Objectifs is bringing the awe-inspiring works of upcoming Asian photographers, who are also recipients of the third Objectifs Documentary Award, to the foreground. Starting with Alaga by local artist Sarah Isabelle Tan, the exhibitions accentuate works that feature elements of collaboration between the artists and the individuals with whom they share intimate, long-term domestic relationships.
From March 18 to April 25, local artist Sarah Isabelle Tan showcases her almost 30-year-long relationship with her Filipino domestic worker through visual storytelling that includes personal histories, family archives, and a series of images and texts created by both of them.
Then from June 10 to July 19, check out the collaborative effort Noise and Cloud and Us by Shwe Wutt Hmon from Myanmar. With her sister Kyi Kyi Thar, the artist presents a photography and mixed media work that explores trauma, empathy and kinship, as well as her personal experience of caring for her sibling who struggles with mental illness.
Both exhibitions are also supplemented by video content, online artist-mentor/artist-curator dialogues, and interviews with the recipients.