BEIJING, CHINA – China’s one of those place we never imagined we’d find ourselves in. Yet, amidst our insanely busy schedule, we managed to squeeze some time out earlier this year and found ourselves travelling to Beijing. Going only with the intention of checking out CreatureS’ new restaurant, we honestly had no idea what else we were going to do while visiting the Chinese capital – … Continue reading Keeping Connected In China: Beijing
The second instalment of this adaptation of a Ming dynasty classic brims with potential – a quintessential Toy Factory production doing what they do best. Trust is an incredibly delicate concept in the theatre world, and with Toy Factory’s epic production A Dream Under The Southern Bough, SIFA always knew it was running a risk when they invested resources that would see the production through, one … Continue reading SIFA 2019: A Dream Under The Southern Bough – Reverie by Toy Factory (Review)
Using the labyrinthine world of Hong Lim Complex to tease out issues of conflict and change. Much like their name suggests, contemporary dance company Dance In Situ is best known for their productions taking place in unexpected locations, eschewing the traditional stage to perform in everyday, neighbourhood spaces ranging from Bedok Maze, to Ang Mo Kio 3G Centre, to Chinatown MRT Station. This time around, … Continue reading Review: Complexnya by Dance In Situ x P7:1SMA
NTU Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Singapore presents Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy this July, the first institutional solo exhibition in Asia of Iranian-American artist Siah Armajani. Considered a leading figure creating art in public space, Armajani merges architecture and conceptual art in his sculptures, drawings, and public installations that range from bridges to gardens, and outdoor structures such as gazebos for public use. His … Continue reading Museum Musings: NTU CCA presents Siah Armajani’s Spaces for the Public. Spaces for Democracy.
In his work, Sydney and Berry NSW-based artist Glenn Barkley often draws upon the history of ceramics, popular song, the garden and conversations about art and the internet. doyouremembermylove is Glenn Barkley’s first solo exhibition in Singapore featuring new ceramics and collages that, amongst other things, have a relationship to the Tang dynasty ceramics collection of the Asian Civilizations Museum. These new works ponder upon the ancient … Continue reading Museum Musings: Sullivan + Strumpf (Singapore) presents Glenn Barkley’s doyouremembermylove
A transcendent performance brilliantly portraying the struggle of art and life. Nobody ever said creating art was easy. But perhaps few people know it quite as well as living legend and composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who had an eight year gap between his latest solo album async (2017) and Out of Noise (2009), during which he struggled to find inspiration. In that time, Sakamoto was also diagnosed with throat cancer, … Continue reading SIFA 2019: Ryuichi Sakamoto – Fragments with Shiro Takatani (Review)
The Theatre Practice’s M1 Patch! A Theatre Festival of Artful Play returns for its second edition this June. Running for 3 months at the home of The Theatre Practice on Waterloo Street, a lengthy lineup of activities are set for this year’s edition, kicking off with an overnight camp in the theatre in June, and following up with a series of workshops, performances and more … Continue reading Preview: M1 Patch! 2019 by The Theatre Practice
Humanitarian workers go through dreary office politics just like you and me. The issue of refugees and mass migration has been one of the hottest topics on everyone’s lips in recent years, with many a play made about the problems the displaced go through themselves. But few plays have actually dealt with the oft forgotten players in the crisis – the humanitarian aid workers tirelessly … Continue reading SIFA 2019: Displaced Persons Welcome Dinner by Checkpoint Theatre (Review)
Reclaiming gender in this new adaptation of a classic Greek tale. In its various adaptations, Ifigenia at Tauris has seesawed between two perspectives. In Euripedes’ original play, like its title, the priestess Ifigenia took centrestage, the protagonist in this drama about a sister who has to make a choice between obeying the law and sacrificing her brother Oreste to the gods, or rebel and save him. … Continue reading SIFA 2019: Oreste by Ifigenia by Tan Shou Chen and Ng Tian Hui (Review)
The impossible task of putting the meditative mind onstage is achieved in this visually stunning work from Japan. Created by Japanese artist Shiro Takatani and his company Dumb Type, ST/LL is one of those rare, brilliantly inventive works of art that defies definition, combining dance, music, video and theatre to produce a series of masterful visual images in motion. Cerebral and abstract in form, there are perhaps … Continue reading SIFA 2019: ST/LL by Shiro Takatani, Dumb Type (Review)
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