Sub+ Conversations: Artist Talk by Grace Kalaiselvi (SG) & Yadanar Win (MM)

Sub+ Conversations is The Substation's newest series of discussions, presentations, and talks by arts practitioners, to share their experiences and insights into the creative process and today's independent arts landscape.

The first in the series is an Artist Talk by our 2025 residents, theatre artist Grace Kalaiselvi, and multidisciplinary artist, Yadanar Win; three months after completing their Sub+ Residencies programme with The Substation and our partners, Purple Tree Co in Bangkok for Grace, and Fondation la Roche Jacquelin in France for Yadanar.

The session will be moderated by artist-curator, Dr Adrian Tan.

About the Artists

Grace Kalaiselvi is an independent theatre actor, director, educator and writer. An alumna of the Intercultural Theatre Institute, she works in both English and Tamil. Some of her works include "Paper Paravai" & “Amma's Sarees” for The Esplanade; Rasanai, 3FVU for T:>works for N.O.W Festival and “Angry Indian Woman - The Trial” for Singapore Writer's Festival. Her independent creations include the “Mother I” series and “Goddesses of Words” series. She has also acted in “The Silence of a Falling Tree” & “0600” for Singapore International Festival of Arts and a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be & Precise Purpose of Being Broken for M1 Singapore Fringe Festival. She also presented “Declutter Me!” as part of The Substation's SeptFest 2022: uproot | rootless.

Yadanar Win is a multidisciplinary artist, born in 1987 in Yangon, Myanmar≥ Interested in international exchanges from an early age, she earned her bachelor’s degree in English, later joining Aye Ko’s New Zero artistic space, Yangon, in 2009. She is part of the cultural scene as an artist, but also as a cultural project coordinator. Detaching herself from traditional practices, she uses her body as a means of experimentation. Her performances promote peace, and interrogate politics and the condition of women in Myanmar. She has taken part in exhibitions (The Substation, Stealing Public Space, 2020) and performance festivals and events in Myanmar, South Korea, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, the UK, and France. She is a member of l’Atelier des artistes en exil and lives in Marseille.

Dr. Adrian Tan is an artist-curator whose research focuses on art in public spaces, performance art, and contemporary art archives in Southeast Asia. He is currently working on a range of projects that explore these themes through both scholarly inquiry and artistic practice.

About the Organiser

The Substation nurtures independent creative practitioners in collaborative community through the multi-disciplinary curation of contemporary arts practices from theatre and dance to film, music, literary arts, performance art, visual arts, and related fields. As one of Singapore's first independent, non-profit arts development platforms since 1990, The Substation today continues its commitment to the discovery of new talent, the value of diversity, and the development of creative practices with a vision to build a regional community through art-making and dialogue. Learn how to support us > HERE.