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	MORE IN SINGAPORE Photos by Walter Robinson

Art and artists at the Singapore Biennale 2006, Sept. 4-Nov. 12, 2006


		The characters Mocmoc & Mermer, with their makers, Johannes M. Hedinger and Marcus Gossolt, otherwise known as Com&Com, on stage during the Singapore Biennale vernissage along with the emcee		Tom Na H-iu (2006), a glowing glass dolmen by Mariko Mori (b. 1967), installed in the National Museum		A Singapore Biennale visitor sings into the microphone to participate in Star (2000), an installation by Hiroyuki Matsukage (b. 1965) at the Tanglin Camp


		Open Burble (2006), the matrix of LED-embedded helium balloons devised by London-based architect Usman Haque (b. 1971) for the vernissage of the Singapore Biennale 2006		Custom-painted rickshaws -- a form of transport that is being phased out by the Bangladeshi government -- by the Drik Picture Library collective from Dhaka, Bangladesh		Crossroad (2006), a bomb-shaped sculpture covered with paper flowers by Indonesian artists Agus Suwage (b. 1959) and Titarubi (b. 1968), a married couple who work both together and independently, installed at Tanglin Camp


	Yayoi Kusama covered trees along Singapore’s Orchard Road shopping street, featuring her trademark polka-dot motifs		Easter (2006), a suite of 16 flags using the Indian tricolor -- saffron, white and green -- in the design of the British Union Jack, by London artist Mark Wallinger (b. 1959), at the National Museum		Sofia-based Bulgarian artist Lucheszar Boyadjiev (b. 1957) performing his Guiding Agents of Belief (2006) -- that is, being a tour guide		Iceberg (r1 1i01) (2006) by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle (b. 1961), installed in the National Museum


		Signs of Memory: City Hall Pink Windows (2006), a graphic mapping of the “community memory” by Tokyo-born artist Takafumi Hara (b. 1968), installed on the Singapore City Hall		Playing soccer on Singapore’s Padang park, flanked by City Hall		The VivoCity shopping center -- future site of public art during the Singapore Biennale 2006 -- still under construction


		Paper House (2006) by Shigeru Ban (b. 1957), a paper-tube pavilion serving as the Singapore Biennale press center		One of the art venues at Tanglin Camp		Carsten Nicolai’s blinking light-chamber Synchron (2005), at the National Museum of Singapore


	Younès Rahmoun’s Ghorfa Project: Al-Ana/ Huna (Now/Here) (2005-06), installed at Tanglin Camp		Mysore-based artist N.S. Harsha (1969) painted Cosmic Orphans (2006) on the flat roof of the Sultan Mosque in Singapore		A detail of N.S. Harsha’s Cosmic Orphans (2006), on the flat roof of the Sultan Mosque in Singapore		Drawings by schoolchildren of Mocmoc & Mermer, two cartoon characters created by the art team Com&Com


		New Zealand artist Daniel Malone (b. 1970)		A view of the raining Angsana Tree in Dutch artist IEPE’s Singapore Miracle (2006) on the esplanade of the Singapore River		Dutch artist Iepe BT Rubingh (1974) after introducing the Singapore Miracle (2006), a tree that magically rains water


		A closeup of Dream (2005-06), installed by Shanghai-based artist Jianhua Liu (b. 1962) in the Sculpture Square exhibition space in Singapore		Jianhua Liu’s Dream (2005-06), an assemblage of smashed ceramic Pop objects, in the Sculpture Square exhibition space in Singapore		A still from Shan Pipe Band Learns Star-Spangled Banner (2004) by Karachi-based artist Bani Abidi (b. 1971)


		Kids playing secret, interiors: chrysalis (22), a desk transformed into a musical instrument by Donna Ong (b. 1978), in Singapore City Hall		Secret, interiors: chrysalis (19) (2006) by Singapore artist Donna Ong (b. 1978), installed in a courtroom at Singapore City Hall		A detail of secret, interiors: chrysalis (19) (2006) by Singapore artist Donna Ong (b. 1978) in the Singapore City Hall


		Shin Il Kim (b. 1971), a South Korean artist who lives in New York		Japanese artist Takashi Kuribayashi with one of his seals at Hermès on Orchard Road in Singapore		Time Notes (2006) -- time is money -- by Argentinian artist Gustavo Romano (b. 1958), installed at Singapore City Hall


		Installation view of Salon #2 (2006), a painting by Indonesian painter Handiwirman Saputra (b. 1975), in the Singapore City Hall		Chatchai Puipia’s installation, The Heart is a Lonely Painter (2006), at the National Museum		Departure Lounge (2006) by Lahore-based artist Rashid Rana (b. 1968), installed in the atrium space of Singapore City Hall


		Youth (2006), an installation by Brazilian artist Thiago Rocha Pitta (b. 1980), with boat, water and charcoal, inspired by Joseph Conrad’s book Youth (1898), at the Tanglin Camp		Malaysian artist Redza Piyadasa’s May 13, 1969 (1970) in "Telah Terbit (Out Now): Southeast Asian Contemporary Art Practices during the 1970s" at the Singapore Art Museum		Zaha Hadid at the Singapore Art Museum


				Harakiri School Girls (1999-2006) by Makoto Aida (b. 1965) at the National Museum, Singapore

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