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Malaysian Tamil Film “En Veettu Tottatil (The Farm)” Wins at Yellow Fever Indie Film Festival [Malaysia]

“When contacted, the director, Karthik Shamalan, said, “At first when we received the email from Yellow Fever Indie Film, we were very surprised. We didn’t believe it until we saw the official announcement on their website!” He added, “We are very happy to win this award. This acknowledgement is a push to help us create […]

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Elaine Chiew interviews Singapore-based Filipino writer Victor Fernando Ocampo [Philippines, Singapore]

“For every writer, once in a rare while, a book comes along and really shakes you up, where (instead of that height/ceiling metaphor) I’d like to say instead, the floor drops on which you thought the legs of fiction stood. Victor Fernando Ocampo’s The Infinite Library and Other Stories did that for me. The ideas that power

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ASEAN Music Festival

ASEAN Music Festival: After K-pop and J-pop, what about ASEAN-pop? [Philippines]

“There’s K-pop, J-pop, Cantopop, and even Pinoy pop. But do we know what kind of music our ASEAN neighbors are producing? The dominance of Western music notwithstanding, ASEAN Music Festival organizer Annie Luis of the National Commision for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) wanted to put the spotlight on music from ASEAN member states, this

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Discipline The City

Contingent Spaces: “Discipline the City” at the Substation

Discipline the City (23 August – 26 November 2017) is a three-act multi-arts exhibition held at The Substation. Going beyond a static presentation commonly utilised in exhibitions, the show includes permanent exhibits, site-adaptive performances, punk tours, talks, workshops, a shop and rotating exhibits. The monumental programme demands repeat visits over the whole period of the

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13 – 19 Nov 2017: Singapore

Dreamseeds Arts Fest by Club Rainbow, 18 – 25 Nov, *SCAPE An initiative by Club Rainbow (Singapore), Dreamseeds Arts Fest 2017 is a multi-experiential arts festival headlined by the non-profit organisation’s beneficiaries. Dreamseeds Arts Fest is an open-to-public inclusive arts platform that offers beneficiaries the opportunity to realise their creative potential and connect with a

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The Unsung Museum – highlighting issues challenging Indonesia’s on-going struggle for democracy

“The Unsung Museum (Museum Tanpa Tanda Jasa) is a landmark, travelling exhibition that is currently crisscrossing the country and features miniature artworks that are big on cultural significance. The exhibition highlights the most important issues challenging Indonesia’s ongoing struggle for democracy since the nation’s colourful, fledgling journey began. These issues include tolerance of minority groups, along with ethnic, ideologically and

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da:ns festival 2017

Podcast 30: da:ns festival 2017

Duration: 21 min Dr Stephanie Burridge and dancer Chloe Chotrani recap the da:ns festival 2017 by Esplanade Theatres on the bay, sharing their personal reflections on the shows they’ve seen. Chloe discusses the relevance of Eisa Jocson’s practice to Filipin@ sociopolitics, and how this comes through in Jocson’s double-bill of Macho Dancer and Corponomy, while Stephanie

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The Finger Players’ Contemporary Classics Season 2017: “Poop!” and “The Spirits Play”

Poop! by Chong Tze Chien A family left stranded in the aftermath of a father’s seemingly irresponsible, selfish suicide, must learn to navigate its way through the nooks of grief and crannies of letting go and letting be, all whilst holding to semblances of hope through a widow’s grief, a mother’s denial, and the celebration

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Asian Dramaturgs’ Network in Adelaide: Getting Messy to Make Sense

By Kathy Rowland (770 words, 5 minute read) The Asian Dramaturgs’ Network, launched in April 2016 in Singapore by dance dramaturg Lim How Ngean, has quickly extended its regional footprint this year with meetings in Yokohama and Australia. Its Satellite Symposium in Adelaide, presented by Centre 42, brought Australian and Asian cultural practitioners into the same

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Satirical Art

Satirical Art Will Not Be Silenced [SEA]

“They have been harassed, threatened, publicly scorned and surrounded by large, aggressive mobs. They have been held behind bars, and faced the wrath of furious governments. Yet, they appear not to have lost their moral compass, their passion, or their hearts. Their “crime”? Art. Despite government pressure, Malaysia’s Zunar and South Korea’s Hong Sung-dam continue

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ASEAN-China Film Festival

First Asean-China Film Festival to take place in Malaysia in December [SEA]

“This year is the the 50th anniversary of Asean (Association Of Southeast Asian Nations). To commemorate this, the Asean-China Film Festival has been announced to establish a long-term exchange and cooperation platform for the Asean film industry, in line with China’s Belt and Road initiative. The inaugural Asean-China Film Festival will be held in Malaysia next month from

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6 – 12 November 2017: Singapore

                Bersama-sama: Exhibition Launch by Jasmeet Notay and Steph Jack, Supernormal Gallery, Kreta Ayer Road, 11 Nov 6pm – 10pm Bersama-sama is a small collection of abstract works by Jasmeet Notay and Steph Jack. Jack splatters and blends acrylics to create fluid, whimsical dreamscapes while Notay’s paintings are moody

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6 – 12 November 2017: Indonesia

Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta and Makassar from 6 – 12 November 2017   JAKARTA Jiwa – Jakarta Biennale 2017, 4 November – 10 December 2017, various locations, Jakarta  Jakarta’s biannual international contemporary art exhibition is back with a theme of Jiwa. Jiwa or soul is the spirit or energy that drives

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Eisa Jocson at da:ns festival 2017: The Body as Archive of Filipino Labour

By Chloe Chotrani (927 words, 7-minute read) To witness the work of Eisa Jocson is an absolute privilege at this point in history. The double-bill pairing up Jocson’s internationally acclaimed Macho Dancer and the new Esplanade commission Corponomy, investigate the economic body as archive of labor and service in the Philippines. It is said that

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30 Oct – 5 Nov 2017: Singapore

            German Film Festival by Goethe-Institut Singapore, various venues and timings from 2 – 12 November 2017 The German Film Festival will present its 21st edition in 2017 over two weeks. This year, more than 30 ambitious and fascinating films will provide a unique insight into contemporary life in Germany

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30 Oct – 5 Nov 2017: Indonesia

Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Banda from 30 October – 5 November 2017   JAKARTA Japanese Film Festival, 2 – 7 November 2017, CGV Grand Indonesia, Jakarta Organised by the Japan Foundation, the Japanese Film Festival is a celebration of Japanese cinema outside of Japan. This year’s festival is held

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ArtAsiaPacific: After Darkness, Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History [SEA, USA]

“A lasting impression one got from the exhibition “After Darkness: Southeast Asian Art in the Wake of History” at the Asia Society Museum in New York was the sense of art’s power to propel. Walking a tight rope between personal aesthetics and the repressive sociopolitical conditions of their countries, seven artists and a collaborative group—from

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Choy Ka Fai’s “Dance Clinic”: The Dance Doctor Is In

By Bernice Lee (800 words, 5-minute read) Dance Clinic by Choy Ka Fai is thick with information and ideas. The choreographer performs a trickster role in an artistic approach similar to his previous offerings of SoftMachine (2015). Dance Clinic projects into the future, and digs into the past. It is in conversation with a curated canon of dance, with neuroscience, with

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23 – 29 October 2017: Indonesia

Top Picks of Indonesia art events in Jakarta, Bandung, and Bali from 23-29 October 2017   JAKARTA Murni? – Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design, Now – 15 November 2017, grandkemang Hotel Jakarta Murni in Bahasa Indonesia translates as “purity”. In this 8th exhibition of Indonesian Contemporary Art and Design (ICAD), the word Murni is asked

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