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VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – 20TH EDITION
2024-12-05 - 2024-12-20
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for the 20th edition of VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2024 that will take place from December 05 to December 20, 2024, in Venice, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.
VENICE INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR provides artists and exhibitors with the unique opportunity to present their works to an international audience of professionals such as curators, gallerists, collectors, editors and publishers who seek to acquire, publish and encourage the best contemporary art talents.
Deadline for applications is November 15, 2024 (11.59 PM your local time)
Artists, photographers, video makers, and performers are invited to submit their works. To take part in the selection, send your works’ submissions with a CV/biography, some still images (for video art), links to videos/films/performances and pictures via e-mail to exhibitions@itsliquid.com

The Art of Banksy: Without Limits
2024-12-05 - 2025-01-26 | 25 Scotts Road, Singapore
The acclaimed international exhibition The Art of Banksy: Without Limits arrives in Singapore, bringing the spirit of street art to an immersive exhibition that celebrates and educates about one of the most talked about artists of our time. Across several experiential zones, encounter over 200 artworks such as certified originals, prints, photos, sculptures, installations, murals, and more. One of the highlights is the debut of a Walled Off Hotel style lobby, drawing inspiration from Banksy’s 2017 boutique hotel exhibition of the same name. Other must-sees include “Dismaland” installations, prints of “Flower Thrower”, and the sculpture “Phone Booth”, as well as a completely immersive “infinity room” addressing politics.
Get your tickets to The Art of Banksy: Without Limits exhibition in Singapore and immerse in his art, inspirations and creations, and carry them into the wider world. Visit artofbanksyapac.com for more information.

ROME INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – 12TH EDITION
2024-12-06 - 2024-12-19
ITSLIQUID Group is pleased to announce the open call for the 12th edition of ROME INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2024, international exhibition of photography, painting, video art, installation/sculpture and performance art, which will take place in Rome, at ITSLIQUID Monti – Rome Art Space from December 06 to December 19, 2024.
ROME INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR 2024 provides artists and exhibitors with the unique opportunity to present their works to an international audience of professionals as curators, gallerists, collectors, editors and publishers who seek to acquire, publish and encourage the best contemporary art talents.
Deadline for applications is October 10, 2024 (11.59 PM your local time)
Artists, photographers, video makers, and performers are invited to submit their works. To take part in the selection, send your works’ submissions with a CV/biography, some still images (for video art), links to videos/films/performances and pictures via e-mail to director@itsliquid.com

Crossing Cultures at ACM: FESTIVE WEEKEND
2024-12-06 16:00 - 2024-12-08 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Crossing Cultures at ACM: FESTIVE WEEKEND
Friday–Sunday, 6–8 December 2024
4pm–9pm
Asian Civilisations Museum
Free and ticketed activities available
Join us for a festive weekend at the museum to celebrate the year’s end! Enjoy upbeat performances, wine and dining workshops, and celebrations inspired by Asian traditions.
About Crossing Cultures at ACM
Taking inspiration from objects in the galleries, Crossing Cultures explores ACM’s collection through performing arts, craftsmanship, food traditions, wellness practices, and other aspects of intangible cultural heritage – past and present. Dive deep into Asia’s rich heritage with these special weekend programmes. Learn, explore, and create with us at ACM.For more details, visit www.nhb.gov.sg/acm/whats-on/programmes/2024-cc-dec-festive-weekend

Plan 75 x ArtsWok Collaborative Fundraiser Screening
2024-12-07 14:00 - 2024-12-15 16:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Projector at Cineleisure, 8 Grange Road, #05-01, Singapore, 239695, Singapore
This December, the award-winning Japanese film Plan 75 is back on the big screen for a limited run since its release in 2022. Hailed for its sensitivity and haunting premise, the film provides a lens to examine the place of seniors in a rapidly ageing society. Plan 75 will be accompanied by the touching short film Float Free (2024), where a trio of senior women find joy and a new lease of life from learning to swim at Yishun Swimming Complex. Both films offer an incisive and moving portrait of ageing, community, and the value of human connection. This unique pairing is brought together by non-profit arts organisation ArtsWok Collaborative in partnership with indie cinema The Projector.

Plan 75
Directed by Chie Hayakawa
In Japanese with English subtitles
Rated NC16

Set in a parallel dystopian Japan, Plan 75 explores the introduction of a radical nationwide programme for voluntary euthanasia to deal with a super-aged society and the larger psychological repercussions that come with it. The film is a contemplative response to loneliness, human dignity, and what it really means to live.

Float Free
Co-created by Chia Yim Fong, Koh Tong Cheng, and Michelle Sim with Salty Xi Jie Ng
In Mandarin with English and Mandarin subtitles
Rated G

Float Free follows three seniors who overcome their fear of water to learn swimming at an older age. In the process, they discover a shared community, the freedom water provides in old age, and reflections on life and death. The short film was collaboratively scripted by senior collaborators and the lead artist of a recent project under ArtsWok Collaborative’s flagship programme Both Sides, Now.

Members of the public will have a chance to catch Plan 75 and Float Free in the cinema on 7 and 15 December only at The Projector at Cineleisure. Tickets will be available from 15 November 2024. The Projector will be donating a portion of ticket sales from both screenings to ArtsWok Collaborative in support of the work they do in engaging and developing communities. Find out more about ArtsWok’s 2024 fundraising campaign here.

Lecture & Screening: Unearthing the "Blue Frontier": The International Seabed Authority's New Mining Code and the Costs of Deep-Sea Mining
2024-12-10 18:30 - 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Block 6 Lock Rd, #01-09/10 Gillman Barracks, 108934, Singapore
Over the past decade, deep-sea minerals like polymetallic nodules containing copper and cobalt have gained attention as a potential resource for green energy technologies such as batteries, computers, and electric cars. Found mainly on the international seabed (as well as within territorial waters), these nodules are regulated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA), which will finalize a mining code in 2025 that determines future deep-sea exploration and exploitation. Following Singapore’s Deep-Sea Mining Act of 2015, Ocean Mineral Singapore, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore and Marine conducted two deep-sea expeditions to the Pacific Ocean. While some argue this extraction is crucial for the green transition, Pacific nations warn of its harmful impact on marine biodiversity and climate change. This lecture will explore the environmental and societal implications of deep-sea mining, starting with a screening of the film Blue Peril, 2022 (INTERPRT / Professor Nabil Ahmed, Deep Sea Mining Campaign & Ozeanien-Dialog), a science-based visual investigation using architectural and spatial analysis to model the potentially irreversible effects of deep-sea mining in the Pacific Ocean. Paired with testimonies from Pacific Island communities, this film addresses the impacts on their economies and ways of life. Following this, Tara Maria Davenport (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore and Deputy Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law) and Jonathan Galka (PhD Candidate, History of Science Department, Harvard University) will discuss the historic mining code and its future impact on resource extraction, drawing from legal, historical, and community perspectives.
🔗 Register here
⏰ Tuesday, 10 December 2024, 6:30 – 8:00 pm
📍 The Hall, NTU CCA Singapore
Block 6 Lock Road
#01-09 Gillman Barracks
S108934
🖼️ Model of the seabed plume in the Nauru NORI D licence area using Open Drift. INTERPRT, Deep Sea Mining Campaign & Ozeanien Dialog. Graphic visualisation by INTERPRT. 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘭, 2022, digital film still, 16 min. Courtesy the authors.
𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Lecture Series is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.

METAL MACHINE MISCHIEF (or how to make noise music with bicycles) by bani haykal
2024-12-14 14:00 - 16:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Block 6 Lock Rd, #01-09/10 Gillman Barracks, 108934, Singapore
“Riding bikes ain’t s#!+ without climate justice, without land back, without liberation of everybody.” Christina Torres, Cyclista Zine
The bicycle is more than just a means of transportation. In our increasingly car-centric and carbon-heavy lifestyle, cycling is a climate action that slows down the rate at which our planet is burning. Inspiring stories from Gaza have shown us how bicycles can be radically repurposed into washing machines, sewing machines, and even power generators.
In the first part of the workshop, participants will be offered a set of unused bicycle components and they will be guided to devise and conceptualise new musical or sonic instruments with them. In the second part, these unorthodox instruments will be played in a group jam session!
Participants are encouraged to bring personal items such as mallets, drumsticks, clarinet mouthpieces, and/or any musical bobs and bits they can incorporate into the instruments.
This workshop is part of the Empirical Workshop Series of Communities of Practice. Techno Diversions.
No prior knowledge or experience is required.
Limited slots only! Register here.
This workshop is free for all participants. A refundable deposit of SGD 10 is requested to book a slot. The deposit will be returned upon attendance of the event. There will be no refund in case of no-show.
If you have questions, email ntuccacomms@ntu.edu.sg

ThirdSpace Sessions: Lin Hsiao-Feng
2024-12-14 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Battlebox, 2 Cox Terrace, Singapore, Singapore, 179622, Singapore
Join us for an exclusive performance by Lin Hsiao-Feng – the Taiwanese musician celebrated for his avant-garde style and a virtuoso of woodwind instruments, particularly the bamboo flute.
Over the past decade, he has frequently collaborated with artists around the world to produce unique mini concerts that integrate music with poetry, calligraphy, dance, and martial arts. Blending traditional Chinese music with contemporary improvisation, Lin has consistently captivated and delighted audiences both at home and on the international stage.
ThirdSpace Sessions is co-presented by Global Cultural Alliance and SAtheCollective supported by the National Arts Council.
📅 Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024
🕖 Time: 8 PM – 9 PM (GMT+8)
🌃 Location: Battlebox, 2 Cox Terrace, Singapore 179622

Tayog-Tayog: The Ilonggo Imagination
2024-12-15 13:00 - 17:00, 2024-12-17 08:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Thrive Art Gallery, The Shops at Atria Ayala Malls, Iloilo City, Iloilo, 5000, Philippines
“Tayog-Tayog: The Ilonggo Imagination” presents a confluence of personal experiences, historical narratives, and indigenous cultural practices, all intertwined with the fantastical elements of folklore and mythology that dwell within our collective psyche.

The Hiligaynon word “tayog” means “to fly off far.” Colloquially, the expression “tayog-tayog” refers to an “out-of-this-world” idea. This is the starting point for the exhibition, a launchpad for the lofty heights that the stories from Iloilo have reached—the Panay Sugidanun, local folklore, creatures like aswang, tayho, and kataw, and even the narratives of a family history passed down through generations. These stories play a crucial role in retelling our realities and contribute to our collective memory.

Participating artists bring forth figments of their imaginations, breathing life into the enigmatic and the uncanny. “Tayog-Tayog” is an homage to the surrealist tradition, reimagined through the lens of contemporary and regional sensibilities. The featured works aim to use art to challenge the boundaries between reality and fantasy, the past and the present, the tangible and the ephemeral.

Robert Zhao Renhui: 5 Albizias
2024-12-18 - 2025-06-29 | Singapore, Singapore
Step into the shade of the Albizia tree (Albizia moluccana), a resilient migrant tree species that has quietly spread and flourished in rewilding green spaces across Singapore’s landscape, forming isolated islands amid Singapore’s urban concrete jungle. 5 Albizias, a travelling showcase by artist Robert Zhao Renhui, explores the history of the Albizia tree in Singapore, tracing its origins to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, where the fast-growing species often populates areas marked by human intervention and natural disturbances.
Through striking visuals of five Albizias—four from across Singapore in Tampines, Punggol, Jurong, and Woodlands, corresponding to the showcase venues—and one from the Maluku Islands, 5 Albizias invites visitors to examine the impact human actions have on these spaces and the dynamic interplay between native and non-native, natural and artificial. By spotlighting the resilience of these often-overlooked trees, the exhibition brings to the fore their essential role in rewilding disturbed land, creating pockets of green where life can thrive anew.
Presented by Singapore Art Museum, 5 Albizias takes Zhao’s explorations of the Albizia tree into the heartlands. Beginning at Punggol Regional Library, the showcase will travel to the following locations from 18 December 2024 to 29 June 2025:

Punggol Regional Library: 18 December 2024 – 2 February 2025
Woodlands Regional Library: 5 February 2025 – 23 March 2025
Jurong Regional Library: 26 March 2025 – 11 May 2025
Tampines Regional Library: 14 May 2025 – 29 June 2025

HOME Fundraiser Screening & Panel Discussion: MONGREL (M18)
2024-12-18 19:30 - 22:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Projector Golden Mile, 6001 Beach Rd, #05-00 GOLDEN MILE TOWER, Singapore, 199589, Singapore
HOME commemorates International Migrants Day 2024 with a fundraiser screening of Cannes award-winning film, Mongrel.

Date: 18 Dec 2024

Time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm
Venue: Redrum, The Projector at Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road, #05-00, Singapore 199589
Tickets: $25
Join us as we commemorate International Migrants Day with a charity screening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Special Mention award-winning film, MONGREL, to raise funds for the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME).
Director Chiang Wei-Liang and Co-Producer Elizabeth Wijaya will join Jaya Anil Kumar, Senior Research & Advocacy Manager at HOME in a post-screening panel discussion exploring migrant worker issues in Singapore and the region.
About Mongrel:
Oom, an undocumented Thai migrant in rural Taiwan, works as a caregiver for the elderly and disabled. He has to deal with suspicious employers, restricted mobility, withheld wages, and fellow migrants who question his complicit relationship with his exploitative boss. Torn between complying in hopes of eventually receiving his delayed pay, or maintaining his dignity, Oom must navigate his difficult circumstances to survive.

About HOME:
https://www.home.org.sg/
HOME (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics) is dedicated to supporting and empowering migrant workers who experience abuse and exploitation.
In 2024, HOME celebrates its 20th Anniversary, having provided welfare assistance to over 40,000 migrant workers, equipped close to 20,000 migrant workers with skills through HOME Academy, provided temporary housing to more than 10,000 migrant workers through our shelter, and published a total of 17 research reports and position papers for the betterment of the migrant workers in Singapore.

About Chiang Wei Liang (Director, Mongrel):
Born in Singapore, Chiang Wei Liang graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a degree in Communication Studies and completed his MFA (Film Directing) at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Based in Taiwan for the past decade, his work focuses on migration and diaspora of Southeast Asians in modern Asia. His film, Anchorage Prohibited received the Audi Short Film Award at the 66th Berlinale and recent short films Luzon, Nyi Ma Lay and the VR short film Only The Mountain Remains – in competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival – continue this commentary on the difficult lives of migrants. Chiang is an alumnus of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Talents Tokyo, FID Campus and the Golden Horse Film Academy, mentored by esteemed Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien. His debut feature, Mongrel, premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and received the Camera d’Or Special Mention.

About Elizabeth Wijaya (Co-Producer, Mongrel):
Elizabeth Wijaya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Studies and Graduate Faculty in the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the Director of the Southeast Asian Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. She is the Co-Producer for Mongrel (dir. Chiang Wei Liang, Directors’ Fortnight, awarded the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2024). She is Associate Producer for Viet and Nam (dir. Truong Minh Quý, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2024) and Associate Producer for Taste (dir. Lê Bảo, awarded the Special Jury Award at Encounters, Berlinale 2021). Taste was also awarded at Taipei, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and Jogja-NETPAC. She co-founded E&W Films and co-edits World Picture Journal (worldpicturejournal.com). She has published articles in the journals Verge, Cultural Critique. Discourse, Parallax and chapters in the edited volumes: Erotics of Deconstruction: Auto-Affection After Derrida (Edinburgh University Press, 2024, forthcoming), Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas (2024), Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinema (Amsterdam University Press, 2024), Ecology and Chinese-Language Cinema: Reimagining a Field (Routledge, 2021).

About Jaya Anil Kumar (HOME)
Jaya Anil Kumar is the Senior Research and Advocacy Manager at the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), an NGO in Singapore that provides services for migrant workers in need, including shelter, legal assistance and training programmes. Prior to this, she oversaw casework relating to migrant domestic workers at HOME, and provided them advice and guidance on their rights.

HOME Fundraiser Screening & Panel Discussion: MONGREL (M18)
2024-12-18 19:30 - 22:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Projector Golden Mile, 6001 Beach Rd, #05-00 GOLDEN MILE TOWER, Singapore, 199589, Singapore
HOME Fundraiser Screening & Panel Discussion: MONGREL (M18)
Date: 18 Dec 2024
Time: 7.30pm to 10.30pm
Venue: Redrum, The Projector at Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road, #05-00, Singapore 199589
Tickets: $25
Join us as we commemorate International Migrants Day with a charity screening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival Golden Camera Special Mention award-winning film, MONGREL, to raise funds for the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME).
Director Chiang Wei-Liang and Co-Producer Elizabeth Wijaya will join Jaya Anil Kumar, Senior Research & Advocacy Manager at HOME in a post-screening panel discussion exploring migrant worker issues in Singapore and the region.
About Mongrel:
Oom, an undocumented Thai migrant in rural Taiwan, works as a caregiver for the elderly and disabled. He has to deal with suspicious employers, restricted mobility, withheld wages, and fellow migrants who question his complicit relationship with his exploitative boss. Torn between complying in hopes of eventually receiving his delayed pay, or maintaining his dignity, Oom must navigate his difficult circumstances to survive.
About HOME:
https://www.home.org.sg/
HOME (Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics) is dedicated to supporting and empowering migrant workers who experience abuse and exploitation.
In 2024, HOME celebrates its 20th Anniversary, having provided welfare assistance to over 40,000 migrant workers, equipped close to 20,000 migrant workers with skills through HOME Academy, provided temporary housing to more than 10,000 migrant workers through our shelter, and published a total of 17 research reports and position papers for the betterment of the migrant workers in Singapore.
About Chiang Wei Liang (Director, Mongrel):
Born in Singapore, Chiang Wei Liang graduated from the Nanyang Technological University with a degree in Communication Studies and completed his MFA (Film Directing) at the Taipei National University of the Arts. Based in Taiwan for the past decade, his work focuses on migration and diaspora of Southeast Asians in modern Asia. His film, Anchorage Prohibited received the Audi Short Film Award at the 66th Berlinale and recent short films Luzon, Nyi Ma Lay and the VR short film Only The Mountain Remains – in competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival – continue this commentary on the difficult lives of migrants. Chiang is an alumnus of the Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Talents Tokyo, FID Campus and the Golden Horse Film Academy, mentored by esteemed Taiwanese auteur Hou Hsiao-Hsien. His debut feature, Mongrel, premiered at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight and received the Camera d’Or Special Mention.
About Elizabeth Wijaya (Co-Producer, Mongrel):
Elizabeth Wijaya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Studies and Graduate Faculty in the Cinema Studies Institute at the University of Toronto. She is the Director of the Southeast Asian Seminar Series at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. She is the Co-Producer for Mongrel (dir. Chiang Wei Liang, Directors’ Fortnight, awarded the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at Cannes Film Festival 2024). She is Associate Producer for Viet and Nam (dir. Truong Minh Quý, Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2024) and Associate Producer for Taste (dir. Lê Bảo, awarded the Special Jury Award at Encounters, Berlinale 2021). Taste was also awarded at Taipei, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and Jogja-NETPAC. She co-founded E&W Films and co-edits World Picture Journal (worldpicturejournal.com). She has published articles in the journals Verge, Cultural Critique. Discourse, Parallax and chapters in the edited volumes: Erotics of Deconstruction: Auto-Affection After Derrida (Edinburgh University Press, 2024, forthcoming), Routledge Companion to Asian Cinemas (2024), Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinema (Amsterdam University Press, 2024), Ecology and Chinese-Language Cinema: Reimagining a Field (Routledge, 2021).
About Jaya Anil Kumar (HOME)
Jaya Anil Kumar is the Senior Research and Advocacy Manager at the Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), an NGO in Singapore that provides services for migrant workers in need, including shelter, legal assistance and training programmes. Prior to this, she oversaw casework relating to migrant domestic workers at HOME, and provided them advice and guidance on their rights.

Natural Radio Workshop led by artist Ong Kian Peng
2024-12-21 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Block 6 Lock Rd, #01-09/10 Gillman Barracks, 108934, Singapore
This workshop will introduce participants to natural radio. Natural radio is the emission of Very Low Frequency (VLF) and Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) radio waves due to electromagnetic energy from natural phenomena. These emissions originate terrestrially from lightning and from the Sun’s interactions with the Earth’s magnetosphere, they are among the inaudible voices of the environment. If the low frequencies of these electromagnetic outbursts are transformed into acoustic waves, many of these signals may fall within the range of human hearing. Experiencing electromagnetic waves as acoustic waves will allow listeners to connect with the beauty and complexity of natural radio waves in a unique aural experience.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to assemble an analogue handheld radio device that tunes in to natural radio frequencies.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own headphones with a 3.5mm audio jack, along with an optional audio recorder to capture and share their auditory discoveries.
This workshop is part of the Empirical Workshop Series of Communities of Practice. Techno Diversions.
No prior knowledge of electronics is required.
Limited slots only! Register here.
This workshop is free for all participants. A refundable deposit of SGD 10 is requested to book a slot. The deposit will be returned upon attendance of the event. There will be no refund in case of no-show.
If you have questions, email ntuccacomms@ntu.edu.sg

comma 2025: PAST x PRESENT = FUTURE
2024-12-31 - 2025-01-26 | *SCAPE, 2 Orchard Link #02-14, Singapore, Singapore, 237978, Singapore
comma, indicating an unfinished sentence, reflects the fluidity of the arts and never-ending pursuit for excellence among Singapore’s young creatives.

From 31 December 2024 to 26 January 2025, comma is a Creative Arts festival that celebrates emerging artists while bringing the spotlight to Singapore’s budding creative scene at the Somerset Belt.
The equation “PAST x PRESENT = FUTURE” invites contemplation on how the echoes of the past resonate in the present, shaping the trajectory of what is yet to come.
This theme invites artists to delve into this interconnectedness by unearthing forgotten narratives, evolving perspectives and envisioning the influence of the past and present on our future. Drawing inspiration from tradition, heritage and ritualism, artists are encouraged to experiment with new techniques and unconventional themes and materials, creating works that not only mirror our current reality but also provide glimpses into the trajectory of where we are headed.
Audiences will experience works that pay homage to our roots while offering fresh and contemporary interpretations, weaving together the threads of past, present, and future.

Workshop: From Forum Theatre to Devising Theatre
2025-01-05 - 2025-12-08 | The Necessary Stage, 180 Paya Lebar Road, #10-06 Yi Guang Building, Singapore, Singapore, 409032, Singapore
Are you a theatre maker who enjoys creating collaborative, socio-politically charged works? Join us at an exciting new theatre workshop at The Necessary Stage (TNS) that will spark your creativity and sharpen your critical thinking skills via forum and devising theatre techniques!

Led by TNS’ Artistic Director Alvin Tan, and assisted by Associate Artist A Yagnya, From Forum Theatre to Devising Theatre will see up to 20 emerging theatre-makers undergo an intensive training programme that journeys from the creative techniques of forum theatre to TNS’ unique devising methodology
This intensive program will also connect you with a range of theatre professionals—directors, playwrights, dramaturgs, and designers—through enlightening guest lectures and hands-on clinics. Through this eight-month process, you will collaborate with fellow participants to apply your newfound insights and devise new works that will be presented as public showcases of your works-in-progress at the Drama Centre Black Box.

Don’t miss this chance to elevate your craft and make an impact through theatre!

Apply at: bit.ly/FTD-APPLY
Application deadline: Fri 14 Feb 2025

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: The End of Winter by Siren Theatre Co
2025-01-08 20:00 - 2025-01-09 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Esplanade Theatre Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore, 038981, Singapore
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows.

★★★★★
… complex, entertaining, emotionally varied but crystal clear

— Theatre Travels
★★★★★
It’s a bravura performance from Jane Phegan…a theatrical experience of bonewarming depth and of hope.

— Reviews by Judith
Will climate change erase winter, leaving it to exist only in fairy tales, paintings, and historical accounts? In hot, bushfire-prone Australia, the winters are increasingly warmer and shorter with each passing year.
Winner of Best Actor at the Sydney Theatre Critics Award and Sustainability Award at the Adelaide Fringe 2024, The End of Winter is about loss and resilience. But it’s also about the places one can search for cold weather—places that can be reached via public transport, or a little imagination…
The End of Winter is a moving, evocative love letter to winter, written in the unrelenting Australian summer.
There will be a dialogue with the artists after each performance, with speech to text interpretation available upon request for the dialogue on 9 January 2025. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.

Of Dreams and Contemplation: I am All but a Story – Selections from the Collection of Richard Koh
2025-01-09 18:30 - 2025-03-09 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Private Museum, 11 Upper Wilkie Rd, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore 228120, Singapore
In conjunction with Singapore Art Week 2025, The Private Museum is proud to present Of Dreams and Contemplation: I am All but a Story – Selections from the Collection of Richard Koh. This exhibition marks the second showcase of Richard Koh’s evolving journey as a collector and gallerist, showcasing over 50 works from his personal collection.

Building upon the narrative of the first instalment in 2019—held at the museum’s former home at 51 Waterloo Street—the second instalment expands the scope of Koh’s deeply personal collection. The first showcase offered an intimate glimpse into Koh’s collection—emphasising monochromatic, abstract, and landscape works that reflected quiet introspection. Now, Of Dreams and Contemplation: I am All but a Story continues to unfold a collection rich in personal meaning—presenting works that trace Koh’s decades-long interactions with art and the artists he admires.

Collected with a focus on memory and emotion, Koh’s private collection spans Southeast Asia and beyond, blending local, regional, and global perspectives. This exhibition deepens the dialogue between art and life, revealing Koh’s ongoing exploration of what he calls a “visual diary”—works that evoke deeply personal moments and emotions. This new selection of works reflects an evolving journey that continues to resonate with new meanings in The Private Museum’s expansive space at the Osborne House.

As both a collector and the founder of Richard Koh Fine Art, Richard Koh has played a pivotal role in shaping and contributing towards the art ecology in Southeast Asia. This collaboration with Richard Koh underscores the collective effort and dedication towards fostering meaningful exchanges between artists, collectors, the arts communities, and audiences from all walks of life.
Kickstarting the Museum’s 2025 programme, Of Dreams and Contemplation: I am All but a Story invites all to explore the richness of art and discover how collections can tell deeply personal stories. As Richard Koh aptly states, “Art, in any collection, should have its own story,” inspiring audiences to embark on their own journey of collecting and storytelling through art.

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: Dancing with the Ghost of My Child by Noor Effendy Ibrahim, Ruby Jayaseelan & NAFA
2025-01-09 20:00 - 2025-01-12 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | NAFA Studio Theatre, 151 Bencoolen Street, 189656, Singapore
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows
a unique approach, rather bold and different
—Natya Vichara on Purushi by Ruby Jayaseelan
I know [Effendy’s work] will express a kind of pain and anger acceptable in the performance space, a pain and anger that is often delegitimised or minimised or considered “inappropriate” elsewhere—and I cherish his work for that reason.
—Corrie Tan, Jom Media on ANAK by Very Shy Gurl by fendy
I myself am an absolute abyss.
—Antonin Artaud
In the beginning, God created despair, for men to find hope within. Someone heard someone else say this somewhere before, sometime back. But no one knows who, when and where. It must have been God herself who had said this through some men. Only God could be that smart to tease men into such futility. And here, men find themselves being baited into their own despair.
Conceptualised and directed by Noor Effendy Ibrahim and Ruby Jayaseelan, Dancing with the Ghost of My Child is an experimental physical theatre performance written by Elvira Foo Jing Yun, Gregory Kong Ka-Ee, Lex (Lee Zhi Qi), and Liu Qintong (Amelia) exploring vulnerability, trauma and the desire to heal. It is devised by students from the BA (Honours) in Performance Making programme at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts.
Co-presented with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (a founding member of the University of the Arts Singapore).
There will be a dialogue with the artists after each performance, with speech to text interpretation available upon request for the dialogue on 10 January 2025. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.

Singkarpor REMIXED
2025-01-11 11:00 - 2025-01-26 19:00 (Asia/Singapore) | 5 Lock Road, #01-06 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108933, 5 Lock Road, #01-06 Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108933, Singapore, 108933, Singapore
Drawing on this Singaporean extensive archive, Singkarpor REMIXED is an immersive art installation. It employs the spirited scenes AikBeng Chia has captured to develop large-scale photographic collages. Blended with the artist’s own humorous style, the new works embody a country bustling with life and activity in each individual piece.
From popular tourist precincts such as Chinatown and Little India, to unsuspecting heartlands like Punggol and Sengkang, ABC’s no-holds-barred approach offers an unadulterated insight into the country.
This installation blurs the lines between photography and interactive art, inviting visitors to engage deeply by photographing themselves within the installation. It offers a vibrant, unfiltered glimpse into Singaporean life, appealing to art enthusiasts, social media influencers, and casual visitors alike.
The series, entitled Singkarpor – reflecting the country’s name pronounced with a Hokkien inflection and includes a plethora of street scenes, landscapes and candid portraits.

Ernest Goh | ‘Bleached Bones: Last Words of the Dead Spoken by a Dying Sea’
2025-01-11 11:00 - 2025-02-10 19:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Blueprint Art Space, 1 Commonwealth Lane, #04-28 One Commonwealth, Singapore, Singapore, 149544, Singapore
‘Bleached Bones’ is a visual catalogue of photographic prints by artist and photographer Ernest Goh. In this exhibition curated by Shireen Marican, bleached corals capture timeless, poignant last words of the departed.
Bleaching is a phenomenon when corals turn completely white after algae in their tissues are expelled when their waters are too warm — nature’s lasting reminder that climatic changes continue to influence ecological systems.
Ernest’s explorations across the shores of Nikoi Island in Indonesia led to a discovery of the unique formations of these bleached corals. In these, he finds a visual parallel to the alphabet system which he draws upon to contemplate lessons of life and living from death poems and last words.
This exhibition is presented by Blueprint Art Advisory. For information on exhibition programmes, please visit www.blueprintartadvisory.com/ernestgoh-bleachedbones
Exhibition is open 11 am – 7 pm daily.
Exhibition is closed 28 Jan – 2 Feb 2025 for Chinese New Year.

Robert Zhao: The Divine in the Trash Stratum
2025-01-11 12:00 - 2025-02-23 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | ShanghART Singaproe, Block 9 Lock Road #02-22, 108937, Singapore
The symbols of the divine show up in our world initially at the trash stratum.
– Philip K Dick
ShanghART Singapore is pleased to present The Divine in the Trash Stratum, a solo exhibition by Robert Zhao Renhui featuring his latest photographic works. The exhibition highlights the profound transformations that emerge from layers of waste and decay, as the artist invites us to reimagine the relationship between humanity and nature.
A series of photographs of various creatures on a fallen Albizia tree trunk welcome visitors into the space. These strange scenes depict how a site of destruction has transformed into one of regeneration and life. Mysterious images of precious gems are in fact created with remnants of human activity such as glass shards and discarded fragments, manifesting them as symbols of how forest processes and human histories intertwine.
Opening 11 January 2025 ahead of Singapore Art Week, the exhibition coincides with the Singapore Art Museum’s presentation of Seeing Forest, first shown at the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, extending Zhao’s ongoing explorations of ecological resilience.

Black & White I Workshop
2025-01-11 13:00 - 2025-03-22 15:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Introduction to Black & White and the Darkroom
Duration
4 sessions, 2 hours 30mins per session
Course Description
Explore the artistry of black and white photography with renowned fine-art photographer Mary-Ann Teo. This course delves into the essential elements of light, shadow, and composition, offering students a comprehensive understanding of the medium. Participants will have the opportunity to shoot with black and white film, and work in a darkroom at Objectifs. Gain insights into shooting techniques, basic darkroom skills, and the nuanced appreciation of black and white imagery.
Dates:
Group A: 11 Jan to 1 Feb 2025
Group B: 1 Mar to 22 Mar 2025
Workshop Fee
$320 Workshop Fee + Materials & Darkroom use $60 (includes one roll of black & white film, paper and darkroom usage during class time)
Instructor
Mary-Ann Teo
Pre-requisites:
Participants will need to have a 35mm film SLR or point-and-shoot camera.
Please note:
This is a very hands-on workshop. Participants’ learning will be most effective if they are able to make all of the sessions. As the workshop is repeated several times a year, participants may wish to register for a future round if they already know they may miss several lessons during this period. Make-up lessons and refunds are not offered for sessions missed.
About the instructor
Mary-Ann Teo is a photography and art theory lecturer who has taught at LASALLE and Nanyang Technological University.
More details – https://www.objectifs.com.sg/blackandwhite1/

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: WePushTheSky by Qabila
2025-01-11 20:00 - 2025-01-12 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Esplanade Theatre Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore, 038981, Singapore
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows.
… part history lesson, part culinary exploration, and part feminist fable

— Karthik Ranganathan, Citizen Matters
The play is a triumph of storytelling and is exceptionally brave..
—Venkat Srinivasan, Sabrang India
WePushTheSky is an interactive solo performance that weaves together food, song, story, myth, and history. Where personal stories meet community histories, survival stories of the Karbala entwine with songs of the Ramayana, and anecdotes from the past confront desires about the future. A play that reflects on an urgent social reality of our present times—friendships that have been lost, gained, or have endured amidst increasing shrill political rhetoric across the world.
Written and performed by Nisha Abdulla and directed by Ujwala Rao, WePushTheSky centres friendship and feminist solidarities as an antidote to the politics of hate. The play invites the audience to listen deeply to another’s reality and elevates listening to the act of an assertive ally. WePushTheSky has toured widely to warm receptions in India, performed at the Feminist Theatre Festival in Jenin, Occupied Palestine, and has been invited to perform at the 15th Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) International Forum in Bangkok, Thailand.
There will be a dialogue with the artists after each performance, with speech to text interpretation available upon request for the dialogue on 16 January 2025. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.

The Eye and The Tiger
2025-01-12 13:00 - 2025-01-19 19:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | 7 Adam Park, 7 Adam Park, Singapore, Singapore, 289926, Singapore
Walk up to a fabled black and white bungalow nestled in a lush rolling landscape. If you think the black-and-white is about exclusivity, you’re absolutely right. But the story is far bloodier and infinitely blacker.
The form and function of the black and white bungalow take after the Anglo-Indian plantation villa, once part of a global botanical network built on lies, violence and indentured labour.
Spread open the map and you will see two more landmarks nearby that have been forgotten in the story of our black-and-whites: Botanic Gardens and Tiger Hill. Discover how the colonial gaze shapes our relationship to land and nature, and how tigers have haunted us at every step.
Come join us on this guided art walk.

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: The Troupe by Birds Migrant Theatre
2025-01-12 14:00 - 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Black Box @ The Theatre Practice, 54 Waterloo Street, Singapore, 187953, Singapore
Language
In English, with some Bahasa Indonesia, Bengali and Burmese
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows.

With a good cast giving their all onstage, an unflinching, objectively written story that speaks truth to the limitations of being a migrant in Singapore, and imaginative script that explores the pitfalls of love and family, Foreign Bodies was a rare, big-hearted, honest glimpse into migrant life, by migrant workers with a story to tell.

— Bakchormeeboy.com on Foreign Bodies

Please welcome The Troupe! They travel around towns and villages with their show. They perform stories about farmers, refugees, students, politicians and aid workers—people in search of a better life. As they stage their play, they discover that what they perform may be closer to home than they realise.
Birds Migrant Theatre returns to the Fringe with another important play that focuses on current world issues—from war to the refugee crisis—and how these tragedies pose questions to our common humanity. The Troupe looks at how people who are affected by displacement strive for a more positive future—not just for themselves, but for their families and community. Will suffering and desperation bring out the best in people—or the worst? What is the price of compassion?

Foreign Bodies is a well-told story that dramatises the legal precarity migrant workers may face in Singapore. It does so without resorting to mere sympathy or an easy us-versus-them set-up, choosing instead to let audiences into its protagonists’ dilemmas.

—The Straits Times Life on Foreign Bodies
There will be a dialogue with the artists after the 5pm performance on 12 January 2025, with speech to text interpretation available upon request. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.

Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Singapore
2025-01-14 11:00 - 2025-01-18 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Fraser Residence River Promenade, 5 Jiak Kim Street, Singapore 169425, Singapore, Singapore
January 2025 | Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Singapore
Time: 14 to 17 January 2025, 11am-6pm SGT, 18 January 2025, 11am-2.30pm SGT
5 Jiak Kim Street, Singapore 169425
Free Admission
www.sothebys.com/en/

This January, Sotheby’s returns with its first 2025 edition of Modern & Contemporary Art Auction, featuring an exclusive selection of works that reflect the cosmopolitan nature of Singaporean society and the ever-increasing demand from a growing collector base in the Southeast Asian region. Highlights from these offerings will be available for public viewing in a preview exhibition from 14 January 2025 to before the live auction on 18 January 2025 at 5 Jiak Kim Street.

Under the curatorial theme of ‘Landscapes: as far as the heart can see’, a section of the exhibition and auction explores the subject of landscape through different lenses across cultures, time, geography, history, and stylistic movements. Leading the sale will be Marc Chagall’s La danse autour de la corbeille, created in the artist’s last decade. Painted on the day of his wedding anniversary, the work serves as an ode to love dedicated to his second wife and muse, Vava, who originally owned the work. Two rare, fresh-to-market paintings by Raden Saleh, the 19th-century nationalist artist of Indonesia and one of the most important artists in the region, will also be presented to the public for the first time at Sotheby’s Singapore after having resided in a significant European private collection for the past century.
Collectors and art enthusiasts can also look forward to works by internationally acclaimed artists, including Christine Ay Tjoe, Fernando Zóbel, Le Pho, and Cheong Soo Pieng, as well as ultra-contemporary artists Lucas Arruda, Daisy Dodd-Noble, and Camilla Engström, in their auction debut in Singapore.

The return of Sotheby’s Singapore Modern and Contemporary Art auction follows an exciting few weeks for the art world, including solid results at Sotheby’s major auctions in Hong Kong, London, Paris, and New York. For the first time, Sotheby’s Singapore auction will coincide with Singapore Art Week, reaffirming their commitment to celebrating arts and culture in the city-state and the region.
For more information:

Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Art Auction in Singapore

Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms of the Earth
2025-01-14 12:00 - 2025-03-02 19:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
An exhibition by Zen Teh and SueKi Yee
14 Jan to 2 Mar 2025
Objectifs Lower Galleries
Opening: Tue 14 Jan 2025, 7pm – 9pm
The opening reception will be accompanied by a performance by Sueki Yee at 7pm.
Free admission
Related events
Participative Movement Workshop (Please register here)
Date & Time: Sat 18 Jan 2025, 3pm – 530pm
Workshop details
SueKi’s performance: 3pm – 4pm
Sharing and movement activities: 4pm – 530pm
Location: Objectifs Lower Galleries
Free admission
Phenomenology of Light and Rhythms of the Earth is a project extended from Zen Teh’s residency project and exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany. As part of her residency project, she conducted walking workshops in Phnom Penh, Bangkok and Berlin. This project idea draws on her ongoing research on our relationship with urbanity in rapidly developing cities.
Zen (visual art) and SueKi (dance) as collaborators, are now interested in moving forward with research into Singapore’s urban context, delving deeper into how they can explore the discourses on light and urbanity through multidisciplinary means: soundscapes, multimedia data translation, movement, and tactile forms. This provides multiple entry points into the research as well as the interpretation, creation, and presentation of the data. Through artistic means, they are interested in opening up a space where people can take time to process and discuss their embodied perspectives on light and darkness, and how these ever co-existing elements are inextricably linked to life rhythms, memories, pollution, urban development, safety and surveillance, environmental changes, accessibility of energy, and volatile global political states.
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About Zen Teh
Zen Teh (b.1988, Singapore) is an artist and educator interested in man’s relationship with the natural world. Her art practice spans photography, sculpture and installation art. Teh has initiated collaborative interdisciplinary projects with artists, art professionals and scientists to explore the impact of human activity on natural environments. Teh’s works have been showcased in Singapore and regionally including Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. She was conferred the Young Artist Award by The National Arts Council, Singapore in 2021. She was artist-in-residence at the International Studio Programme at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, Germany in 2024.
About SueKi Yee
SueKi Yee is a Malaysian dancer-choreographer (currently based in Berlin) who’s drawn to improvisation, site-specific work, and multidisciplinary experimentation and collaboration. With a Bachelor in Dance (ASWARA), she’s trained in contemporary dance, ballet, and various traditional folk and classical dances. Movement has become her entry point into understanding and exploring other art forms, providing diverse entry points into her work and expanding the horizons of research, creation, and presentation.

Hope you are keeping well!
2025-01-14 12:00 - 2025-03-09 19:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Curated by Lenette Lua (Recipient of the Curator Open Call 2024)
With works by Arabelle Zhuang, Genevieve Leong, Hu Rui, and Huijun Lu
Presented by Objectifs
14 Jan – 9 Mar 2025
Chapel Gallery, Objectifs
Opening: Tue 14 Jan 2025, 7pm
Free admission
Exhibition programmes
Hope you are keeping well! | Exhibition Tour with Arabelle Zhuang and Lenette Lua (Register here)
Sat 15 Feb, 1pm – 2pm
Objectifs Chapel Gallery | Free admission
Hope you are keeping well! | Curator Tour (Register here)
Sat 1 Mar, 4pm – 5pm
Objectifs Chapel Gallery | Free admission
Language of Difference | Ezzam Rahman in Dialogue with Lenette Lua (Register here)
Sat 8 Mar, 3pm – 4pm | Objectifs Chapel Gallery
Free admission
Open Studio Sessions with Genevieve Leong and Huijun Lu
Come and engage with Genevieve Leong and Huijun Lu as they share their creative processes, and delve into the ideas shaping their works.
Sat 18 Jan, 2pm – 5pm
Objectifs Chapel Gallery | Free admission, no registration necessary
Open Studio Sessions with Genevieve Leong
Share your thoughts, ask questions, or simply connect as artist Genevieve Leong discusses the inspirations behind her practice, explores the materialities of her installations, and shares her current works-in-progress.
Saturdays 15 Feb & 1 Mar, 2pm – 5pm
Objectifs Chapel Gallery | Free admission, no registration necessary
Hope you are keeping well! reflects on the impact of Singapore’s national productivity agenda on artistic labour, with a particular focus on the Smart Nation plan and the 1980s Productivity Campaign. Comprising an exhibition and a series of informal gatherings, the project approaches curatorial work of care as a means of revealing and understanding the often-invisible labours of artistic production. Transforming Objectifs’ Chapel Gallery into a shared, psychological artists’ studio, the exhibition synthesises four propositions on care by artists Hu Rui, Genevieve Leong, Huijun Lu, and Arabelle Zhuang. The informal gatherings aim to broaden and deepen the discourse, probing the values encoded in our words and actions. Featuring programmes such as a dialogue with artist Ezzam Rahman and open studios, these gatherings create a space to imagine how we might journey together sustainably, thriving within—and beyond—Singapore’s pursuit of excellence.
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About the Curator
Lenette Lua is a practice-led researcher and curator whose interests delve into reconciling the contested intersections of political, economic, and socio-cultural spheres through her curatorial work. While at the Royal College of Art in London, she initiated the long-term curatorial project ‘Fungi Initiative,’ exploring institutional collaborations via participatory artist-led workshops. She was the recipient of the Objectifs Curator Open Call 2024 Award.
About the Artists
Arabelle Zhuang is an interdisciplinary artist working across photography, moving images and textiles. In her practice, Zhuang examines the interpersonal relationship, beauty in the peripheral and the cyclical nature of being. She is interested in developing narratives that search for the multiplicities of everyday life and the layers in between.
Ezzam Rahman is a multi-disciplinary artist known for his interest in the body and the use of common, easily accessible, yet unconventional media in his art practice. Working across sculpture, installation, digital media, and performance, he creates works that are often autobiographical, time-based, and ephemeral, aiming to pique viewers’ thoughts on the themes of body politics, identity, impermanence, traces, and abjection. He was awarded a joint winner of the Grand Prize for the President’s Young Talents 2015 and the People’s Choice Award by the Singapore Art Museum. Ezzam won the Most Promising Award for photography at the PULSE Awards 2021. He served as artistic director for The Substation in 2021 and was involved in various prestigious programmes, including the NIE Visiting Artist Programme and NAC Our SG Arts Plan launch event.
Genevieve Leong‘s art practice attempts to visualise the intangible. Beginning with the immaterial, her work often combines text, image, found and made objects and the manipulation of space to create what she describes as “an almost physical image”. The installations that she creates often embody an impermanence with possibilities for change, whether it be due to audience participation or natural environmental factors. Her work seeks to shed new light onto her emotions, sensations, and realisations.
Hu Rui works with videos, installations, and computer simulation. His practice engages with issues around temporality from a multitude of variables, including causality, prediction, choice, and language. He is the recipient of the Best Experimental Animation Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival and a Jury Special Mention at the 25FPS Festival Croatia. He is Assistant Professor in Computation and Design at Duke Kunshan University.
Huijun Lu works at the intersections of art, music, engineering and computing. Lu’s practice culminates in kinetic installations, sculptures, moving images and soundscapes. Consistent in the works are mechanisms and circuits that examine the function of objects, observations about the unnoticed in our environments, and technology’s role in mediating relationships with our surroundings.
About the designer
Vanessa Ban is a designer and educator with over a decade of experience working with cultural institutions and commercial clients. She is the founder of External Assessment Summer School, an interdisciplinary educational initiative that bridges art, critical theory, and design. Vanessa has served on jury panels including D&AD and The Crowbar Awards. As an adjunct faculty, she incorporates her professional expertise and critical design approach honed through experiences at Pentagram, Typography Summer School New York, and the London College of Communication.

M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025: Eclipse by The Necessary Stage
2025-01-15 20:00 - 2025-01-18 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Black Box @ The Theatre Practice, 54 Waterloo Street, Singapore, 187953, Singapore
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows
Absorbingly told by [2008 staging’s actor] Umar Ahmed, Eclipse suggests that ancestral memory is never as meaningful as the allegiances of everyday life.
— The Guardian UK

(Playwright Haresh Sharma) has demonstrated a deftness and maturity in scriptwriting, a deeper inquiry into life and humanity, as well as an evident progress in terms of his creations.
— 联合早报 Lianhe Zaobao [translated from Chinese]
A young Singaporean man is making a journey to his father’s birthplace in Hyderabad, Pakistan. With him are his father’s ashes. As he makes the arduous trip, he retraces the original journey made by millions of people—including his parents and grandparents—in 1947, during the partition of India and Pakistan.
Written by Cultural Medallion recipient Haresh Sharma, Eclipse is a play that looks at three generations of men struggling with their dreams and their journeys, offering an intimate look at personal stories affected by historical events.
First presented as a short play to critical acclaim by Scotland’s 7:84 Theatre at Traverse Theatre, Eclipse was developed into a full-length production for the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2008.
Almost 80 years after the Partition, this staging with a fresh new direction by Associate Artist A Yagnya stars award-winning Singapore actor Shrey Bhargava. It also features Indian classical vocalist Sveta Kilpady.
There will be a dialogue with the artists after the performances on 16 and 17 January 2025, with speech to text interpretation available upon request for the dialogue on 17 January 2025. Please email your request to info@singaporefringe.com by 6 December 2024.
