Get out and about as we celebrate the 20th edition of Singapore HeritageFest (SHF)! Centred on the themes of sports and public transport, this year’s festival invites everyone to uncover the lesser-known stories about our unique history and heritage with a dynamic line-up of over 80 programmes. Explore the impressive expansion of Singapore's public […]
The future is female – and so is the past, as depicted by these portraits of girls as unlikely warriors. Together, they boldly reframe the histories of iconic women through the centuries. WE WILL SLAM YOU WITH OUR WINGS is a video and sound installation of seven hanging screens, representing a series of 19th century […]
Life Profusion is SIFA’s virtual platform, a portal for creation and discovery. This year, Life Profusion presents Privacy by MOJOKO, a series of eight digital works from eight international artists exploring modern concerns of surveillance and personal data; and Prompt: Play curated by Hong Xinyi, which gathers creative responses to programmes at SIFA 2023. […]
Life Profusion is SIFA’s virtual platform, a portal for creation and discovery. This year, Life Profusion presents Privacy by MOJOKO, a series of eight digital works from eight international artists exploring modern concerns of surveillance and personal data; and Prompt: Play curated by Hong Xinyi, which gathers creative responses to programmes at SIFA 2023. Privacy […]
Discover the intriguing amid the mundane, in this multidisciplinary installation combining performance and video installation, reflecting on the nature of time, space and our everyday relationships. With new discoveries and encounters to engage with on each day, it invites you to wander through doors and liminal spaces to piece together what lies within, and how […]
At Work By The River by Yip Yew Chong 19 May - 2 June 2023 ACM Green Free Immerse yourself in Yip Yew Chong’s nostalgic paintings as bumboats float on the ACM Green, against the backdrop of the river and Singapore’s skyline. Step back in time to see what the bumboats carried during the river’s […]
Date: 20 May Saturday & 21 May Sunday Date: 27 May Saturday & 28 May Sunday Time: 3pm & 8pm Venue: 42 Waterloo Street Tickets: $25 Centre 42 presents a collection of new performances devised by its resident artists and invited guests. Titled “there is no future in nostalgia,” after Arthur Yap's iconic poem about […]
The 14th Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) returns this year as a fully in-person event, celebrating the theme “Play!” With over 70 programmes featuring more than 100 writers and speakers from Singapore and around the world, AFCC 2023 explores the different dimensions of “Play” through books, stories and performances. Come join our panels, workshops, […]
Date: 26 May Friday & 27 May Saturday Time: 7pm Duration: Durational, free & easy Venue: CÉ LA VI Tickets: $58 Minimum admission age of 18 years CÉ LA VI, Singapore’s iconic club space pinnacling Marina Bay Sands sets the stage for LOVE DIVINE, a SIFA X performance spectacle plunging us into the creative recesses […]
Down the River, Along the Streets of ACM Saturday - Sunday, 27 - 28 May 2023 10am - 7pm Asian Civilisations Museum Free admission to the museum and most activities Journey through time along the iconic Singapore River for this year’s Singapore HeritageFest. Hop on a bumboat or embark on walking tours to witness the […]
Exploring English as the predominant language of political power, LOLLING AND ROLLING is a powerful one-man show that traces the shadow of linguistic imperialism within Korean society, and questions its impact on the “inaudible voice” of the subaltern. Lolling and Rolling takes as a starting point the phenomenon of tongue-tie surgery, an operation performed in […]
ME, YOU, THEN, NOW is a self-portrait in movement, video, and words: a performative archive. We are invited to join artist Muna Tseng on a retrospective journey, from her days of being a young artist weaving her web of identity within the urban mythology of downtown New York City (NYC), through to the present with […]
What can a bunch of talkative rice cookers tell us about the past twenty years of Korean history? One day when his electric rice cooker informed him that his meal was ready, Jaha Koo experienced a deep sense of isolation. ‘Golibmuwon’ (고립무원) is an untranslatable Korean word expressing the feeling of helpless isolation that characterises […]
