Rituals of Perception brought together works from over twenty international artists exploring the relationship between body, material and time. Staged at New Bahru School Hall during Singapore Art Week 2026, the exhibition drew from the Tanoto Family Collection alongside loans and new commissions, and was curated by Xiaoyu Weng, Artistic Director of TAF.

Set against a backdrop of digital acceleration and collective disenchantment, Rituals of Perception centred on practices that reattune us to presence — where gestures of kneading, weaving, casting, folding, cutting and stitching become quiet acts of resistance against an increasingly dehumanised sense of time. 

At its core lies the notion of presentiment, an intuitive awareness that extends beyond rational understanding. Defined by philosopher Byung-Chul Han, presentiment does not concern only what is to come; it traverses the full expanse of temporality, revealing what already exists yet escapes articulation. Through this lens, process and trace become vital, transforming abstract time into something both visible and felt.

The works in the exhibition treat materials, man-made or natural, not as inert substances but as vessels of ancestral and societal histories. This awareness of material history invites a reimagining of perception. Together, they invite viewers to pause, to linger, and to inhabit duration rather than move through it. 

Art Outreach was engaged to provide comprehensive production and project management support for the exhibition, covering artwork and logistics coordination, exhibition design support, compliance and licensing, venue management, and front-of-house and public programme staffing. The engagement reflects Art Outreach's capacity as an arts intermediary to embed within complex, collection-led exhibition projects — bringing operational rigour to enable ambitious curatorial visions to be realised for Singapore audiences.