Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL), the biennial Golden Point Award (GPA), Singapore’s premier creative writing competition, returns for its 16th edition. This year, AHL has partnered Singapore Book Council (SBC) to combine AHL’s extensive experience organising a wide range of literary initiatives with SBC’s substantial portfolio in managing high profile literary awards and competitions. GPA […]
Singapore’s only multi-lingual writing competition is back! Whether you are a writer by profession or hobby, we welcome you to showcase your writing talents. Golden Point Award offers the short story and poetry categories in Singapore’s four official languages. To celebrate 30 years of discovering talented new writers, the competition introduces a new category - […]
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 […]
From food to performing arts, Southeast Asia’s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) is an important link to our past and intrinsic to our rich cultural identity. To pay homage to the time-honoured traditions and living expressions that define and connect us across the region, the National Museum of Singapore and the Maybank Foundation will be presenting […]
"What if the reason I don't like capitalism is that I just wanna chill out a bit?" Rhinoceroses or capybaras? Blackpink or something less cling clangy? Two old friends are making a radio play for the internet. This week's episode is about the 'rhinoceritis epidemic' in the 1980s, where rhinoceroses have inexplicably started taking over […]
Join us on a journey back in time to find out and explore the history of video installation art. This two-part series offers a fascinating look at the pivotal moments when video installation first emerged in the 1980s and 1990s, staged and recreated at the latest See Me, See You: Early Video Installation of Southeast Asia […]
Witness a captivating hybrid of contemporary dance and theatre in this spectacular production by award-winning collaborators Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. In Revisor, Pite and Young take on an archetypal comic plot inspired by a bizarre theatrical interpretation of Nikolai Gogol’s novel, The Government Inspector. Driven by characters of mixed motives, the narrative satirises the absurdity of […]
‘Feeling Feelings Makes Me, Me’ is the latest solo exhibition by Malaysian photography artist Nadirah Zakariya. It is a well-worn open diary; a heart on a fluffy pink gingham sleeve, and an adorned love letter to anyone who can relate. Featuring close to 40 artworks/pieces that ranges from framed photography prints, lightboxes and a video […]
6060 Arts Space presents: An art exhibition that investigates and conveys the concepts of “Real-time” and “Trace” through the artistic practice of four individuals: Akras Pornkajornkijkul, Rungruang Sittirerk, Supapong Laodheerasiri, and Natthaphon Chaiworawat. "Real-time" refers to computer systems or processes that can send information to be displayed instantaneously. Real-time systems are essential in many technological […]
This symposium will consider the writing of art in Southeast Asia within and across national boundaries in the region. Speakers will respond to the development of the landmark publication "The Modern in Southeast Asian Art: A Reader", touching on issues of modernism and modernity, regionality, vernacular expression and post-coloniality. They will discuss the locus and […]
