Touchpoints
Hans Chew and Genevieve Leong
15 January to 1 February 2026, 10am to 6pm
Journey East
#03-02
Tan Boon Liat Building
Touchpoints (2026) is a collaborative installation by Hans Chew and Genevieve Leong, loosely inspired by the bouldering wall. Constructed within a narrow plywood box that can only be viewed through its windows, a series of sculptural assemblages are peppered throughout all dimensions of the box, creating a textured and ergonomic terrain. Through a sequence of alternating decisions, the artists respond to one another’s gestures, mapping pathways of proximity, inter-dependency, and disruption. As objects pass between hands, their meanings and connotations shift: the objects by each artist are unexpectedly interrupted and used differently by the other, resulting in a series of creature-like forms suspended between resolution and estrangement. Taking inspiration from the various types of climbing holds – jugs, crimps, slopers, pinches, and pockets – the confined structure becomes an amalgamation of non-linear conversations: between the artists and their objects.
Artists' Bios
Hans Chew (b. 1997, Singapore) is a ceramic artist currently based in Singapore. He graduated with a major in ceramics from Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan. His works often deal with themes of foreignness, discord and nostalgia. As clay is a highly tactile medium, he strongly believes that the ability to think with both hands is equally as important as the ability to conceptualize and communicate oneʼs thoughts.
Website: www.hansclayground.com
IG: @hansczy
Genevieve Leong (b. 1992, Singapore) completed her BA Fine Art (Photography & Digital Imaging) at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design & Media, Singapore, in 2015, and her MA Contemporary Art Practice (Critical Practice) at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2019. She was based in Switzerland from August 2019–March 2023 and relocated back to Singapore in April 2023.
Her art practice attempts to visualise the intangible. Beginning with the immaterial, her work often combines text, image, found and made objects and the manipulation of space to create what she describes as “an almost physical image”. The installations that she creates often embody an impermanence with possibilities for change, whether it be due to audience participation or natural environmental factors. Her work seeks to shed new light onto her emotions, sensations, and realisations.
Website: www.genevieveleong.com
IG: @genleong
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Supper House, in collaboration with Journey East presented their 2025 art calendar, '开门见山' at Journey East at Tan Boon Liat Building.
The first installation started in June 2025, refreshed monthly over 8 months with the works of 10 artists all the way to January 2026.
Every month, an artist will take over the Supper House pop-up and present their ideals, values, and concepts to our visitors.
What are the perceived values in objects that we hold dear? We have been asking ourselves this all day.
What is valuable is a matter of perspectives. In this world constantly shaped by opinions and values held dear to each and every unique individual, how do we then, each of us, see the value in the common things?
How each of us consumes and takes in art is a highly debatable subject. Much like how we view different locales.
Much like a dream, a mirage, or an idea, these are but forced perspectives valued by its owner, its creator.
We look forward to welcoming each and every one of you in the months ahead.
Featuring:
Hans Chew
Akai Chew
Theophilus Kwek
Sam Lay
Genevieve Leong
Joanne Lim
Ong Si Hui
Fiona Seow
Berny Tan
Jayden Tan
Owen Tee Hao Wei
Alexander Teoh