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Showing at Shop–House by DECK on 19 June 2026
AiR Artist Talk - 2
Shop—House by DECK
25 July (Sat), 2.30PM-3.45PM
What's On
Everything happening now and upcoming with DECK
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Plan Your Visit2025-11-07 – 2028-07-01
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Open CallOpen Call: 10th Singapore Young Photographer Award
2026-01-01 – 2026-12-31
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Exhibition2026-04-23 – 2026-08-30
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Exhibition2026-06-01 – 2027-02-01
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Subtropical Signals: Contemporary Image-Making from Taiwan
2026-06-19 – 2026-07-26
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ActivitiesFinding Paradise, Finding Home: In Conversation with Dorothy and Benjamin
2026-07-25 – 2026-07-25
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Exhibition2026-08-22 – 2026-08-22
Explore
At DECK, we offer unique perspectives, interviews, and stories in the world of photography.
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FestivalSingapore International Photography Festival (SIPF)
In each biennial edition, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) hosts some of the biggest names in photography, uncovers new talents, and promotes understanding of the world and society through creative photographic expressions.
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Research & CuratorialThe DECK Associate Creative Programme offers creative thinkers from around the world an opportunity to create and disseminate new knowledge pertaining to the photographic medium, its associated practices, and its transformations. The programme seeks to connect voices in the global exchange of visual culture through the development of new research and programming.
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Research & CuratorialThe DECK Associate Creative Programme offers creative thinkers from around the world an opportunity to create and disseminate new knowledge pertaining to the photographic medium, its associated practices, and its transformations. The programme seeks to connect voices in the global exchange of visual culture through the development of new research and programming.
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Artist SpotlightThe DECK Associate Creative Programme offers creative thinkers from around the world an opportunity to create and disseminate new knowledge pertaining to the photographic medium, its associated practices, and its transformations. The programme seeks to connect voices in the global exchange of visual culture through the development of new research and programming.
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ResidencyA year-round programme at DECK that aims to nurture new and experimental photographic endeavours in Singapore and Asia.
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Festival
Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF)
In each biennial edition, the Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF) hosts some of the biggest names in photography, uncovers new talents, and promotes understanding of the world and society through creative photographic expressions.
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EducationDECK Student Education Programme was launched in 2012 with the primary goal of elevating the levels of visual literacy amongst our primary, secondary and tertiary level students. We firmly believe that Photography is a powerful means of personal expression and an intuitive way to communicate how we see our world. By developing our student’s photographic line of inquiry, our courses are designed in mind to not only to equip our young people with the essential technical skills, but to also enable them with the visual vocabulary to express creative ideas through Photography.
We are grateful to have Joanna Fu (@joannafu) as a 2025/2026 Associate of DECK`s Associate Creative Programme.
A researcher, writer, and curator based between Taipei and Shanghai, Joanna brings a deeply considered and cross-disciplinary lens to her practice. Her work moves fluidly between critical writing, curatorial thinking, and cultural inquiry, tracing the connections between image, memory, and place.
As part of her Associate Creative Programme, Joanna curated 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴: 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦-𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘢𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘯, an exhibition presented at Shop-House by DECK. Bringing together 21 artists working across photography, video, archives, and AI-generated imagery, the exhibition offered a rich and layered portrait of Taiwan`s contemporary visual landscape and the many ways image-making shapes how we understand identity, history, and the world around us.
We are grateful for the care, curiosity, and generosity of vision that Joanna has brought to this collaboration. If you haven`t yet had the chance to experience Subtropical Signals, we warmly invite you to visit Shop-House by DECK before the exhibition closes this week on the 26 July. Open Thursday to Sunday, 1–7pm, with free admission. See you soon!
Say hello to Jay Lim! The second artist in our weekly series for Undescribed #11 👋
𝘢𝘩𝘲𝘶𝘢 uses analogue photography to document the lives of Singaporeans living outside the `Singaporean Dream`. In this week`s video, he describes his work in three words, shares how he hopes you`ll feel when you see it, and weighs in on the emerging local art scene.
And yes, the quick fire round is back. 👀
New artist. Every week.
In our second video feature, DECK’s Associate Curator Joanna Fu (@joannafu) invites us into the heart of Subtropical Signals through the photobooks that anchor the exhibition. 📖
Each book carries its own world. Hsu Che-Jui’s (@5219rayhsu) “CHAOS BODY SHOP” weaves together 456 AI-generated ID photos, photographic collages, and a hand-copied Diamond Sutra reordered by Bopomofo phonetics. Wu MeiChi’s (@wu_meichi) “Home, Melted Home, Love, Double Love” offers something more tender: a quiet reckoning with memory and belonging. Together with Chia-Shin Yang (@_yang_foto) “The Borderwalker: A Planting Initiative” and Hi-Quality (@high.quality.gotohell) handcrafted “Monstrous Spirits Handmade Book”, these works trace the threads running through the exhibition as a whole: identity, mythology, belief, technology, and the ever-shifting nature of the image.
𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 brings together twenty-one artists from Taiwan, exploring how history and the present moment continue to shape one another. The exhibition is open for visitors at Shop–House by DECK until 26 July.
Opening Hours: Monday to Thursday
Time: 1 to 7pm
Admission is free.
Meet Cavin Lim, the first artist in our weekly series for Undescribed #11 ✨
In this week`s video, Cavin, whose work 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘧 𝘔𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥 traces fleeting moments and the way memories resurface in fragments, answers a series of quick-fire questions. From describing his work in three words to sharing how he hopes audiences connect with it, he also reflects on the evolving local art scene and the changes he`d like to see.
Oh, and does he like pineapples on pizza? Watch to find out 🍕
Stay tuned. A new artist drops every week.
“Will that place be a paradise? Singapore!” was the theme song of a TV advert Singapore Airlines launched in Hong Kong in the year Dorothy was born. Seemingly a tourism promotion, the spot could also be read as an immigration advertisement. For the past one or two centuries, Singapore and Hong Kong have shared similar yet distinct histories. The instabilities brought about by war, the economy and geopolitics have found their way into our lives: In our shared experiences and in each of our family histories, there are always memories of migration or of homes that are now far away.
Join Dorothy and Benjamin as they share their past community-based creative projects and reflect on the migration stories gathered from Geylang residents, exploring what it means to find home and belonging.
‼️For the best experience, participants are required to bring headphones or earphones that can connect to your mobile‼️
📅 25 July 2026 (Saturday)
🕓2.30PM-3.45PM
📍Shop—House by DECK
Don’t miss this! Register now via our linktree in our bio 💨💨
Let’s welcome our new Artists-in-Residence #1, Dorothy Wong Ka Chung (@dorothywong2) and Benjamin Ryser (@benjaminryser), a Hong Kong-Swiss media and sound art duo who use images, videos, and sound to engage with local communities.
Their practice explores dispersed communities, belonging, identity and imagined homelands, gathering stories and exploring the possibility of collaboration between artists and local communities. From works shown in playgrounds in Hong Kong and Berlin, to supermarkets in Kowloon City, to a boat in the Venice lagoon at sunset, and even in the mountains of Taiwan’s Truku tribe, their site-specific works travel far and wide, serving as a means of accumulating collective urban memories and fostering cross-regional community imagination.
During their residency at Shop-House by DECK, Dorothy and Benjamin are tracing stories of migration and looking for the way home among Geylang residents. We are excited to see how their research, conversations, and encounters shape their journey ahead! 🌷☀️
Images courtesy of Dorothy Wong Ka Chung and Benjamin Ryser.
Five artists. Countless first impressions.
We sat down with the artists of Undescribed #11, Cavin Lim (@cavibo_), Jay Lim (@jayyshoots), Lydia Koh (@laydio.art), Syed Abdullah (@syedabdullahalbar) and Zhixin Sheng (@zhixin_nn) for a quick-fire chat before (or maybe after) all the serious art talk.
From thoughtful introductions to unexpected answers (and a few laughs), get to know the people behind the works a little better.
Last Thursday, we welcomed friends, artists, and the wider community to celebrate the opening of Subtropical Signals. Thank you to everyone who joined us for an evening of conversations and connections. ✨✨
Subtropical Signals, curated by DECK Creative Associate Joanna Fu, brings together 21 artists from Taiwan whose works explore history, memory, migration, technology, and everyday life through photography, video, artist books, archives, installation, and AI-generated imagery.
Presented in Singapore, the exhibition traces resonances between Taiwan and Singapore, offering diverse perspectives that reveal the personal and collective stories shaping contemporary image-making.
📍 Shop–House by DECK
🗓️ 19 June – 26 July 2026
🎟️ Free admission
Meet Joanna Fu, curator of 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴. Discover how Taiwan`s cutting-edge semiconductor industry gracefully coexists with centuries-old religious traditions in her visionary exhibition.
As DECK’s Associate Creative, Joanna brings together 21 artists whose works explore shared histories of migration and colonialism. Through 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, she opens up a compelling dialogue between Taiwan and Singapore, revealing unexpected connections that transcends borders and generations.
𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 opens this Friday, 19 June, and runs until 26 July at Shop–House by DECK.
Between myth and history lies the act of storytelling.
For artist Chen Chuanduan (@chenchuanduan), photography becomes a way of navigating both imagined worlds and inherited pasts. In conversation with Dr Wang Ruobing, he reflects on Belly of The Giant Serpent: Prophecy, a photobook that draws on fiction, folklore, and speculative narratives. Alongside this, he will also share insights into a new body of research emerging from his residency at Shop—House by DECK.
Spanning personal memory, collective histories, and spaces where fact and fiction begin to blur, the conversation offers an insight into a practice shaped by curiosity, research, and the desire to make sense of what remains unseen.
The session will conclude with a book-signing opportunity.
Date: 21 June 2026 (Sunday)
Time: 2PM–3PM
Venue: Shop—House by DECK
4 Lor 24 Geylang
Singapore 398616
Register via our linktree in our bio.
Chen Chuanduan (b. 1994) employs imagery and text as his mediums, beginning from the documentation of personal emotions and lived experience. His practice considers the relationship between humanity and nature, as well as the quieter, often unspoken tensions of modern life. Drawing on natural science and mysticism, he is interested in conveying the ineffable through fiction.
