Category: Interview

Art What!, Arts, Interview, Preview, Review, Singapore

Museum Musings: Minimalism – Space.Light.Object at National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum

For the first time ever, National Gallery Singapore has collaborated with the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands to launch a single mega-exhibition. Titled Minimalism: Space. Light. Object, the five month exhibition brings together some of the world’s biggest minimalist artworks, in the first major Minimalism exhibition to include artists from this region as part of an expanded global perspective on the movement. Minimalism: Space. Light. Object. is … Continue reading Museum Musings: Minimalism – Space.Light.Object at National Gallery Singapore and ArtScience Museum

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Arts, Film, Interview, Preview, Singapore

667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC

To celebrate the latest win of local filmmaker, Jun Chong, whose debut short film Ke《客》, was awarded the Best Asian Short at the 13th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre will be offering film lovers another chance to catch the widely acclaimed omnibus film 667. Ke《客》 is a 13-minute Hakka short that follows the desperate journey of an elderly woman to find … Continue reading 667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC

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Art What!, Arts, Interview, Music, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Introduces SAM Touch Collection, Specially for the Visually-Impaired Community

The Singapore Art Museum has introduced the all new SAM Touch Collection today, one of several initiatives by SAM to extend the contemporary art experience to audiences of all backgrounds and abilities. The SAM Touch Collection, as its name suggests, comprises art specifically developed to travel and engage with the visually-impaired community. The development of the SAM Touch Collection began back in 2014, with focus group … Continue reading Museum Musings: Singapore Art Museum Introduces SAM Touch Collection, Specially for the Visually-Impaired Community

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Arts, Drama Centre, Interview, Preview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatres

Review: Private Parts by Michael Chiang Playthings

Michael Chiang’s favourite script rings true even today.  When it first premiered in 1992, playwright Michael Chiang’s Private Parts was groundbreaking for its bold choice to depict transsexuals onstage, not as cheap forms of entertainment or the butt of jokes, but as fully fleshed out characters with their own personal lives and stories to tell. Even today, 26 years on, with plays dealing with the concept of … Continue reading Review: Private Parts by Michael Chiang Playthings

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72-13, Arts, Interview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatres, Theatreworks

Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

Love is the drug, and oh what a terrible, wonderful drug it is too.  For a four letter word, ‘love’, to this day, remains one of mankind’s greatest mysteries. At times absurd, most times frustrating, occasionally uplifting and always messy, it’s no wonder we’re practically obsessed with solving it, unable to live with or without it. In French playwright Joël Pommerat’s The Reunification of the Two … Continue reading Review: The Reunification of The Two Koreas by Theatreworks

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Art What!, Arts, Interview, Music, Preview, Singapore

Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

Singapore-based Indonesian artist Boedi Widjaja has been co-comissioned by the Singapore Art Museum and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) to produce a two-part architectural and sound installation, to be presented at ‘The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’ (APT9) in Brisbane, Australia and the Singapore Biennale 2019. This is the first project to be developed from a five-year partnership between the two … Continue reading Museum Musings: Boedi Widjaja Co-Comissioned For APT9 and Singapore Biennale 2019

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72-13, Arts, Interview, Singapore, Theatre, Theatres, Theatreworks

Because I Love You: An Interview with Jacques Vincey, Timothy Nga and Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie of Theatreworks’ The Reunification of The Two Koreas

After the premiere of new play 13.13.13, Theatreworks concludes their 2018 season of theatre with French playwright Joël Pommerat’s The Reunification of the Two Koreas. Directed by Centre Dramatique National de Tours (CDNT) artistic director Jacques Vincey, this English translation by Marc Goldberg is set to make its Singaporean premiere this November at 72-13, the home of Theatreworks. “When I first watched this show in France,” says director … Continue reading Because I Love You: An Interview with Jacques Vincey, Timothy Nga and Cynthia Lee MacQuarrie of Theatreworks’ The Reunification of The Two Koreas

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Arts, Interview, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Review: An Evening with the Stars by The Edwards Twins

Countless celebrities in one place The Edwards Twins are perhaps two of the most acclaimed and skilled celebrity impersonators alive today. As Las Vegas veterans, it was a rare and valuable opportunity to get to see them live in Singapore, and to see just why they’re so good. Unlike pure voice impersonators, the Edwards Twins (Anthony and Eddie) elevate their act into an entire show, … Continue reading Review: An Evening with the Stars by The Edwards Twins

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Arts, Interview, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

A Class Double Act: An Interview with Celebrity Master Impersonators The Edwards Twins

Eddie and Anthony Edwards are nothing short of a class double act. Born in 1965 in Burbank, California, the twins have been performing for 35 years now, and are without a doubt the best in the business at celebrity impersonation acts. Tackling just about every known celebrity regardless of race, gender or age, the twins’ acts are timeless, rollicking good fun whose impersonations are so … Continue reading A Class Double Act: An Interview with Celebrity Master Impersonators The Edwards Twins

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Art What!, Arts, Interview, Preview, Singapore

Bahrain Art Week Singapore: An Interview with ArtBAB Founder Kaneka Subberwal and Artists Jamal Abdul Rahim and Faika Al Hasan

The Kingdom of Bahrain holds an enviable 5,000 year history. Naturally then, they’ve had plenty of time to grow their artistic landscape, evolving from the traditional to the contemporary and now equipped with a diverse range of distinctive styles across the board. But as with any ‘product’, it is key that the world becomes aware of Bahrain art and artists for them to become aware of … Continue reading Bahrain Art Week Singapore: An Interview with ArtBAB Founder Kaneka Subberwal and Artists Jamal Abdul Rahim and Faika Al Hasan

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