Public programmes
The public programmes accompanying The Strange Archive invite audiences to encounter the exhibition’s questions through movement, conversation, and shared reflection.
These events open different pathways into the themes of memory, erasure, speculation, and the politics (and poetics) of archiving.
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Exhibition Opening
17 January 2026 · 5:00 PM · Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 37 Keppel Road, #04-01D, Singapore 089064
Free Admission
Join us for the opening of The Strange Archive, where the exhibition sets the stage for reimagining archives as living, evolving spaces shaped by memory, omission, and desire. Meet the artists and curator, explore the works that investigate Singapore’s archival imagination.
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Drawing Dialogues: Stories of Decay
18 January 2026 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Labrador Park · Meeting Point: Labrador Park MRT Exit A
Free Admission · Registration Required · Registration: tinyurl.com/storiesofdecay
Gather at Labrador Park for a guided walk led by Superlative Futures (Dr. Wong Zi Hao and Liu Dian Cong) through Berlayer Creek, an ecosystem where decay, decomposition, and regeneration take place in quiet cycles. Participants will return by bus to Tanjong Pagar Distripark to create drawings and short written reflections inspired by their observations. Open to participants of all experience levels.
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Curator’s Tour: Making the Archive Strange
18 & 25 January 2026 · 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM · Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 37 Keppel Road, #04-01D, Singapore 089064
Free Admission
Curator Dr. Adrian Tan, together with exhibiting artists, leads an intimate walkthrough of the exhibition. This tour unpacks the speculative gestures, uncovered omissions, and material experiments that animate the works, offering insight into the curatorial process and the unfolding nature of the archive.
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Panel Discussion: Art, Archives & Speculative Futures
24 January 2026 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 37 Keppel Road, #04-01D, Singapore 089064
Free Admission
Artists, historians, and archivists discuss how reimagining archives opens new ways of understanding the past and imagining the future.
Panelists:
Chew Tee Pao
Phan Ming Yen
Ezekiel Wong
Mark Wong
Moderator: Dr. Adrian Tan
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Artist Dialogue: Singapore Art Archive Project
25 January 2026 · 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM · Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 37 Keppel Road, #04-01D, Singapore 089064
Free Admission
Artist-archivist Koh Nguang How shares his long-term research into Chua Mia Tee’s National Language Class and Lee Boon Wang’s Portrait of a Lady. He reflects on the process of identifying the figure who connects both paintings, and discusses the role of the Singapore Art Archive Project (SAAP) as an evolving, independent archival practice.