Instead of having a theme like its previous editions, the 7th edition of the Singapore Biennale (SB 2022) is named Natasha. June Yap, co-artistic director, explained that the team came up with the idea of Natasha to personalise the biennale.
"We are interested in the intimacy of artistic life. Art is an experience and practice by artists. Having a name helps us focus on the personal aspect of artists. However, we want to go beyond the individual aspect because that is just one category and names can be used for other things such as mountains, rivers and animals. We liked the sound of Natasha. We have friends and an artist whose name is Natasha, so it seemed like a name that can be found in many places, not just Southeast Asia," explained Yap.
