[𝗦𝗕𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸] 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙍𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 ‘𝙃𝙤𝙩’ 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗔𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝗻_

Описание: In this artist talk, Fiona Amundsen provided a deep dive into her photographic series, 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥 (2022–2025), which investigated the complex intersections of nuclear history, militarization, and consciousness.

The talk explored how the series addressed the "latency" of various phenomena—from images and radiation to voices and future warfare—by considering the roles of both human and nonhuman entities. Amundsen focused on the series' exploration of Guåhan (Guam) and its ongoing struggle for compensation for exposure to downwind radiation from U.S. nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands.

Through this case study, the talk invited audiences to reflect on the lasting and often invisible effects of colonial and military actions on people and the environment.

This programme was held in conjunction with 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 on 1 November 2025 at Singapore Art Museum.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁
Fiona Amundsen is an Aotearoa/New Zealand artist and writer whose photography and film works explore the legacies of military and nuclear histories across Asia and the Pacific. She edits declassified military archives, incorporating her own images, to create forms of visual listening and documentary witnessing of colonial violence. An aikidō second-degree blackbelt, she draws on its principles of harmonising conflict in her camera practice. Recent projects include 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 (2025–𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵), 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥(2023–2024) and 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘧-𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 (2021). Her work has been shown internationally, including at the Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art.

See Fiona Amundsen's artwork, 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥 series, at the Singapore Biennale 2025 venue at SAM Gallery 1.

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿
Hsu Fang-Tze is a Curator at SAM. Hsu has previous experience as a lecturer in the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore (NUS). In the past decade, she has broadened her expertise by actively participating in various artistic endeavours as a curator, film programmer, and archivist. For the Biennale, she is interested in investigating the historical context surrounding art in public spaces by examining the interplay between urban development experiences, community aspirations, and both official and non-official placemaking initiatives.