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90 Stamford Rd, Singapore 178903
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SMU Libraries and Renew Earth Sweat Shop are pleased to present RESS Midterms. RESS Midterms is a multi-event project that includes the art exhibition Renewal, activations and workshops, community workspace, craft goods showcase, clothes adoption corner and fashion waste recycling station. RESS Midterms will be housed at SMU de Suantio Gallery till 13 Nov 2022.
Midterm: a halfway point, a test, a moment to take stock; how are we doing, and what are we not doing that we now must?
Intersecting art, community, design and craft, Renew Earth Sweat Shop creates micro-community spaces in response to the global environmental and labour issues in fashion. For its third season, from June 2022 to February 2023, RESS set out to confront 500kg of unwanted clothes and transform this waste into meaningful purpose. Though no doubt this is a paltry effort against the 189,000 tonnes of textile waste Singapore generated in 2021 alone. And yet, from heartlands to libraries, and museums to malls, a network of human endeavours in imagination, creativity, resourcefulness and commerce is made material and visible in all its belief, cynicism, tenacity and trepidation.
This midterm, 13 artists, a philosopher and a congregation of artworks converge in a month-long community workspace. Join in their effort and those of volunteers and partners in a signal of hope and change.
Featuring Adel Ng X Shauna Goh, Agatha Lee "Agy", Alysha Rahmat Shah, Atelier Rat Bastard, Bernice Lee, Ezzam Rahman, Farhan C. Idris, Harshita Agarwal, Julia Winter, Lisa Teng, Nobuyuki Sugihara x Ayaka Nakamura, Shirley Soh, and Veronyka Lau
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26 - 30 Oct
Week of 9 - 13 Nov
Thu, 10 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Eco-Hats
Create your own patch work reversible bucket hats!
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
Fri, 11 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Frankenstein Shirts & Pants!
Deconstruct old clothes to make new ones.
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
7pm - 9pm, Eco-Hats
Create your own patch work reversible bucket hats!
Sat, 12 Nov
1pm - 3pm, How to Refresh your Outfit!
Learn 2 creative ways to refresh / accessorize your outfit and give your shirt a new look with Textile Wonderland.
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
6pm - 9pm, Renew Earth Craft Jam & Eco Karaoke
A night of craft jamming and song in our Craft Jam & Eco-Karaoke evening.
Sun, 13 Nov
2pm - 2.30pm, Techniques For Folding (2022)
In Techniques For Folding, Bernice Lee invites Adele Goh and Jereh Leung to turn laundry into sculpture, body into rock, and material excess into gardens. Join them in this performance meditation.
4pm - 6pm, Upcycling: A Critical Exploration
Philosophical workshop will introduce participants to the deeper theoretical and philosophical meanings of upcycling.
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Week of 21 Oct - 23 Oct
1pm - 6pm, Tsukumo Lion Public Creation Workshop
Join Japanese artists Nobuyuki Sugihara X Ayaka Nakamura during gallery opening days for a work-in-progress of the Tsukumo Lion!
1pm - 6pm, Fashion Waste Recycling Station
A pop-up station where participants learn and help in the fashion waste recycling efforts.
Fri, 21 Oct
Early Afternoon, The Final Chant
The Kid Shaman will be broken down in a durational live performance in a final act of detachment within the gallery space, through the considered act of deconstruction, recycling and upcycling. The event will be livestreamed on IG @muta.wear.
7pm - 9pm, Night Shift Sewing Challenge!
An excellent way for your family and friends to work collectively on a sustainable challenge.
Sat, 22 Oct
7pm - 9pm, Night Shift Sewing Challenge!
An excellent way for your family and friends to work collectively on a sustainable challenge.
Sun, 23 Oct
4pm - 6pm, Of Trees and Myths - Stories & Botanical Dyes
Alysha Rahmat Shah and Shirley Soh will share their contemplations on trees.
Week of 26 Oct - 30 Oct
1pm - 6pm, Tsukumo Lion Public Creation Workshop
Join Japanese artists Nobuyuki Sugihara X Ayaka Nakamura during gallery opening days for a work-in-progress of the Tsukumo Lion!
1pm - 6pm, Fashion Waste Recycling Station
A pop-up station where participants learn and help in the fashion waste recycling efforts.
Fri, 28 Oct
1pm - 3pm, Artist Talk on Art & Waste
Ezzam Rahman, Julia Winter and Nobuyuki Sugihara x Ayaka Nakamura
4pm - 6pm, Tracing Marks and Spawning Figures - Stitch & Free Motion Embroidery
Harshita offer hands-on Free motion embroidery, while Atelier Rat Bastard will help us spawn rat figures from awkwardly-shaped offcuts and clothes and remnants of unpicked thread and fabric crumb.
7pm - 9pm, Stitched Together - Craft & Community
Stitches only work when they come together to create a strong seam. The 3 artists, Agatha Lee ‘Agy’, Adel Ng, Lisa Teng, will introduce their artworks created for the RESS SMU exhibition.
Sat, 29 Oct
4pm - 6pm, PATCH-WORKERS UNITE! – Collective Patchwork
Nothing like collective patchwork to start thinking about ‘fixing and patching mother earth’!
7pm - 9pm, Renew Earth Craft Jam & Eco Karaoke!
Craft projects together from waste textiles while another belt a song that can be interpreted "Eco" theme.
Sun, 30 Oct
4pm - 6pm, Textile Origami with Priyanka!
What can you do with textiles? More than sewing it, this session, Priyanka shares her love for origami crafts.
Week of 2 - 6 Nov
1pm - 6pm, Tsukumo Lion Public Creation Workshop
Join Japanese artists Nobuyuki Sugihara X Ayaka Nakamura during gallery opening days for a work-in-progress of the Tsukumo Lion!
1pm - 6pm, Fashion Waste Recycling Station
A pop-up station where participants learn and help in the fashion waste recycling efforts.
Fri, 4 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
3.30pm - 5.30pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go? - Librarian Edition
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness! (only for Association Members)
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7pm - 9pm, Upcycle with Alt.Native
Learn how to refashion and upcycle your clothes via handsewing! This ensures that you can prolong the lifespan of your clothes, and rewear them over and over again.
Sat, 5 Nov
4pm - 6pm, PATCH-WORKERS UNITE! – Collective Patchwork
Nothing like collective patchwork to start thinking about ‘fixing and patching mother earth’!
5pm - 5.20pm, Tsukumo Lion Performance
Tsukumo Lion Performance by Nobuyuki Sugihara X Ayaka Nakamura.
7pm - 9pm, Night Shift - Late Night Sewing Challenge!
Yale-NUS Sewing Club attempts the Sewing Challenge.
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Sun, 6 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Upcycle with Alt.Native
Learn how to refashion and upcycle your clothes via handsewing! This ensures that you can prolong the lifespan of your clothes, and rewear them over and over again.
4pm - 6pm, PATCH-WORKERS UNITE! – Collective Patchwork
Nothing like collective patchwork to start thinking about ‘fixing and patching mother earth’!
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Thu, 10 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Eco-Hats
Create your own patch work reversible bucket hats!
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
Fri, 11 Nov
1pm - 3pm, Frankenstein Shirts & Pants!
Deconstruct old clothes to make new ones.
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
7pm - 9pm, Eco-Hats
Create your own patch work reversible bucket hats!
Sat, 12 Nov
1pm - 3pm, How to Refresh your Outfit!
Learn 2 creative ways to refresh / accessorize your outfit and give your shirt a new look with Textile Wonderland.
4pm - 6pm, Where Do Lonely Socks Go?
Get your lonely sock to join this workshop to meet other lonely socks and together, we can help them find a new life and purpose in this world. Help your sock find happiness!
6pm - 9pm, Renew Earth Craft Jam & Eco Karaoke
A night of craft jamming and song in our Craft Jam & Eco-Karaoke evening.
Sun, 13 Nov
2pm - 2.30pm, Techniques For Folding (2022)
In Techniques For Folding, Bernice Lee invites Adele Goh and Jereh Leung to turn laundry into sculpture, body into rock, and material excess into gardens. Join them in this performance meditation.
4pm - 6pm, Upcycling: A Critical Exploration
Philosophical workshop will introduce participants to the deeper theoretical and philosophical meanings of upcycling.
Exhibition Synopsis:
Renewal features new artworks by 13 artists from Singapore, Japan and The Netherlands. Created from textile waste, the artworks speak of the artists’ feelings and thoughts on a range of topics from nature to labour to art and culture. The title not only refers to the act of making something out of material waste, it also points to an updated attitude of conscious responsible living in a global community with our more-than-human kin.
Featuring: Adel Ng X Shauna Goh, Agatha Lee "Agy", Alysha Rahmat Shah, Atelier Rat Bastard,Ezzam Rahman, Harshita Agarwal, Julia Winter, Lisa Teng, Nobuyuki Sugihara x Ayaka Nakamura, Shirley Soh, and Veronyka Lau.
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Come help in the fashion waste recycling efforts! Learn and engage in recycling processes like creating fabric yarns, and salvaging reusable items and fabric from discarded clothing. We’ll also bring some love back to old clothes through hands-on repair and mending. The recycling station is run and operated by volunteers during opening hours.
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Adopt and rehome clothes that are still in great wearable conditions! Fashion Rescue is an effort to re-distribute clothes that still have a long way to go. They deserve a second chance. Fashion Rescue is also operated by volunteers during opening hours.