Art doesn’t have to be for the eyes only. As part of the Light To Night Festival 2019, National Gallery Singapore presents The Sensorial Trail, a series of artworks that draw on your other senses – those of smell, sound, and touch – in an intimate, sometimes playful exploration of intimacy with our various senses. […]
CounterCartographies Reading — Escobar’s Encountering Development, at Malaysia Design Archive, An initiative to understand visual culture in relation to the politics of space, this monthly group tackles Chapter 2 of Arturo Escobar’s ‘Encountering Development: The Making and Unmaking of the Third World’. The chapter is titled ‘The Problematization of Poverty: The Tale of Three Worlds
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Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya from 28 January – 3 February 2019 Baron Basuning Studio, together with Galeri National Indonesia, invites you to NOOR, a solo exhibition of Baron Basuning’s works. NOOR refers to light, that also represents God in the Islam tradition. For this exhibition, Baron Basuning drew
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Prologue by The Arts House at the Old Parliament, until 2 Feb Head on down to The Arts House for a series of programmes that celebrate words and stories from all over the world in conjunction with Light to Night Festival. Pick from a selection of literary, music, and interactive programmes and experience the wonder
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ArtsEquator Radar features articles and posts drawn from local and regional websites and publications – aggregated content from outside sources, so we are exposed to a multitude of voices in the region. Here’s our first weekly round-up of content, scoured and sifted from a range of regional news websites, blogs and media platforms, and brought together
Hands up if you’ve ever wondered what the ArtsEquator logo symbolises! 🙋 Few can identify all the Southeast Asian capitals represented by the red dots on the logo. We quizzed random strangers in Penang on their geographical knowledge of the region’s capitals – watch them attempt to tackle the challenge and see how many you
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Improvised music night, at RAW Art Space, 22 Jan, 8:30pm A night of improvised music with performers from Germany, Japan, Denmark and Malaysia. Music merchandise will also be available for purchase. Admission by suggested donation RM20 (students RM15). More info here. In/Out, at klpac, 24–27 Jan What is it like to be included, and
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Metaphors abound in this complex work about living, loving and surviving. The broad canvas is a country at war. Jogging falls short of running full out, and this black clad woman has survived through thirty years of war in her city Beirut. Her storytelling is multi-layered and cleverly scripted, revealing a series of characters that
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Shortly after their rise to power in April 1975, the Khmer Rouge sought to change the social identity of the Khmer people. Through forced relocation, expropriation of possessions and separation of family members, the regime sought to eliminate old identities as much as possible. But one curious and often overlooked aspect of their re-education programmes
Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Solo, and Bali from 21 – 27 January 2019 Arcolabs, a visual art community supporting engagement and growth of arts in Jakarta, invites you to attend The Concept of Self: individual and integrity. This exhibition is part of a continuous effort to explore the idea of self
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The Utama Spaceship by Spacebar Theatre, UTown Dance Studio, 22 – 23 January In the not-so-distant future, Singapore sends The Utama Spaceship to colonise a planet in the nearest star, Alpha Centauri. Two space explorers are given the greatest task aboard the spaceship: to not get lost. To pass the time the Explorers tell stories
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The rollercoaster ride of Indonesia’s film industry is currently cresting yet another hill in its bumpy, twisting history. Southeast Asia Globe talks with a feature moviemaker who’s taking a break from the big screen to tell stories for HBO Asia. Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar is making moves in a surging industry. He directed the first season of
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SINGAPORE – At least five galleries slated to participate in Art Stage Singapore say the art fair has been cancelled by organisers. This would have been the ninth edition of the contemporary art fair, which was to run from Jan 25 to 27 at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Representatives of galleries
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Indonesia’s arts scene is by no means lacking, yet most of its big names are men, with notable female artists largely unexplored. An upcoming art exhibition at the National Gallery in Central Jakarta, titled Into the Future, aims to change that. Slated to run from Feb. 26 to March 16, Into the Future will showcase
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Nadir, at No Black Tie, 17 Jan, 9pm Nadir is a band with a diverse lineup, and their music is a big, fun sound that loosely blends rock, jazz and world music with a wide range of local influences. They are best known for their take on Malaysian nursery rhyme Ikan Kekek. Admission fee RM53 (RM43
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General Manager at Checkpoint Theatre Checkpoint Theatre is looking to hire a General Manager, a newly created position. The GM will have particular responsibility for finance; regulatory compliance and reporting; human resources, fundraising, and partnerships. You should have: – a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the arts/culture/heritage sectors, including administrative and management positions; –
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Nguyen Thien Thuat Street in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, is best known for its wide array of music stores. But it is not just the stores that make the street popular. There is an aura of good old sound here that makes it all so alluring. The tones of string instruments echo along
Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Yogyakarta from 14 – 20 January 2019 Komunitas Salihara invites you to join its discussion on Indonesian literature this Wednesday titled “Realisme dan Autobiografi: Kelemahan Sastra Kita?” (“Realism and Autobiography: Weakness in our Literary Output?”). These 2 styles of writing have become the favorite choices for
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By Kathy Rowland (642 words, three-minute read) Suzuki Tadashi is one of the brand names in the international tour circuit, whose productions have earned critical praise and inspired several generations of audiences. A decade on from his last production in Singapore, Electra at the Singapore Arts Festival 2009, Suzuki Tadashi returns to Singapore in May
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The Little Prince In The Dark at Singapore Philatelic Museum, 19 Jan Explore unique tactile sculptures of The Little Prince In The Dark Collection by Arnaud Nazare-Aga, with visually-impaired guides from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Dialogue in the Dark. You’ll be led through a mini-experience of the essential elements of The Little Prince with your sense of
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Established in 1995, the Tokyo Performing Arts Market (TPAM) was created to be a platform to network Japanese artists with producers and funders. 24 years later, TPAM has expanded in scope and purpose, to include live performance, panel discussions and symposiums. In 2011 it moved to the City of Yokohama, and was renamed the Performing
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By Marcus Yee (1340 words, five-minute read) This is the second of a two-part essay on the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial running at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, from 24 November 2018 to 28 April 2019. Read Part I here. Wind Songs, Molecular Vibrations Four Winds Wind, you are a beast with four heads
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By Marcus Yee (1259 words, five-minute read) This is the first of a two-part essay on the 9th Asia Pacific Triennial running at the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, from 24 November 2018 to 28 April 2019. Read Part II here. Since 1993, the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) has been a gathering point for contemporary
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ArtsEquator held a live recording of its year-end dance podcast at Dance Nucleus SCOPE #4 on Sunday 2 December 2018, 7pm. Watch Chan Sze-Wei, Soultari Amin Farid and Bernice Lee share about the works they have seen this year in Singapore and Southeast Asia, and further questions and responses from the live audience at Dance
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Merdekarya 6th Anniversary, at Merdekarya, 12 Jan, doors open 6pm This institution for indie music is celebrating its six anniversary with a whole host of performances, no cover charge, and free tuak mixes (until 8pm). Come for the party, stay for the music, bring your friends. More info here. SounDance 19, at RAW
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The Past and Coming Melt by Koh Nguang How, Grey Projects, 12 – 23 January With a focus on environmentally engaged art that speaks to Koh’s early and crucial artistic position on environmental crises, ‘The Past and Coming Melt’ features archival works as well as new recreations of previously destroyed or unavailable work and material.
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Gaining a place at the Asia Pacific Triennial (APT) at the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA) has been a significant milestone in the careers of many Indonesian artists. Although they were already well known in art circles, the first exhibition in 1993 helped launch the international careers of several artists including Heri Dono,
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PHNOM PENH/BANGKOK (Reuters) – Cambodia’s centuries-old tradition of masked dance was nearly wiped out by the Khmer Rouge’s “Killing Fields” regime, but a handful of artists managed to keep it alive and are now working to pass it along to a new generation. Sun Rithy’s father and grandfather were both performers of the Lakhon Khol
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Before we plunge headlong into 2019, here’s a quick recap of some of our most-read articles on ArtsEquator, in ascending order. 10. Nathalie Johnston: Creating a home for contemporary art in Myanmar by Victoria Milko As part of ArtsEquator’s series covering independent spaces across Southeast Asia, Victoria Milko profiles Nathalie Johnston, founder of contemporary art space Myanm/art in Yangon.
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Artistic directors of the many theatre companies in Singapore have strong, iconic personalities. Ever wondered who your AD alter ego is? Find out in ArtsEquator’s new personality quiz! Tags: Personality Quiz
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