★★★★☆ Review: MEPAAN by Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Tuyang Initiative (SIFA 2022)
A concert of culture inspired by the Borneo rainforest. In the native language of Kayan, spoken by the indigenous Kayan people of Borneo, ‘mepaan’ translates to ‘always’, and makes for an appropriate title for the opening show of this year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA). Performed by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Tuyang Initiative (from Sarawak), MEPAAN‘ is a musical journey into Southeast Asian … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: MEPAAN by Singapore Chinese Orchestra and Tuyang Initiative (SIFA 2022)
Art What!: Virtual reality installation We Live in an Ocean of Air makes its Asian debut at ArtScience Museum, alongside the ArtScience Cinema
Visitors to ArtScience Museum will soon be able to take a captivating multi-sensory journey through the ecosystem of a vast forest in its upcoming virtual reality installation, We Live in an Ocean of Air at the Museum’s permanent VR Gallery. Created by Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF), one of the world’s leading experiential art collectives, We Live in an Ocean of Air is a 12-minute long … Continue reading Art What!: Virtual reality installation We Live in an Ocean of Air makes its Asian debut at ArtScience Museum, alongside the ArtScience Cinema
Television Time: What’s On BBC (June 2022)
Travel and adventure is the reigning theme for June with an action-packed line-up! A new travel and adventure series Fearless 48 Hours premieres on BBC Earth, where celebrities embark on an epic 48-hour adventure with ex-special forces soldier Jason Fox in rural Wales, one of Britain’s wildest landscapes. Let Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby Series 4 on BBC Lifestyle be the holiday inspiration you didn’t know you would … Continue reading Television Time: What’s On BBC (June 2022)
Film Fanatic: SGIFF Film Club offers intimate sessions to explore new perspectives this June
The Singapore International Film Festival proudly presents the SGIFF Film Club. With the aim to nurture deeper and more diverse appreciation of film culture through stories close to home, SGIFF Film Club is an initiative to offer an intimate and welcoming space for conversations about cinema for the casual cinema-goer to the film enthusiast. In partnership with CRANE, at Robertson Quay, the new sessions are … Continue reading Film Fanatic: SGIFF Film Club offers intimate sessions to explore new perspectives this June
Art What!: The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Winners Announced, Azin Zolfaghari Named Grand Prize Winner
The Sovereign Art Foundation (SAF) announces Iranian artist Azin Zolfaghari as the Grand Prize winner of The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize with a cash prize of US$30,000 for her work, Density (2021), a mixed media work of a desolate building façade. Faezeh Baharloo, also of Iran, is awarded the Vogue Hong Kong Women’s Art Prize of US$5,000 for her work, Untitled 1 (2021), an acrylic painting exploring humankind’s relationship with the … Continue reading Art What!: The 2022 Sovereign Asian Art Prize Winners Announced, Azin Zolfaghari Named Grand Prize Winner
Art What!: Ever Present – First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore
Art as a concept has existed since time immemorial around the world, across various cultures and civilisations, even if left unrecorded in history. For the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia, art has always been an important part of their culture, with artefacts and artwork found to date as far back as 1890 and beyond. Across the past and present, such art has been … Continue reading Art What!: Ever Present – First Peoples Art of Australia at National Gallery Singapore
★★★☆☆ Review: Two Pigeons Eating Leftovers at Holland Village Sushi Tei by A Mirage
A Mirage makes debut with dreamy, off-kilter take on human relationships and connectivity. We live in the in-between period betwixt the socially distanced world of the pandemic, and the soon-to-come freedom of borders fully re-opening. It’s a strange place to find ourselves in, where time seems to stand still each day, uncertainty abound as we reminisce on pre-COVID years and remain cautiously optimistic about the … Continue reading ★★★☆☆ Review: Two Pigeons Eating Leftovers at Holland Village Sushi Tei by A Mirage
★★★★☆ Review: I and You by Gateway Arts
Discovering the basic human need for each other. Pronouns are an important, but often overlooked part of the English language. For one – they’re an indicator of identity, not just in terms of gender with he/she/they, but even the simple act of saying “I” establishes a sense of self. Saying “you” establishes acknowledgement of existence of another. And most of all, “we” allows for the … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: I and You by Gateway Arts
★★★★☆ Review: Holly Herndon – PROTO (SIFA 2022)
Hear the sounds of the future, as machine learning meets music. In this age of speculative and sci-fi films and television series showcasing apocalyptic views of a robot futures, fantastical space and transcendent possibility, Holly Herndon’s album PROTO would feel right at home. An American experimental musician based in Berlin, Holly Herndon played in Singapore as part of the 2022 Singapore International Festival of Arts … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: Holly Herndon – PROTO (SIFA 2022)
By The Book: Writehaus Asia releases Fandi Ahmad biography
Writehaus Asia launched Fandi: Honour & Sacrifice on his birthday commemorating his 60 years. The biography written by Durga Poonambalam looks at Fandi Ahmad’s life and career and shares his 3DS (determination, dedication, discipline and sacrifice) philosophy that weaves throughout the book. The biography asks through Fandi’s reflections for people to consider what is needed to turn their ambitions into reality despite their challenges. It … Continue reading By The Book: Writehaus Asia releases Fandi Ahmad biography
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