Date: 16 January – 31 May 2026
Venue: Singapore Art Museum at Tanjong Pagar Distripark — Level 3, Gallery 3 (Accessible via Lobby B), 39 Keppel Road, Singapore 089065
Admission: General admission applies (Free for Singapore Citizens and PRs)
Singapore Art Museum (SAM) proudly presents Nafasan Bumi ~ An Endless Harvest, the third edition of SAM’s Material Intelligence project, a platform spotlighting artists from Southeast Asia who push the boundaries of material practice in art. Marking their first showing at SAM, Indonesian artists Elia Nurvista and Bagus Pandega, both gaining prominence on the international stage, present new commissions that speak to urgent global conversations in contemporary art.
In a play of contrasts: Nafasan Bumi (breath of the Earth), evokes vitality, cycles, and planetary respiration, while An Endless Harvest alludes to the relentless drive of extraction and the resulting excesses. Together, these seemingly contrasting phrases represent a stark causality in which the Earth’s respiration today is driven by an insatiable, unending appetite for extraction.
Step into an immersive environment where kinetic, multimedia, and sculptural installations illuminate the impact of extractive economies across regional and global networks. From Pandega’s mechanical systems powered by biofeedback from live plants to Nurvista’s exploration into batik and palm oil sculptures of plantation labourers, the exhibition reveals how material flows are often obscured, their origins and environmental impacts hidden from view, binding both human and non-human life to cycles of endless productivity.
While rooted in contexts specific to the artists, the exhibition addresses a universal question: what is the environmental cost of economic growth? This timely presentation probes the infrastructures of extraction, colonial legacies, and the climate crisis, imagining how the materials of today might shape tomorrow’s stories.
The Insightful Media 
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