.html
http://www.singaporeartsfest.com/theatre/global.asp
http://www.photographie.com/evenement/00/phe00/fr/section.html
http://www.goldsmiths.ac.uk/press-releases/pressrelease.php?releaseID=209
http://www.mcartdenver.org/exhibits/upcoming.html
Press
http://www.taz.de/pt/2003/04/08/a0199.nf/text
http://www.happening.com.sg/art/1999/features/jan/lastcall/
http://www.theartsmagazine.com.sg/current/reviewart2.html
http://www.biotechnics.org/1densereview.html
http://www.business-standard.com/weekend/story.asp?Menu=17&story=12644
Contributions
http://www.the2ndrule.com/issues/issue14.html
http://www.the2ndrule.com/issues/issue42.html
http://singaporetheatrereviews.net/ttpanimalfarmrv2.html
http://www.rca.ac.uk/show2002cat/com_com.htm
http://www.substation.org/ST_Letter.html
http://www.iniva.org/library/resource/9309
http://www..selectbooks.com.sg/titles/30668.htm
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