At OH! Open House’s FTHATH 2023 curated by Adele Tan, Singaporean trans artist Marla Bendini (b.1986) delivers a deeply personal and provocative presentation. As a cross-disciplinary artist and trans woman working across painting, sound, text, and performance, Bendini explores the erasure, fragmentation, and reassertion of trans visibility and desire.
Her figures in her durational wall “mural” unfold to embody trauma, anxiety, and hope, questing for the remembrance of a history and community that are tied up with Orchard Road.
Stealth / Where Do Wounded Soldiers Go? Oil on linen, 122 x 122 cm, Where Do Prayers Go? / This Is Not The End, Where Do Desires Go When They Are Forgotten?, Oil on linen, 122 x 91 cm, Image courtsey of Benjamin Tan and OH! Open House
Where Do Thoughts Go When They Are Forgotten?, Pastel, Photographs From Artist’s Archive on All Mural, Dimensions Variable, Image courtsey of Benjamin Tan and OH! Open House
Bendini's presentation also included a live performance activation titled Stop Looking Back / You're Not Going That Way / Trust Where Life Is Taking You, performed against the backdrop of her durational mural, it underscored the work’s emotional intensity.
Marla-Bendini, Stop Looking Back / You're Not Going That Way / Trust Where Life Is Taking You , 2023, Image courtsey of Benjamin Tan and OH! Open House
Bendini continues her long-standing commitment to telling trans stories through deeply embodied practices.
2023年1月5日
