A Modern Hierarchy of Needs | Exhibition Information

The shrines we worship at are not too different from those of a generation or two ago, and yet, they are not exactly the same. Technology makes us all desolate. But at the same time, we are more than our obligations to our devices. How, then, do we navigate this confluence of identity with an age that thrives on shifting the tectonics of the self into a perpetually online state? We are affected and can affect lives everywhere with a hashtag, with a tweet, with a viral video. But what of the larger ideas of living?

A Modern Hierarchy of Needs is, on the surface, a reimagining of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a theory of motivation that categorises human needs as a way of measuring our behaviour. Through 10 contemplative landscapes of text and images, A Modern Hierarchy of Needs offers a different prospect of being and becoming, laying flat the hierarchy of pre-determined needs. In doing so, it walks alongside the idea of cosmopolitanism as defined by philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah, that we have obligations to others that go beyond the idea of shared citizenship. These reflect how we engage in the practice of our lives, thinking about what lends significance to particular beliefs or philosophies.

Exhibition Details

• A Modern Hierarchy of Needs
• Date: 23 Mar - 13 Apr 2023
• Venue: Blade Runner Ballroom, Projector X: Picturehouse
• Address: 2 Handy Road, Floor 5, The Cathay, Singapore 229233

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