[Workshop] Peforming Objects: Pulses from Everyday Life

Sun, 22 Nov 2026 | 10am–1pm

Sun, 29 Nov 2026 | 2pm–5pm

SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Level 3, #03-07, The Main Deck

$20 per pax | Recommended for ages 13 and above

$10 Concession Rate for Students and Seniors - Please apply discount code "CONCESSION" upon checkout. Concession ticket holders must present a valid identification. SAM reserves the right to refuse entry to individuals unable to provide satisfactory proof of identity.

Note: Each participant is required to bring a found, preloved or personally meaninful object, to be transformed into a performative timepiece. The artist will provide all other materials, including a pre-assembled timing circuit and batteries that can be taken home.

Performing Objects: Pulses from Everyday Life is a kinetic assemblage workshop that explores how everyday gestures can become small performances of time.
In this workshop, participants will bring a found, preloved or personally meaningful object and transform it into a performative timepiece—an object that marks time through its own peculiar movements, responding to the light it receives. Working with simple motors, timing circuits, cameras, mechanical linkages and light-sensitive components, participants will explore how an ordinary object might be set in motion, developing gestures that give it a rhythm or performance of its own.

The workshop builds on Yang Jie’s wider practice of animating everyday objects through kinetic systems, while extending this enquiry toward gesture, repetition and lived experiences of time. Yang Jie is the artist of , a public artwork commissioned by The Everyday Musuem for.
Note: The workshop will involve simple soldering, where participants assemble their own light sensor and battery clip from the materials provided. The artist will provide a pre-assembled timing circuit and the batteries for participants to work with.

Arrival and Registration:

Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the start of the programme for registration.

Accessibility:

If you require assistance, have mobility conditions or related needs, please let us know prior to registration through Eventbrite Messenger or The Everday Museum's Instagram page.

Photography, audio and video recording:

Please note that there will be photography and/or recording (audio and/or video) at the event. By attending, you consent to your photograph and/or recording (video/audio) being used for future communications both online and offline by SAM for archival, museum-related publicity and publications only.

Cancellation Policy:

All tickets purchased are non-refundable and non-exchangeable. Kindly note that no refund or exchange of tickets is allowed under any circumstances except for programme cancellation. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information on this programme. However, changes are sometimes unavoidable, and SAM reserves the right to make modifications to programmes without prior notice. Please visit The Everyday Museum's Instagram page for the most updated information.

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