Experience the Civic District afresh this August 2023 onwards, with Benchmarks, a new public art trail commissioned by the Civic District Alliance (CDA). Designed by six Singapore-based artists, Lua Boon Kai, Joyce Beetuan Koh, Immanuel Koh, Yang Jie, Jeffrey Tan and Jason Wee, the public art initiative features a series of six unconventional artwork benches […]
Returning from 17 May to 2 June 2024, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2024 presents The Anatomy of Performance - They Declare, an expression of the multiplicity of voices that the Festival welcomes and celebrates. With Festival Director, Natalie Hennedige, setting the direction of the Festival for a third year, SIFA 2024 calls […]
Moby Dick by Plexus Polaire (FR/NO) is a programme under Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2024. It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all. ― Herman Melville, Moby Dick An ancient white whale, a captain steering his ship into destruction and the inner storms […]
Tomorrow and tomorrow comprises of two weekends where our theatre groups come together in a showing of works-in-process, opening up vistas for future presentation and unearthing Singapore's fertile ground for contemporary theatre making. Tomorrow and tomorrow sees Stamford Arts Centre and 42 Waterloo Street transformed into a sandbox of works-in-process.
The experimental short film dwells at the intersection of art, music and nature, casting new light on artist-jeweller Shing of Argentum, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.
Beginning in 2022, the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) introduced a virtual venue and creation platform hosted on the official festival website. This platform showcases digital art, as well as creative responses to the SIFA performances, which expand, organise, and deepen the ideas and artistry radiating from each edition of the festival. This year, […]
Writer and editor Hong Xinyi joins us once again, as the curator of SIFA's online platform for creative responses by art writers to the festival's programmes. This year, the platform bears the name 𝘍𝘓(𝘜)𝘖𝘙𝘌𝘚𝘊𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌; the creative responses are likened to flowers blossoming above the mycelial network of the festival.
Una Isla by Agrupación Señor Serrano (ES) is a programme under Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2024. Dive into an existential dialogue between artificial intelligence and performance. Una Isla questions and blurs the lines between “us” and “others”, between human and machine, exploring themes of agency, identity, and coexistence in a digital world. Through […]
ANGELA (a strange loop) by Susanne Kennedy & Markus Selg (DE) is a programme under Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) 2024. ANGELA (a strange loop) is a close-up of a woman's life as she struggles to make sense of her existence. Join her in a thought-provoking journey as she navigates everyday situations: illness and […]
Leonardo is a terrible monster! He tries so hard to be scary, but he just... isn’t. Then Leonardo finds Sam, the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare the tuna salad out of someone? Or will it be the start of an unlikely friendship? Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A […]
