Hot House
(Wood, PVC strips, heater, humidifier, 2m x 3m x 3m, 2020)
Where, when and at which point does thought cease amidst the fermenting of heat and humidity? A series of questions that lends itself invariably to an ever longer line of questions on history, climate, culture and epistemologies. Situated within the Jan van Eyck Academie (JVE), Hot House is a project initiated by Kent Chan that played host to a series of exhibitions and events that seek to think through art in a hot and humid environment.  Bringing together artworks and audiences alike in a paradigm centred upon the abundance of heat and humidity - not as constrictions to, but as companions in thoughts. Within the Hot House will be the storytelling performance/video, Fives Stories On Heat


Fives Stories On Heat
Performance / two-channel video installation, 32 minutes, 2020)
Five Stories On Heat is a storytelling performance by Kent Chan that ruminates upon art's shared histories and futures with heat. Traversing the storied narratives of artmaking during the Vietnam War, Malayan and Hopi myths, potential film plotlines and the first exhibition of Singaporean art in Europe. The performance spans different geographies, terrains and eras - historical, prior and the yet-to-be.