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<H3> MARC NAIR and DANIEL TAN, 12 Jan 2020 </H3> |
<H3> Far away from their roots as a necessary minority enclave, Chinatowns the world over have become homogenised for the tourist gaze; blending history, culture, architecture and food together in sanitised offerings of convenient appropriation. This photoessay offers a slightly different way of seeing Singapore’s Chinatown. More... </H3> |
<H3> 24 March 2020 </H3> |
<H3> This is what exercise looks like in a time of isolation. Stretch and resist, bend and persist. Let the sun burn you a little. Who knows when you will run again?The track yawns empty, no records will be set, or heard now. Distance is no longer desire, but a way to stave off death. Your best friends are now inanimate, tall poles that hum with electricity. You can still trust them to light the sky when our hearts have plummeted to darkness. </H3> |
<H3> This cartwheel is for yourself. Make this revolution count. Everywhere is a collapsed lung, struggling to breathe. </H3> |
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<H3> 100 Word Stories is a weekly series featuring flash fiction by Mackerel and photographs by Daniel Tan. </H3> |
<H3> Returning for its third edition with the theme “These Storied Walls”, the signature annual literary arts festival is inspired by The Arts House’s many identities. From a Scotsman’s planned estate to a courthouse, assembly house, the nation’s first parliament, and now Singapore’s literary arts centre, the walls of The Arts House have been etched with many stories. In this celebration of local narratives, Singapore’s writers, artists, and performers will come together to create more stories for the walls to tell, dovetailing The Arts House’s past as a heritage site and its present as Singapore’s home for local literature.Visit the Textures site for more information. </H3> |
<H3> Selected highlights: </H3> |
<H3> Placing a technological spin on supernatural stories is master storyteller Kamini Ramachandran alongside interdisciplinary sound artist FERRY. Ride the O/Aural Waves — Spirited Words in an experiential installation exploring the superstitious within the realms of religion, culture, and spirituality. During the day, the installation will feature storytellers recounting tales in the four national languages. In the evening, Ramachandran herself will tell the stories live accompanied by FERRY’s live foley where audiences can create and add their own sounds to the soundscape, joining the artists in the storytelling process. </H3> |
<H3> Marc Nair’s Handbook of Daily Movement weaves together various disciplines in an intriguing combination of music, spoken word, and movement. Reinterpreting Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, this performance, choreographed by Sudhee Liao with music by Mantravine, crunches psychology into physical expression as dancers explore our modern motivations and anxieties. </H3> |
<H3> Illuminating the lesser-known links between art and architecture and the role of institutions in the development of art in the region, National Gallery Singapore presents Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969–1989). </H3> |
<H3> This exhibition reflects the rapid modernisation of the region during this period, a time when artists and architects articulated new approaches that freely reinvented international art movements such as abstraction, realism and conceptual art in dialogue with folk and vernacular traditions. </H3> |
<H3> It traces this story through three influential art institutions in Manila, Bangkok and Singapore, presenting artworks from the period alongside archives, and newly commissioned and restaged works. </H3> |
<H3> Image and text courtesy of National Gallery Singapore. </H3> |
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