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Singapore Art Week 2025: Photographer Chia Aik Beng thinks ‘Singkarpor’ can be quirkier
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Singaporean photographer Chia Aik Beng, known for his street photography, will present a series of large-scale photographic collages in Singkarpor Remixed as part of Singapore Art Week 2025.
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SINGAPORE – Singaporean street photographer Chia Aik Beng observes that the city has more quirky characters after Covid-19 but, compared with Bali and Bangkok, the 56-year-old thinks: “Singapore is a bit too safe.”
Having dinner in the Thai capital one evening, Chia saw from the corner of his eye a man in body paint picking up trash, and immediately whipped out his camera. In Singapore, he says, encountering such a scene can still feel as difficult as winning the lottery.
