Arts Picks: Inch Chua in Age Of Revelation, Lee Wen exhibition, S’porean writers residency showcase
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SAtheCollective's artistic director Andy Chia and singer-songwriter Inch Chua are in the sound theatre production Age Of Revelation.
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Age Of Revelation
Singaporean singer-songwriter Inch Chua is headlining interdisciplinary arts company SAtheCollective’s sound theatre production Age Of Revelation, an intercultural theatre production that deals with grand themes of human nature, renewal and the environment.
Expect a sonic melange of overtone vocals, cello, guzheng, dizi and mridangam, as well as electronics, in a soundscape that feels both traditional and contemporary.
Chua, who is also preparing for the two-hander musical The Last Five Years
She plays Gaia, while Andy Chia, who is also directing the show, plays Shaman, whom Gaia meets on her journey inspired by creation, decline and renewal.
Chia says: “Age Of Revelation invites audiences to reflect on our shared humanity and our responsibility to nature.”
Where: The Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, Wild Rice @ Funan, 107 North Bridge Road str.sg/4vwpE
MRT: City Hall
When: Feb 7, 8pm; Feb 8, 3 and 8pm; Feb 9, 2pm
Admission: Standard tickets from $41
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NAC-NCW Residency Showcase
Poet Marylyn Tan will read at the NAC-NCW Residency Showcase at Sing Lit Station on Feb 8.
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Four Singaporean writers who participated in a residency organised by Singapore’s National Arts Council and the Norwich-based National Centre for Writing will be reading work they have developed over the course of their programme.
They are Marylyn Tan, who won the Singapore Literature Prize for English poetry in 2020 for her poetry collection Gaze Back; Joyce Chua, author of the Chinese fantasy trilogy Children Of The Desert (2021 to 2024); Lisabelle Tay, author of the poetry pamphlet Pilgrim (2021); and Jerrold Yam, author of three poetry collections, most recently Intruder (2014).
Yam, who is working on a series of poems inspired by Mandopop songs, says: “This residency has been a lush and synergetic creative space for refining my next poetry collection, which explores religion and relationships through constitutional structures and – you guessed it – Singaporean Mandopop.”
The writers will also discuss their residency, which took place virtually.
Where: Sing Lit Station, 22 Dickson Road str.sg/uXEH
MRT: Jalan Besar
When: Feb 8, 2 to 3.30pm
Admission: Free, walk-in
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The Journey Continues: Lee Wen’s Exploration Of Identity
A photography print from the late Singaporean contemporary artist Lee Wen’s Strange Fruit series in 2003.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF IPRECIATION
One of Singapore’s most recognised contemporary artists, the late Lee Wen is best known for his Yellow Man series – in which he paints his body in bright yellow poster paint in a work that explores ethnic and cultural stereotypes.
The performance artist’s work – which spans fine art photography prints to paintings to drawings – will be shown at an exhibition organised by iPreciation at two locations. Both exhibitions offer a different selection of Lee’s work.
The gallery wrote in a statement: “His work is complex – a mix of humour, criticism, sadness and bitterness with a depth that is not often found in the local art scene.”
Where: iPreciation, 01-01 HPL House, 50 Cuscaden Road; and Ion Art Gallery, Level 4 Ion Orchard, 2 Orchard Turn str.sg/heHT
MRT: Orchard
When: Feb 13 to March 1, 10am to 7pm (weekdays), 11am to 6pm on Saturdays (HPL House); Feb 13 to 17, 10am to 10pm daily (Ion Orchard)
Admission: Free
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