Following a successful collaboration in 2023, the Diploma in Fine Arts programme in the McNally School of Fine Arts, LASALLE College of the Arts and the Visual Arts & Visual Communication Design programme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS), Sabancı University, Türkiye embarked on another online collaborative project in 2024.
Students from both institutions worked together online and produced artworks on the proposed topics before showcasing them at FASS Art Gallery, Sabancı University, folloby LASALLE’s Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore.
This collaborative project is a continuation of past artistic collaborations between Sabancı University and LASALLE spanning exhibitions, workshops and seminars, such as Now and Then, Here and There (2010), Takeaways (2010), SPARKS (2011), NINE+– (2012), Creating Together (2013), sMall iDeas (2014) and Project 3V: Visualize, Voice and Vision (2021–2023).
Project 3V.4 (Visualize, Voice and Vision) encourages student artists and designers to engage collectively in critical analysis, reflection and research to investigate the issues around social, cultural, historical, environmental and contemporary artistic practices. Through online seminars with students and supervisors from both institutions, the collaboration discussed the concepts of global cities, environment and sustainability.
Supervisors and co-curators: Asst Prof Dr Yoong Wah Alex Wong, Salleh Japar and Erzan Adam
Participants: Bong Man Won, Sadeen Al Adham, Ella Reyna, Çimir Zeynep, Neo Weiqi, Akhmedli Sabina, Tiara Choo, Marta Bielinska, Nur Ashserina Bte Ashari, Ip Wai Sze, Lee Kiu Yuet, Calista Ng Wei Lin, Nurjan Heydarli, Ayra Nasha Binte Muhammad Arifin and Ayşe Beraa Özcan
In collaboration with Sabancı University and FASS Art Gallery.
Image: Tiara Choo and Marta Bielinska, Nature’s Rebellion, 2024, Digital prints, String, Post-it notes 3m x 1.5m. Courtesy of Tiara Choo.
