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Fighting Demons by Yong Li Xuan (Singapore)
2023-03-31 12:00 - 2023-05-07 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
A project by Yong Li Xuan (Singapore)
Recipient of the Objectifs Documentary Award 2022, Emerging Category
Mentored by Muhammad Fadli
Lower Gallery, Objectifs
31 Mar to 7 May 2022
Free admission
Exhibition Opening: 30 Mar 2023, 12pm – 9pm
Artist Talk with Yong Li Xuan and Muhammad Fadli | 1 Apr 2023, 1.30pm – 2.30pm
RSVP here: docuaward-fightingdemons.peatix.com
Ashley Poo is a 22-year-old student who was diagnosed with depression and anxiety in 2019. Nearly four years on, she continues to battle her inner demons. Yong Li Xuan has been documenting Ashley’s journey since September 2021, after they met in a mental health support group online.
According to a Singapore Mental Health Study conducted in 2016, one in seven in Singapore have experienced a mental disorder in their lifetime but more than three-quarters did not seek professional help. Evidence that youths in Singapore are experiencing difficulties with their mental well-being is mounting, and there is a growing awareness that more resources are needed to tackle this issue.
Fighting Demons is an intimate portrait of Ashley’s relationships – with friends, family and herself – and how they intertwine with her mood disorders. Through this project, she lets her walls down, in the hopes that others will empathise and open up about mental health issues.

Portrait Photography Masterclass by Muhammad Fadli
2023-03-31 18:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Held in conjunction with the Objectifs Documentary Award 2022 Showcase
Fri 31 Mar, 6pm to 10pm
Objectifs’ Workshop Space
Workshop Fee: $180
Register here: objectifs.com.sg/portrait-masterclass-fadli
What constitutes good portraiture, and how can one ensure its quality across both indoor and outdoor settings? How do portrait photographers manage their workflow on a shoot and build portfolios to get the assignments they want?
In this highly hands-on workshop, participants will get the rare opportunity to hear and learn from renowned and award-winning photographer, Muhammad Fadli (National Geographic, TIME, The New York Times, NIKE, and more), who will be on a weekend stopover in Singapore for the Objectifs Documentary Award 2022 showcase as one of its mentors.
At the end of the portrait photography course, participants will learn the makings of good portraiture, how to work with lights both indoors and outdoors, what can and cannot be fixed in post-processing, as well as how to embark on the professional portrait photographer’s journey.

FreshTake! Open Call
2023-04-01 - 2023-05-05 | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Held in conjunction with the Objectifs Short Film Incubator
Deadline: Fri 5 May 2023 (2359H SGT)
FreshTake! is a short film programme featuring works by current students from Singapore. Presenting a range of films from the absurd, the nuances of everyday life to the pain of memories, FreshTake! uncovers varied perspectives from the next generation of Singapore filmmakers. Selected films will be screened at Objectifs in July 2023, and it will be accompanied with talks and post-screening discussions. This programme is held in conjunction with the Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2023.
APPLICATION CRITERIA
1. Applicants must be students based in Singapore:
a) Who are currently enrolled in full-time education.
b) Or were graduates (between Jan 2021 to Dec 2022) who had completed their films while enrolled as a full time student.
Kindly note that proof of identity may be required for verification purposes.
2. The submitted short film must have been completed in 2022.
3. The duration of the submitted short film must be 30 minutes or less.
Submit your applications by Fri, 5 May 2023 (2359H SGT) here: bit.ly/freshtake2023

Objectifs Short Film Incubator Open Call 2023
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-30 | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
The Objectifs Short Film Incubator is an initiative presented by Objectifs that focuses on developing short film scripts. The programme is open to Southeast Asian filmmakers working with moving images, and will provide five selected participants with mentorship and a valuable support network as they work on their scripts.
After the workshop, all selected participants’ scripts will be reviewed by the mentors and a cash prize of SGD$1,000 will be awarded to one of the participants/teams for the most promising script.
Leong Puiyee, Senior Manager at Objectifs is the key facilitator for the Short Film Incubator. Momo Film Co is the programme partner for the Objectifs Short Film Incubator.
The Objectifs Short Film Incubator will run from 6 July – 23 August 2023. It will be held entirely online.
Submit your applications by Sun, 30 Apr 2023 (2359H SGT) at objectifs.com.sg/short-film-incubator-2023.

Diverse Visions: A Group Exhibition
2023-04-01 - 2023-04-22 | Richard Koh Fine Art, Blk 47 Malan Road #01-26 Gillman Barracks Singapore 109444, Singapore, 109444, Singapore
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming group exhibition, Diverse Visions, showcasing the works of Phuc Thien Hoang (Vietnam), Pen Robit (Cambodia), Pachara Piyasongsoot (Thailand), Eiffel Chong (Malaysia), Haffendi Anuar (Malaysia), Hasanul Isyraf Idris (Malaysia), Samuel Xun (Singapore), Mengju Lin (Singapore), Ivan David Ng (Singapore) and Faris Nakamura (Singapore).
This exhibition brings together a group of talented artists from Southeast Asia, offering audiences a unique and diverse look into the art and culture of the region. The works on display range from 2-dimensional artworks to 3-dimensional artworks, showcasing a variety of styles and perspectives. This exhibition provides an opportunity for audiences to experience the creative output of these talented artists, and to gain an understanding of the cultural and historical context from which their works emerge.

TRIP 2023: No Particular Order
2023-04-01 20:00 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Esplanade Theatre Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore, 038981, Singapore
A despot has come to power. The population is anxious, submissive and scared.

But beneath every violation of civil liberty, there are real human beings; behind every act of resistance, there is an individual willing to risk everything. And these people aren’t heroic or remarkable – they’re just like us.

Through a series of vignettes involving the lives of bureaucrats, soldiers, artists and tour guides, No Particular Order charts the fate of a society in turmoil to ask at every step of the way: is it empathy, or power, that endures?

Joel Tan’s No Particular Order  first debuted in May 2022 at London’s Theatre503. Described as “startling and apocalyptic”, the play was shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Award as well as the 2022 George Devine Award. This performance marks its Singapore premiere.

A programme of TRIP—a platform to showcase work by early-career directors.

Director: Sim Yan Ying “YY”
Playwright: Joel Tan
Performers: Arielle Jasmine Van Zuijlen, Karen Tan, Pavan J Singh and Shrey Bhargava
Lighting Designer: James Tan
Sound Designer: Lee Yew Jin (Ctrl Fre@k)
Set Designer: Hella Chan
Production Manager: Evelyn Chia (The Backstage Affair)
Stage Manager: Carolene Ruth Liew (The Backstage Affair)
Assistant Stage Manager: Irish Alcantara (The Backstage Affair)

Open Call for *SCAPE’s Ninth National Youth Film Awards
2023-04-04 - 2023-05-22 | *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #02-14, Singapore, Singapore, 237978, Singapore
The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is a national award that celebrates youths who have excelled across the various aspects of filmmaking – be it content creation and production, script writing, animation, or screenplay writing. It seeks to instill a greater appreciation of independent films, fuel the passion for filmmaking, and generates opportunities for further development for these emerging talents by connecting them with industry partners and helping them gain greater visibility, be it for festivals or commercial opportunities. In this year’s edition, NYFA has also partnered up with the Singapore International Film Festival, which allows all winners to receive an Industry Pass to the 34th edition of SGIFF, providing them complimentary access to the festival’s screenings and events and giving them invaluable exposure to a wider audience. Winners of the Best Short Film for both the Student and Open Youth categories will also be awarded direct entries into SGIFF’s Official Selection, a pivotal steppingstone to kickstart their career in film.
Eligible participants, aged 35 and below, are invited to submit their short films ranging from live action, animation to documentary forms. Participants who are interested in submitting their works may do so by 22 May 2023.

Return to CapitaVerse - an out-of-the-world 24-hour experiential party in the metaverse!
2023-04-05 19:00 - 2023-04-06 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Decentraland, Singapore, Singapore
Following a successful inaugural edition, CapitaLand is giving its metaverse event, CapitaVerse, a mega glow up! The second edition brings visitors back into a surreal world of fashion, art and entertainment, with a more rewarding experience this year.

Teleport to the party of the year and explore virtual galleries from popular partners such as National Gallery Singapore and Charles & Keith. Don your avatar in the best party outfit with exclusive digital wearables, vibe out with content queen and entertainment extraordinaire Annette Lee and dance the night away to music by resident Zouk DJs. Try your luck at exciting in-game experiences to redeem attractive prizes by established brands like National Gallery Singapore, Mastercard, Somersby and Zouk, alongside attractive real-world rewards at CapitaLand malls across Singapore.
See you on the other side! For more information, visit CapitaLand’s website or follow CapitaLand malls on Instagram, Tiktok and Telegram.

Dancers' Locker 2023
2023-04-06 20:00 - 2023-04-08 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Frontier Danceland Studio, 90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre, Block M, #02-52, Singapore 439053, Singapore, Singapore, 439053, Singapore
Dancers’ Locker returns this year with a triple bill of unique creations by Frontier Danceland company artists, Sammantha Yue (Singapore), Tan Xin Yen (Malaysia) and Kirby Dunnzell (Philippines). Through the expressivity of the body, the young choreographers reflect on connections with their identities and the true meaning of communication in the contemporary world.
Come experience a fresh wave of dynamic explorations up close at Dancers’ Locker 2023!

Frontier Danceland presents Dancers' Locker 2023
2023-04-06 20:00 - 2023-04-08 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Frontier Danceland Studio, 90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre, Block M, #02-52, Singapore 439053, Singapore, Singapore, 439053, Singapore
Dancers’ Locker returns this year with a triple bill of unique creations by Frontier Danceland company artists, Sammantha Yue (Singapore), Tan Xin Yen (Malaysia) and Kirby Dunnzell (Philippines). Through the expressivity of the body, the young choreographers reflect on connections with their identities and the true meaning of communication in the contemporary world.
Come experience a fresh wave of dynamic explorations up close at Dancers’ Locker 2023!
Date & Time
6 April (Thu) | 8pm
7 April (Fri) | 3pm & 8pm*
8 April (Sat) | 3pm & 8pm
* There will be a post-performance dialogue

Venue
Frontier Danceland Studio
90 Goodman Road, Goodman Arts Centre, Block M, #02-52, Singapore 439053

Ticket
Standard $25
Concession $20 **
** Concession applicable to Full-Time Students, NSFs and Senior Citizens aged 60 and above
All secondary schools, JCs, CIs & ITEs may use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 50% of the programme cost (Email tickets@frontierdanceland.com for school purchase)

How Fiction Works with Claire Keegan
2023-04-08 09:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
In this series of five in-person workshops, let Claire Keegan open doors to the world of fiction and develop your understanding of its forms, structures and techniques.
During the course, Claire Keegan will introduce you to various aspects of the fiction form such as dialogue, point of view, humour, drama versus tension and more. Enjoy exploring the works of fiction through interactive classroom lectures and discussions of published texts!
This workshop is kindly supported by NTU’s School of Humanities and the National Arts Council.
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ABOUT CLAIRE KEEGAN:
Claire Keegan was raised on a farm on the Wicklow/Wexford border. Her works have won numerous awards and are translated into more than thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. Foster, after winning the Davy Byrnes Award — then the world’s richest prize for a story — was chosen by The Times as one of the top 50 works to be published in the 21st Century. It is now part of the school syllabus in Ireland. Her latest, Small Things Like These, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Ambassadors’ Prize for best Irish novel published in France, and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the year. It is now nominated for the Dublin Literary Award, the world’s richest literary prize, which is presented annually for the best novel in the world written or translated into English.
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ABOUT ACWP:
The Asia Creative Writing Programme is a joint initiative funded by the National Arts Council of Singapore and the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University.
Leading international and local writers are appointed as Visiting Writers to teach creative writing workshops and masterclasses, as well as mentor and guide emerging, developing and advanced writers in Singapore.
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For more information on the course: https://bit.ly/acwp-ck1
If you have any queries or have problems registering, email us at: soh-ACWP@ntu.edu.sg
Register here: https://bit.ly/acwp-ck1
Deadline for registration: 10 March 2023, Friday, 5:00 pm
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WHEN:
5 in-person workshops:
– 8 April 2023 (Saturday)
– 15 April 2023 (Saturday)
– 16 April 2023 (Sunday)
– 13 May 2023 (Saturday)
– 20 May 2023 (Saturday)
9:00 to 12:00 pm SGT
WHERE:
Asian Civilisations Museum
1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555
WHO:
– For Intermediate to Advanced Writers
– Limited places available
– Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise
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FEES:
For 5 workshops of 3 hours each:
– $150 for adults
– $60 for students, unemployed, low-income migrant workers
– Free for undergraduates from Singapore tertiary institutions
– Please email us if financial assistance is needed

Meet the Artist | Rirkrit Tiravanija’s We don’t recognise what we don’t see Opening Day
2023-04-08 15:00 - 18:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
Come meet the artist, Rirkrit Tiravanija, on the occasion of his second exhibition with STPI Gallery, We don’t recognise what we don’t see. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, this exhibition is a visceral experience provocatively designed to engage the mind and senses through the audience’s own participation, an enduring element of Tiravanija’s practice.
Centred around the theme of extinction, the show is born from a meditation on the value and treatment of other lifeforms. It suggests that humankind’s inconsequential regard for animals and our natural world stem from mankind’s hubris, blinding us to the devastating consequences of the cumulative destruction around us.
We look forward to seeing you then.

TRIP 2023: I am trying to say something true
2023-04-08 20:00 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 1 Esplanade Dr, 038981, Singapore
After smashing her work computer in the office pantry in an uncharacteristic fit of rage, Risa is now sat in a room with Dr Robert, her newly acquired therapist. She cannot go back to how she was living before. Risa must look back on her own life to look forward. What caused her to end up at this exact spot?

Was it her Catholic ah ma whose funeral she skipped, her ex-girlfriend whom she loved deeply but broke up with, or her tendency to feel too much? Or maybe… something else entirely?

So instead, this is a story about distance: the spaces between people and places, the gaps between past and present; and about living in the gulf between what we know and what we feel.

First commissioned for the 2018 season of The Studios, Michelle Tan’s deeply intimate script explores the complexities of personal truth and emotional vulnerability.

A programme of TRIP—a platform to showcase work by early-career directors.

Director: Renee Yeong
Playwright: Michelle Tan
Performer: Sabrina Sng
Lighting Designer: Gabriel Chan
Sound Designer: Jing Ng
Set Designer: Petrina Dawn Tan
Production Manager: Lam Dan Fong (The Backstage Affair)
Stage Manager: Celestine Wong (The Backstage Affair)
Assistant Stage Manager: Chong Wee Nee (The Backstage Affair)

Photo Credit: Crispian Chan

*SCAPE Creative Art Residencies Open Calls
2023-04-14 - 2023-06-02 | *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #02-14, Singapore, Singapore, 237978, Singapore
Calling all choreographers, dancers, filmmakers, movement artists, and visual artists! *SCAPE Creative Arts invites talented youth artists who are eager to collaborate, experiment, and incubate new and original works.
You will get an opportunity to showcase your creativity and present your works in early 2024. Apply now and send in your ideas! https://bit.ly/CAopencall2023

Reach for Freedom: Works by Chng Seok Tin
2023-04-14 12:00 - 2023-04-30 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | NOT GALLERY, #02-41 BRAS BASAH COMPLEX, SINGAPORE, Singapore
A face twists in pain, a figure leaps through a maelstrom, and a pair of hands reaches towards the sky:
Not Gallery presents Reach for Freedom: Works by Chng Seok Tin, an exhibition of 12 stirring print and mixed media artworks by the Cultural Medallion winner.
Throughout her career, Chng produced art rich in symbolism and spanning diverse mediums from print to sculpture—creating, as curator Constance Sheares once wrote, “in the area between abstraction and figuration.” Rather than depicting external appearances, her works represent the unseen world of thought and feeling.
Across Chng’s oeuvre, two key threads occur and recur: suffering and freedom. Resonating through the personal, political, and universal realms, these contrasting themes reflect Chng’s own life as well as her investment in social issues of her time.
One of Chng’s deepest artistic preoccupations was the downtrodden condition of man, particularly in a modern, urban society. Plagued by materialism and competition, alienated from nature and crowded into cities, humanity seemed to be undergoing a kind of death of the soul.

Lunchtime Concerts
2023-04-14 12:30 - 2023-04-21 13:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Fridays, 3 March 2023 to 21 April 2023
Fridays except 24 March and 7 April, 12.30pm–1.30pm
Asian Civilisations Museum
Free

Lunchtime Concerts return to ACM! Relax and unwind to the music of the talented students of the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST) on selected Fridays in March and April

14 April: Jazz
Recharge your soul as you swing along to upbeat jazz tunes.

21 April: Voice — Vocal Works by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Join the YST Voice majors as they celebrate one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century.

Register on Asian Civilisations Museum official website.

STPI X LKCNHM | THE BLUEPRINT OF NATURE: Cyanotype Workshop
2023-04-16 10:00 - 12:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
This workshop is conducted at Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum.
In this special collaboration, STPI and Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum invite you to explore the Museum’s specimens and organic materials, learn the fundamentals of cyanotype and experiment to create your own prints of rich cobalt blue.
One ticket to this workshop includes free admission to Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (U.P. SGD 21).
Recommended for ages 7 and above.

Objectifs Film Club: Short Film Incubator Participants
2023-04-19 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Join us online for our next film club, featuring past participants of the Objectifs Short Film Incubator over the years. Filmmakers Jessica Heng (Singapore), Reza Fahri (Indonesia), and Trishtan Perez (Philippines) will share about their films, which they had workshopped during the incubator programme. They will discuss their filmmaking journey since developing their scripts under the incubator, and the process of shooting their films.
Date: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Time: 7:30pm – 9:00pm (SGT)
Venue: Held online via Zoom
Free admission, please register at bit.ly/filmclub-sfi
Held in conjunction with the Objectifs Short Film Incubator 2023
Please note that this session does not include a screening of the films, please watch the films prior to the start of the session. The films are available for viewing for free via the Objectifs Film Library at bit.ly/shortfilmincubator from now till 19 Apr 2023 (2359H SGT), after which they will be available for rental for a nominal fee.

The 19th edition presents Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society Presents SIFAS Festival of the Arts 2023
2023-04-20 - 2023-05-01 | Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 1 Esplanade Dr, 038981, Singapore
The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) Festival of Arts returns in 2023 for its 19th edition from Thursday, 20th April 2023 to Monday, 1st May 2023 at SIFAS and Esplanade– Theatres On The Bay.
Curated with the theme Kalpana to mean Imagination in Sanskrit the Festival presents original highlight productions by teachers, alumni, students, and international partners such as Home, Kathambam, and Jaya Ram in collaboration with The Esplanade.
These highlight performances will be complemented by free public programmes that include a visual arts exhibition, a culinary and crafts bazaar and workshops.
SIFAS Festival of the Arts 2023 will be on from Thursday, 20th April to Monday, 1st May. Free dance and music public programmes are available throughout the festival period.

We Are Like This Only 3
2023-04-20 19:30 - 2023-04-30 22:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Drama Centre Black Box, Singapore, Select a Country:
“We Are Like This Only 3” is back to explore the real and perceived impressions that Singaporeans, particularly the Chinese, have of the ‘New Indians” in our community and vice versa. The comical play takes on a number of racist and xenophobic peeves that have been amplified on social media, wrestling with real and anecdotal situations with humour and a sense of the ridiculous. These include incidents during the lockdown, feelings of being crowded out, locals’ perception of job competition, stereotyping Indian doctors, employer-employee relationships, the perceived arrogance/stand-offishness of new Indians and more. At the end of an entertaining evening at the theatre combined with the possibility that folks will go home a little bit wiser, accepting that we are all “different but same same”, a forum theatre style interactive discussion between the audience and the actors will bring out personal observations, emotions and challenges of integrating in Singapore.
“We Are Like This Only 3” directed by Daisy Irani Subaiah and written by Subin Subaiah, will be performed by the brilliant cast of award winning actors Josephine Tan, Daisy Irani, Hang Qian Chou and Subin Subaiah.
“We Are Like This Only 3” will also feature the designs of 2022’s Life!Theatre award winning Lighting Designer Alberta Wileo, Set Design by Keng San from On Staging, and our very own “Tea Party Rap” written by Preetipls (also known as Preeti Nair).

SEPTUM A solo exhibition by YEO SHIH YUN.
2023-04-21 14:00 - 2023-04-30 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Supper House, 222 Tagore Ln, Unit 04-03, Singapore, Singapore, 787603, Singapore
SEPTUM
A solo exhibition by YEO SHIH YUN, with collaborators EUGINIA TAN, HENRIK CHENG, KELLEY CHENG, NG YUAN CI & TAN WEIYING.
SEPTUM is an immersive visual-theatre experience consisting of seven poems, presented by Yeo Shih Yun (painter), Euginia Tan (poet), Tan Weiying (director-performer) and Ng Yuan Ci (musician-performer).
In Latin, SEPTUM means Seven, which represents the series of seven new paintings and poems. In the dictionary, the term Septum means a partition separating two chambers, such as that between the nostrils or the chambers of the heart. Through this exhibition, we would like to pierce the Septum of art-making, breaking down conceived separations between art forms, to create an anchor which is the final immersive installation.
The process of SEPTUM involved a chain-like reaction through different artistic mediums.

Arnold Dreyblatt | INVENTORIES | Kang Contemporary
2023-04-21 18:00 - 2023-06-16 18:00 (Europe/Berlin) | Kang Contemporary, Lindenstraße 90 / Mendelssohnplatz, Berlin, Berlin, 10969
Arnold Dreyblatt – Inventories
Kang Contemporary
21.04.23 – 16.07.23

KANG Contemporary is pleased to present the exhibition INVENTORIES with US-American multidisciplinary artist Arnold Dreyblatt, which showcases recent and rarely exhibited works. New lenticular artworks reference crisis of Europe in texts by historical and recent visionaries and critics. The artist Arnold Dreyblatt interrogates ways of remembering and the archive as a space. In his installations of information and text he poses the question of how information and stories are told, saved and erased and why certain information persists over others. As the mind attempts to focus, isolate or connect the textual fragments in the exhibition they stand as a union that lifts these components taken from documents, records, and inventories into a metaphorical sphere.

Included in this exhibition is the artwork The Black List based on the original site-specific memorial by the artist on the Königsplatz in München that was inaugurated by the Munich City Council in 2021. The new immersive staging of The Black List makes it possible to experience this profound artwork in Berlin for the first time. A spiraling sequence of words taken from booktitles by the 310 authors who were outlawed by the Nazi regime and whose books were burned across Germany. For each author Dreyblatt selected the last published work up to and including 1933. What unfolds is a passionate discussion of the archive as a space that carries history, that can be mobilized to express new meanings but that can also be manipulated. The upper level of the gallery showcases the digital installation Inventar/ Inventur. In his 2008 artwork Dreyblatt dives into the sea of information that are the records of the 1938 auction of the entire estate of Berhard Altmann’s Vienna villa. To take on the inventory becomes a much larger task in which one has to combat storytelling that prioritises data over people. On a white wall the individual items that were part of the circa 1400 auctioned objects are projected suggesting a literal past space. As the words on the wall are positioned at the relative height of the objects they describe we are reminded that these objects that scroll across the gallery wall carry meanings and memories. The passive descriptions from the auction records are transformed and activated. Instead of centering the narrative on the auction as a moment of injustice and crime, the inventory here becomes a story about a life that was lived, a home that was built. It transforms the narratives and shifts the focus to the people as the subjects instead of the systems that foretold their end.

Text Paula Böke

About the Artist

Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953 in New York City) is an American media artist and composer. He has lived in Berlin, Germany since 1984. Dreyblatt has been a member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, since 2007 and recently appointed Vice Director of the Visual Arts Section. He was professor of media art at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel, Germany from 2009 to 2022. His artistic practice over the past 30 years ranges from multi-day performances, to digital installations to interactive artistic research projects such as “Performing the Black Mountain Archive” (2015) at the Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwartskunst. At the same time, he has continued to develop his unique avant-garde music composition and performances.

Writer to Writer Mentoring Session with Claire Keegan
2023-04-24 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Zoom, N.A.
Book a one-on-one mentoring session with Claire Keegan to discuss your writing project. Claire Keegan will provide guidance to help your creative practice and support your writing life.
During the 30-minute to 1-hour Writer to Writer session with the Visiting Writer you will:
1. Discuss your writing aspirations with an experienced writer in an encouraging environment
2. Obtain general advice from an experienced writer on your writing project
3. Obtain specific practical advice on aspects of the art and craft of writing, writing technique & your writing challenges
4. Obtain help on shaping your approach to your writing life
5. Understand what it takes to be a professional writer
* Please note the one-on-one consultation is not a manuscript assessment.
This session is kindly supported by NTU’s School of Humanities and the National Arts Council.
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ABOUT CLAIRE KEEGAN:
Claire Keegan was raised on a farm on the Wicklow/Wexford border. Her works have won numerous awards and are translated into more than thirty languages. Antarctica won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. Walk the Blue Fields won the Edge Hill Prize for the finest collection of stories published in the British Isles. Foster, after winning the Davy Byrnes Award — then the world’s richest prize for a story — was chosen by The Times as one of the top 50 works to be published in the 21st Century. It is now part of the school syllabus in Ireland. Her latest, Small Things Like These, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. It won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, the Ambassadors’ Prize for best Irish novel published in France, and The Kerry Prize for Irish Novel of the year. It is now nominated for the Dublin Literary Award, the world’s richest literary prize, which is presented annually for the best novel in the world written or translated into English.
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ABOUT ACWP:
The Asia Creative Writing Programme is a joint initiative funded by the National Arts Council of Singapore and the School of Humanities at Nanyang Technological University.
Leading international and local writers are appointed as Visiting Writers to teach creative writing workshops and masterclasses, as well as mentor and guide emerging, developing and advanced writers in Singapore.
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For more information on the course: https://bit.ly/acwp-ck2
If you have any queries or have problems registering, email us at:
soh-ACWP@ntu.edu.sg
Register here: https://bit.ly/acwp-ck2
Deadline for registration: 10 March 2023, Friday, 5:00 pm
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WHEN:
By appointment only:
– Register above and we will email you with available timings in April/May 2023
WHERE:
Online via Zoom
WHO:
– For Intermediate or Advanced Writers, especially in fiction
– Limited places available
– Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers who show promise
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FEES:
For each 30 min to 1 hour session:
– $25 for adults
– $10 for students, unemployed, low income migrant workers
– Free for undergraduates and postgraduate students from Singapore tertiary institutions
– Please email us if financial assistance is needed

Golden Point Award 2023 is now open for submissions
2023-04-25 10:00 - 2023-06-23 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
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 will be accepting online submissions from 25 April – 23 June 2023 (6pm SGT), with a new short story translation category and mentorship programme for winners. Winners can stand a chance to receive prizes of up to $6,000 in cash and trophies on top of receiving the mentorship programme. Participants can submit their entries on http://artshouselimited.sg/gpa.

Golden Point Award 2023
2023-04-26 - 2023-06-13 | Online
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 – Translation: Short Story (English). Don’t miss the opportunity to submit your work and stand a chance to win the grand prize of $6,000 cash and a mentorship experience!
Online submissions are open from 25 April till 13 June 2023, 6:00 pm (SGT)
For more information, visit www.artshouselimited.sg/gpa

Traversing - Season Opening Concert 《心 • 音乐 • 汇》
2023-04-29 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Singtel Waterfront Theatre at The Esplanade, 8 Raffles Ave., Singapore 039802, Singapore, Singapore, 039802, Singapore
Traversing《心 • 音乐 • 汇》marks the launch of Ding Yi Music Company 2023 concert season.
Led by Resident Conductor Dedric Wong De Li, with the debut appearance of Guest Conductor Joshua Tan, an internationally acclaimed conductor best known for his captivating and electric nuances, our season opening concert presents a suite of repertoire that reflect our inspirations for Chinese chamber music.
With the world premieres of four commissioned works by renowned composer and Cultural Medallion Recipient Phoon Yew Tien, Ding Yi Composer-in-Residence Jon Lin Chua, young Singaporean composer Koh Cheng Jin and China composer Gao Wei Jie, this concert shines the spotlight on Ding Yi Pipa musician Chua Yew Kok, Guzheng musician Yvonne Tay, and guest pianist Churen Li. Known for her innovation and experimental practices in combining diverse genres, Churen Li will perform Phoon Yew Tian’s newly adapted piano concerto ‘Youth’ while the two virtuosic musicians of Ding Yi join hands to perform Jon Lin Chua’s ‘Lament for Pipa and Guzheng’.
This season opening concert promises a star-studded evening of musical exchange and melodic conversations. Come forth to join this unique Chinese chamber experience with us!

Between Ground and Sky
2023-04-29 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Recital Studio, 1 Straits Boulevard, 018906, Singapore
Between Ground and Sky is an interdisciplinary production exploring the poetic world of renowned Malaysian-American poet Shirley Geok-lin Lim through contemporary art song and corporeal theatre. Born to a Peranakan mother and a Chinese father, Lim grew up in British Malaya with Malay and Hokkien as her first languages. She later pursued her graduate studies in the U.S. and is currently a Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her poetry is marked by her life of crossings and travel, and traverses scenes, dreams, and histories that are intensely personal yet relatable; local and yet transnational. Inspired by the cultural in-betweenness of her work, the production seeks to inspire deeper reflection on the taut, yet complex and intersectional nature of Lim’s poetics.
The eponymous song cycle of five songs by Tan Tiag Yi will be performed by soprano Wong Yong En and pianist Koh Kai Jie, alongside corporeal theatre work by contemporary theatre practitioners Ang Gey Pin and Ranice Tay, assisted by producer Wu Chin Ying. The poetry performed in this production is predominantly from Lim’s recent poetry collections Ars Poetica for the Day and Do You Live In?, both published by Ethos Books in 2015. Her other poems and writings have also been excerpted where relevant. The two collections will be available for purchase at the live performances, courtesy of Ethos Books.
This performance is kindly supported by the National Arts Council, the Tote Board Arts Fund, and the National Youth Council Young ChangeMakers Grant.
Movement artists: Ang Gey Pin, Ranice Tay
Soprano: Wong Yong En
Piano: Koh Kai Jie
Composer: Tan Tiag Yi
Curators: Tan Tiag Yi, Wu Chin Ying
Producer: Wu Chin Ying

ACM Adventures: Masak Masak
2023-04-30 11:00 - 15:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Sunday, 30 April 2023
11am to 3pm
Asian Civilisations Museum
Free

Food, glorious food! Experience the culinary traditions of Asia through storytelling and drama performances. Create your own miniature dishes!
