Art Outreach Singapore presents Field Test, a project by Singaporean urban artist ANTZ during Singapore Art Week 2026. Spanning rooftops, ledges and public spaces across Gillman Barracks, the project features The Last Tree Was a Building — four monumental inflatable monkey sculptures from ANTZ's long-running Urban Monkeys series placed on elevated sites across the precinct. Playful yet watchful, these figures invite visitors to look up and reconsider how nature, memory and the built environment coexist.

A co-founder of the RSCLS collective and a key figure in the regional urban art scene for over a decade, ANTZ develops a practice that bridges graffiti, illustration and visual storytelling, drawing on street culture, Chinese mythology and contemporary design. His Urban Monkeys series — featuring expressive simians navigating modern life — has appeared on walls, rooftops and canvases across Asia, Europe and North America, blurring the boundaries between public intervention and gallery presentation.

Anchored by a companion pop-up studio exhibition at Gillman Barracks, Field Test offers a deeper look into ANTZ's research-led practice through sketches, prototypes, process materials and new works tracing the evolution of his ideas and visual language. Together, the outdoor activations and indoor presentation transform Gillman Barracks into a site of reflection, exploration and encounter.

As presenting institution, Art Outreach commissioned and produced Field Test as part of its commitment to platforming Singaporean artistic voices and activating Gillman Barracks as a dynamic public art destination. The project reflects Art Outreach's role as an arts intermediary — creating opportunities for artists to realise ambitious, site-responsive works and for audiences to encounter contemporary art in unexpected ways.