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A Weekend with The Everyday Museum: Subtle Dwellings
Can liminal or transitional spaces – such as pathways, corridors and lobbies – be transformed into community-driven third places? A Weekend with The Everyday Museum is back with programmes that invite you to pause, reflect and engage in sustained, gentle acts of observation and participation. Become attuned to the quiet richness of overlooked corners, and honour the everyday as both the setting and the subject of our artistic encounters.
A Weekend with The Everyday Museum presents a series of programmes centred on our ongoing public art commissions. Expect to encounter everyday sights, sounds and uses of various sites with fresh eyes. The Everyday Museum is a public art initiative by Singapore Art Museum dedicated to supporting artistic practice in public spaces.
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*Programmes may be subject to change without prior notice. Information accurate at time of publishing.
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[PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP] The Remembering Forest: Rattan Stories
The Remembering Forest: Rattan Stories
Date: Sat, 27 Sep & 4 Oct 2025
Time: 4-6pm
Meeting Point: Spottiswoode Park (access path opposite Spottiswoode Residences)
Free ($10 refundable deposit), by registration
Responding to Zen Teh’s Rattan Eco Sprawl—a public artwork that draws attention to the ecological entanglements of urban life—this programme uses storytelling to delve into the mythologies, cultural symbolism, and ecological consciousness woven into this humble yet powerful material. Thoughtfully researched and written by veteran oral tradition practitioner Kamini Ramachandran, participants will encounter narratives told by storyteller Hafiz Rashid and interpreted by visual artist Isa Pengskul. Participants will walk away with your very own object-journal, woven with the same materials used in the artwork and those found around the site.
[WORKSHOP] Boxes in boxes, boxes on boxes
Boxes in boxes, boxes on boxes
A workshop by Fiona Seow
Guided workshop with artist
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025
Time: 1pm–2.30pm
Venue: Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Level 1, SAM Engine Room
Price: Free ($5 refundable deposit), by registration
Self-guided drop-in activity
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2025 until Sun, 5 Oct 2025
Time: Sat, 27 Sep, 2.30–7pm | Sun, 28 Sep – 5 Oct, 10am–7pm
Venue: Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Level 1, SAM Engine Room
Price: Free, registration is not required
This workshop invites participants to observe and appreciate the often-overlooked formal elements in our environment such as lines, geometry, repetition, and patterns. Using Tanjong Pagar Distripark as a source of inspiration, participants will explore the space to identify cuboidal forms and incorporate them into their own drawings. Through this meditative process, muscle memory eventually takes over, offering a momentary escape from the everyday and allowing creative thoughts to flow freely.
In response to her latest public art commission Greener Pastures, artist Fiona Seow will guide this workshop and share valuable insights into her artistic process.
[COMPETITION] Pockets of Rest
Pockets of Rest
A juried competition in response to Daniel Chong's Insomniac States
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025
Time: 7.30pm-9pm
Venue: Level 1 corridor in front of SAM main galleries), SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free ($18 refundable deposit for competition participants), by registration
*Observers of the competition do not need to register
How do we make space for rest in places that never sleep? Pockets of Rest is a juried competition that invites participants to craft literal, cosy "pockets" of rest within the industrial grounds of Tanjong Pagar Distripark, home of Singapore Art Museum (SAM).
This playful yet provocative competition is organised by The Everyday Museum and artist Daniel Chong, and held in response to Chong’s recent public art commission Insomniac States. The competition invites 15 teams (consisting of one to five participants per team) to go head-to-head and transform an area 1.5m x 2m in size—approximately the space needed to accommodate a king-sized bed—into a productive space of rest.
A compelling prize worth over SGD$300 awaits the winning team (stay tuned for the announcement!), while the title of Fan Favourite will be decided by popular vote. Be part of this quiet revolution to reclaim rest and sign up today!
[ADULT-CHILD TOUR] Notice How My World Feels
Time: 11am - 12pm
Venue: The Engine Room, Level 1, SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free ($10 refundable deposit per adult-child pair), by registration
Notice How My World Feels
A guided tour for curious minds, big and small
Time: 11am - 12pm
Venue: The Engine Room, Level 1, SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free ($10 refundable deposit per adult-child pair), by registration
Notice How My World Feels is a guided tour designed specially for children between ages 6 to 10 and their grown-ups to explore The Everyday Museum’s public art commissions around Tanjong Pagar Distripark together.
In this one-hour journey, adult-child pairs will uncover the wonders of three artworks through movement-based games, imaginative reflection, and playful prompts that unpack what we see and how we feel. Guided by artist-facilitators Cheryl Ho and Ash, connect as a family and create your own take-home artwork inspired by your discoveries as a reminder of how your world feels!
This tour will be conducted with Singapore Sign Language (SgSL) interpretation.
Programme image courtesy of Marvin Tang.