Singapore Art Week 2021: The Body As A Dream – A Singapore Art Story

Art Agenda, S.E.A. (AASEA) presents The Body as a Dream: A Singapore Art Story, a new thematic exhibition curated by Vivyan Yeo. Featuring works from ten modern and contemporary Singaporean artists spanning 1965 – the year of Singapore’s national independence – to pieces created contemporaneously, the exhibition traces depictions of the human body as a visual marker of perceived identity throughout time. The past is … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: The Body As A Dream – A Singapore Art Story

Preview: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland

Following their exploration of movement on film with Dancers’ Locker 2020, Frontier Danceland returns this January with SIDES 2020, a digital double bill comprising B(_).I(_).O(_) by Zhuo Zihao and Apple Diary by Chiew Peishan, created in collaboration with local filmmaker Koo Chia Meng. An open-ended investigation into the nature of human sentiments through the set-up of a microscope in a laboratory, B(_).I(_).O(_) explores the roots of … Continue reading Preview: SIDES 2020 by Frontier Danceland

Art What!: Phoebe Hui Selected to Present the Fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission in Hong Kong in April 2021

From left to right: Portrait of Phoebe Hui in her studio, Ying Kwok and Phoebe Hui in the artist’s Hong Kong studio, studies for The Moon is Leaving Us, all images courtesy of the artist and Audemars Piguet. Audemars Piguet Contemporary has announced that Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary artist Phoebe Hui has been selected to realise the fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission, in collaboration with Hong Kong-based … Continue reading Art What!: Phoebe Hui Selected to Present the Fifth Audemars Piguet Art Commission in Hong Kong in April 2021

Shopping Time: Experience art while shopping with Funan’s inaugural art-meets-retail programme

At Singapore’s first mall-wide art activation, taste a mouthful of happiness with a “Misty morning at Clementi Forest” gelato; colour your living room with a groovy rug that takes you on a trip down memory lane; join an edgy sneaker art workshop, or celebrate native mushrooms under the glow of neon lights. Curated by Neighborhood and presented by Funan, Creative Unions is a major month-long … Continue reading Shopping Time: Experience art while shopping with Funan’s inaugural art-meets-retail programme

Arts of the UK 2021: Bush Theatre announces two new online masterclasses

LONDON – The Bush Theatre has announced two new masterclasses, which will offer an insight into theatre by leading practitioners Trish Cooke, Nathan Bryon (11th February), and Katie Mitchell (25th February). Participants will be able to attend the online masterclasses from the comfort of their home via Zoom. The sessions will develop skills in writing and directing for all levels and will be interactive. Trish … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2021: Bush Theatre announces two new online masterclasses

Singapore Art Week 2021: Free Jazz III at NTU CCA

Collaborative and experimental by nature, Free Jazz III builds upon its past iterations by activating and challenging common understandings of exhibition-making and the use of space. Sound walks. Machines listen. We are living through unusual times.  As the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore approaches a major transformation away from a permanent exhibition space in early 2021, Free Jazz III continues to explore the possibilities of an international research … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: Free Jazz III at NTU CCA

Singapore Art Week 2021: State of Motion 2021 -[Alternate / Opt] Realities

The Asian Film Archive’s annual State of Motion multidisciplinary art exhibition is back for its sixth edition, this time centering on the theme of [Alternate / Opt] Realities. As its title suggests, the exhibition aims to conjures pathways into multiple worlds by exploring the science-fiction genre through the potency of audio-visual technologies. The title takes its cue from the “Alt / Option” key from the … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: State of Motion 2021 -[Alternate / Opt] Realities

Preview: New initiative Bridging The Gap provides platform for young theatremakers before entering industry

Local theatre industry professionals Alvin Tan, Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai and A Yagnya have started Bridging The Gap (BTG), a brand new platform where students graduating from theatre institutions are given the opportunities to interact and work with established theatre practitioners and designers, ‘bridging’ them from school to the industry proper, and the first initiative of its kind. The creation of BTG arose out of concern … Continue reading Preview: New initiative Bridging The Gap provides platform for young theatremakers before entering industry

Music Is: Vladimir Martynov’s Utopia Symphony

In November 2020, Russian composer Vladimir Martynov’s Utopia Symphony made history as the first Singaporean-commissioned symphony to be recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra under their LPO label. Launched on major online music streaming services such as Spotify and iTunes, while in March 2021, the symphony is set to receive a live performance by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra at the Esplanade. First premiering in 2005 … Continue reading Music Is: Vladimir Martynov’s Utopia Symphony

Art What!: For The House; Against The House by OH! Open House

Are judgemental labels useful in defining us? Is passion made impossible in Singapore? As part of Singapore Art Week (SAW) 2021, OH! Open House presents For the House; Against the House, a guided tour cum debate where art makes arguments. For The House; Against the House offers two physical experiences that turn private art collections into topical issues for debate. By drawing inspiration from the … Continue reading Art What!: For The House; Against The House by OH! Open House