Umbilical explores the social and emotional ripples resulting from division and transformation, drawing poignant parallels with the looming uncertainty that was experienced by the people who lived through the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965. A dynamic blend of movement, music, visual projections and AI integration, Umbilical is an immersive performance that delves into […]
It begins with a revolution. A group of downtrodden animals overthrows their owner, seeking to build a utopian society founded on fairness and equality. However, cracks soon appear when Napoleon, a power-hungry and manipulative porker, rises to leadership, using propaganda and violence to consolidate control. The animals quickly find themselves at the mercy of totalitarian […]
Imagined as a transient arts space charged with multidisciplinary artistic expression and public engagement, the SIFA Pavilion lends a powerful new dimension to the Festival’s relationship with the shared public environ; the common space where our plural narratives co-exist. A colossal installation, titled Beneath Tide, Running Water, by visual artist Wang Ruobing doubles as a […]
Singapore’s pinnacle annual performing arts festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), returns from 16 May to 1 June 2025, guided by the overarching theme More Than Ever. Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL) and commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), SIFA 2025 celebrates Singapore’s unique cultural identity and the evolution of its artistic […]
Singapore Art Museum proudly presents Heman Chong: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness, the first major survey exhibition by prolific multifaceted artist Heman Chong. Appropriated from Wikipedia’s defining terms and conditions related to the ever-changing nature of its online lists, the title announces its intentions […]
We are the builders of the land, shaping our own destiny. In the pulse of the earth, we seek grace, striving to find our place. Surrounded by rules and expectations, survival alone is not enough. A rising fall, a lifting struggle—what is our song? In the end, we are the deciders of our fate. KAKOKI, […]
Ubud Open Studios invites art lovers, cultural explorers, and the creatively curious to our annual celebration of art in Ubud, Bali. The 4th edition of this event will take place over 3 days and includes studios visits, talks and demonstrations, exhibitions and more. Discover Ubud's contemporary art scene right from artists’ studios. Imagine an art-filled […]
On stage, a house appears from nothing. It goes up fast, choreographed like time-lapse photography. Residents move in, move out, get evicted, burn it down, loot it, rent it, remodel it, get married and divorced in it, grow up in it, die in it, haunt it. And all the while, they leave and live among […]
A vandalised artwork. An enigmatic painter forced to create wartime propaganda. A desperate act of love. As Emma, an art conservation student restores a portrait of a Japanese woman, Mizuki, she finds herself transported deep into the heart of Syonan-to—Japanese-occupied Singapore. There, Emma stitches together the lives of Mizuki, the artist, Huang Wei and the […]
Man. Father. Fool. In this dark and claustrophobic world, Lear is the all-powerful patriarch, but he is also his own fool. Being a fool is one thing. Having power and being a fool is quite another. What happens when the power we hold is taken away? “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!” This […]
