Let’s Chat Further and Retired Singirl , digital art commissions,
Project National Gallery Singapore, Singapore

Artists: Amanda HENG Liang Ngim 王良吟 | 

At the centre of City Hall Wing, Level 2 is a space featuring newly commissioned artworks by award-winning Singaporean artist Amanda Heng. Let’s Chat Further (2025) sees Heng engage with visitors in conversations about “What is Contemporary Art in Singapore?” Less about defining art through an academic lens, these conversations are about holding an everyday space for people to come together and connect with others who are curious about art. The conversations are recorded and contribute to a dataset that trains a digital avatar, Retired Singirl (2025–) that Heng is collaboratively making with technologists, designers and the public.

The commissions expand on Heng’s canonical durational performance and participatory artwork, Let’s Chat (1996), now part of Singapore’s National Collection. Working with Artificial Intelligence technologists and designers, the artist continues her career-long interrogation of media and technology’s influence on our identities—how we represent ourselves and relate to one another. Designed reflexively, visitors to Singapore Stories can use this space for rest and conversation as well as critical reflection.

---

Links:

---