Submissions for Buddhist Art Meditations (BAM) Journal - Theme: SELF and NON-SELF
2022-11-30 | Online
BAM (Buddhist Art Meditations) is an online journal for exchanging ideas on connections between creative and Buddhist practice. It mainly showcases original, personal, creative interpretations of “Buddhist Art” from artists from all over the world.
Issue 2 was recently launched here: https://www.buddhistjournal.org/bam-2022-2
For issue 3, we are looking for artworks and creative writing submissions with the theme of “self and non-self“, by 30 Nov.
Although we also welcome other personal interpretations of “Buddhist Art”. In other words, creative works that are deemed “Buddhist art” by its creator, for being related to Buddhism or created by Buddhist. They do not have to depict obvious Buddhist content.
Digital format of writing or artwork of any medium or form may be submitted.
Each artist may submit up to three works but not all may be accepted.
There are no submission fees or fees paid for accepted artwork.
https://www.buddhistjournal.org/artopencall
email: buddhistartjournal@gmail.com
website: https://www.buddhistjournal.org/artopencall

The Tunes of Somerset Belt
2022-11-27 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Somerset Youth Park, 129 Devonshire Rd, 239886, Singapore
The Tunes of Somerset Belt
A musical that showcases five indivudals representing various communities and partners of somerset belt. As we present their stories through songs with a unique blend of instruments from across cultures, be ready to groove and sing a long!
As part of Somerfest 2022
Produced and composed by renowned multi-hyphenate, Niranjan Pandian.
In partnership with Somerset Belt
Powered by National Youth Council (Singapore)
Performed by Brahmastra Ensemble and multi ethnic instrumentalists such as Gildon Choo (Pipa), Govin Tan (Tabla), Azrin Abdullah (Oud) and Olivia Chuang (Cello).
Featuring singers:
Izat Ibrahim
Krysta Joy
Dita Yacob
Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai
Jazima
Join us on 27th November 2022 at 7.30 p.m.
Youth Park (121 Somerset Road, Singapore 238166)
Free Admission

ACM Adventures: It’s a Wonderful World
2022-11-27 13:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Go on a journey with us to discover objects that are traded across the world. Enjoy a drama and storytelling performance, and get crafty in an activity inspired by objects found in the Maritime Trade Gallery.

《我的种种身份》 My Various Identities
2022-11-26 19:30 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | P7:1SMA studio, #03-01 Stamford Arts Centre, 155 Waterloo St, 187962, Singapore
好久不见剧团呈现一人一故事剧场主题活动为《我的种种身份》
身份
是… 长子
是… 养家人
是… 为人师长
是… 外国人
是… 爱人
是… 享乐派
是… 魔女
等
我们在人生里不同的环境场合中扮演了不同的角色
欢迎正在经历人生的你与我们共处
一起体验《我的种种身份》
一人一故事剧场
是社群剧场的一种形式
即兴、真实、简单、亲密、交谈
故事是说故事人亲身真事
有人分享故事、我们演出故事、大伙儿感受故事

Long Time No See Playback Theatre presents a playback theatre themed event on My Various Identities
Identity
is… eldest child
is… breadwinner
is… mentor
is… foreigner
is… lover
is… hedonist
is… magi
etc
In life, we play different roles under different environments
We welcome you with all your experiences of life to be in community with us
Together, we experience My Various Identities
Playback theatre
is a form of community theatre
spontaneous, truth, simple, intimate, conversational
stories are snippets of tellers’ lives
someone shares a story, we enact the story, everyone feels the story

The Birth of a Book Cover Concept
2022-11-24 19:30 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Singapore Book Council, Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Road, Block E, #03-32, Singapore, Singapore, 439053, Singapore
Translate words into visual concepts in the making of book covers with Xavier Comas.
1. Introduction and sharing about the creative process to build a book cover concept using books designed by Coverkitchen as case-studies.
2. Group exercise that focuses on brainstorming techniques to translate words into visual concepts using a brief from an actual project assignment at Coverkitchen. Participants will read the brief individually and will analyse it together. Following, they will engage in a group session to brainstorm and interact with each other together with trainer, recording the flow and ramifications of the process.
3. Workshop will conclude with the definition of 3 cover concept proposals and the group will assess them.
There is no need to design the final cover, only a quick draft of the cover concept and composition. Participants may bring laptops, tablets or smartphones to research the book’s theme, source images or sketch ideas.
Participants will acquire or hone their skills to work as a team translating literature into visual concepts.

The Birth of a Book Cover Concept
2022-11-24 19:30 - 21:30 (Asia/Singapore) | Online, Singapore

Level Up! Fest 2022: Symposium for Drama CCA Educators by SDEA, in collaboration with NAFA and LASALLE
2022-11-22 10:00 - 2022-11-23 17:30 (Asia/Shanghai)
Level Up! Fest is back this November! This time, in partnership with the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) and the LASALLE College of the Arts, SDEA presents Level Up! Fest 2022, a two-day symposium for the Drama CCA Instructors and Teachers-in-charge.
Level Up! Fest is SDEA’s platform to recognise, celebrate, and bring focus to the importance of the professional development of the theatre/drama educator.
This year’s Level Up! Fest is specially curated for Drama CCA Instructors and Drama CCA Teachers-in-charge to advance capabilities and develop more holistic Drama CCA experiences for students in today’s world.
Gain new knowledge and strategies from nine workshops designed and facilitated by faculty members from NAFA School of Arts Management, Dance & Theatre and LASALLE School of Dance and Theatre. Get inspired by talks conducted by industry leaders. From introductory programmes to in-depth skills development workshops, there is something for everyone!
Workshop spaces are limited! Join us in the many opportunities this November for you to Level Up! Click here for more!

Introduction to Storytelling I & II
2022-11-19 09:30 - 2022-11-26 18:00 (Asia/Singapore) | Singapore Book Council, Training Room, Goodman Arts Centre, 90 Goodman Road, Block E, #03-32, Singapore, Singapore, 439053, Singapore
Interested in storytelling but don’t know where to start? These workshops by professional storyteller Sheila Wee are for you.
Workshop Schedule:
19th November 2022, 9.30 am – 5.45 pm, In Person (SBC Training Room)
Outline for Introduction To Storytelling I:

What is storytelling?

Why use storytelling?

The benefits of storytelling

Performance techniques

The different applications of storytelling

Vocal expression and vocal energy

The story learning process

Performance practice

Reflections

26th November 2022, 9.30 am – 5.45 pm, In Person (SBC Training Room)
Outline for Introduction To Storytelling II:

Which types of stories works for different age groups

Understanding the ingredients for an effective storytelling experience

Being in the moment – working on being spontaneous in your storytelling

How to use effective story architecture in crafting your stories

Discovering your natural storytelling style

Going deeper into the story for better performance

Reflections

Pinocchio
2022-11-17 19:30 - 2022-12-11 14:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre @ WILD RICE Funan, 107 North Bridge Road, Singapore, Singapore, 179105, Singapore
In this cheekily on-the-nose musical adaptation of the classic fairy tale, Wild Rice brings one of the world’s most beloved characters to the Singapore stage. Meet Pinocchio, a wooden puppet crafted with loving care by Geppetto – a kind, humble carpenter who has always dreamt of becoming a father.
With a wish and a touch of fairy magic, Pinocchio springs to life… but there are some strings attached! To become a real boy, Pinocchio must first prove himself to be brave, kind and true. It’s a challenge the little puppet is determined to overcome – until he is led astray by a pair of wily con artists, and swept up in a madcap misadventure that takes him from the tempting promise of the circus to the deepest depths of the fathomless sea.
Directed by Pam Oei, Pinocchio is a brand-new, original musical written by Thomas Lim, with lyrics by Joel Tan and music by Julian Wong. Our fabulous cast includes Mae Elliessa as Pinocchio, Ebi Shankara as Geppetto and Siti Khalijah Zainal as G-Hopper, as well as the adorable First Stage Kids – making a welcome return to the stage after three long years!
A hilarious and heartwarming celebration of family, friendship and the importance of being true to yourself, Pinocchio is the perfect holiday treat for you and your loved ones. Wood we lie to you? 🤥
Starring Mae Elliessa, Ebi Shankara, Siti Khalijah Zainal, Dwayne Lau, Michelle Ler, Vester Ng
Duration: Approximately 2 hours (with intermission)
IMDA Rating: TBA

SITFE'S ASIAN PREMIERE EVENT
2022-11-12 17:00 - 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | CARNIVAL CINEMAS SINGAPORE, 6001, Beach Road ,Golden Mile Tower (Level 3), 199589, Singapore
Did you know that saris worn by Indian women were used as ‘shields’ to protect Chinese babies against the bayonets of Japanese soldiers during the Japanese Occupation in Singapore? Would you have imagined a harmless game of Sepak Raga (present day Sepak Takraw) amongst young men could change the fate of Malacca’s Sultanate in the 15th century? Well, it did with a cost.
SITFE invites you to witness a possibility where local history, culture and literature are entwined through two historical fiction films that are making their Asian Premiere this coming November.

Singapore Indian Theatre & Film Explorers (also known as S.I.T.F.E.), a local non-profit arts organization that was started in 2016 by Saleem Hadi and D.Piriyadarisini, will be doing an Asian Premiere of two of its Tamil historical fiction films at Carnival Cinemas on 12th Nov 2022 (Sat) followed by another additional screening on 13th November 2022 (Sun). Saleem Hadi is the director and producer of both films.
The two films shown are:

NOOL KADHAIGAL (Thread Tales) [20 mins] and
NATCHUKOPPAI (Glass Of Poison) [1hr 20 mins]

There will be no intermission between these two films.
S.I.T.F.E. understands, respects and values local history, heritage and culture. Thus S.I.T.F.E. believes that it is essential for all to appreciate the past and treasure our present. S.I.T.F.E. diligently recommends its supporters, youths and members of the public, to draw inspiration from local literature that will increase their appreciation of local works, as the way our inspiration has led to the creation of these two films. As a Deepavali treat for the general audience and our supporters, S.I.T.F.E. will be launching two Tamil films (with English subtitles) at Carnival Cinemas.

A Christmas Extravaganza at Design Orchard
2022-11-12 - 2023-01-04 | Design Orchard, 250 Orchard Rd, 238905, Singapore
Tis the season to be jolly! The most merry time of the year has come to Design Orchard. This Christmas, we bring you a carousel of unique and interesting gifting ideas. Our curated selection of homegrown labels span a wide range of apparel, fragrances, food, pet accessories and little trinkets for you and your loved ones. In this season of giving, join us in giving back to the community by adopting a wish at our T-Shirt Christmas tree and make a child’s dream come true.

Celebrate A Christmas Extravaganza with us from 12 November to 4 January!

The store will feature specially curated Gifting and Experiential Zones during this festive season:

Breath of life – Personal & Home Fragrances
Grab a bite – Food & Snacks
Fetch a treat – Pet Books & Accessories
Love the earth – The Sustainable Selection
Give a gift – Gifting Trinkets & Knick-knacks
Bundle the joy – Gift Wrapping
Santa’s Workshop – Experience Corner [21 November onwards]

Santa’s workshop is the ultimate experiential zone to create customised gifts as a gift to your loved ones or simply as a present to treat yourself this Christmas. Brands available include tea blends with 3 Thirty Tea, skincare with Fawn Labs, watch straps with Cranky Cats, candles by Pristine Aroma x Au Naturel and monogram scarves with Queenmark.

Chng Seok Tin: Through All Vicissitudes
2022-11-12 - 2022-11-27 | artcommune gallery, 76 Bras Basah Rd, #01-01, Singapore 189558, Singapore, Singapore, 189558, Singapore
ART:DIS (Singapore) Ltd and artcommune proudly present Through All Vicissitudes: Prints & Sculptures by Chng Seok Tin, which is on view at artcommune gallery from 12 to 27 November 2022. Featuring over 30 prints and sculptures that span the period of 1976-2010s, the exhibition traces the motivations that shaped Chng’s four decade-long creative journey and celebrates a life lived large in spite of obstacles and misfortunes.
Chng Seok Tin (b. 1946, Singapore – d. 2019, Singapore), Cultural Medallion recipient, was a renowned printmaker, sculptor and multi-media artist whose devoted practice to printmaking became synonymous with the Singapore printmaking development between the 1980s and 1990s. Chng’s printmaking oeuvre encompasses a variety of techniques and experiments (lithography, etching, engraving, silkscreen, woodcut, monotype and ink transfer), and reflects her mediations on Zhuang Zi (庄子) and various philosophical texts. Themes of existentialism resonate strongly in her prints and sculptures, which often dramatise man’s pursuits of dream, love and freedom, and the struggles towards enlightenment. At times, wry social commentary or humorous banter permeate her imagery.
An accident in 1988 left Chng visually impaired. This forced her to rely on mainly dry point or mixed media method, and the help of an assistant to continue her printmaking into the 2000s. Having earlier adopted mixed media installation and sculpture into her practice during her studies abroad in the 1980s, she decided to focus more on these mediums beginning in the mid-90s as they afforded her a more tactile and flexible exploration of forms and materials.
A firm believer in inspiring and building the capabilities of the younger generation, this exhibition will also raise funds towards the CST Education Fund to support young artists with disabilities to participate in a new Industry Mentorship Programme organized by ART:DIS.

RESET : Fields of Sensation
2022-11-11 18:00 - 2023-01-20 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Kang Contemporary, Lindenstraße 90 / Mendelssohnplatz, Berlin, Berlin, 10969
Pause. Reset. Reload. In today’s fast-paced world, we seldom take the time to reenact what is only too familiar in the digital realm of gaming and scrolling. This exhibition is an open invitation for our visitors to imitate this practice and pause, reset, and reload the way they approach visual media. Central to this experience is an enthusiasm and commitment to curiosity and intuition. RESET – Fields of Sensation is a clarion call to all of us who have been consuming but not actually seeing images. The quiet art of sensing is championed in this space in which we perceive and connect. The exhibition offers the receptive visitor a room in which they can open themselves to the sensations of colors and composition to investigate the materials and dynamics of the artworks. A curious mind may discover that a resourceful interaction with art also creates the potential for resetting the dynamics within the gallery space. Each artist in this exhibition allows the observer to discover a variety of connections to art and themselves through intuitively observing and sensing what is right in front of them.
Sensation is perhaps the driving force behind Jaehong Ahn’s creational process. The inception of his paintings is solely guided by the artist’s physical movements. Through automatic painting, Ahn creates abstractions only to then move to figuration. His intuitive motions on the canvas turn into wondrous and sometimes bizarre landscapes. The foreign species and odd landmarks change and undergo continuous metamorphoses, disorientating the observer. Theatrical elements such as stages and curtains, as well as the steadily transforming subjects, remind us that these scenes are carefully constructed imagination and separate themselves from our known visual vocabulary. The contenders who enter this world of tension are often separated and linger, unable to overcome the divide. The theme of separation weaves itself throughout all of Jaehong Ahn’s paintings. Nevertheless, there is always a strong sense of balance. The artworks enter a game of severed and yet balanced conversation, of emerging and being separated. The artist, the canvas, and the viewer are divided forces that isolate and conceal and nevertheless come together in an aspiration for unity.
Vemo Hang’s sculptures and paintings contemplate spatiality and travel across boundaries in a time of rapid pace and overwhelming impressions. Her work is based on transcultural histories and theories, especially the comparisons of European and East Asian thinking through which she links the past to the present and crosses the spatial and temporal boundaries. In this synthesis of knowledge and sensuality, the artist creates atmospheres in which understanding is achieved through intimacy. Her ceramic sculptures create dynamic compositions on the walls, which reference the Go/Weiqi board game. The round shapes invade the room with their expanding fragments. As they disembark, the orbs transcend their formerly limited dimension, exploring finite enclosedness and explosive openness. The color blue prevails in the sculptures and the canvases in this exhibition, exploring notions of the “Blaue Stunde”. Vemo Hang reflects on Berlin’s recent visual condition, which she observed during the pandemic. The sudden reset and impossibility of travel shifted the focus to the immediately local. The imagined places are a harmonious combination of a multitude of independent scenes. Thereby, Vemo Hang finds solutions to bridging spaces and creates a potential for travel between channels.
The artworks by Sabine Laidig satisfy a longing for “less” as they reduce data into grids of lines and mists of color. They are a subtle ode to the sensations of the human eye. The materiality of the artworks has a calculated effect on the observer and creates illusions of space as the artworks seem to vibrate with the weightlessness of color. Her pigment studies and awareness of materiality enable her to honor these without being restricted by color, material or form. The lines drawn with immaculate precision vary in width and interval, resulting in different tonalities of color on every sheet, each with its own steady and stimulating tone. This potent symphony of lines and pigment enter a dialogue with the viewer. Notably, the impression of the artworks depends on the observer’s standpoint, effectively including them in the creation of meaning. In Sabine Laidig’s artworks, precision does not negate warmth, and the grid is not void of personality and narrative but rather a source for experiences of still perception. Despite the concrete and reduced nature of the grid, Laidig’s works are, first and foremost, a sensory experience.
Tatjana Schülke stimulates the viewer with tactile anticipations. The curious tubes, spikes and arches protrude into the space. Her objects radiate expressiveness and personality, yet, they seem guarded and defensive to the intruding gaze. With their ability to balance the tension between reaching out and holding back, these artworks embody sensitivity. The communicative sculptures, reliefs, and wall objects make us intuitively reflect on interpersonal exchange and relationships. Tatjana Schülke creates these artworks from objects she finds in her immediate surroundings. They express enthusiasm for openness and connecting. Thereby, her artworks radiate vitality and human complexity. The unexpected materials such as tubes, toothpicks, yarn, and styrofoam indicate her innate curiosity, which leads her to playfully pursue the expression of inside and outside, order and chaos, and visible and hidden. These concepts get unraveled in such nuance through exploring material that the observer cannot help but sense and empathize with these objects.
Paula Böke

Opening - RESET : Fields of Sensation
2022-11-11 18:00 - 2022-11-21 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Kang Contemporary, Lindenstraße 90 / Mendelssohnplatz, Berlin, Berlin, 10969
Pause. Reset. Reload. In today’s fast-paced world, we seldom take the time to reenact what is only too familiar in the digital realm of gaming and scrolling. This exhibition is an open invitation for our visitors to imitate this practice and pause, reset, and reload the way they approach visual media. Central to this experience is an enthusiasm and commitment to curiosity and intuition. RESET – Fields of Sensation is a clarion call to all of us who have been consuming but not actually seeing images. The quiet art of sensing is championed in this space in which we perceive and connect. The exhibition offers the receptive visitor a room in which they can open themselves to the sensations of colors and composition to investigate the materials and dynamics of the artworks. A curious mind may discover that a resourceful interaction with art also creates the potential for resetting the dynamics within the gallery space. Each artist in this exhibition allows the observer to discover a variety of connections to art and themselves through intuitively observing and sensing what is right in front of them.
Sensation is perhaps the driving force behind Jaehong Ahn’s creational process. The inception of his paintings is solely guided by the artist’s physical movements. Through automatic painting, Ahn creates abstractions only to then move to figuration. His intuitive motions on the canvas turn into wondrous and sometimes bizarre landscapes. The foreign species and odd landmarks change and undergo continuous metamorphoses, disorientating the observer. Theatrical elements such as stages and curtains, as well as the steadily transforming subjects, remind us that these scenes are carefully constructed imagination and separate themselves from our known visual vocabulary. The contenders who enter this world of tension are often separated and linger, unable to overcome the divide. The theme of separation weaves itself throughout all of Jaehong Ahn’s paintings. Nevertheless, there is always a strong sense of balance. The artworks enter a game of severed and yet balanced conversation, of emerging and being separated. The artist, the canvas, and the viewer are divided forces that isolate and conceal and nevertheless come together in an aspiration for unity.
Vemo Hang’s sculptures and paintings contemplate spatiality and travel across boundaries in a time of rapid pace and overwhelming impressions. Her work is based on transcultural histories and theories, especially the comparisons of European and East Asian thinking through which she links the past to the present and crosses the spatial and temporal boundaries. In this synthesis of knowledge and sensuality, the artist creates atmospheres in which understanding is achieved through intimacy. Her ceramic sculptures create dynamic compositions on the walls, which reference the Go/Weiqi board game. The round shapes invade the room with their expanding fragments. As they disembark, the orbs transcend their formerly limited dimension, exploring finite enclosedness and explosive openness. The color blue prevails in the sculptures and the canvases in this exhibition, exploring notions of the “Blaue Stunde”. Vemo Hang reflects on Berlin’s recent visual condition, which she observed during the pandemic. The sudden reset and impossibility of travel shifted the focus to the immediately local. The imagined places are a harmonious combination of a multitude of independent scenes. Thereby, Vemo Hang finds solutions to bridging spaces and creates a potential for travel between channels.
The artworks by Sabine Laidig satisfy a longing for “less” as they reduce data into grids of lines and mists of color. They are a subtle ode to the sensations of the human eye. The materiality of the artworks has a calculated effect on the observer and creates illusions of space as the artworks seem to vibrate with the weightlessness of color. Her pigment studies and awareness of materiality enable her to honor these without being restricted by color, material or form. The lines drawn with immaculate precision vary in width and interval, resulting in different tonalities of color on every sheet, each with its own steady and stimulating tone. This potent symphony of lines and pigment enter a dialogue with the viewer. Notably, the impression of the artworks depends on the observer’s standpoint, effectively including them in the creation of meaning. In Sabine Laidig’s artworks, precision does not negate warmth, and the grid is not void of personality and narrative but rather a source for experiences of still perception. Despite the concrete and reduced nature of the grid, Laidig’s works are, first and foremost, a sensory experience.
Tatjana Schülke stimulates the viewer with tactile anticipations. The curious tubes, spikes and arches protrude into the space. Her objects radiate expressiveness and personality, yet, they seem guarded and defensive to the intruding gaze. With their ability to balance the tension between reaching out and holding back, these artworks embody sensitivity. The communicative sculptures, reliefs, and wall objects make us intuitively reflect on interpersonal exchange and relationships. Tatjana Schülke creates these artworks from objects she finds in her immediate surroundings. They express enthusiasm for openness and connecting. Thereby, her artworks radiate vitality and human complexity. The unexpected materials such as tubes, toothpicks, yarn, and styrofoam indicate her innate curiosity, which leads her to playfully pursue the expression of inside and outside, order and chaos and visible and hidden. These concepts get unraveled in such nuance through exploring material that the observer cannot help but sense and empathize with these objects.
Paula Böke

ONE NIGHT ONLY 2022: FLUID FRINGES
2022-11-11 18:00 - 22:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | LASALLE’s Winstedt Campus, 9 Winstedt Road, Singapore 227976, 9 Winstedt Road, Singapore 227976, Singapore, 227976, Singapore
One Night Only, an annual showcase of works by LASALLE College of the Arts’ BA(Hons) Fine Arts Level 2 and Level 3 students, returns for its seventh edition.
After two digital editions during the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s One Night Only sees the revival of a physical showcase at LASALLE’s Winstedt Campus, with diverse artworks by 51 artists on display. The theme for this year, Fluid Fringes, is a nod to the continuous process of learning and unlearning, synthesising new and pre-existing knowledge.
Exploring the individual, their surroundings and the muddling barriers that separate them, artists as active agents investigate the malleability of the transitory states of being, probing the boundaries between the internal and the external, the personal and the public, the familiar and the unfamiliar. One Night Only also expounds on the versatility of contemporary modes of artistic expression and the mediums through which these expressions manifest.
The works on show have emerged from curriculum electives such as The Performative Body, Wearable Art, A Mutual Tuning, Fieldwork and Rendering Realities. They explore themes ranging from the body – its physicality and social identity – to ideas of space which these bodies occupy, interact with or digitally fabricate.

Lunchtime Concerts at ACM – Zoomorphic Muses: An Afternoon at the Museum
2022-11-11 12:30 - 13:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
What would happen if we reimagined some of the fantastic mythical creatures seen on ancient animal-shaped objects and created music that sounds like Debussy’s dreamy “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun” on an afternoon at ACM?
Inspired by zoomorphic objects from the ACM collection, musicians from YST’s Text and Music class will unfold a new narrative of ancient animal-shaped objects through music. Through the students’ rich musical imagination and creativity, some of these fantastic creatures will be reimagined and brought to life! This project is curated by lecturers Dr Chen Zhangyi and Dr Sara Florian.
In partnership with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST), Lunchtime Concerts return to ACM. Pamper yourself with an afternoon of classical music echoing through our halls on Fridays in October and November! This season features an original composition, “Zoomorphic Muses – An Afternoon at the Museum”, inspired by ACM’s collection!

SAMPAN
2022-11-11 08:00 - 21:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Arts House, Living Room, 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429, 1 Old Parliament Ln, 179429, Singapore
Temasek. Syonan-to. Singapura. Singapore. On an island with many names, there are many stories. In conjunction with the release of LASALLE College of the Arts’ inaugural creative writing anthology SAMPAN, join contibutors from the Masters in Creative Writing programme as they share about creating pieces themed around ‘Island of ____’. In this constellation of 10 narratives, how many ways can we look at Singapore?

CALL FOR ARTISTS: LONDON CONTEMPORARY 202
2022-11-11 - 2022-11-25 | the line london
CALL FOR ARTISTS: LONDON CONTEMPORARY 2022 – 5TH EDITION
London | November 11 – 25, 2022
Extended deadline: November 04, 2022
LONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2022, organized by ITSLIQUID Group in collaboration with YMX Arts, will be held in London, at THE LINE Contemporary Art Space from November 11 to November 25, 2022.
LONDON CONTEMPORARY is an international art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. The 5th edition will represent a forum for the direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance.
LONDON CONTEMPORARY will provide 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
To take part in the selection, send your works’ submissions with a CV/biography, some still images (for video-art), links of videos/performances and pictures via e-mail to director@itsliquid.com
ONDON CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 2022 will analyze the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary times.
We invite artists, architects and designers to be inspired by the magical power of London, exploring the connection between desires, needs, and fears through rituals that bring humankind to change, transform and evolve their inner world.

Extinction Feast《鮽宴》
2022-11-10 20:00 - 2022-11-13 16:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Practice Space, 54 Waterloo Street, 187953, Singapore
Jeff wants to do the right thing. So does his brother. And his mother. And his sister-in-law. So an important discussion over family dinner should go smoothly… right?
Inspired by Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene, Extinction Feast is a playful black comedy about Asian culture, fish consumption and our pesky conscience.
Director Ang Xiao Ting assembles an international team of collaborators to create a multidisciplinary theatrical feast combining performance, multimedia and live foley. Blending storytelling and dining, the production also features canapés by Ah Hua Kelong.
Extinction Feast is a Practice Tuckshop production, and was first staged to a sold-out run at Singapore Writers’ Festival 2021.
Jeff 想要做正确的事，他的哥哥、妈妈，还有嫂嫂当然也是。所以在家庭聚餐上进行“这个”重要的讨论，应该会很顺利的⋯⋯吧？
《鮽宴》是一部有关亚洲文化、鱼类消费和我们那些恼人良知的黑色幽默喜剧，创作灵感源自一本社会科学专书——《Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene》。
由导演洪小婷领军，集结来自世界各地的创作人才，共同打造一场结合戏剧表演、多媒体影像和现场拟音的剧场“飨宴”！延续实堂在故事中融入食物的特色，这次更邀请了“阿华奎笼”为演出特别构思一系列开胃小菜。
《鮽宴》为实堂制作，在2021年于新加坡作家节举行首演，并创下场场完售的佳绩。

A Weekend with The Everyday Museum
2022-11-10 12:00 - 2022-11-13 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, 39 Keppel Rd, 01-02, Singapore 089065, Singapore, 089065, Singapore
Join The Everyday Museum in a series of activities starting in November and learn more about our art commissions at SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark through performance activations, guided tours and a pop-up installation.
From 10–13 November, venture out into the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood to experience Through the Neighbour’s Walls, an experiential installation by Clarice Ng and Junior Foong that relives fond memories of former dwellings and everyday pastimes in a living room set from the past.
To find out more about the programmes and discover #ArtWhereYouAre, please visit www.theeverydaymuseum.sg
Dedicated to supporting artistic practices in public spaces, The Everyday Museum is a public art initiative by SAM and a platform for creative production and experimentation that transforms everyday experiences into meaningful encounters.

Through the Neighbour’s Walls: An extended programme of Speaking of which – An Organic Terminus
By Clarice Ng and Junior Foong
Thu–Sun 10–13 Nov
12pm–8pm
Kreta Ayer Square
Free
Transmissions from the Wayang Spaceship: Shaoling Ma and Alvin Lim in conversation with Syaheedah Iskandar
Fri 11 Nov
6 – 7pm
Level 3, SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free with registration | https://wayangspaceship-conversation.peatix.com
Transmissions from the Wayang Spaceship: Behind the scenes tour with Randy Chan and Teo Loo Bing
Sat, 12 Nov
6 – 7pm
Container Bay, Rear Entrance of SAM, Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free with registration | https://wayangspaceship-btstour.peatix.com
Pan-dance-mic: Dancing is not just getting up painlessly
By Irsyad Dawood with Rebecca Ashley Dass and Daisy Zhao
Sat 12 Nov
Various timings from 3–6pm
Cargo Lift, Lobby B, next to SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Free with registration | https://pan-dance-mic.peatix.com

Clay Makers' Market
2022-11-10 - 2022-11-13 | Enabling Village, 20 Lengkok Bahru, Singapore, Singapore, 159053, Singapore
More than 120 Singapore-based clay creatives present over 60 tables of their own ceramic works for exhibition and sale. We are indulging pottery lovers with a delectable range of hundreds of ceramic works. Ceramists include master potters Ahmad Abu Bakar and Jessie Lim, potters from leading Singapore studios including Goh Eck Kheng, Mona Malhotra, Rachita Tania Misra, Saya Yamaguchi, Suriani Suratman, Sunar Sugiyou, Toh Kiam Hock and Yulianti Tan, as well as many newer pottery hands!
Shoppers should be prepared for four full-on days of ceramics-buying!

Dysphoria/Euphoria
2022-11-09 16:30 - 2022-11-20 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Projector X: Picturehouse, 2 Handy Road, The Cathay, Level 5, 229233, Singapore
The Dysphoria/Euphoria exhibition is jointly presented by TransBefrienders, Rainbow Families, and Heckin’ Unicorn, to commemorate Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance. The exhibition will be held at Projector X: Picturehouse (The Cathay building), from 11–20 November.
This exhibition concludes our month-long transgender awareness campaign, and touches on gender dysphoria, transitioning, and euphoria. We are also proud and honoured to showcase the artworks that explore these themes by 8 local trans and gender-diverse artists – Aki Hassan, Andy Winter, Benedict Lim, Marla Bendini, Naaliyah Noor Daneen, Sida Chu, Stephanie Dogfoot, and Worms Wav.
The exhibition will also premiere video interviews with various individuals, describing their experiences with gender dysphoria and their journey towards transitioning and euphoria. This video also features Dr Jeremiah, who speaks on gender dysphoria and gender-affirming healthcare.

Resounding 绕梁15载
2022-11-05 19:30 - 2022-11-06 16:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Esplanade Recital Studio, 1 Esplanade Dr, Singapore, 038981, Singapore
Resounding is a trilogy concert which tells the story of Ding Yi from their start, their journey, and what is beyond them. Integrating technology and immersive soundscape, the concert will showcase the limitless possibilities the ensemble can offer. Repertoire includes new commissioned works by renowned composers Zhou Long and Wang Jianmin and Ding Yi’s Composer-in-Residence Jon Lin Chua. This is part of Ding Yi’s DY15 celebratory concerts in 2022 as Ding Yi celebrates their 15th year anniversary, Together with You.
To further commemorate the occasion, for the first time in Singapore, Ding Yi will launch a highly anticipated score publication which includes a compilation of original Chinese chamber music, compositions by local and international composers.

《绕梁15载》是一部三部曲音乐会，讲述鼎艺团立团的故事，他们的旅程，以及对未来的期待。 音乐会将结合科技和身临其境的声景，展示华乐室内乐的无限可能性。 曲目包括著名作曲家周龙、王建民和鼎艺驻团作曲家蔡宗玲的新委约作品。 《绕梁15载》是鼎艺团为欢庆成立15周年，所编制的“与您艺起”音乐会系列之一。
鼎艺团也将首次在新加坡出版一本备受期待的华乐室内乐乐谱集。乐谱集包含了许多由本地及国际作曲家的原创华乐室内乐作品。

Writing from a (safe) distance Workshop
2022-11-05 14:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Rehearsal Studio, 42 Waterloo Street, 42 Waterloo Street, Singapore, 187951, Singapore
Admission: By Donation via Eventbrite
Join Centre 42’s Writer-In-Residence Michelle Tan in an exploratory text-based workshop about the necessity of finding distance in artmaking.
How do we separate ourselves from the art we make? When it comes to writing or creating from a personal place, how might we lay bare the self while simultaneously protecting it? How might a writer/artist use vulnerability in a way that is illuminating rather than indulgent?
This is an exploratory text-based workshop about the necessity of finding distance in artmaking, where participants are encouraged to also share their own ways of achieving this in their individual practice, or bring any questions/thoughts they might have about the function of distance in art.

An Introduction to the Dramaturg's Work 2022
2022-11-05 10:30 - 2022-11-26 12:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Rehearsal Studio, 42 Waterloo Street, 42 Waterloo Street, Singapore, 187951, Singapore
An Introduction to the Dramaturg’s Work is a 4-session foundational course that will provide an introduction and grounding for performing arts practitioners who are curious about or want an insight into the dramaturg’s work.
Conducted by Dr Robin Loon, this course aims to equip participants with an understanding of and familiarisation with:

the brief history and evolution of the dramaturg
the nature and scope of the dramaturg’s work
different kinds of dramaturgs
basic duties and responsibilities of dramaturgs
standards and competencies surrounding a professional dramaturg

Participants can expect to engage in discussions based on prescribed readings and undertake individual/group assignment(s) in mock-dramaturgy case projects. At the end of the four sessions, participants should be able to:

understand the work of a dramaturg and identify dramaturgical interventions;
clarify if they need to engage dramaturgs and how to engage them in the creative process;
discover their area of interest should they choose to pursue a practice in dramaturgy.

This is the third run of the popular Introduction to the Dramaturg’s Work course. Apply by 16 Oct at: bit.ly/IDW22course.

SPACE OUT! @ Downtown East
2022-11-04 17:00 - 2023-01-02 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Downtown East, 1 Pasir Ris Close Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 519599, Singapore
Bring the mysteries of the universe closer to you as you discover new dimensions where your imagination can run free through various multi-media art installations at Downtown East, Singapore.
SPACE OUT! invites you to see our world like you’ve never seen it before. Through interactive XR and new media experiences, you’ll unlock the possibilities of creativity and witness fantastical new environments right in front of your eyes.
Otherworldly exploration has never felt closer with these free art experiences.

Virtual Reality Pods:

Embark on a journey beyond limits with VR painting artworks by local artists Christine Lok, Fauxe, ScRach MarcS, tobyato and YANGERMEISTER, and breathtaking 360° outer space videos by SpaceCinema. Get a chance to experience creating your own VR paintings with the world as your canvas and your imagination as your palette from now till 2 Jan 23.

Augmented Reality:

If you could create your own planet, what would it look like? From now till 15 Jan 23, view an AR-enhanced digital mural by visual artist, Joy Ho who imagines a world of cosmic creatures living in perfect harmony…or so it may seem.

Outdoor Interactive Light Projection:

Be transported to the surface of Mars and the Moon, where you can interact with the stars and planets. Starts from now till 2 Jan 23, daily from 7.30pm-10.30pm. *Extended hours apply for NYE countdown.

Lunchtime Concerts at ACM: Jazz
2022-11-04 12:30 - 13:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Chase the blues away as you swing along in this lunchtime programme of upbeat jazz tunes and improvisations.
In partnership with the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (YST), Lunchtime Concerts return to ACM. Pamper yourself with an afternoon of classical music echoing through our halls on Fridays in October and November! This season features an original composition, “Zoomorphic Muses – An Afternoon at the Museum”, inspired by ACM’s collection!

Global Landscapes Singapore
2022-11-04 12:00 - 2023-01-05 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Art Now Gallery, Raffles Hotel Arcade, 328 North Bridge Rd, #02-32, Singapore 188719, Singapore, Singapore
Grammy-nominated British composer, artist and co-founder of production company Sisters Grimm, Ella Spira MBE, will launch her latest art project, ‘Global Landscapes Singapore’ at Art Now gallery, in the Raffles Hotel Arcade, unveiling her work as a visual artist. The exhibition will be opened to the public with no tickets required on the 4th and 5th of November.

The launch will open with an ‘In conversation with Ella Spira MBE” hosted by Alice Black, former director of The Design Museum London and founder of ArtULTRA. The invitation only event will shed light on the process, influences, inspiration, and intention of Spira as a painter, giving context to the artworks created in Singapore.

Global Landscape Singapore celebrates the richness of life in and around the island through six individual paintings and a series of charcoals. Spira has been able to show a city that values natural resources and has kept nature as part of its urban landscape. From pockets of green punctuating the financial area of the city to the thriving marine trade, which has been part of its backdrop for centuries. Spira first came to Singapore for work in 2015, but she is painting the city for the first time this year.

The paintings are accompanied by photographs taken by Singaporean photographer Rebecca Toh and an evocative score composed by Spira. This score features Singaporean cellist Olivia Chuang and incorporates the sound of Rebecca’s camera click as well as the sound of Singapore thunder storms, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWW0oULbYBs) which has been recently released on Sisters Grimm’s Youtube channel.

Deeply influenced by her Jewish heritage and family history as a third generation Holocaust survivor, Ella has dedicated her life to celebrating and foregrounding underrepresented cultures. Her multidisciplinary approach regularly features innovative multicultural collaborations and is rooted in a conviction that the arts have a deep influence on society.

Collaboration is a central tenet of Ella Spira’s artistic work; her encounter with Toh led to an artistic meeting of minds: Toh was given an all access to Ella, to create an intimate portrait of her and bring home what it is to be an artist. The outcome of this collaboration is a series of intimate, closely shot photographs, in which Toh has captured the soul of her fellow artist. They are not posed, but rather taken free flow, in the moment, which is Toh’s hallmark photography. Rebecca Toh’s portraits of Spira lift the veil of her innermost self to reveal the unadorned woman and her emotions, creating moments of true connection.

Internationally Acclaimed Artist Launches Multidisciplinary Art Exhibition in Singapore
2022-11-04 12:00 - 2022-11-05 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Art Now Gallery, Raffles Hotel Arcade, 328 North Bridge Rd, #02-32, Singapore 188719, Singapore, Singapore
Grammy-nominated British composer, artist and co-founder of production company Sisters Grimm, Ella Spira MBE, will launch her latest art project, ‘Global Landscapes Singapore’ at Art Now gallery, in the Raffles Hotel Arcade, unveiling her work as a visual artist. The exhibition will be opened to the public on the 4th and 5th of November.
Global Landscape Singapore celebrates the richness of life in and around the island through six individual paintings and a series of charcoals. Spira has been able to show a city that values natural resources and has kept nature as part of its urban landscape. From pockets of green punctuating the financial area of the city to the thriving marine trade, which has been part of its backdrop for centuries. Spira first came to Singapore for work in 2015, but she is painting the city for the first time this year.
The paintings are accompanied by photographs taken by Singaporean photographer, Rebecca Toh and an evocative score composed by Spira. This score features Singaporean cellist Olivia Chuang and incorporates the sound of Rebecca’s camera click as well as the sound of Singapore thunder storms, (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWW0oULbYBs) which was released on Youtube.
The launch will open with an ‘In conversation with Ella Spira MBE” hosted by Alice Black, former director of The Design Museum London and founder of ArtULTRA on the 3rd November. The invitation-only event will shed light on the process, influences, inspiration, and intention of Spira as a painter, giving context to the artworks created in Singapore.
The general public can access the artwork without tickets required on the 4th November from 12 – 7pm and on the 5th November from 12 – 5pm.

Global Landscapes Singapore-An Immersive Art Exhibition by Internationally Acclaimed Artist
2022-11-04 12:00 - 2022-11-05 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | ARTNOW Gallery @ Raffles Hotel Arcade, Raffles Hotel Arcade, Singapore, Singapore
On Thursday 3 November 2022, the Grammy-nominated British composer, artist and co-founder of production company Sisters Grimm, Ella Spira MBE, will launch her latest art project, ‘Global Landscapes Singapore’ at Art Now gallery, in the Raffles Hotel Arcade, unveiling her work as a visual artist.
The launch will open with an ‘In conversation with Ella Spira MBE” hosted by Alice Black, former director of The Design Museum London and founder of ArtULTRA. The invitation only event will shed light on the process, influences, inspiration, and intention of Spira as a painter, giving context to the artworks created in Singapore.
Global Landscape Singapore celebrates the richness of life in and around the island through six individual paintings and a series of charcoals. In Singapore, Spira has been able to show a city that values natural resources and has kept nature as part of its urban landscape. From pockets of green punctuating the financial area of the city to the thriving marine trade, which has been part of its backdrop for centuries. Spira first came to Singapore for work in 2015, but she is painting the city for the first time this year.
The paintings are accompanied by photographs taken by Singaporean photographer Rebecca Toh and an evocative score composed by Spira. This score features Singaporean cellist Olivia Chuang and incorporates the sound of Rebecca’s camera click as well as the sound of Singapore thunder storms. It will be released on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/SistersGrimm) on w/c 17 October with a video featuring Toh’s photography.
Global Landscapes Singapore will be opened to the public with free entry on the 4th November at 12-7pm and 5th of November at 12 – 5pm.
