Cipta Seni Incubator
2024-03-04 08:00 - 2024-04-12 12:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
The Cipta Seni Incubator is a new artist development programme for performance artists based in Malaysia. Over three months in 2024, you will get to develop and workshop a performance piece while receiving dedicated feedback, creative development resources, and guidance. This includes:

One-on-one mentorship and critique by experienced arts & culture professionals
Online talks and workshops by Malaysian and UK experts
Networking opportunities
A chance to perform a work-in-progress of your idea with an audience

Who Can Apply?

You’re a performance artist with an idea for a new performance that you want to develop.
Your artistic practice is in live performance or creating live artistic experiences (e.g. devised theatre, performance poetry, or interactive installations).
You’re 18+.
You’re a registered resident in Malaysia.
You’re able to commit to attending the various components of the programme from May to September, 2024.

How to Apply?
You can send a written, audio, or video application by email to ciptaseniincubator[at]gmail.com

Share a maximum of two examples of your creative work.
Please provide your full name, registered address, and contact information (email address and phone number).
Answer these questions:
Tell us about you and your practice. (Max 350 words or up to 3.5 minutes)
Tell us why this opportunity and why now? (Max 350 words or up to 3.5 minutes)
Tell us about the performance project/idea that you’d develop alongside this programme. (Max 500 words or up to 5 minutes)

For full application details, go to: bit.ly/ciptaseni
Deadline: 12 April 2024

Still Alive
2024-03-05 10:00 - 2024-03-24 18:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
“Still Alive is an ongoing art project which places emphasis on the dialogue with extinct species in an audiovisual way.”
Liliane Zumkemi (2024)
Still Alive
by Liliane Zumkemi
5 – 24 March 2024
at Blacklist Gallery, Matdot Art Center
Opening reception: 4 March 2024, 18.00 h.

The Art of Songwriting
2024-03-06 13:00 - 17:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
BACC together with Yamaha Music School Thailand and Berklee College of MusicA songwriting workshop and masterclass led by Berklee College of Music, a world-class institution in the field of music education. The speakers will share their expertise and experiences in navigating the career paths of songwriters and composers in the music industry. Additionally, successful alumni from the school will be invited to share their accomplishments. The program is divided into 3 sessions :
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-1 PM : Road Map for the Composer and Arranger
Jason Camelio, Assistant Vice President for Global Initiatives, Berklee College of Music
-2 PM : Careers in the Music Industry
Quan Yao Lim, Assistant Director of Admissions, Berklee College of Music
Witchuporn Jingjit (Volt), Violinist, Producer, Berklee Alumni
-3 PM : Songwriting and Production Master Class
Rodney Alejandro, Chair of Songwriting, Berklee College of Music
Luke Sairattanyu, Music Producer, Music Director, Bassist, Arranger
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Remark: All sessions is in English.

Open call for M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2025
2024-03-08 12:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Various Locations island-wide & Online, Singapore
Want to be part of Fringe 2025 in Singapore?
Send in your proposal by Fri 8 March!
No application fee is required.
We want to hear what artists are concerned with in the world today, and how your artistic response is a call to arms, a healing process, or a road map to a different, better future.

Solo Exhibition “Dreamscapes: Interwoven Myths” by Emi Avora at Art Seasons Gallery
2024-03-08 12:00 - 2024-04-20 18:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Art Seasons Gallery, 50 Genting Lane, #03-02 Cideco Industrial Complex Singapore 349558, Singapore
Following Emi Avora’s successful debut at ArtSG, Southeast Asia’s leading international art fair, Art Seasons Galleryand Y Art Projects are thrilled to present her solo exhibition, “Dreamscapes: Interwoven Myths,” from March 8 – April 20, 2024. This exhibition provides art enthusiasts and collectors with an immersive exploration of a realm where myths and dreams harmoniously intertwine. The exhibition is curated by art historian Theresa Tan, and co-presented by Coinllectibles.
In “Dreamscapes: Interwoven Myths“, Emi Avora showcases her talent in seamlessly blending diverse cultural myths, crafting a captivating tapestry of enchanting dreamscapes that beckon the imagination. The exhibition promises to transport visitors to a world where reality and fantasy merge across multiple parallel and colliding universes.
Emi Avora, a Greek artist currently residing in Singapore, draws inspiration from her daily life in Asia and her Greek heritage. Her art spans from interior spaces, still life, to landscapes, engaging in a dialogue with modernist historical canons. She explores a complex relationship with exoticism, the environment, motherhood, and everyday experiences. Avora’s compositions reflect her quest for a rediscovered place and identity, as well as her curiosity about the shapes around her.
Avora’s paintings often depict encounters or conversations between seemingly disparate objects or symbols, presenting a blend of dreamy and intense scenes where light plays a central role. She employs vivid palettes to invite viewers to reinterpret her work, creating a space between perception and creation, reality, and imagination. Through her act of re-imagining, Avora transports the viewer into an escapist realm parallel to reality. Communicating everyday observations through enchanting and magical expressions, Avora skilfully blends reality with mythology. Leveraging her mastery of colours, light intensity, and tone, she focuses on elements that surprise or captivate her attention, transforming observed situations into fictional compositions with myriad interpretations.
In the large diptych, “Valley of Myths,” symbols from Eastern and Western mythology occupy an imaginative space, suggesting both an interior marked by tiling and a landscape hinted at by cloud-like formations. The dragon shapes and background colour planes collaborate to evoke a sense of a mythical valley. The artwork’s expansive scale invites viewers to envision these mythological symbols as integral parts of everyday still life or monumental entities, alluding to broader geopolitical dynamics within Avora’s constructed multiverse of colours. This interplay introduces a playful element, juxtaposing domestic roles with historical significance. Other works in this series, similarly, invites viewers to explore the intricate connections between different myths, unveiling a rich and multi-layered narrative that transcends cultural boundaries.

Armenian Street Party: Peranakan Pasar
2024-03-08 17:00 - 2024-03-31 22:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Peranakan Museum, 39 Armenian St, Singapore, Singapore 179941, Singapore
Armenian Street Party is back!

Get ready to delight your senses in the culinary world of the Peranakans. Explore the Peranakan Pasar and try traditional and modern flavours, discover the cooking and dining culture of the Peranakan communities at our night market, and craft food-themed textiles and jewellery. Or just sit back and relax as you enjoy outdoor performances and interactive artworks! The party continues throughout March at the Peranakan Museum with specially curated communal dining experiences.

Armenian Street Party: Peranakan Pasar is presented in partnership with the Peranakan Association Singapore, the Arab Network @ Singapore, the Peranakan Indian (Chitty Melaka) Association Singapore, with support from the Allspice Institute.

Free admission to museum and most activities.

All the Things She Said: Women’s Voices in Comics
2024-03-08 19:30 - 20:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Book Bar, 57 Duxton Road Singapore 089521, Singapore, 089521, Singapore
This International Women’s Day, join us for a conversation about the power of women’s voices in comics with creators from Difference Engine, an independent comics publisher based in Singapore.
Tackling big topics through small but powerful publications within the DE Shorts imprint, Andeasyand (Creator of A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy), Vinita Ramani, and Griselda Gabriele (Creators of Bearing Witness) discuss how exploring their shared experience of womanhood has empowered difficult conversations to be had through comics, whether it’s through quirky humour or raw honesty.
Come down to Book Bar on 8 March, 7:30 pm as we share stories about friendship, community, and all the messy and magnificent parts of being a woman.
DE Shorts titles including A Drip. A Drop. A Deluge: A Period Tragicomedy and Bearing Witness will also be available for purchase and signing by the creators. Light bites and drinks will be available for purchase as well.
About the Panellists
Vinita Ramani is a writer and editor. She has previously worked as a journalist for various local and regional publications, and as a publicist for film festivals, both in Singapore and abroad. Find her online at vinitaramani.com/
Griselda Gabriele is a Singapore-based Indonesian artist with experience in editorial illustration and visual development for games and animation. She is passionate about storytelling, and interested in exploring the diverse history, (pop) culture, and faiths of Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Find her online at grisgabriele.com/

Andeasyand is a Nurulhuda Izyan born and raised in Singapore. To use up old name cards after her first marketing job, she discovered the world of illustration and found ways to describe the beauty of the ordinary with doodles and scribbles. With that new power, she navigates difficult topics like menstruation, anxiety, marriage, and weight, as well as silly daily musings.
About the Moderator
Lalitha Aiyer is a Community Engagement Specialist at Difference Engine. Her experiences in community arts include assisting in the curation of ‘Thamizhachi: a digital museum of Singaporean Tamil women under construction’ as part of N.O.W 2021 and co-producing a decolonial initiative ‘More Uncomfortable Truths’ at the Bristol Museum, England.

tides 潮: Community Exhibition & Programmes
2024-03-09 - 2024-03-20 | Wellness Kampung @ 765 Nee Soon Central, Blk 765, Yishun Street 72, Singapore, Singapore, 760765, Singapore
Standing in the waves of time, gazing at the horizon between life and death, one turns to another and breaks the silence: “How do you prepare to leave this world?”

Both Sides, Now 2024 returns this March with the community exhibition tides 潮! A band of 8 brave elders invites you to reflect and respond to what it means to live well, and leave well. With an arts and asset-based community development approach, we are excavating the taboos of death, end-of-life conversations and choices. In the ocean of this shared endeavour, the waves carry us toward places of light and dark, sorrow and joy.

Join us in the Yishun community to intimately contemplate and celebrate lives, legacies, and transitions with an exhibition of artworks and programmes, including conversations with and tours by senior collaborators. Presented by ArtsWok Collaborative, in collaboration with Wellness Kampung and Yishun Health, the exhibition will be held in English and Mandarin.

Find out more at bit.ly/bsntides

Manila Galleon International Conference
2024-03-09 10:00 - 2024-03-10 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Asian Civilisations Museum, 1 Empress Pl,, Singapore, 179555, Singapore
Join us for a two-day conference that examines the significance of the Manila galleon trade, which connected Asia to the Americas and Europe for centuries. Leading scholars will present new research and insights into how the galleons influenced the cultural, economic, political, and social landscapes of the Philippines, Mexico, Spain, and other countries from the 16th to 19th century.

Five Footway Festival 2024
2024-03-09 10:00 - 2024-03-17 20:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Chinatown Singapore, Chinatown Singapore, 059190, Singapore
Five Footway Festival is returning for its third edition to Chinatown Singapore from 9 to 17 March 2024, with many activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy. The festival offers a fantastic opportunity to relive the storied history of Chinatown through traditional games, exhibitions, performances and workshops!

Learn more about how the lives of early immigrants intertwined with the Five Footway across trades, clans, cultural, arts and entertainment activities at a special exhibition called The Warmth and Bustle of The Five-Footways, organised in collaboration with Sun Yat-Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and students from Hwa Chong Institution.
Embark on a theatrical walking tour with Tan Ah Huat in Chinatown, as he takes you back in time through the eyes of a Chinese immigrant from the 1920s and shares the fascinating tale of Chinatown back in the early days of Singapore.
Revel in intricate cultural performances including Chinese Opera, Kirin, Lion and Dragon Dance. You might even pick up a new hobby or two from their workshop experiences.
Learn traditional recipes including Hainanese-style Pineapple Stir-Fry Pork Rind, Hakka Rice Wine, Put Chai Ko and many more.
Relive and introduce our favourite childhood games to the younger generations at Pagoda Street with the nostalgic can and ring toss, hoop wheeling, chapteh, zero point, and snakes and ladders. Traditional Singaporean snacks and biscuits are also not to be missed, including Kacang Putih from stall vendors.

Admission to the Five Footway Festival is free. Tickets for selected workshops can be purchased from https://peatix.com/group/7133051. To find out more, visit the website https://www.chinatown.sg for more information.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐬
2024-03-09 10:00 - 2024-07-15 18:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum is delighted to announce the opening of its latest exhibition, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐬, curated by Roger Nelson. This distinctive showcase, running from 9 March to 15 July 2024, features an international ensemble of artists who delve into the concept of adaptation in art, transforming various inspirations into new creations.
All the artworks in 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐬 can be considered “adaptations,” meaning that they respond to stories that the artists have taken from elsewhere. For example, some artworks are inspired by works of literature and cinema. Other artworks take their cue from historical paintings, sculptures, and designs by other artists. Some artworks are also inspired by writings by scholars and theorists.
Despite this, all the artworks in the exhibition transform the stories they respond to into something new. In this way, while they can be considered “adaptations,” they are not trying to be exact copies of other artworks or literary or cinematic sources. Instead, they are deliberately “unfaithful” kinds of adaptation, meaning that they use their artistic license to freely change the look and feel of the stories they are responding to.
The concept of 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐬 is inspired by two of the artists that are included in the exhibition. They are Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook (b. 1957, Thailand) and Mieke Bal (b. 1946, Netherlands). Both artists are world-famous and have exhibited at many prominent platforms internationally. Both artists are also prolific writers, and their writings as well as ideas from their artworks have inspired the title and curator’s concept for the exhibition.
The exhibition also showcases newly commissioned artworks, including an installation by Fyerool Darma featuring a recording of a séance with a deceased man, a series of paintings by Ian Tee based on a Chinese mythological tale, and an artwork by Thao Nguyen Phan, which reconstructs furniture designed by Vietnamese artist Diem Phung Thi, serving as seating for visitors to engage with the displayed works. This approach is inspired by the writings and artworks of Mieke Bal and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. Additional pieces include videos and films by internationally acclaimed artists like Mieke Bal, CAMP, and Chulayarnnon Siriphol, as well as an early silent film from Spain showcasing extended sword-fighting scenes, created in 1908 by Ricardo de Baños & Alberto Marro.
Originally exhibited at Nanyang Technological University’s ADM Gallery in Singapore, this exhibition was made possible with the support of Jim Thompson and Quu Hotel.

STPI Open House 2024: Blast Off to Brassville
2024-03-09 11:00 - 2024-03-10 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery, 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore, Singapore, 238236, Singapore
All aboard for the adventure of a lifetime! STPI’s Open House returns this March holidays, with brand new quests to complete.
Come along as we prepare to venture into Brassville, home of the finest printmakers and papermakers. Print your ticket to Brassville, create a little robot friend, decorate a snazzy suitcase and more, through an array of exciting activities.
Put your creative cogs and gears to work with our variety of art stations and workshops, which run throughout the day. Print with the pros in our Creative Workshop, and take a piece of STPI home with our interactive demonstrations.
All activities are suitable for all ages, unless otherwise stated.
View our full list of programmes and workshops here: https://bit.ly/Listings-STPIOpenHouse2024

Threads, an exhibition by Alexander Treves
2024-03-09 15:00 - 2024-03-24 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Learn more about the global issue of human displacement in this photo exhibition, one of the foremost challenges facing society in the 21st Century.
By Alexander Treves
9 to 24 Mar 2024
Lower Gallery 1, Objectifs
Free admission
Exhibition Opening: Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 3pm
Programmes
Threads of Humanity: Facing Refugee Realities
Sat, 9 Mar 2024, 5 to 6.30pm (RSVP here)
About the Exhibition
According to the United Nations, today over 108 million people around the world are forcibly displaced by persecution, conflict and violence. If this population made up a country, it would be the 15th largest on the planet.
This is one of the foremost challenges facing society in the 21st Century. Economic and political instability, human caused climate change and the interconnectedness of the modern world are all key drivers of migration. Refugees are among the most vulnerable, migrating because they have little or no choice but to do so.
The large and growing community of refugees and other displaced people is spread widely around the globe. “Threads” features photographs taken in over 20 countries, focusing on the people impacted by these systemic drivers of the refugee crisis, emphasizing our shared humanity with those who find themselves in very difficult circumstances.
About the Artist
Alexander Treves has photographed refugees and other displaced people in over 20 countries. He aims to use photography not just to document issues that he cares about, but also to raise awareness and money to assist with the underlying problems. Proceeds from sales of his books “Glimpses Over The Edge” and “Freefall” benefit refugee charities. He is the recipient of the second prize in the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize, 2021. He is employed as a finance professional.

“คราวเชียงแสนแตก” “When Chiang Saen Broke Down”
2024-03-09 16:00 - 20:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk)
Panel discussion and Opening of Home Jo int Art Space and art exhibition
“When Chiang Saen Broke Down” an art exhibition that inspired by a local Lanna document which is a literary form of Lanna poetry that was used to record historical events regarding the expulsion of Burmese power from Lanna territory. This led to the evacuation of people in Chiang Saen to various cities for protection, not allowing the Burmese to return to using Chiang Saen as a stronghold for the army. It also shows the emotions of both the soldiers who marched to attack, and prisoners of war who had to leave their homes because they had to accept various tragedies.
This art exhibition showcases paintings and conversations to create connections between three generations:
๐ “Ghosts” as the history of the past that is told through the historical writings of the area “Long Chiang Saen” from the perspective of historical scholars or those who study history
๐ “Elderly people” as living history who can see the changes of the area “Long Chiang Saen” surrounding from the past to the present
๐ “New Generation Artists/Children” as people who work in the arts and grew up in the area

Solisti in Concerto 2024
2024-03-09 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | SOTA Concert Hall, 1 Zubir Said Dr, Singapore 227968, Singapore, 227968, Singapore
Solisti in Concerto 2024 features 3 young soloists – Carolynn Choo, Renee Yadav and Lee Seohyun, accompanied by the Orchestra of the Music Makers (OMM) under the baton of Seow Yibin. OMM will also present Elgar’s Enigma Variations, a set of variations dedicated to his closest acquaintances.
Duration: 70 minutes
This concert is supported by the Elgar Society.

The 3rd Migrant Workers Photography Festival
2024-03-10 14:00 - 2024-03-24 16:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, 155 Middle Road, Singapore, 188977, Singapore
Making space for different ways of looking at the conflicting yet intertwined desires for home, building a new life, and being rooted in a community.
‘Longing and Belonging’
10 to 24 Mar 2024
Lower Gallery 2, Objectifs
Free admission
Opening Ceremony: Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
Welcome address
Performance by BlackPEACE Band
Artist Talks
Announcement of Winners and Prize Giving
Programmes
Film Screening and Talk: Agaththee by Ramasamy Madhavan (RSVP here)
Sun, 17 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
World Premiere. Short film (15:30min) screening, rating TBC, followed by Q&A
Free admission upon registration
Migrant Poetry Recital (RSVP here)
Sun, 24 Mar 2024, 2 to 3pm
A poetry performance by 5 poets in response to the exhibition

About the Exhibition
While longing stretches far across distance to hold a place or person close, the threads of belonging instead tie one to where they already are. Like how these words are nested within each other, Longing and Belonging hopes to make space for different ways of looking at the conflicting yet intertwined desires for home, building a new life, and being rooted in a community.
MWPF’s third edition received more than a hundred submissions across two categories: Single Image and Series (3-5 images). The exhibition will feature the following finalists’ works, selected by judges Huda Azzis (Founder, Your Local Newsstand) and Chelsea Chua (Programme Director, Objectifs):
Indah W. Yosevina
Lorelyn De la Cruz Arevalo
Michael Jay Abalos
Genelyn Mallare Joson
Jenelyn Leyble
Ruby Velasco
The Migrant Workers Photography Festival is a biennial festival that aims to showcase the creative talents of migrant workers in Singapore through photography, and amplify perspectives of the migrant community. Through its associate programmes — workshops, photowalks, Community Diary — the festival hopes to build a diverse community that transcends nationalities, and help bridge the current social divide between the migrant and local community. The team behind the festival similarly reflects this ethos: MWPF comprises both locals and migrants from many different countries, who co-organise this initiative in the spirit of friendship, equality, and community.
Presented by the Migrant Workers Photography Festival (MWPF), and supported by Objectifs and FotoHub.

Untitled (7 Events)
2024-03-12 10:00 - 2024-05-04 19:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Galerie Quynh, 118 Nguyen Van Thu, Dakao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh city, 70000, Vietnam
An exhibition of exhibitions, Untitled (7 Events) – a major solo exhibition by Hanoi-based artist Pham Minh Hieu at Galerie Quynh, has theoretical underpinnings in speculative realism and new materialism. Pham has created imaginative ‘total installations’ that immerse spectators in an aesthetic experience. This way of making allows for divergence where different disciplines and genres intertwine, their boundaries fraying and transforming.
Untitled (7 Events) unfolds in fragments that float, rest, glide and accelerate over three floors, existing across different scales and temporalities, each exerting their own autonomy and agency. Pham states, “I don’t believe that the exhibition is somehow larger than the sum of its parts, the individual installations. I am an advocate for the heterarchical thinking of Bruno Latour and his belief that ‘the smallest entities are always richer in difference and complexity than their aggregates’ and ‘the big, the whole, the great […] is only a simpler, more standardized version [of the small].’”

Dramaturgs & Producers
2024-03-12 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Stamford Arts Centre, 0202, 155 Waterloo Street, Singapore, Singapore, 187962, Singapore
DRAMATURGS & is a new capsule series of roundtable conversations centering the work of and relationship between dramaturgs and their artistic collaborators. Dramaturgical thinking and application is integral in the work of all artists, yet a dramaturg’s role affords a dedicated lens that can expand and challenge artistic decisions. In cosy and candid sessions, we aim to unpack the relational, intricate and often invisible work of dramaturgs in creative processes and within artistic teams.
The first conversation kicking off this series is DRAMATURGS & PRODUCERS, where we explore the working relationships between these two roles. What brings a producer and a dramaturg into a project together and how do they navigate their positionalities in an artistic collaboration? As multi-hyphenate practitioners who identify with both roles, how do they draw boundaries or ‘switch hats’, and is that necessary?
Join us in this exciting discussion facilitated by Juliet Chia, and hear from a panel of luminous producers Michele Lim, Melissa Lim and Fezhah Maznan.

Little Shop of Horrors
2024-03-13 00:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Brace yourselves for the diabolically delicious musical – Little Shop of Horrors! This smash-hit horror comedy rock musical has been sinking its teeth into the hearts of theatre enthusiasts for over 30 years!  With Music by Alan Menken and Book by Howard Ashman, the creative geniuses behind Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin, Little Shop of Horrors has become one of the most popular shows in the world!
The story follows a meek floral assistant Seymour who stumbles across a peculiar plant he names “Audrey II” – after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore makes a deal with Seymour – fame and fortune in exchange for a rather unconventional diet of…HUMAN BLOOD! As the plant’s appetite grows, so does the chaos, and before you know it, Seymour is entangled in a web of out-of-this-world origins and global domination schemes!
Directed by the fabulous TJ Taylor and musically directed by Elaine Chan with a stellar cast which includes  Andrew Marko (as Seymour), Vanessa Kee (as Audrey), Dwayne Lau, Benjamin Koh, Tony Tong, Andrea Joy, Marissa Vojodi & Nurulhuda Hassan, get ready for a larger-than-life musical experience that will leave you hungry for more! Accompanied by a fiery 5-piece band, get ready to groove to hits like “Somewhere That’s Green,” “Feed Me,” and “Suddenly Seymour.” Join us at the Sota Drama Theatre for a hysterically hilarious, family-friendly spectacle this April.
Just one rule… DON’T FEED THE PLANTS!

Patricia Borges: Tropical Papers
2024-03-13 00:00 (Asia/Shanghai)
Venue: 39 Keppel Rd, #03-10 Tanjong Pagar Distripark, Singapore 089065

Opening Reception: 20 March 2024 (Wed.) 7PM–9PM | Opening Reception RSVP Link
Exhibition Duration: 21–22 March 2024 (Thurs.–Fri.) 1PM–7PM. 23–24 March 2024 (Sat.–Sun.) 1PM–6PM.
Artist Talk: 23 March 2024 (Sat.), 2pm at the exhibition venue | Artist Talk RSVP Link

TROPICAL PAPERS is a contemporary art exhibition by Brazilian visual artist and researcher, Patricia Borges. She explores the intersection between tropical climate and entropy in the poetics of image generation. The show, presented by INSTINC, will take place from March 21st to March 24th, 2024 at the artist-run space situated in Tanjong Pagar Distripark. This exhibition results from Patricia’s practical research conducted in Singapore through her participation in a three-months residency of INSTINC’s 23/24 Artist-in-Residence Program, and marks a new beginning for INSTINC as it showcases the first Artist-in-Residence exhibition since its relocation.
Rio de Janeiro-based visual artist Patricia Borges anchors her practice in an experimental approach to historical photographic processes, yielding unexpected results. Borges often incorporates substances derived from everyday urban life into cyanotype chemistry; in this case, cosmetics and cleaning products available at a local pharmacy or market. Through this approach, she shows audiences how deeply the history of art is interconnected with those of land and industry, and how these connections are evident in life today.
In TROPICAL PAPERS, Borges treats various types of papers of the Southeast Asian provenance with light-sensitive chemicals diluted in salts and tap water. These papers react to environmental luminosity, humidity, and temperature, generating images from a series of unpredictabilities—a challenge for those living in the era of controlling algorithms. Alchemical reactions produce different shades of blue; the iron in the formula oxidises to both green and orange, depending on the hosting ecosystem. Moreover, the images will continue to change over time, as they have not been fully developed and fixed; ferric oxides will react to ambient ultraviolet light (a spectrum invisible to the human eye). The image is alive and gently reminds us of our perishable nature.
To reflect historically on the evolution of photography from an artisanal medium in the pre-industrial world to its post-internet digital version, where everything seems equally transitory, the artist also creates hybrid images using AI technology and interspecies relations. Liquid environments, underwater life forms, and aquatic and marine transformations influence the aesthetics of the works. The artist seeks to capture the disruptions in technology and engineering that the Anthropocene imposes on the planet. Amid poetic landscapes, environmental violence, fictions, realities, oceans and computing intersect.

Limited Edition It's OK Postcards
2024-03-13 08:00 - 2024-04-30 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | Online
Autistic teen artist Alex Lim aka The Unskilled Boy has released his limited-edition It’s OK postcards series on his website. The theme of the 12 postcards represents the 18-year-old’s candid attitude to everyday situations and life in general. This is Alex’s first foray into digital art. Besides painting, he has been drawing and designing his own animal flash cards. Having practised digital collage on design programmes using vectors for more than six months, It’s OK postcard series is a new addition to Alex’s expanded repertoire of works.

Animal Theme Postcards
Alex centres the postcards’ pictorial theme on his deep love for animals. It’s OK comes from a meaningful lifelong learning for the autistic teen that’s it’s OK to be different and imperfect – and to accept things or people for who and what they are.
Alex hopes to spread the message with his postcards to everyone.

About The Unskilled Boy
The artist has been developing his love for abstract art and pop-art since 10, working with acrylic, ink, oil pastels, watercolour, and pencils on canvas and paper. He finds beauty in the details, sometimes humorously, in his works of nature, animals and everyday things. Alex’s style is bold and vibrant with detailed patterns. His paintings come from a place of honesty and love, straight from the heart. Alex’s mission is to spread his art far and wide while keeping it affordable for all.

White Rabbit, Red Rabbit 白兔子, 红兔子
2024-03-13 19:15 - 20:15 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Arts House, Play Den
Will you participate? Will you be manipulated? Will you listen? Will you really listen?
With no rehearsals, no director, a sealed script and a different performer each time, internationally acclaimed White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, by Iranian writer Nassim Soleimanpour, is an audacious theatrical experiment and a potent reminder of the transgressive and transformative power of theatre.
Forbidden to leave his native Iran, Soleimanpour wrote a play which travelled the world in his place. The audience joins each different performer on a journey into the unknown; stumbling upon the personal and profound, the limits of liberty and where theatre can take you.
White Rabbit, Red Rabbit will be presented on 13 March 2024 in celebration of Let There Be Theatre day, a global initiative by Aurora Nova to celebrate the resilience of live theatre. On this day, White Rabbit, Red Rabbit will be performed all over the world. This year, there will be over 35 performances in countries such as Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Romania and USA. In Singapore, it will be performed by Gary Tang in Cantonese (script translated by Tan Cher Kian) and Doreen Toh in Hokkien.
2024 will also mark the 10th anniversary staging of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit in Singapore. It was first presented at the NUS Arts Festival in 2014.
Rating: Advisory 16 – Some Mature Content & Coarse Language
There will be no surtitles during the show.
7.15pm – Cantonese version performed by Gary Tang
9:30pm – Hokkien version performed by Doreen Toh
Tickets: $30 & $25(Concession for Student, Senior Citizen, NSF, PWD)
Send an email to nptlane@gmail to book tickets.

CONTEMPORARY VENICE - 14TH EDITION
2024-03-15 08:00 - 2024-04-29 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | venezia, Cannaregio, 4118, Venezia, 30131 Venezia (VE)
CALL FOR ARTISTS
CONTEMPORARY VENICE – 14TH EDITION
Venice | March 15 – 29, 2024
Deadline: February 29, 2024
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with ACIT Venice – Italian-German Cultural Association, is pleased to announce the open call for the 14th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2024 that will take place in Venice at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello from March 15 to March 29, 2024, and in other prestigious venues and historical buildings.
The 14th edition of CONTEMPORARY VENICE analyzes the relationship between body and space, and the hybridization between identities and cultural/physical/social/urban settings in contemporary times, through two main sections: MIXING IDENTITIES and FUTURE LANDSCAPES.
MIXING IDENTITIES analyzes the hidden parts of our identities, through an immersive experience inside the fascinating universe of the complex labyrinths of our consciousness. The human body is a changing system that connects us with other bodies and spaces to perceive the surrounding reality; a strong communication system with its language and infinite ways of expression.
FUTURE LANDSCAPES are abstract, infinite and conceptual, associated with a sense of freedom and infinite extension. Primarily experienced with the mind, spaces redefine their limits and borders, transforming surfaces into an open flow of pure ideas. This section focuses on the concept of the borders and the structures between body, mind and soul, the human identity and the city, the space and the ground.

POP-UP: Get Booked and Hustle
2024-03-15 09:00 - 2024-03-29 17:00 (Asia/Shanghai) | The Social Space, 333 Kreta Ayer Road, Singapore, Singapore, 080333, Singapore
‘For You Page’, a Singapore Literature (Sing Lit) campaign led by final year students from NTU Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), is launching “Get Booked’’ – a series of book pop-up events at three well-known cafes from 29 January 2024 to 29 March 2024. During limited periods at Brawn and Brains Coffee, Creme by LÉLE Bakery and The Social Space, patrons can enjoy browsing through free books.
Made for patrons seeking a coffee fix, hangout spot and workspace respectively, “Get Booked” consists of three pop-up events with varying opening hours.

Get Booked with Brews at Brawn and Brains Coffee (Hamilton Road) from 29 January 2024 to 9 February 2024 – featuring an inviting space for coffee lovers to relax and catch up over books;

Get Booked to Chill at Creme by LÉLE Bakery from 13 February 2024 to 27 February 2024 – presenting a cozy hangout and reading spot with their specialty Nian Gao Rice Cake Waffles and ice-cream for Chinese New Year, open past midnight; and

Get Booked and Hustle at The Social Space (Kreta Ayer) from 15 March 2024 to 29 March 2024 – offering a conducive space for work and breaks with Wi-Fi connection, food, drinks, books and retail space for productivity-seekers.

At each event, visitors can expect a curated selection of English books including fiction, non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays and more. The booth features interactive zines with activities patrons can participate in to enter giveaways and win attractive vouchers from establishments such as Bob The Baker Boy and Book Bar. There, patrons can help themselves to complimentary stickers and bookmarks as keepsakes from the event.

IN STRANGER LANDS: CACAO'S JOURNEYS TO ASIA
2024-03-15 18:30 - 2024-07-01 18:30 (Asia/Shanghai) | Nguyen Art Foundation, 47 Street No. 8, Nam Long Residential Area, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, 70000, Vietnam
For many of us, the taste of chocolate evokes childhood memories, sweetness, and the warmth of family. In Asia, chocolates were often brought back from visits to faraway countries and received as gifts with excitement and pleasure. Today, chocolate is no longer considered an “exotic” luxury item. In addition to Western brands, many Asian countries have developed their own chocolate industries, incorporating flavors and ingredients that resonate with Asian palates. However, what lies behind the chocolate bars that we see daily on supermarket shelves remains, for many, unknown territory.
Is cocoa produced in Asia? Why has chocolate been absent for so long from the Asian culinary landscape, and can local producers meet today’s growing demand? Who are the farmers cultivating cocoa in the region, and what are the challenges they face when asked to scale up production in a sustainable way?
Conceived as a collective and creative research project, this exhibition invites us to delve into these issues, aiming to shed light on the many untold stories of Asian cocoa and chocolate through an array of embodied, emotional, imaginative, and conceptual artistic expressions. From the cocoa tree’s unique characteristics and its colonial history to the ecological challenges surrounding its current production and the intricate processes involved in turning beans into chocolate, the artistic diversity showcased in this exhibition unveils the extensive breadth, potential, and complexity of what is often perceived merely as a foreign delicacy.
