A Bigger Party Than Expected: Honouring Rex Shelley at SWF 2019
about 55 months ago (10/21/2019)
A Bigger Party Than Expected: Honouring Rex Shelley at SWF 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Tuckys Photography October 21, 2019 By Akanksha Raja (830 words, 4-minute read) “Almari” by Irfan Kasban responds to this line. On 1 November, The Arts House plays host to an unlikely wedding celebration titled A Bigger Party Than Expected , which features “silent disco” dances to an Eurasian folk song, multidisciplinary art installations, and an assortment of performances. These unusual nuptial festivities are how The Arts House is celebrating the fictional union of Bertha and Heng from The Shrimp People , the debut novel by Singaporean writer Rex Shelley (1930 – 2009).