2009: On live TV in Beppu to talk (in Kai’s rusty Japanese) about her Japan Foundation-sponsored artist-in-residency.
2009: Interview as a UCL Scholar, on UCL’s website.
2008: Attending the Life! Theatre Awards ceremony. I bought the ‘traditional Chinese dress’ sorry I mean COSTUME in London.
2015: Hefty Association of American Geographers (AAG) book.
2015: Hefty Association of American Geographers (AAG) book. Detail.
2016: Singapore Visual Artists, published by National Arts Council (Singapore). Featured on 443-444.
2016: Leeds College of Art exhibitions catalogue. Certainly the Toughest Ultramarathon of your Life.
2015: Book commemorating the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Games, with commissioned photographs by Tuckys Photography.
2015: Official A5 programme booklets, as well as the larger Braille version.
‘A spectacular ceremony’, says Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong.
A slick synthesis of formal aspects of a Games Ceremony with performance, by Creative Director Philip Tan!
‘The best ever APG’, and ‘A Games to Remember’, declares The New Paper (10 December).
‘Best Games ever’ declares the front page of Singapore main Chinese-language newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao.
Spearheading a lasting legacy by altering people’s perception of what athletes, performers and non-athletes and non-performers alike are capable of.
2009: Japan Foundation brochure about Kai’s artist-in-residency award in Beppu’s Mixed Bathing World.
2009: A feature on the SOTA newsletter.
From 2009: Permanent public video installation, commissioned by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore. Music by Philip Tan. See a clip on Kai’s old Youtube channel, ‘kaidie3rdlife’.
2008: Moscow press conference.
2007: With President Nathan of Singapore. As Winner of the Young Artist Award for Visual Art – with Philip Tan a winner for Music, who is also Kai’s brother.
2007: TV programme ‘Bloodlines’, shown on Arts Central Singapore about Kai Syng TAN and Creative Director Philip Tan, who is also her collaborator. And brother.
2007: Interview on IS magazine on being in Singapore versus being on the run.
2007: Singapore Art Show, as covered by Today newspaper.
2006: Biennale of Sydney: Artist’s talk, Gallery 4A.
2005: Interview regarding ISLANDHOPPING Berlin Leg at the show in the House of World Cultures, Berlin.
2004: Programme write-up of a TV coverage by Fuji TV on a group show Kai did at the Uplink Gallery.
2001: Interview in The Straits Times.
2001: My installation Spring. Beauty.Love in a show with Song Dong and others, as it appears in an article in Lianhe Zaobao.
2000: Straits Times interview on Dense, in which Chlorine Addiction premiered at the Alliance Francaise du Singapour.
2000: Large 2-page spread on Business Times on a joint show at the Alliance Francaise du Singapour, and on video art.
1999: press coverage for SFIFF win, Lianhe Zaobao
Kai’s studio (19, as depicted on Lianhe Zaobao, 1994)
Save The World (18, oil), Lianhe Zaobao coverage.
The Most Promising Young Artist Award for Sams (18, mixed media painting)
Tan, E, 2007. ‘Tan Kai Syng’. In: G. Nadarajan, R. Storer and E. Tan eds. Contemporary Art In Singapore. Institute of Contemporary Arts. Singapore. 142- 145.
2007: In this big art book, curator Eugene Tan says that I am ‘one of the foremost video artists in Singapore’. A little like being world famous in New Zealand. This is a screenshot from LASALLE’s website.
Tan, E, 2007. ‘Tan Kai Syng’. In: G. Nadarajan, R. Storer and E. Tan eds. Contemporary Art In Singapore. Institute of Contemporary Arts. Singapore. 142- 145.
Biggs, S. 2008. New Media: The ‘First Word’ in Art?
Yow, S.K., 2008. ‘The Asian Traditional in the Works of Liu Kang and Tan Kai Syng’, paper presented at ISEA International Symposium on Electronic Art 25 July – 3 August, Singapore.
Schneider, JG, 2007. ‘Singapore 2007 Medienkunst’. Springerin. Austria. Essay in Documenta magazine on Singapore Contemporary Art.
Uhde, J and Y Ng-Uhde, 2004. ‘Singapore Cinema: Spotlight on Short Film Production’. In: S. Siddique Harvey Screening Southeast Asia. Spectator 24:2 (Fall 2004): 18 – 26.
Su, R, 2008. Walking in the City: Urban Space, Body, Performance Art. National University of Singapore B.A. Architectural Dissertation.
Chen, L. 2009. Contra-indications: Corporeality, Iconicity and Representation in Singapore Lesbian Theatre. PhD thesis, National University of Singapore.
Chee, M.J, 2007. The Practice of Tactical Art By Women Artists in Singapore. MA Thesis. University of Sydney. Australia. 50-52.
2011: Leonardo New Media Exhibition: Re-Drawing Boundaries. Curator: Jeremy Hight. Senior curators: Lanfranco Aceti and Christiane Paul. Other artists in the series include Teri Reub, Jeremy Wood, Mez, Stanza.
2013: Interview with Helen R Cobb on UCL Art Museum Blog.
Clements, T, 2006. ‘Bigger Than Christmas’. Sydney Morning Herald. June. Australia.
Holderness, M., 1998. ‘Managers Reclaim the Sites’. Times Higher Education.
2009: Artist-In-Residency in Villa Straeuli, Winterthur, Switzerland, as seen on its website.
2009: Beppu Contemporary Art Festival. View of Kai’s show at Platform One. This artist-in-residency was sponsored by Japan Foundation.
2009: Beppu Contemporary Art Festival. With Artistic Director Takashi Serizawa in the top picture, at my show.
2009: Beppu Contemporary Art Festival. Snapshots of my show. Artistic Director Takashi Serizawa held a talk show with Kai.
2006: Artist-in-Residency programme in Helsinki, supported by Theatreworks Singapore and NIFCA. It was at this trip that Kai conceptualised her PhD research.
2004: I took part in Ong Keng Sen’s flying Circus Project – and met many amazing artists like Walid Raad. What a blast. This is the Festival’s Catalogue.
2004: MOMA brochure, as part of a survey programme on Japanese cinema.
Jang, Y, 2013. Move On Asia.
Over the years my ISLANDHOPPING was shown at different sites all over the world via Move On Asia. Apparently there had been several catalogues produced along the way. I have maybe 1.
2008: Publication by Asian Art Archive which featured a section on my work.
2007: City Net catalogue. I think I installed Slaughter. Korea.
In 2006, my work Ceasefires was shown in Hannover and Poznan Museums of Art. Billed with Song Dong, and with the curator we drove from Hannover to Poznan! What a trip. What a great artist and person.
2007: Shanghai Museum of Contemporary Art catalogue.
2007: Catalogue of Changwon Asia Art Festival. I showed Slaughter, if I recall.
2004: NIPAF Performance Art Festival. Kai did a ‘live’ act.
2004: NIPAF Performance Art Festival Catalogue.
2004: Bijutsu Tetcho. My work was featured in a page, in an article written by video artist Masayuki Kawai.
2004: Bijutsu Tetcho. Kai’s work was featured in a page, in an article written by video artist Masayuki Kawai.
2006: Catalogue for ISLANDED. ISLANDHOPPING was shown in New Zealand, Singapore and Taiwan.
2007: Catalogue of ISLANDED, a show I held in New Zealand, of ISLANDHOPPING NZ LEG. This is a screenshot from LASALLE’s website.
2013: Press. 2013: Visual Director, Lyricist, Closing Ceremony of the Handover Performance, 27th South East Asian Games, Myanmar. Directed by Philip Tan. Commissioned by Singapore Sports Council.
2013: Press. The brave dancers SOKA Singapore on stage. with a singer from SOTA, and national athletes. Closing Ceremony of the Handover Performance, 27th South East Asian Games, Myanmar. Directed by Philip Tan.
2013: Press. The brave dancers SOKA Singapore on stage. with a singer from SOTA, and national athletes. Closing Ceremony of the Handover Performance, 27th South East Asian Games, Myanmar. Directed by Philip Tan.
2010: Art Singapore press release. As featured artist, I shared prints, performed via Skype, and showed a film.
2010: Art Singapore coverage. As featured artist, I shared prints, performed via Skype, and showed a film.
2007: Islandhopping at the Daejeon Art Museum, Korea. This is the show’s brochure.
2007: Islandhopping at the Daejeon Art Museum, Korea. This is the show’s brochure.
2008: Cinema South Festival, Sderot, 2km from the Gaza strip. Kai was an invited curator and created a programme of South East Asian Films, including the works of the amazing auteurs Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Garin Nugruho.
2008: Cinema South Festival catalogue in which 2 essays Kai wrote appeared.
2008: Cinema South Festival catalogue in which 2 essays I wrote appeared. One analyses the film programme I curated, of films by Apichatpong and others; one is on the ‘South East Asian essay film’.
2009: Review in the Today newspaper. Senior writer Mayo Martin votes The Never-Ending Underwater Adventures! as his favourite of the lot on the Circle Line.
2009: Review in the Today newspaper. Senior writer Mayo Martin votes The Never-Ending Underwater Adventures! as his favourite of the lot on the Circle Line.
2009: Review in the Straits Times of the video installation.
2009: Write up of artwork on a Land Transport Authority publication.
2005: House of World Cultures show catalogue.
2005: About the show in the House of World Cultures, Berlin.
2005: About the show in the House of World Cultures, Berlin.
2005: A review of ISLANDHOPPING 2002-2005 series. In a film Kai interviewed a Big Issue seller (shown here) – and invited him to her show in the luxury shopping district of Ginza. He sold many magazines at the opening.
2010: Sexuate Subjects: A Symposium on the work of Luce Irigaray. I was invited by Dr Sharon Morris, one of the organisers, to present.
2003: Catalogue for Open 2003, Venice. I showed Feeling So What.
2003: Catalogue of Open 2003 in Venice, featuring article by June Yap of my video Feeling So What.
2003: Brochure for Open 2003, Venice. I showed Feeling So What.
2003: Brochure for Asia Video Art Conference, Tokyo, organised by Videoart Centre Tokyo.
2004: Kai spoke, took part in a conference, did a live performance with a Butoh dancer, and also showed a work at the Asia Video Art Conference, Tokyo.
Guangdong Museum, 2008. 3rd Guangzhou Triennale 2008 Official Catalogue.
2008: Guangzhou Triennale Catalogue.
2008: Publication entitled Museum, which reviews Kai’s work at the Guangzhou Triennale.
2008: GuangzhouTriennale as covered on Asian Art Archive.
Pijnappel, J, 2006. ‘Kai Syng Tan: ISLANDHOPPING In-Conclusion Sydney Leg 2006’. Biennale of Sydney catalogue. Sydney. 268-269.
C.J. W-L Wee, 2006. “After Theory–and into ‘Zones of Contact’?” In: N. Bullockc and R. Keehan eds, Zones of Contact 2006 Biennale of Sydney: A Critical Reader. Artspace Visual Arts Centre. 43-44.
2006: Biennale of Sydney literature.
2006: Sydney Biennale writeup.
2006: Round-table discussion at the National Museum of Canberra, with curator Dr Charles Merewether, keynote-speaker Dr Ken Lum, and artists Alia Syed and Takemura Kei.
2006: Another review of ISLANDHOPPING 2006 Sydney Leg.
2009: Asian Art Archive website featuring the GREAT Taiwanese artist Chen Chieh-Jen who was also exhibiting in the same space. What an honour for Kai. She met him again the the Guangzhou Triennale 2008.
2006: Gallery 4A pamphlet. Cute gallery in the middle of Chinatown – one of the reasons why Kai had made her show resemble a chinese emporium.
2005: Brochure for Kai’s solo show at SpaceNEO
2005: An interview on Peeler magazine. This page features images of a solo show of ISLANDHOPPING 2005
2005: Kai’s thesis was an art object too. Online coverage about Kai’s works at the Best Students’ Show at Musashino Art University.
2005: Musashino Art University catalogue.
2004: Twilight Tomorrow catalogue.
2004: Twilight Tomorrow brochure.
2004: About Twilight Tomorrow held at the Singapore Art Museum. Kai organised a 1-night multimedia performance, took part in the conference, wrote an essay, had an essay being written, and exhibited a work.
2004: About Twilight Tomorrow held at the Singapore Art Museum. Kai organised a 1-night multimedia performance, took part in the conference, wrote an essay, had an essay being written, and exhibited a work.
2004: Essay by Dr CJ Wan-Ling Wee about the performance she curated for Twilight Tomorrow.
2004: About Twilight Tomorrow. This shows Kai’s collaborative video as exhibited in the show.
2005: ICA London: Ong Keng Sen’s Spore Season.
2008: Asian Art Biennale catalogue.
2008: Asian Art Biennale catalogue.
2008: Generations, poster. Kai created the video installation and played Chekhov’s Masha (!) in this multimedia production which played in Moscow.
2008: Business Times coverage. Senior ministers and trade leaders from Russia and Singapore were our audiences in Moscow.
2008: Generations, on The Straits Times. The Singapore Chinese Orchestra vs Malay dzikir barat chorus.
2008: Lianhe Zaobao coverage of Gerenations. Juxtapositions: old/new, straight/camp, Russia/Spore.
Kwok, K, 2008. 8Q Sam, 8Q-Rate: School. Catalogue essay by Director Kwok Kian Chow.
Kwok, K, 2008. 8Q Sam, 8Q-Rate: School. Catalogue essay by Director Kwok Kian Chow.
Kwok, K, 2008. 8Q Sam, 8Q-Rate: School. Catalogue essay by Director Kwok Kian Chow.
2008: A Fool On A Stool. Curator’s text in the catalogue.
2008: A Fool On A Stool. Coverage on IS magazine.
2008: A Fool On A Stool. Coverage on IS magazine.
2008: A Fool On A Stool. Coverage on Straits Times.
2008: A Fool On A Stool. Coverage on Universe In Universe.
2007: ‘Trade Routes/Converging Cultures: Southeast Asian and Asian American Women.’ With Angel Valesca Shaw, Brenda Farjardo, Arahmaini and Yong Soon Min (USA), all professors in the US, Philippines and Indonesia. On a grant from the National Arts Council, Singapore.
2007: You Are Not A Tourist catalogue.
2007: You Are Not A Tourist brochure.
2007: Brochure of Your Are Not A Tourist. ‘The Rather Terrible Slaughter of the Tour Guide! is one of the 4 walks in this show.
2007: Singapore Art Show commission: A double-video-tour. Curator: Joselina Cruz.
2007: Kai’s leaflet distributed to people after the end of the tour / after the tour guide dies.
Oon, C, 2007. ‘Walk on the Art Side’.Article: The SAS Companion. Singapore. 1-2.
2007: Article on The Philippines Star by Filipino curator Yason Banal on The Rather Terrible Slaughter of the Tour Guide!, reblogged on his blog.
2005: Review by TAMARU, composer, on my solo show in which he also performed.
2004: Part of a brochure of the Media Festival held at the Somido Sony Hall in Ginza, Tokyo.
2005: Tamaru’s reflection of the event and my work on his blog.
2001: Chlorine Addiction as it is described in the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Catalogue.
2000: I Am Fit For Life! Commissioned installation at the Singapore Art Museum. Catalogue.
2000: I Am Fit For Life! Commissioned installation at the Singapore Art Museum. Catalogue.
2003: President’s Young Talents at the Singapore Art Museum. Review by Iola Lenzi.
2003: A review about the President’s Young Talents show.
2001, 2004-2005: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival: I was invited to take part in several symposiums or roundtable discussions about the status/forms of the non-fiction film, in Yamagata and Tokyo, at various colleges and cinemas.
2001: Opening the Singapore Arts Festival: Kai’s video installation in Ivan Heng’s staging of Ovidia Yu’s Woman On A Tree In A Hill.
2004: ISLANDHOPPING in Rotterdam.
2004: 4 items Kai put up at the Tokyo Wonder Site’s Artists’ Night.
Guangdong Museum, 2008. 3rd Guangzhou Triennale 2008 Official Catalogue.
Throughout Kai’s career she’d been inspired by many teachers. Mrs Teo Yong Hong was one of them. This is an extract from the Nanyang Girls Newsletter January 2009.
2002-2005: From composer Professor Christophe Charles’ website, about one of their collaborations.
2002-2005: From composer Professor Christophe Charles’ website, about one of our collaborations. Charles’ father, Daniel Charles, was an expert on John Cage.
2004: Catalogue for a show I did at Uplink Gallery, Tokyo.
2005: My Postcard for ISLANDHOPPING 2002-2005.
2003: Catalogue for Interrupt.
2004: Seni art show catalogue.
2003: President’s Young Talents catalogue.
2003: President’s Young Talents catalogue.
2003: President’s Young Talents catalogue.
20023: Catalogue for a worldwide travelling video show that I took part in.
2002: Site/Sight exhibition catalogue.
2002: Site + Sight catalogue. The exhibition featured videos by artists including Shilpa Gupta. This is a screenshot from LASALLE’s website.
2002: This is a screenshot from LASALLE’s website.
2002: Sight/Site show catalogue.
2001 : Shot In The Face Exhibition catalogue. I showed Spring. Beauty. Love. Song Dong was also in the same show.
2001 : Shot In The Face Exhibition catalogue. I showed Spring. Beauty. Love. Song Dong was also in the same show.
2001: Catalogue for a show curated by Johan Pijnappel that I was in.
2000: Publication distributed by Select Books: pages and pages of obsessive layering of texts and images that attempt to work through the puzzles….
2013: A photograph I took at Lewisham Homes appears in the local papers.
A couple of photographs I took in the Lewisham Homes newsletter.
2013: More photographs I took at Lewisham Homes appears in the local papers.