by tsrasia | May 15, 2018 | invisibleflaneuse
Chinese Towkee. Albumen print. G.R. Lambert & Co. Singapore, 1900s. Photo Elaine ChiewThe exhibition Amek Gambar: Peranakans and Photography at Singapore’s Peranakan Museum (from May 5 to Feb 3 2019) is a rare glimpse into the very first and early days of...
by tsrasia | May 8, 2018 | invisibleflaneuse
Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge. Installation, 2018. Photo Elaine ChiewZai Kuning’s Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge (showing at TheatreWorks Singapore from 12 April to 13 May 2018) is a 17-meter-long 4-meter-high suspended skeleton of a...
by tsrasia | Apr 22, 2018 | invisibleflaneuse
Lost Cinema, 6 channel video installation, 3 video projections, 16:9 ratio, colour, silent; 3 digital videos displayed on monitors, 16:9 ratio, black and white silent. Performance Still. Courtesy Elaine ChiewThe woman in the cheongsam and upswept hairdo walks into the...
by tsrasia | Mar 21, 2018 | invisibleflaneuse
Jason Lim, Under the Shadow of the Banyan. Performance still. Courtesy Elaine ChiewThe banyan tree within the Singapore context and regional mythology has a lot of symbolism. Huffington Post, for Singapore’s 50th anniversary of its independence, compared...
by tsrasia | May 30, 2013 | invisibleflaneuse
Say what you will about Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby extravaganza, but I thought the modern music take in the movie, especially the music by modern rappers, was bangin’ (on that in a minute).(Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seen the movie, do not...
