# Event Details - **Event Name**: Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 06:15 pm - **Event Description**: ???????? ?????????: ????? ??? ????? ??????? ????????? ?? ??? ???? (???), ??? – ?.???? ?????????? ??????, ????? ? ???????? ?????????: $?? What does anatomy help us understand about the human body, and what might it leave unseen? Organised as the opening symposium for Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy, Expanded Anatomies takes the exhibition as a point of departure to explore how knowledge of the body has been formed, taught and experienced in Singapore and the wider Southeast Asian region. While Western anatomical traditions have strongly influenced how bodies are studied today, the symposium examines how these ideas are passed on and reworked through local pedagogies, ethical frameworks and visual practices. Across a keynote lecture and two in-depth sessions, the programme moves from the institutional conditions through which anatomy is taught and authorised, to artistic reflections on memory, vulnerability, care and lived experience — dimensions of the body that resist being fully measured or mapped. Expanded Anatomies invites audiences to see anatomy as a human practice shaped by historical circumstances, cultural contexts and ways of seeing, alongside its scientific foundations. Bringing together medical educators, practitioners, artists and curators, the symposium considers how bodies continue to hold meaning beyond diagrams and classifications, and the systems of knowledge they support. Speakers include ??. ??????? ??????? (Visiting Associate Professor, Programme in the History of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, L.A.), ????????? ???? ???? ??? (Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University), ??????? ???? ???? ??? (Head, Centre of Continuing Education, Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine), ???? ??????? (Digital Education Technologist, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University), as well as artists ????? ???, ??????? ??????, ??. ?????? ???? and ????? ???? ????. ????????? ???????? 2.00pm – 2.05pm ??????? ??? ???????????? Host: ????? ?????? (Senior Curator, Public Programmes, ArtScience Museum) 2.05pm – 2.10pm ??????? ??????? Speaker: ????? ?????? (Vice President, ArtScience Museum and Attractions, Marina Bay Sands) 2.10pm – 2.35pm ???????: ???????? ????? ??? ????? Speaker: ??. ??????? ??????? (Visiting Associate Professor, Programme in the History of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, L.A.) In this opening keynote, Dr. Monique Kornell introduces the curatorial foundations of Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy. Drawing on her work at the Getty Research Institute, she traces how anatomy has been studied and represented over time, at the intersections of art, science and education. Rather than presenting anatomy as a settled body of knowledge, the lecture reveals how it has developed through specific institutions, visual traditions and ways of looking at the body. The keynote sets the conceptual ground for the symposium, opening up anatomy as a field that can be rethought and expanded across different cultural and institutional contexts. 2.35pm – 3.35pm ??????? ?: ????????? ?????? Speakers: ????????? ???? ???? ??? (Clinical Teacher, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University), ??????? ???? ???? ??? (Head, Centre of Continuing Education, Singapore College of Traditional Chinese Medicine) and ???? ??????? (Digital Education Technologist, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University) This session examines how anatomical knowledge is inherited, authorised and shaped within medical and cultural contexts in Singapore. Moving beyond anatomy as a neutral scientific discipline, it considers how bodies come to be known through histories of medical education and visual representation. Bringing together perspectives from biomedical ethics, medical illustration and Traditional Chinese Medicine, speakers reflect on how Western anatomical frameworks have been institutionalised while remaining entangled with other ways of apprehending the body through embodied practice and relational diagnosis. Their contributions invite reflection on anatomy as a human and ethical encounter, shaped by assumptions about learning and responsibility that continue to influence how bodies are taught, seen and valued. 3.35pm – 4pm ????????? ?? ???????????? Q&A with Dr. Monique Kornell, Professor Pang Weng Sun, Eleanor Chua Chih Yin and Chen Mingyue, moderated by Zhang Baoxin 4pm – 4.15pm ????? 4.15pm – 5.45pm ??????? ?: ????? ??????? Speakers: ????? ??? (artist), ??????? ?????? (artist), ??. ?????? ???? (artist) and ????? ???? ???? (artist) This session brings together contemporary artistic practices that reflect on the body beyond systems of classification. It opens with a speculative reflection on how scientific knowledge has been shaped by Enlightenment frameworks, inviting audiences to consider alternative ways of imagining the body and other possible scientific modernities. The session then turns to works that approach the body as lived and felt. Across photography, installation and material-based practices, the body emerges as an archive of experience, holding traces and absences that cannot always be explained through anatomy alone. As the closing conversation of the symposium, it reflects on the limits of anatomical knowledge, and how bodies continue to generate meaning beyond the structures used to define them. 5.45pm – 6.15pm ??????? ??????????? Q&A with Wendi Yan, Chiharu Shiota, Dr. Yanyun Chen and Woong Soak Teng, moderated by Zhang Baoxin *Japanese–English interpretation for Chiharu Shiota provided by Mamiko Okada ????? ????? ??? ?????: ??? ??? ?? ??????? (?? ??? - ?? ??? ????) Flesh and Bones traces anatomy as a shared language of art and science, where the body becomes medicine, cosmos, and a vessel for contemplating life, transformation, and afterlife. Expanding beyond Western traditions of anatomical study, the exhibition brings into dialogue diverse cultural practices that have long shaped how bodies are cared for, depicted, and understood. For centuries, the human body has been examined through medicine, art, and scientific investigation. In Renaissance Europe, printed anatomical atlases transformed emerging medical knowledge into images that reshaped how the body was studied and imagined through collaboration among anatomists, artists, and printmakers. Yet across the world, other systems—ranging from holistic healing to ritual, cosmology, and indigenous medical lineages—developed parallel ways of mapping the body, each grounded in its own philosophies of health, spirit, and interconnectedness. Anatomy was central to artistic training in Europe, and artists played a pivotal role in circulating anatomical knowledge. But anatomical representation has never been the product of observation alone. At the intersection of art, science, and culture, visual languages of the body evolved to balance precision with interpretation, whether articulated through printed atlases, sculptural models, or culturally specific practices that understood the body not only as structure, but as energy, lineage, and living memory. Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy situates these histories within a broader global framework, examining anatomy as both scientific method and cultural construct—a space where knowledge, belief, and imagination converge, diverge, and co‑inform one another. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/singapore/expanded-anatomies-flesh-and-bones-opening-symposium/200029795922109 - **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, nonprofit, workshops, health-wellness, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Singapore - **state**: SG - **country**: Singapore - **location**: ArtScience Museum - **lat**: 1.2863220809036 - **long**: 103.85915350216 - **full address**: ArtScience Museum, Art Science Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974, Singapore ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/fc2c90e32f5f142694f67696896b705d4be8134a2c1066b9fdc61ea5efdcb37a-rimg-w1200-h673-dc1e170e-gmir?v=1773786805 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium being held? - **A:** Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium takes place on Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 21 Mar, 2026 at 06:15 pm at ArtScience Museum, Art Science Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974, Singapore. - **Q**: Who is organizing Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium? - **A:** Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium is organized by ArtScience Museum. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at ArtScience Museum's events? - **A:** ArtScience Museum has 295+ followers on AllEvents, reflecting a trusted and active community of event-goers who follow their events. ArtScience Museum has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Expanded Anatomies: Flesh and Bones Opening Symposium is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Singapore, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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