Using words as energy devoid of meaning

WORDS come into play at this exhibition, Autographic Matters, which features the collaborative and individual works of two Singapore artists and two French artists.

For two of the artists - Calvin Pang (whose artist's moniker is Pang) and Helene Le Chatelier - their collaboration started when they met each other through a group show last year. They learnt more about each other's practice and realised that their commonality is in their differing approaches to their work.

"I work in black-and-white and on memory, while Pang's works are usually white, and about impermanence," elaborates Le Chatelier. Though they may sound like polar opposites, it's not far in terms of questioning and personal interrogation, Pang explains. Le Chatelier adds: "We're essentially questionin…