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Don't worry about talent - just make art

Art-making literally defines what it is to be human, so it is ridiculous to think that only people with a certain level of talent have the right to make art

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Over the last two weeks, a nondescript container at the National Library Board plaza invited passers-by to step in and make art.

All one had to do was dance in the recording booth, which then projected multiple versions of the footage onto a nearby wall. The interactive installation, We Can Dance by Canadian artists Daily tous les jours and Singaporean dancers ScRach MarcS, was part of the Singapore International Festival of Arts and ended on Sunday.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 04, 2019, with the headline Don't worry about talent - just make art. Subscribe