The Exhibition of One · a format by Teleport

Every portrait
is her.

A real gallery in Singapore. One afternoon. One visitor — and every painting on the walls is of her.

Rooms I–III · 6 to 20 works · oil, pencil, watercolour
Painted from the photographs her people kept
Curated by people who have never met her · Not for sale
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She came to someone else's opening: a visitor freezes two steps from the door of a gallery hung with her portraits
Plate 1 of 14The Visitor, two steps from the door
MediumOil on linen, pencil, watercolour
Lent byHer sister, her friends
RoomI · the east wall
01

Painted from your photographs

Six to twenty portraits, painted over four to eight weeks from the pictures you send us. Oil, pencil, one in the style she loves.

02

A real gallery, one afternoon

A private view in a working gallery in Singapore. A curator, a critic, two collectors — none of whom have ever met her.

03

She is the only visitor

She arrives for someone else's opening. By the second room she understands. By the last room, the people who lent the paintings are waiting.

Plates 2–5

How the afternoon can go

An invitation to a private view on the gallery doorstep
Plate 2 · 15:00
An invitation to a private view. The gallery is real. The artist is not listed.
Entrance, Room I
The curator explains the sitter's life to two collectors while the sitter stands between them
Plate 3 · 15:20
The curator explains the subject’s life to two collectors. The subject stands between them, biting her lip.
Room II
The back door opens and the people who lent the paintings walk in with glasses, applauding
Plate 4 · 16:10
The back door opens. The people who lent the paintings walk in with glasses — and applaud. She is the last to turn round.
Room III
The private view spills onto the street; a passer-by looks from the portrait in the window to the woman beside it
Plate 5 · 17:30
The private view spills onto the street. A passer-by looks from the portrait in the window to the woman beside it.
The street

Every exhibition is written from a blank page. These are four plates from one possible afternoon.

Floor plan
ROOM I · THE WALLROOM II · THE TALKROOM III · THE LENDERSENTRANCE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 You are here
Hover a number to see the work and who lent it.
Click a room to walk in. The red line is her route.workopenroom
Room I · The wallSeven portraits, hung as a family hangs them: not in order. Room II · The talkThree works, a curator and two collectors who have questions about the sitter. Room III · The lendersFour works — and the people who lent them. EntranceAn invitation in her name. The artist is not listed.
In their words

Hung in the last room.

“Without a doubt, it was the most magical experience I have ever had. I was completely overwhelmed throughout the entire day by all the surprises.”

Jennifer Klingvall GillbergThe one the exhibition was ofNo. 1 · Words, spoken afterwards · Not for sale

“Beautiful, magical and impossible. I think it’s the greatest gift I could have given her.”

Martina KlingvallFounder & CEO · Telness GroupNo. 2 · Words, spoken afterwards · Lent by the sister

“Teleport is visionary and playful and reawakens, at an essential level, what it is to be human.”

David GlassTheatre director · United KingdomNo. 3 · Words, written afterwards · From the collection

Send us the photographs.
We hang the exhibition.

Tell us who she is and send ten pictures you love. We write her an afternoon she will not forget.

Order of sale

What you receive, and when

  1. Lot
    1
    A first conversation
    Within two days
    Who she is, which painters she loves.
    Teleport
  2. Lot
    2
    The list of works, on one page
    Within a week
    The portraits, the gallery and the cast.
    Teleport
  3. Lot
    3
    Six to twenty portraits
    Four to eight weeks
    From the photographs her people kept.
    Teleport
  4. Lot
    4
    The invitation
    The day before
    From a gallery she has never heard of.
    Teleport
  5. Lot
    5
    The collection, and the catalogue
    After
    The portraits are hers. The catalogue is hers.
    Teleport
Sale № 1 · One bidderPrivate view · A Saturday · 15:00
Dear Ana,

You are invited to a private view on Saturday at three. The artist asked for you by name.

Do not be alarmed. The paintings have been waiting longer than you think.
Teleport
Exhibition history

It has happened before.

The lenders come out of the back room, applauding
The lenders come out of the back room. A sister gave this to her sister.
Every portrait on the walls is her
Every portrait on the walls is her — painted from photographs her friends had kept.

Real frames from a real private view. The film is 33 seconds; press play — it does not start on its own.

Notes for the lender

Questions

How much does an exhibition cost? –

It depends on the number of portraits and the gallery. We share the cost after the first conversation.

Will she know? –

No. She is invited to someone else's opening. She understands by the second room.

How many portraits? –

From six to twenty. Painted, drawn or printed — one for each decade, each friend or each place, depending on the story.

Do we keep the paintings? –

All of them. And the catalogue, printed in one copy.

How long does it take to prepare? –

Four to eight weeks — the portraits set the pace.

Who makes the bookings? –

We do. Once the script is written, Teleport brings it to life: the gallery, the painters, the cast, the catalogue and the set. She arrives; the afternoon is already in motion.

Can friends and family take part? –

Yes. They lend the pictures, and they are in the last room.

Will it be filmed? –

Film and photography — by request. Otherwise nothing is recorded.

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Exhibition history