The Narrative Engine

THE NARRATIVE ENGINE
Workshop by Tristan Lim

Media today has its roots in the art of worldbuilding. This workshop with new-media artist Tristan Lim will explore conceptual approaches behind his practice. Breaking down how design, game engines, emerging consumer technologies and contemporary cultural forces can be leveraged, Tristan will bring us through how these cultural forces can help us craft immersive and synergistic worlds.

This workshop is an exploration on how conceptual thinking on new futures could be aligned with limitations of current consumer hardware/software, and how we can combine both of them to think outside of commercial solutions, and improvise new solutions for art-making. The workshop is aimed towards younger creatives looking to find new mediums or creative outlets for their practice, or older practitioners looking to pivot to other mediums.

About the Artist
Tristan Lim’s practice presents critical explorations into structures of perception, significance and desire in visual culture. Deeply interested in how the historic and speculative continuously reinvents and assert themselves in present life, his work engages with the porous nature of lived reality, resulting in open-ended narrative structures expressed through drawing, mixed media installations and procedural digital works.

His works has been featured at Ota Fine Arts, The Arts House, and Singapore Art Museum at 8Q. He has participated in the Facebook (Meta) Artist-in-residence (AIR) programme, and presented work in Singapore Night Festival, Singapore Light to Night festival, ART SG, and overseas in Spain, Vietnam and Taiwan.  Most recently, he is a recipient of the inaugural NAC-UAS Arts Scholarship in 2025.

Tristan currently teaches Visual Media in Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore.

This workshop is presented as part of Codependent Curricular Activities, an artist takeover programme presented and produced by ToNewEntities, and curated by Rafi Abdullah. The programme is supported by the National Arts Council's Arts x Tech Lab initiative. The Lab nurtures Singapore's arts x tech community, driving new artistic endeavours and bridging arts and technology conversations to develop Singapore's vibrant arts scene.

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