About
Curious about what happens when things change form.
My background is in data science, industrial engineering and supply chain, including semiconductors and logistics: worlds where things move through systems and something is always lost along the way. I carry that curiosity into everything I do.
What I do
I explore ideas across art, technology and community, experiment in public, and express what I find through poems, films, images, music, installations, gatherings and workshops. Projects like The Poem That Becomes a Body come out of this, as do communities I help build and the workshops I run.
The through-line
Engineering taught me to ask what is preserved and what is lost when something is transformed. Art taught me that loss can be the point. Everything on this site is one structure, many expressions.
Service
- Food from the Heart · Volunteer
- Singapore Red Cross · Blood donor servicing volunteer
- Beautiful People · Volunteer mentor
- Singapore Workforce Development Authority (SWDA) · Volunteer career advisor
Short bio
J.M. Tan is based in Singapore. With a background in data science, industrial engineering and supply chains, J.M. explores how meaning moves between forms and people, and shares the results as art, technology projects, communities and workshops. J.M. is developing the poetry film ecosystem in Singapore and volunteers as a mentor and career advisor.
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