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As Phunk enters its 25th year, the strength of this collective still remains steadfast and strong. “We learned through our ups and downs, and we also had our pivotal moments where we argued,” says Tan. “But we’re also able to catch each other’s thoughts quite well. Before we speak, we can sort of pre-empt what the other person will say; thus we can also pre-empt how we work with each other in a harmonious sense.” Besides launching an exhibition and an exclusive robot collection at T...

The Straits Times Singapore collective Phunks art of design feted by London publisher Thames & Hudson (From left) Alvin Tan, Jackson Tan and William Chan at the SEA Focus art fair in Alexandra Distripark.ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG New: Gift this subscriber-only story to your friends and family https://str.sg/JVqj They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully a...

Left to right: Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 2016 (nothing) (2016); Tobias Rehberger, Mother without child 3 (2019): Kristoffer Ardeña, Ghost Painting (Cracked Category): National Bookstore (2020). Exhibition view: hyper–horizon, S.E.A. Focus 2021, Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore (22–31 January 2021). Courtesy S.E.A Focus. Photo: Toni Cuhadi. With the aim to spark new connections between works of art from Southeast Asia, the presentation is accessible online with S.E.A. Focus Digita...

How Phunk pioneered a riotous clash of art and design in Singapore New book Control Chaos looks back on 25 years of Phunk – the Singapore design collective that mashed creative disciplines together with its eye-popping work 14/01/2021 8:55 am The monograph – named after a 2003 artwork – looks back on the early days of the studio, which was launched around the same time that the Apple Macintosh and software such as Adobe Illustrator were beginning to be widely used. Phunk began life in 1...

New book from Thames & Hudson celebrates twenty-five years of PHUNK From the Bottom of my Pencil Case At 8Q-Rate: School exhibition, 8Q Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, 2008 © 8Q SAM, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore. LONDON .- Celebrating twenty-five years of PHUNK, this monographtraces the ways in which the Singapore-based collective has mixed urban street culture, art and design to create a unique body of work. PHUNK is an internationally acclaimed, Singapore-based contemporary design and ar...

Treated. >> can you describe the scene outside the hospital? obviously its got to be at least throughout the day it must have been chaotic. >> it really remind you that what were dealing with here is families. when we arrived here, there were theres some chaos. theres some control chaos here. at an emergency center. where we are is where the hospital asked us to park. a bit of a distance away from the emergency room door. you can see it in some distance behind the right shoulder. the people in t...