About
Founded in 2004 by Yeo Shih Yun, INSTINC is an artist-run institution based in Singapore. INSTINC has been an active player in the arts ecology through their exhibition programming and curation, as well as through community engagement through their workshops and artists’ talks. Their long-running residency program continues to build upon regional and international ties. The vision for INSTINC is one of collaboration and connection, producing immersive large-scale projects that cross the genres of installation, new media, performance, painting and sculpture, partnering with brands such as Volvo and Guinness in the past. “Our mission is to maintain artistic independence and foster community through experimental collaborations. Our vision has always been artist-focussed, and we aim to foster an environment where our artists may continue to inspire us and our community” - Yeo Shih Yun, Founder and Artistic Director of INSTINC.
Website: instinc.com Instagram: @instinc_space Twitter: @instinc_sg
MUSTHAVEKEYS, a Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary curatorial studio and art agency, serves to build the KEYS that connect the creative minds with the community - KEYS in the form of ground-breaking art and cultural initiatives that generate meaningful exchanges among artists, designers and community partners; KEYS forged with partners to champion multidisciplinary collaborations from concept to final creation; and KEYS for the public to open doors to unconventional cultural engagements and art appreciation. In 2020 and 2021, MUSTHAVEKEYS curated the two editions of “Up Close – Hollywood Road”, a first-of-its-kind exhibition that took contemporary art into the everyday environment and operation of local antique shops, creating dialogues between past and present arts and traditional crafts. In addition to in-house projects, we partner with organizations and businesses across industries to create new works of art and unique cultural experiences. MUSTHAVEKEYS was founded by the curator duo Hilda Chan and Iven Cheung in 2020.
Judges
Aleksandra Jovanić
Aleksandra Jovanić is an artist and programmer from Belgrade, Serbia. In her research and artistic practice, she combines various media, mainly focusing on interactive art, art games, and generative art. As an assistant professor, she teaches in the new media department at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade, at the master's studies of the Faculty of Applied Arts and art doctoral studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade.
As a part of web development teams and solo, she worked successfully on the development of complex internet projects for esteemed clients, mainly in the field of culture and arts. She is also actively designing for movies – title sequences and graphic design. She has been exhibiting in solo and group exhibitions since 2003.
Instagram: @aleksandrajovanic Twitter: @alexis_o_O
Icki
Icki (born in London, UK), is a Digital Artist with years of commercial experience in the 3D industry, and expertise in innovative display mediums such as holographic installation and augmented reality (AR). His work takes cues from both minimalism and conceptual art but subverts the aesthetics and tropes of both traditions to provide a unique commentary on the values of the digital art domains.
His ‘Plagiarism’ series explored what digital art is and how provenance and a new valuation model treats infringement and copycat culture. The title work ‘Meta-Plagiarism’ was recently exhibited alongside andy Warhol at the Contemporary Calgary.
Instagram: @icki_art Twitter: @The_Kid_Icarus
Teng Yen Hui
Teng Yen Hui is Collections Manager and Assistant Curator at the Singapore Art Museum. Prior to taking on curatorial work at the museum, she worked independently on several writing projects and exhibitions, including "not the norm: on conjugal blisses and misses" (2018). Teng holds a BSc in Economics from the Singapore Management University and an MA in Asian Art Histories conferred by Goldsmiths, University of London (LASALLE). (Image courtesy of Ivan Tan)
Instagram: @yenhui.teng