The sg_____jb translocal agency brought together artists and art researchers on both sides of the Singapore-Johor Causeway and inquired into themes of migration, shared heritage, urban transformation, and translocal identities. Through presentation, experimentation, and discussion, the programme reflected on the politics of mobility, exchange and historical infrastructure.

Drawing from historical infrastructure of the former BBC relay stations, as well as the development of Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System Link and the expansion of the Iskandar Malaysia economic zone, the programme considered the reconfiguration of transborder mobilities, labour flows, and spatial imaginaries between Singapore and Johor. Through experimental assemblies, thesis deliberation, performance lecture and artist sharing, participating artists and researchers explored the evolving cultural, social, and infrastructural ties that bind the two border cities, the daily rhythms of cross-border life and the ways these physical and symbolic crossings shape contemporary cultural expressions and collective memory.

Following the Singapore iteration of sg_____jb translocal agency, the project continued in Johor and opened up further dialogue and collaborations across the Causeway.