Arts Picks: Sullivan+Strumpf’s new gallery, SCO’s Pizzicato, Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap
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Bricks Laid, Stories Untold is Sullivan+Strumpf's first exhibition at its new location in Tiong Bahru.
PHOTO: PHILLIP HUYNH
Sullivan+Strumpf’s Bricks Laid, Stories Untold
Sullivan+Strumpf is inaugurating its new gallery in Tiong Bahru with a group exhibition titled Bricks Laid, Stories Untold. It brings together 13 artists from the Asia-Pacific region dealing with new foundations and shared narratives.
Among the Singapore-based or Singaporean artists on show at the gallery – formerly in Kallang – are Kanchana Gupta, Dawn Ng, Tiffany Loy and Yanyun Chen, who is newly represented by the gallery.
Chen is showing work from a series titled Detritus Bouquets, which emerges from a decade-long inquiry into the relationships between human and botanical life. In this case, the botanical carcasses of the dramatic subtropical palm tree of East Asia known as Livistona chinensis.
Chen tells The Straits Times: “The shrivelled, dried-up Chinese Fan Palm leaves were gathered from the grounds of Fort Canning Park, which I used in this arrangement. Perhaps it was an exercise in seeking beauty and life from the withered and fallen, and in discovering the parks around us in Singapore anew.”
Where: Sullivan+Strumpf, 1M Yong Siak Street str.sg/kXvJ
MRT: Tiong Bahru
When: July 25 to Aug 16, 10am to 6pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays), closed on Mondays
Admission: Free
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Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s Pizzicato
Yangqin musician Ma Huan is one of the performers at Pizzicato.
PHOTO: SINGAPORE CHINESE ORCHESTRA
The Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) will showcase young musicians of primarily plucked-string instruments in its chamber concert Pizzicato.
Highlights include the Singapore premiere of Narati by composer Liu Chang, which evokes the expansive grasslands of Xinjiang, and the world premiere of Wang Chenwei’s composition Childhood.
Yu Jia, SCO’s pipa principal and one of the concert’s curators, tells The Straits Times: “The title Pizzicato reflects the most vibrant and energetic stage of life – just like the young musicians we’re featuring in this concert. We’ve curated a colourful mix of chamber works that showcases their passion and artistry, from duets to octets.”
The other curators are SCO plucked-string section leader and sanxian principal Huang Guifang and yangqin principal Qu Jianqing. After Pizzicato, the next chamber concert by the SCO will feature wind musicians in Virtuosic Winds (SCO Concert Hall, Sept 5, 7.30pm).
Where: SCO Concert Hall, 7 Shenton Way str.sg/hxpg
MRT: Shenton Way
When: Aug 1, 7.30pm
Admission: $30
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Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap
How Drama's Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap: The Musical plays from Aug 1 to 3.
PHOTO: JON CANCIO
How Drama’s interactive comic sketch show Fat Kids Are Harder To Kidnap, now into its 17th year, returns with another edition featuring the usual 31 skits in an hour – with a third of them involving funny takes on popular songs.
Co-writers Jeremy Au Yong and Melissa Sim will take a humorous look at current affairs issues from tariffs to CDC vouchers. Sim, who also directs the show, adds: “Singapore’s General Election was not too long ago, so lots of GE memes have worked their way into this year’s plays.”
Audiences will get to decide the order of the script in this long-running series that started in 2008 and has travelled to fringe festivals in the United States, France and Australia.
Where: Ngee Ann Kongsi Theatre, Wild Rice @ Funan, 04-08, 107 North Bridge Road str.sg/rNFi
MRT: City Hall
When: Aug 1 to 3, 3 and 7.30pm
Admission: $35
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