This community art project aims to bring to light invisible battles fought, celebrate those of us who have emerged from life changing experiences and to foster dialogue on Mental Health. Digital Technologies and Fashion Co-Designing are explored as experimental Art Therapy tools to harness the power of Enclothed Cognition, and for mediation, introspection, and reinvention in Virtual Reality. Custom hyperrealistic digital avatars are constructed with the help of 3D scanning technologies and generative systems. The artist (Jamela Law, she/they) aims to create warm-hearted, celebratory and inclusive networks that promote healing and bridge interpersonal distances, one metamorphosis at a time.

Location: *SCAPE #02-07/08
Dates: 12 January to 28 January 2024
Admission Type: Registration through Eventbrite for talk, tours and panel, exhibition is free
Rating: Advisory 16 (Some Mature Content and Coarse Language)

Artist Talk

Jamela Law will share her evolving journey as an artist via her works that span across fashion, visual arts and art therapy, and her challenges faced.

• 20 Jan: 4pm – 5pm Tickets

Artist-Led Tours

The 30-45 minutes tours aim to offer visitors a thoughtfully guided perspective on the artist’s creative process, techniques, aspirations and challenges faced. Each session will be specially curated by the artist, allowing visitors to explore fashion, society and culture through various viewpoints.

• 21 Jan: 4pm – 4:45 pm and 6pm – 6:45pm Tickets

Panel Talk on Arts & Mental Health

This panel discussion will feature a gathering of artists working in the space of arts & mental health such as Jamela Law, Yoko Choi, Quinn Lum and will be facilitated by Alecia Neo. They will discuss the different approaches they employ in their various mediums, share case studies and discuss the future of arts & mental health.

Panelists: Jamela Law, Quinn Lam and Yoko Choi
Moderator: Alecia Neo

• 28 Jan: 4pm – 5:30pm Tickets

Jamela Law

My transdisciplinary practice often revolves around themes of culture, social justice, and the environment. I believe it is important for artists to hold multiple identities, from being a toolmaker, good listener, educator, activist and many more.

Ever curious and experimental, I am intrigued by different ways of interpreting, making and preserving. I thrive on setting precedents in the Fashion Tech and Art Therapy domain by adapting previously unseen practices.

As an outsider in many ways, I hope to redefine social constructs through creative artistic outputs, by cultivating empathy in my adopted communities. I look forward to sharing empowering narratives from our youth community, creating innovative visions and new aesthetics while pushing technological boundaries together.

Panel Speakers

Alecia Neo

Alecia Neo (b. 1986, Singapore) develops long-term projects that involve collaborations with individuals, communities and networks. Her socially engaged practice unfolds primarily through photography, video, and participatory artworks that address modes of radical hospitality and care labour.She is the co-founder of Brack, an art collective and platform for socially engaged art, and Ubah Rumah Residency in Bintan. She also runs Unseen Art Initiatives, a Singapore-based art platform for professional and emerging disabled artists. Alecia was the recipient of the Young Artist Award in 2016.

Quinn Lum

Quinn Lum graduated from the School of Art, Design and Media in 2018 with a BFA (Hons) in Photography and Digital imaging. His multi-disciplinary works explore personal identity and the social environment through the use of auto ethnography. Quinn’s works have been awarded the Dominie Book Prize for SIPF Photobook Open Call 2018, Student Single – Second Prize in the NTU International Photography Awards 2017, the Gold with Honours in the Singapore Youth Festival, Arts and Crafts Exhibition 2012 and the Most Promising Young Artist Award in the UOB Painting of the Year 2010.

Yoko Choi

Yoko Choi is an artist and art therapist based in Singapore. Formerly an architect, she relocated to Singapore in 2013 and pursued a Fine Art diploma in NAFA and graduated in 2016 with a Best Graduate Award. She was also winner of the 2016 UOB Painting of the Year, Most Promising Artist (Singapore) award. She has an MA in Art Therapy from LASALLE College of the Arts. Yoko specializes in mark making and western painting, but is also a multi-disciplinary artist who tries to explore different methods and medium. She focuses her work on societal and humanity issues. Her vision for art is to heal people in need through enjoyment and reflections in the art making process and exploration.

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