Arts

The curtains have called on Asia’s Got Talent Season 3 and fans all over the World have locked in their votes. Throughout this season’s show, we have all witnessed a broad spectrum of performances from hundreds of hopeful auditions; ranging from breathtaking magic tricks, scintillating dance moves, incredible vocal performances, elusive shadow play performances, and even some immaculate calculations. All 9 finalists from this season’s Asia’s Got Talent; along with the judges and hosts. Eric the Wizard After 10 weeks of intense competition against the very best talents the Asian continent had to offer across 17 countries, Eric Chien emerged…

After weeks of practice amidst tough competitors, the nine grand finalists of Asia’s Got Talent gave it their all in the Grand Finals – their last-shot at impressing the audience with their talent. Needless to say, all nine finalists pulled off an impressive performance that surpassed the audience’s and judges’ expectations. As the nine grand finalists await the voting results that will be announced this Thursday, 11 April 2019, we caught up with some of the finalists to talk about their performance in the Grand Finals. Junior Good Vibes Formed in 2015, Junior Good Vibes is a hip hop and…

For the first time ever, National Gallery Singapore has collaborated with the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands to launch Minimalism: Space. Light. Object. on 16 November 2018. The five-month exhibition will be the first survey of Minimalistic art held in Southeast Asia, and the first major Minimalism exhibition to include artists from this region as part of an expanded global perspective on the movement. Dan Flavin’s monument for V. Tatlin Minimalism has contributed to the transformation of how artists use materials and space, and how they involve the viewer. This has been fundamental to the development of contemporary art…

“City life yields choices that change us, weaving an Urban Veil that thickens; we no longer see ourselves as part of the natural world.” The typescript imprinted on a wall of The Private Museum was attributed as a quote to Nandita Mukand, one of two artists behind the museum’s latest exhibition, ‘From Lost Roots to Urban Meadows’. The other mind behind the exhibition – Madhvi Subrahamanian – is similarly an artist that deliberates the interconnectedness of the natural and urban environments through sculptures and installations. It is no coincidence that both artisans in the spotlight are women – the joint…

In case you’ve missed it, 25-year-old Louis Sue whirled his way into the judges’ hearts during the auditions of AXN’s Asia’s Got Talent (AGT) Season 3. Not only is Louis a professional pole dancer who has actively competed in pole dancing competitions, he is also a co-owner and pole dancing instructor at PXD Pole Studio. Over the years, Louis has won several competitions; including the Seoul International Poledance Championship in 2018. We paid a visit to PXD Pole Studio, where we met Louis and even got to try our hands on pole dancing. Needless to say, it was no easy…

Held from 7 to 17 March 2019, MeshMinds 2.0: ArtxTechforGood featured an exciting line-up of more than 20 multi-sensory art experiences, which tackled global sustainability challenges outlined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, such as climate change and pollution. As part of the ArtScience Museum’s programme, ArtScience in Focus, visitors got to engage with current environmental and societal challenges through the blend of art and technology – primarily using augmented reality (AR) – at MeshMinds 2.0: ArtxTechforGood. Discover Our Oceans Discover Our Oceans is an immersive experience zone that includes two virtual reality (VR) works – Oceans We Make…

Written by young Canadian writer Jordan Tannahill, Late Company is based on a Canadian teenager who committed suicide because he was bullied for being gay. With the central theme of teenage cyberbullying, the play cleverly navigates through related issues of how parenting, the societal environment, and polarising views on homosexuality could also impact the mental health of adolescences who are in the vulnerable phase of seeking their own identity. The plot revolves around a family, comprised of parents Bill and Tamara (played by Adrian Pang and Karen Tan) and their son Curtis (Xander Pang). As calm as they try to…