‘Invisible Connections’ will feature artworks by Japanese artist Maiko Sugano and Singaporean-Taiwanese Hsiung Lu-Fang. This exhibition sprouted from a connection made more than ten years ago in 2001, when Maiko Sugano first met fellow artist Yeo Shih Yun in San Francisco before Yeo started INSTINC. Twelve years on, Yeo has invited Sugano to Singapore for an art residency and exhibition, placing Sugano serendipitously together with Hsiung in the same show.

‘Invisible Connections’ is a musing on the invisible threads weaving people together in a grander narrative which people remain mostly unaware of. Sometimes it may seem as though we are fighting our own battles, but we are all connected – families, friends, even strangers. Everything that we know, have and use came about because of someone else's efforts. Artist initiatives / residencies can help other local or even international artists, through opportunities which can create invisible links for the future. Like planting a seed from doing something good, you don't know when the seed will grow, or what shape it will take.

Image: © Hsiung Lu Fang, Instinc