Singapore Art Week 2021: Light to Night Festival 2021

Running as part of Singapore Art Week, Light to Night Festival makes a return this week with a host of innovative art experiences, in its first ever hybrid edition. Spearheaded by National Gallery Singapore with Civic District partners The Arts House, Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall, Asian Civilisations Museum, and Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, the district-wide festival looks to inspire audiences to … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: Light to Night Festival 2021

Singapore Art Week 2021: Choy Ka Fai’s CosmicWander – Expedition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Singapore Art Museum (SAM) presents CosmicWander: Expedition by Berlin-based Singaporean artist Choy Ka Fai from 16th January to 21st February 2021 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark. SAM’s first exhibition of the year kicks off its 2021 programme calendar, which will see the museum continue to actively offer contemporary art experiences across Singapore at satellite venues and on virtual platforms, while SAM’s buildings undergo redevelopment. Audiences can … Continue reading Singapore Art Week 2021: Choy Ka Fai’s CosmicWander – Expedition at Tanjong Pagar Distripark

Review: As The Winds Blow by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Putting SSO’s Woodwind and Brass Ensemble in the spotlight after a lengthy hiatus.  Of all the families of instruments that have been most maligned during the COVID-19 period, it is the wind instruments that have taken the longest hiatus, owing to how they’re perceived to be the group posing the highest risk of spreading transmissions. But eleven months on since their last live performance in … Continue reading Review: As The Winds Blow by Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Preview: XITY by RAW Moves

RAW Moves opens 2021 with a much anticipated ‘live’ performance, and original work XITY by Matthew Goh under the Research & Development platform. Working with RAW Moves’ overarching theme of Reference, Matthew references two subjects: the city – the place – and the people in that environment, in other words the inhabitants, questioning the relationship between them. “My research was inspired by the different cities … Continue reading Preview: XITY by RAW Moves

Preview: Huayi Festival 2021 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

As we say goodbye to the Year of the Rat, we say hello to the Year of the Ox. And to celebrate it in true Esplanade fashion, Huayi – Chinese Festival of the Arts returns this Chinese New Year with a slew of programmes showcasing the diversity of Chinese art forms, even in the new normal. All the World is One’s Stage Now in its … Continue reading Preview: Huayi Festival 2021 by Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: The Lost Post Initiative reflect on women and the arts with ‘i am not here’

In the history of the world’s literature, so much writing has been dominated by men. But often, it’s not because women aren’t writing; but because there’s an understated prejudice against female written work, sidelined and tossed aside as a result of sexism, while their male counterparts receive legendary, heroic status for their work. And to address and counter that, Indian arts company The Lost Post … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: The Lost Post Initiative reflect on women and the arts with ‘i am not here’

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Brian Gothong Tan and Nabilah Said dish on the ‘Havoc Girls & Kamikaze Boys’ of today

It is the curse of every generation to incur the wrath of the previous one. For Gen Z or ‘zoomers’, they’ve been touted as being addicted to tech, struggle with short attention spans, and most of all, far too sensitive and anxious about the future of the world. But the light in the dark is that zoomers actually do care about the future, and actively … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Brian Gothong Tan and Nabilah Said dish on the ‘Havoc Girls & Kamikaze Boys’ of today

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Koh Wan Ching and Andrew Sutherland shed light on ‘a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be’

In a world that seems all but apocalyptic, be it from the storm of politics, the wave of disease or the melting of the polar ice caps, it’s only natural that we begin looking back on ourselves, and wonder what exactly life is all about. For director Koh Wan Ching and playwright Andrew Sutherland, that’s something encapsulated in their play a line could be crossed … Continue reading M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2021: Koh Wan Ching and Andrew Sutherland shed light on ‘a line could be crossed and you would slowly cease to be’

Art What!: Ernest Chang’s Bling Dynasty at The Stallery, Hong Kong

Ernest Chang, Don’t Say Anything Mean, 2020 © The Stallery HONG KONG – The Stallery & L’Epicerie Fine HK are pleased to present an exhibition of new artworks by the Hong Kong based artist Ernest Chang at The Stallery WCH. Titled Bling Dynasty, the exhibition will feature a series of new works created using techniques drawn from Western and Chinese art and handicraft traditions, including … Continue reading Art What!: Ernest Chang’s Bling Dynasty at The Stallery, Hong Kong

★★★★☆ Review: The Grizzlies dir. Miranda de Pencier

Canadian Film Festival opener puts spotlight on Inuit community and the redemptive power of sports. Beyond ice hockey, maple trees and Justin Trudeau, perhaps one of the lesser known aspects of Canadian culture would be the people from the First Nations, with natives rarely spotlighted in film and mass media. But sports drama <em>The Grizzlies </em>looks set to change that, as it opens the 2020 Canadian … Continue reading ★★★★☆ Review: The Grizzlies dir. Miranda de Pencier