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Sign up for our Student-Led Tours and receive exclusive NUS Museum merchandise!* Explore the NUS Museum through three Student-Led Tours authored and guided by our student interns. From reflections on the human body as a site of divinity, and the evolving meanings of knowledge, the tours connect the Museum's various exhibitions and collections through the perspectives of two interns. Divine Bodies:The Divine and its Embodied Sites Guided by Muhammad Hariz B Emran Divine Bodies invites you to consider the human body as a site of and for divinity. The tour showcases a variety of artefacts from the Museum’s collections and permanent exhibitions, covering different time periods and civilisations. Each object features the human body in unique forms, using distinct motifs and materials. These artefacts not only represent recurring themes and differences related to the body and divinity, but also spark discussions about how they were acquired by the Museum. The tour aims to provide new perspectives on divinity, the body, and their evolving meanings. The tour aims to simultaneously question and reaffirm personal beliefs about divinity based on one’s personal experiences. Featured:Gilt Bronze Mask, Liao Dynasty, 907 - 1125; Bronze,19 x 21 cm.Ho Soon Yeen, Monkey ♀️ Thinker, 1992; Ink on paper, 127 x 96cm.Lakshmi annointed by a pair of elephants, Thailand, 1971; Ceramic, 13.9 x 7.4 x 17.8 cm.Mediums:Histories to Forms Guided by Ang Alexandra Cobankiat This tour will guide you through the galleries of the NUS Museum, showcasing how artists use various mediums to explore different ideas and push the boundaries of what knowledge can encompass. The tour also features objects without clear artist attributions, emphasising the idea that objects themselves can hold and convey history. By defining what knowledge entails, we also set the boundaries for what we consider to be true. Museums, as places where knowledge is created, play a significant role in how the histories of artists and institutions intertwine when their works are displayed. Covering diverse subjects such as the human body, gossip, and economic development, the tour aims to demonstrate how the way objects are represented can lead us to develop our individual paths of understanding. Featured:Harry Chin Chun Wah, Street Scene (Coffeeshop), 1978; Pen & watercolour on paper, 46.3 x 61cm.Kendi, Blue & White with Floral & Birds Motif, China, 18th Century; Ceramic, 20 x 15 cm.Fyerool Darma, P♥rtraire Familiya, 2023; Polymethyl methacrylate (Acrylic Tiger), epoxy resin (NicPro), chameleon carbon fibre polyvinyl chloride and polyacrylate adhesive (Vvivid XPO) on anodized aluminium alloy, polyurethane varnish on digital print on polyethylene vinyl (Oracle), honeycomb retroreflective tape (Grip-On), non-metalized reflective tape (Steve & Leif) on polymethyl methacrylate (Acrylic Tiger), 400 x 300 cm.Student-Led Tours are supported by the Cultural Matching Fund. *Attendees of Student-Led Tours will receive an exclusive NUS Museum merchandise after the programme.
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