Installation view of Mona Hatoum. Plotting Table. 1998. Mixed media with wood, MDF, UV and florescent lights. Barjeel Art Foundation Collection. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum.
Curator: Mandy Merzaban
Dates: 28 June - 28 September 2013
Location: Singapore Art Museum
Publication: Boon Hui Tan, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Mandy Merzaban, Savita Apte, Isabellah Ellaheh Hughes, Raafat Ishak, Sarah Rogers
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A phrase affiliated with the legal terrain of permissions, contracts and the identities we subscribe to in our increasingly virtual living, Terms and Conditions explores the ubiquitous and elusive territory of networks of control and domination. Often suddenly and forcefully summoning our cursory attention, the phrase echoes our desensitization to the manner in which our encounters and interactions are monitored and moderated.
The exhibition brings together a range of contemporary artists whose specific projects offer insights into seismic processes of information dissemination that affect our worldview. From the disappearance of historical record and dissonant voices, to the use of propaganda tools and the generational loss of minority languages, the works offer multiple vantage points from which to observe and question how collective understandings are developed and resistance, quelled.
Artists: Adel Abdessemed, Adel Abidin, Hassan Sharif, Huda Lutfi, Jananne Al-Ani, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Kader Attia, Moataz Nasr, Mona Hatoum, Raafat Ishak, Sharif Waked, Zineb Sedira.
Installation view of Adel Abdessemed Fatalite, 2011. Hand-blown Murano glass microphones variable dimesions. Peggy Scott & David Teplitzky Collection. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum. 
Installation view of Jananne Al-Ani Shadow Sites II, 2011. Abraaj Group Prize Collection. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum.
Installation view of Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige’s Lebanese Rocket Society - A Carpet, 2012. Handmade rug and documents. Barjeel Art Foundation Collection. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum.
Installation view of Sharif Waked Chic Point, 2003. Single channel video 5:27 min. Jean Marc Decrop Collection. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum.
Zineb Sedira Mother Tongue, 2002. Video installation 27 min. Musee national de l’histoire et des cultures de l’immigration, CNHI Paris. Photo courtesy of Singapore Art Museum.• • •
Related material:
_ Book: Terms & Conditons, 2013
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_Review: Chia, Adeline. Shows that matter: Arab art springs at Terms and Conditions. Blouin Artinfo, 2013_ Review: Jones, Kevin. Overcoming Geographies. Harpers Bazaar ART, 2013 _ Review: El-Wakil, Mai. Questioning Representation. Canvas, 2013_ Review: Seaman, Anna. On the Global Powers that Be and Are Not to Be. The National, 2013