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about 22 months ago (07/25/2022)
Careening Into “The Milk of Dreams”: Southeast Asia at the 59th Venice Biennale | ArtsEquator Skip to content While the stated theme of the Biennale is to challenge the hegemony of the West, Nicole Wong finds that the spaces created for these interventions to happen struggles against the behemoth of the Biennale itself...
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about 28 months ago (01/13/2022)
Critics Live (on Telegram! ): M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2022 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Daniel Teo / The Second Breakfast Company / Rinrada Pornsombutsatien January 13, 2022 Critics Live! is a critics-led programme series created by ArtsEquator to give arts audiences an insight into how critics formulate their responses to performances....
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about 30 months ago (10/31/2021)
Podcast 96: Writer Grace Chia talks about crime and The Arches of Gerrard Street | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints October 31, 2021 In the first of a two-part episode on the Singapore Writers Festival 2021, Nabilah Said chats with author Grace Chia about her book The Arches of Gerrard Street , and her thoughts on writing crime while exploring themes surrounding the experiences of minorities and the Chinese diaspora in London, and exoticism...
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about 32 months ago (09/17/2021)
BIPAM 2021: Delight, despair, dialogue and the despot | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints September 17, 2021 By Nabilah Said (1,800 words, 6-minute read) I’ve never actually attended the Bangkok International Performing Arts Meeting (BIPAM)...
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about 34 months ago (07/02/2021)
Podcast 92: Critics Live: OIWA by The Finger Players at SIFA 2021 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Arts House Limited July 3, 2021 Critics Alice Saville (UK), Amitha Amranand (TH), Matthew Lyon (SG) and Taisuke Shimanuki (JP) discuss OIWA: The Ghost of Yotsuya by The Finger Players, presented at Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA)...
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about 37 months ago (04/16/2021)
Artistic intervention: An orange truck lands in.....
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about 39 months ago (02/06/2021)
Aliwal Tracks: Mr Gelam and the potential of virtual worldbuilding | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints February 6, 2021 Walk around Kampong Gelam today and it’s easy to forget how much of a rich historical site it used to be...
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about 41 months ago (12/31/2020)
The top ArtsEquator articles of 2020 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles NEON December 31, 2020 Below is a list of the top 10 ArtsEquator articles in 2020, in random order: An Elder Millennial’s Guide to Classic Singapore TV & Movies by Joel Tan Published on: 20 Aug 2020 “Purists are undecided on when exactly Singapore TV died, but I think 2007, when Phua Chu Kang wrapped, and 2015, when Tanglin started, might be a good gauge...
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about 41 months ago (12/03/2020)
Why everyone is dancing during the pandemic: The Wandering at SIFA 2020 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints December 3, 2020 ArtsEquator speaks to Andy Chia, Natalie Alexandra, Rizman Putra, Russell Morton and Yeo Siew Hua, the creatives behind The Wandering , a dance film about loss connections and a family in crisis, about what it’s like working on the film together, especially during a pandemic...
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about 51 months ago (03/02/2020)
À Ố Làng Phố: Less trick, more treat in Vietnamese bamboo circus | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Nguyen The Duong March 2, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (730 words, 6-minute read) You go into a circus performance with certain expectations...
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about 51 months ago (03/01/2020)
Hades Fading: Modern-day Ancients | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Courtesy of artist March 1, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (708 words, 5-minute read) In Hades Fading , Eurydice has a memory problem...
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about 51 months ago (02/28/2020)
Metal: An Improbable Alchemy of Dance And Heavy Metal | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Gregory Lorenzutti February 28, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Carolyn Oei (762 words, 5-minute read) I am not a fan of heavy metal music – or heavy metal anything – so I took my seat in the Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, with trepidation...
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about 51 months ago (02/26/2020)
Torch the Place: Shedding the Dead Weight | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Jeff Busby February 27, 2020 The following review is made possible through a Critical Residency programme supported by By Nabilah Said (800 words, 5-minute read) The first thing one sees upon entering the Fairfax Studio in Arts Centre Melbourne for Torch the Place is a huge mountain covered in cloth, and an old piano...
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about 51 months ago (02/17/2020)
Between Worlds: Café Sarajevo, ATARA and No Place | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Crispian Chan February 17, 2020 By Nabilah Said and Germaine Cheng (1,580 words, 7-minute read) What does it mean to be between worlds? To behold yet not belong? Three works – Café Sarajevo , ATARA and No Place – presented as part of M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2020 ask these questions, of their audience and of themselves....
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about 56 months ago (10/02/2019)
Contortions and Gentle Songs: SEA at Venice Biennale | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Olivia Kwok October 2, 2019 By Teo Xiao Ting (1,414 words, 6-minute read) A vivacious viscous zoo swirling with prestige and art, the Venice Biennale spins me exhausted after 45 days...
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about 61 months ago (04/29/2019)
The Body Remembers: Kitt Johnson on "Stigma" at M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles "Stigma", photo by James Quah (left), Kitt Johnson, photo by Per Morten Abrahamsen (right) April 29, 2019 By Germaine Cheng (605 words, three-minute read) 2019 marks the 10th edition of the M1 CONTACT Contemporary Dance Festival , a humble endeavour by Kuik Swee Boon, artistic director of T...
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about 61 months ago (04/28/2019)
What If Your Body Turns into a Sculpture? : Interview with Sasha Waltz on "Körper" at SIFA 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 29, 2019 By Winnie Chen Dixon (600 words, four-minute read) Have you ever imagined dancers’ bodies turning into sculptures, as if time stood still? This is the impression of Körper (Body) , the signature dance performance of this year’s edition of the Singapore International Festival of Arts....
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about 61 months ago (04/23/2019)
The Beauty of Time and Image: “ST/LL” at SIFA 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 23, 2019 Seamlessly blending the digital image, live dance and a richly evocative music score, ST/LL is startlingly beautiful treat for the eyes and the ears...
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about 63 months ago (03/06/2019)
Of Math and Art: "A Game of Numbers" with NUS Arts Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles March 6, 2019 By Elaine Chiew (1195 words, five-minute read) ‘A GAME OF NUMBERS’: Elaine Chiew interviews Mary Loh and Professor Victor Tan on the mathematically-themed NUS Arts Festival 2019 believed to be first-ever in Singapore...
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about 63 months ago (02/18/2019)
Exploring the Past Through the Personal: “Meantime” and “Rojak Romance” at TFOOPFest | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles February 18, 2019 By Akanksha Raja (1181 words, five-minute read) It’s 2019 and nostalgia is in the air in Singapore, thanks to the Bicentennial fever that is sweeping the country...
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about 63 months ago (02/12/2019)
“Inside Voices”: There’s Something About Malay Women | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Danté Kim February 12, 2019 By Shanon Shah (983 words, four-minute read) I love plays with Malay women characters...
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about 67 months ago (10/18/2018)
"Invisible Habitudes": Postcards From a Choreographer’s Journey | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Bernie Ng October 18, 2018 By Chan Sze Wei (1090 words, five-minute read) T...
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about 68 months ago (10/01/2018)
Vietnamese director's debut feature The Third Wife wins award at Toronto Film Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles October 1, 2018 The directorial debut from Nguyen Phuong Anh, also known as Ash Mayfair, won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) award at last week’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)...
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about 68 months ago (09/27/2018)
"The Misinterpreted Futures of George Town 2068": Missing Futures | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tan Thian Chang September 27, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (960 words, four-minute read) Prior to stepping into the mystifying world of The Misinterpreted Futures of George Town 2068 , I was curious and fascinated by that science-fictioney title, coupled with the exciting premise of a performance with no performers: the technical elements of the show (lights, sound design, video projections) perform in lieu of human bodies...
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about 68 months ago (09/17/2018)
Those Long Haired Nights: Filipino film highlights struggle for transgender rights (via SEA Globe) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles September 17, 2018 With its true-to-life representation of transgender sex workers in Manila, Gerardo Calagui’s 2017 film Those Long Haired Nights is not afraid to court controversy...
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about 69 months ago (08/23/2018)
"Asian Festivals Exchange" at M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival 2018 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Bernie Ng K(-A-)O by Kenji Shinohe August 23, 2018 By Bernice Lee (1300 words, five-minute read) “Asian Festivals Exchange” puts together works selected from two East Asian festivals — Yokohama Dance Collection and Seoul Dance Collection — two works performed by T...
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about 69 months ago (08/16/2018)
AExGTF Chats: The Griffith Creative Arts Room at George Town Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints https://artsequator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/GTF-Griffiths-Creative-Arts-Room.mp4 August 16, 2018 The opening weekend of the George Town Festival 2018 also saw the opening of the Griffith Creative Arts Room at Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, Penang: a room dedicated to presenting the works of creative arts from the students and faculty of Griffith University, Queensland, Australia...
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about 69 months ago (08/16/2018)
"Kelantan: A Living Heritage": Tributing the Traditional | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Thum CC August 16, 2018 By Akanksha Raja (1050 words, four-minute read) George Town Festival is now in its ninth year, and one of the distinctive qualities in every edition is the balance it strikes between presenting international touring works, and Malaysian shows that are rooted in local society and culture...
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about 70 months ago (08/08/2018)
AExGTF Chats: "Between Tiny Cities (រវាងទីក្រុងតូច)" at George Town Festival | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles https://artsequator.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Between-Tiny-Cities.mp4 August 8, 2018 Between Tiny Cities (រវាងទីក្រុងតូច) , a two-hander dance performance dovetailing b-boy vocabulary with contemporary dance, was the result of a three-year cultural exchange between Tiny Toones in Cambodia and Darwin City Rockers in Australia...
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about 70 months ago (07/18/2018)
The World Cup, The Japanese Occupation and Our Painful Inheritance Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles July 18, 2018 This article is republished from the Singapore International Film Festival editorial...