Tag: Arts

Art What!, Arts, Museums, Preview

Art What!: An Exercise of Meaning In A Glitch Season and Time Passes at National Gallery Singapore

Proposals for Novel Ways of Being, an unprecedented initiative uniting 12 local arts institutions, independent art spaces and collectives, opens next week with two brand new exhibitions at National Gallery Singapore. Aimed to showcase solidarity within the visual arts community, the two exhibitions, An Exercise of Meaning in a Glitch Season by National Gallery Singapore, and Time Passes by Singapore Art Museum, are helmed by independent curators, and spotlight established … Continue reading Art What!: An Exercise of Meaning In A Glitch Season and Time Passes at National Gallery Singapore

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Arts, Concert, Preview, Theatre

The Banter: Drama Box’s Han Xuemei and Chng Yikai talk about meaningful participation in a time of COVID-19

It’s Drama Box’s 30th anniversary this year, but with the COVID-19 pandemic in place, the local theatre company has been unable to organise any programmes since the restrictions on live performances began. At least, until now, with their 2020 edition of  SCENES taking place completely online this September. Organised every five years as a way for Drama Box to celebrate and consolidate their practice, this year’s … Continue reading The Banter: Drama Box’s Han Xuemei and Chng Yikai talk about meaningful participation in a time of COVID-19

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Books, By The Book, literature, Singapore

By The Book: New Epigram Releases – September 2020

The September school holidays are upon us, and whether you’re a student or not, there’s always time to hunker down with a good book and dive into some of the region’s best new writing. This month, from Epigram, look out for the last of the Epigram Fiction Prize nominees, a brand new multilingual series for children, and a new edition of one of the best … Continue reading By The Book: New Epigram Releases – September 2020

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre

Arts of the UK 2020: Stampin’ in the Graveyard at the Electric Dreams Festival (Review)

Gaining mindfulness and awareness of the self with your spirit guides at the end of the world. LONDON – Through all of history’s disasters and crises, never has there been a time the end of the world has felt as close as it does now. But rather than sitting around and moping, theatremaker Elisabeth Gunawan and musician Jake Parris have instead taken inspiration from the apocalypse, … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: Stampin’ in the Graveyard at the Electric Dreams Festival (Review)

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Arts, Concert, Review, Theatre

M1 Patch! 2020: Artist Farm 2020 《艺术农庄》 (Review)

It is the journey, not the destination, that takes centrestage in Artist Farm 2020.  Following in the footsteps of last week’s Playwrights’ Bootcamp, The Theatre Practice (TTP) rounds off their 2020 edition of the M1 Patch! festival with the third edition of Artist Farm. Led by TTP Artistic Director Kuo Jian Hong, Artist Farm unites a group of nine artists and three dramaturgs to experiment and work … Continue reading M1 Patch! 2020: Artist Farm 2020 《艺术农庄》 (Review)

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Arts, London, Preview, Theatre, travel

Arts of the UK 2020: #RUMAHFest Online (Preview)

After being postponed from its original date in March, RUMAH Khai’s RUMAHFest is coming to your homes this September. Airing for two hours on RUMAH Khai’s YouTube page, get ready for an eclectic mix of commissioned spoken word and sonic performances, scratch works, food treats and comedy skits re-imagined on a digital platform. Following her productions of Same Same Collective’s Drop Dead Gorgeous and Martha Watson Allpress’s Patricia … Continue reading Arts of the UK 2020: #RUMAHFest Online (Preview)

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Arts, Concert, Music, Preview, Singapore

Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra back in concert hall for digital productions with Hans Graf and Kahchun Wong

September and October sees the SSO’s digital season, SSOPlayOn! continue with four concerts to be streamed online via SISTIC Live, with highlights including Debussy and Wagner conducted by the brilliant young conductor Kahchun Wong, and the first-ever marimba soloist, Julia Tan, to star in the President’s Young Performers Concert. In addition, tickets are now on sale for Mozart & Stravinsky: Music on the Air, with the SSO’s new Chief Conductor Hans Graf, … Continue reading Music Is: Singapore Symphony Orchestra back in concert hall for digital productions with Hans Graf and Kahchun Wong

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Arts, Comedy, Concert, Dance with Me, Hong Kong, Preview, travel, travelXculture

Hong Kong 2020: Winners announced for HKIFF44’s Firebird Awards

HONG KONG – Zheng Lu Xinyuan’s The Cloud in Her Room and Lemohang Jeremiah Moses’s This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection have been named best films of the 44th Hong Kong International Film Festival’s Firebird Young Cinema Competitions. Both films also won the Best Actress awards in their respective section, with Mosese’s film notching a third win by capturing the FIPRESCI Prize. The … Continue reading Hong Kong 2020: Winners announced for HKIFF44’s Firebird Awards

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Arts, malaysia, Preview

Arts of Malaysia: Liver & Lung’s Merdeka Musical streams free on YouTube for a week

KUALA LUMPUR – To celebrate Malaysia’s 63rd Independence Day, BOH Cameronian winners, Liver & Lung Productions, will release their epic musical about our country’s fight for independence on their YouTube channel this August. Malaya Relived: Merdeka is an immersive historical musical about a formidable Indian-Malayan diplomat who begins a love affair with a British journalist at the height of the anti-colonial Malayan movement in 1957. … Continue reading Arts of Malaysia: Liver & Lung’s Merdeka Musical streams free on YouTube for a week

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Art What!, Arts, Film, Museums, National Gallery, Preview

Art What!: Echo at the Substation Gallery

Today, electronics and smart devices have become a staple in the home, providing convenient ways to control your home. Technology today influences the way we experience everyday life: automating both industrial processes (factory automation) as well as social and economic interactions (Social media, payment services, peer-to-peer networks). Smart technologies extend their reach into the home, controlling the lighting, air-conditioning, and all manner of appliances and … Continue reading Art What!: Echo at the Substation Gallery

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