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about 22 months ago (07/27/2022)
The Power of a Poem | ArtsEquator Skip to content Zakir Hossain, a celebrated poet and migrant worker in Singapore, wrote a poem, which sparked a response from the state...
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about 29 months ago (12/07/2021)
WrICE 2021: Writers Ask Writers, Asia Pacific edition | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints December 7, 2021 We asked 11 writers and translators of poetry, fiction and non-fiction to participate in an exquisite corpse -like Q&A session, with each person answering a question and then asking one...
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about 30 months ago (11/11/2021)
Quiz: What's Your Guilty Pleasure? | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Kristina Flour via Unsplash November 11, 2021 It’s 2021 – and you’re constantly being told to be your best self! There’s that pile of books waiting to be read, countless browser tabs open with must-read articles, and a list of podcasts that are supposed to make you smarter....
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about 30 months ago (11/01/2021)
Shock Horror: The Southeast Asian monsters we love | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints Illustrations by Divyalakshmi and Natalie Christian Tan November 1, 2021 ArtsEquator chats with five writers about their favourite horror characters and monsters from Southeast Asian lore and mythology...
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about 36 months ago (05/28/2021)
Cakap-Cakap: Interview with Daryl Lim for Local Flavours | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles May 28, 2021 In this month’s Cakap-Cakap (chit-chat), ArtsEquator speaks with poet and critic, Daryl Lim Wei Jie, who curated the poems featured in Local Flavours , an interactive site based on the concept of food delivery mobile apps...
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about 38 months ago (03/19/2021)
Hitting up the Producers SG Directory: Taufik Darwis, Racy Lim and Khor Seng Chew | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Viewpoints March 19, 2021 What is producing within the context of the arts? It is a question whose answer might vary depending on who you ask...
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about 49 months ago (04/22/2020)
Let’s get digital: 12 online efforts by Southeast Asian artists and creatives | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 22, 2020 1...
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about 49 months ago (04/09/2020)
Reading in isolation: ‘Others’ is Not a Race and Interpreter of Winds | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles April 9, 2020 By Kathy Rowland (913 words, 4-minute read) Last November, when there was nary a thought for social distancing, and Corona conjured up visions of lime wedges and grimy bars, I reread Rex Shelley’s 1991 debut novel, The Shrimp People ...
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about 54 months ago (11/15/2019)
Words in Transit: George Town Literary Festival 2019 | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Leah Diprose; Supplied November 15, 2019 By Akanksha Raja (1,715 words, 7-minute read) The George Town Literary Festival returns for its ninth year next weekend (21 – 24 November) with the theme of forewords/afterwords , a decidedly future-oriented focus pertaining to notions of transitions and new beginnings...
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about 55 months ago (10/13/2019)
5 Singapore poems not to quote out of context | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia Articles Elliot Wong October 13, 2019 By Nabilah Said (2,500 words, 7-minute read) In 1968, Lee Kuan Yew uttered the words “Poetry is a luxury we cannot afford” to a roomful of University of Singapore students...