Following January’s subTEXT inspired by the seventh edition of the Singapore Biennale (SB2022) and its theme of Natasha, this edition of subTEXT in March marks the closing of SB2022 at SAM. In the face of fresh rhythms and reflections on inclusivity, we welcome three poets from the anthology New Singapore Poetries (Gaudy Boy, 2022) and one of the editors involved with Brown is Redacted: Reflecting on Race in Singapore (Ethos Books, 2022), moderated by Yong Shu Hoong.
Marylyn Tan is a sensuous and queer writer-artist-reprobate. Her work aims to subvert, revert and pervert, to disrespect respectability, to take pleasure seriously, and to reclaim power. Her first child, GAZE BACK (Ethos Books, 2018; Singapore Literature Prize, 2020) is the lesbo trans-genre grimoire you never knew you needed.
Shawn Hoo is the author of the chapbook Of the Florids (Diode Editions, 2022). He is Translation Tuesdays Editor at Asymptote. Shawn’s poems can be found in New Delta Review, Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, Queer Southeast Asia, Voice & Verse Poetry Magazine, and his translation of Lao She in the Journal of Practice, Research and Tangential Activities (PR&TA).
Kristian-Marc James Paul (he/him/his) is an activist and writer. He is a member of climate justice collective SG Climate Rally. Apart from his work in climate activism, Kristian also facilitates intergroup dialogues, partnering with organisations like AWARE to run community discussions on masculinity and male allyship. He was also a contributing author for white: behind mental health stigma (2020), an anthology on mental health in Singapore.
VENUE: Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
ADDRESS: 39 Keppel Road, #01-02, Singapore 089065
EVENT WEBSITE: Peatix (for registration)
DATE AND TIME
17 Mar 2023, 8pm-9pm