ATAMATAM 目目
What do you see?
How do you see?
What is being watched?
What reality are we in?
ATAMATAM 目目 is an ongoing exploration of space, surveillance, intimacy, and gaze. This evolving work harnesses the power of movement and technology, to investigate the ways digital media has shaped how we experience the physical world.
Merissa Tang
MERISSA TANG (B.1996, SINGAPORE) is a technical theater practitioner from Singapore, with a myriad of skills ranging in Stage/ Production Management to Lighting/Projection systems and design. Recipient of the National Arts Council (NAC) Scholarship (Singapore) in 2018, Merissa graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production) at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Her recent works include: 'En Route' (Singapore) by One Step at A Time Like This (Melbourne) x Singapore International Festival of Arts (2021); '#THEATRE' (Singapore) by IN:DEX (2021); 'SURGE' (Melbourne) by Anouk Van Dijk (2020) and 'Shared Fictions' (Melbourne) by Jo Lloyd (2019).
Syimah Sabtu
SYIMAH SABTU (B.1993, SINGAPORE) is a Dance Artist from Singapore. She graduated from Republic Polytechnic (Theatre and Arts Management) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Dance). Syimah's movements are rooted in Malay traditional dance and contemporary dance. Her artistic practice examines the kinesics state of the dancer's body through exploring layered connections between personal histories, narratives, and beliefs nestled within. She is currently investigating the dualities of being, to talk about bodies and space that we occupy.