Jeremy Hiah

For Wu Wei Performance Series

Work:

Can you hear me

Description:

A sound performance art, this a duel person performance using hand make acoustic telephone and both of us will wear a look like speaker on the head, we will move around with this in the gallery bedroom veranda and kitchen. try to communicate or try to listen to each other.

Medium:

Sound performance (30 to 45 minutes)

Biography: 

Jeremy Hiah has been involved in the arts since 1993. His works are about the social system, how one lives in society. He has explored many different art media and collaborated with many different artists working in a variety of fields. His works travelled to many different countries: Germany, Italy, Austria (for UNESCO Artists in Residency Vienna), Hong Kong, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Thailand and China, in different festivals, exhibitions and residencies.He has been an active organizer and member of The Artists Village and Sculpture Society (Singapore). Formerly, in 2001, he was Vice President of The Artist Village, and in 2005, the Vice President of Sculpture Society. Locally in Singapore, he has taught in numerous secondary schools, junior colleges and polytechnics.  He established independent arts space Your MOTHER gallery in 2004. He was also the artistic director of Fetter-Field Performance Art Event held in 2006 and 2012. From 2011 to 2016, he was Artistic Director of Pulau Ubin Artists Residency Program.