By Yen Nie Yong (870 words, 10-minute read) Zanele Muholi, recipient of the 2016 International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award for Documentaries and Photojournalism, had her piercing gaze fixed on one of Kyoto’s most well-known backstreets recently. She was looking at the cherry blossom trees that had shed all its pinkness and had turned […]
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By Clara Cheong (470 words, 5-minute read) A Present Retrospective, an exhibition showcasing archival prints of propaganda artworks created between 1969 and 1972, by the late and widely renowned Cuban graphic artist René Mederos, is on show at Work Room Four, alongside works by five other established contemporary Vietnamese artists in response to the series. Felix
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Family Ties – till 10 June 3:45pm @ National Gallery, Basement (Image features film “Rice Ball”) From Big Eyes Big Mind: “Family Ties is a collection of wonderful films that we recommend to ages 9 and up. However, at our recent screening, kids as young as 6 years-old appreciated the films and a 7 year-old
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Top Picks of Art Performances and Events in Jakarta and Bali from 5 – 11 June 2017 JAKARTA Mencari Hilal, 6 June 2017, 7 PM, Goethehaus, Jakarta Goethe Indonesia ArtHouse Cinema returns this Ramadan season with Mencari Hilal on this coming Tuesday. Mencari Hilal is the story of the relationship between a religious father
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AICA Singapore Biennale 2016 Roundtable 3: Maybe it’s better this way, We’d hurt each other with the things we want to say [1] “Tell me about the biennale you want to see”, was the question posed to the writers engaged in the third AICA roundtable on the Singapore Biennale, convened by Qinyi Lim. The result
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By Elaine Chiew (1140 words, 12-minute read) Tofu sheets, latex skin, talcum, chocolate powder, milk. A meander through the fine art segment of the NAFA graduate showcase, titled as an ironic play on words, “The Grad Expectations 2017,” reveals two interesting strands: the unconventional materialities emergent in the current exhibition, and the play of intertextuality
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“When we talk about photography, oftentimes we talk about those in the frontlines, the photographers and artists, and forget the facilitators behind the scenes who are just as committed in their efforts and contributions. Here are some of our favourite advocates, all ten of whom are women…” See the entire list at Invisible Photographer Asia. Tags:
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You’ve probably seen videos of perfectly drawn alphabets floating around on Facebook / Instagram, here’s a chance to learn how to DIY! Take it as a one-time payment for a life-time skill! Not advisable but – think of the sarcasm you can convey to your unsuspecting enemies via calligraphic writing. It’s a whole new world
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Top Picks in Jakarta, Bandung, and Yogyakarta from 29 May – 4 June 2017 JAKARTA Mutual Unkown, 1 – 15 June 2017, Galeri Nasional Indonesia, Jakarta Mutual Unknown is an exhibition resulted from Goethe Institut Indonesia’s CuratorsLAB, a 2-year program dedicated to support a contemporary curatorial practice in Southeast Asia. 14 curators were
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Sarah Choo Jing is known for her interdisciplinary approach to photography, video and installation. Art Radar talks to the artist about her practice and recent works, on the occasion of her participation in the 57th Venice Biennale and LOOP Fair. Sarah Choo Jing, ‘Art of Rehearsal’, 2016, multimedia installation. Image courtesy the artist and A.I. Gallery.
By Clara Cheong (1005 words, 7-minute read) On a blazing hot afternoon last week, I stepped into the welcome cool of one of Gillman Barrack’s newest private art galleries, Chan + Hori Contemporary. The artist behind the iconic illustrations on the walls of BooksActually and The Projector, Speak Cryptic (Farizwan Fajari) was having his first solo exhibition in
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“Visitors to the Institut Francais tonight will be met by life-size cardboard characters inspired by the 2D animations and illustrations of Phare Creative Studio, a new social enterprise that helps fund NGO Phare Ponleu Selpak in Battambang City. The launch event for the animation and graphic design studio—which will be split between Battambang and Phnom
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By Elaine Chiew (970 words, 9-minute read) The biggest show of the year for Lasalle College of the Arts opened on the evening of the 18th with fanfare: speeches, tinsel, music, a buffet of food, tons of people. The variety of works on show is dizzying — a cornucopia of over 800 works from the
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“Around an hour’s drive west of Bangkok, Ban Pong district in Ratchaburi has been turned into a vibrant art gallery, where visitors can explore the town and take selfies with striking works by more than 40 contemporary artists. Under the Ban Pong City Contemporary Art Development Project by AT Exchange (Art Terminal Exchange), this two-and-a-half
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“In “Pauses of Possibility,” the Lopez Museum gathers four Filipino women artists — Marina Cruz, Kara de Dios, Elaine Navas, and Pam Yan Santos — in celebration of introspection and life’s quiet moments. Curated by Lopez Museum curator, Ricky Francisco, the works of these women, called “guest artists” in the exhibit notes, are arranged throughout
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TEMPÊTE 23 May, 8pm @ Alliance française de Singapour (Land Leg) Dom is 36 and works as a sailor on a fishing boat in the port of Les Sables d’Olonne, a small French town. He is used to leave for the open sea for at least three weeks in a row. Despite his absences, his
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Top Picks in Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Sleman and Bali from 22-28 May 2017 JAKARTA Menara Ingatan, 24 – 24 May 2017, 8 PM, Teater Kecil, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta Menara Ingatan, or the Minaret of Memory, is a music-theater performance by Teater Garasi, based on the composition of Yennu Ariendra, which combines drama, performance,
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“The first Bangkok Art Biennale (BAB) will be held next year, from November 2018 to February 2019 in Thailand’s capital. The announcement regarding BAB’s first edition was made in Venice on May 13 at the Westin Europa & Regina Hotel, San Marco, by the Bangkok Art Biennale Foundation, which was co-founded by food and beverage mogul
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By Marcus Yee (1530 words, 20-minute read) “What am I?” asks the museum. “If I am not to be metamuseum, interred within my own history, what do I do?”. —Lisa G. Corrin Amidst the torrential stream of infrastructural expansion and bureaucratic densification that characterises the “arts ecosystem” in Singapore, several art institutions appear to
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Top Picks in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Makassar from 15-21 May 2017 JAKARTA BBUZZSHOW@JAKARTA, Now – 30 May 2017, Galeria Fatahillah, Jakarta BBuzzShow is one of BBuzzArt’s global traveling exhibitions that provide exhibition opportunities for emerging artists. BBuzzArt is a social platform that aims to support emerging artists by connecting artists and art lovers
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“The idea of a “national identity” isn’t flat, as some people might have you think. It is a vast, complex landscape, with boundaries leaking from one to the other. Perceived differences form a major part of what one’s national identity is supposed to be, but it is an idea sifted through many filters, such as
“The references that artists use to inform their work are widely varied: these can be a song, a film, a novel, a fashion image, a building in their neighbourhood, a childhood memory and sometimes a combination of two or more of them. The possibilities and permutations are endless. Five Southeast Asian artists, Robert Zhao Renhui
“The theme of the exhibition is as intriguing as Cambodia itself: a land in which events of the past 50 years continue to weigh on people, even those far too young to have witnessed them. “Cambodia: Looking Back on the Future,” opening today in the U.S., will feature the works of 11 artists as well
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Surviving the Japanese Occupation: War and its Legacies, Former Ford Factory, open all week To mark – not commemorate – the 75th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, there’ll be an exhibition set in the Old Ford Factory, which was where the British surrendered to the Japanese forces on February 15, 1942. Spread across four
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“From its headwaters in the Tibetan plateau, the Mekong River flows past six countries for over 4,000 kilometers to the South China Sea—but its journey is unquiet. Since the 1990s, the river has been punctuated by a string of Chinese hydropower dams, with dozens more in the works. Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam are also
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“The violence meted out against people for their religious, political, and ethnic affiliations, often signaled by clothing and the symbols they wear, provides a lens through which to see abuses of power. All over the world, clothing and symbols can take on protective, threatening, or dangerous meanings. As happens in the West, discrimination against Muslims also occurs in Thailand and
“Neatly stashed away in an HDB flat somewhere in the western part of Singapore are a folded black robe, newspaper cuttings, tiles with splashes of red dye, and strands of pubic hair. These are all that remains of Josef Ng’s Brother Cane, one of the most controversial performances in Singapore’s contemporary art history. “Yes, everything
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“Ahead of Museum MACAN’s (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara) slated opening in November 2017, we sat down with Aaron Seeto, director of the museum, to find out what’s planned for Indonesia’s first museum dedicated entirely to international modern and contemporary art. MACAN will officially be launching later this year, in November, and
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“Kathy Foley, curator of Malay Theatre: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Islam, boasts decades of experience studying the art and theater of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. A trained performer in the art of wayang, traditional Indonesian mask and puppetry, Foley holds the distinction of being one of the first non-Indonesians to be invited to the prestigious
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CHAOS MEMO YELLOWING, directed by Chan Tze-Woon, 4 MAY, 7:30pm, National Museum of Singapore In 2014, an umbrella movement took place in Hong Kong, where young people led the ups and downs of the movement, the occupation of streets by civilians, and the fight against democracy in the way of civil disobedience. “Where there is a
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