T:>Works introduces the Living Soil Series as part of CoThink Lab, kicking off with a double-bill film screening:Sandcastles (2024) by Carin Leong and Moving Earth (2024) by Ian Mun. What do we consider as home? The constructed complex we live in? The land where we make our livelihood?  ‘Sandcastles’ (2024) by Carin Leong draws parallels […]

Umbilical explores the social and emotional ripples resulting from division and transformation, drawing poignant parallels with the looming uncertainty that was experienced by the people who lived through the separation of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.  A dynamic blend of movement, music, visual projections and AI integration, Umbilical is an immersive performance that delves into […]

Singapore’s pinnacle annual performing arts festival, Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA), returns from 16 May to 1 June 2025, guided by the overarching theme More Than Ever. Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL) and commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC), SIFA 2025 celebrates Singapore’s unique cultural identity and the evolution of its artistic […]

Imagined as a transient arts space charged with multidisciplinary artistic expression and public engagement, the SIFA Pavilion lends a powerful new dimension to the Festival’s relationship with the shared public environ; the common space where our plural narratives co-exist. A colossal installation, titled Beneath Tide, Running Water, by visual artist Wang Ruobing doubles as a […]

Man. Father. Fool. In this dark and claustrophobic world, Lear is the all-powerful patriarch, but he is also his own fool. Being a fool is one thing. Having power and being a fool is quite another. What happens when the power we hold is taken away? “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!” This […]

A vandalised artwork. An enigmatic painter forced to create wartime propaganda. A desperate act of love.  As Emma, an art conservation student restores a portrait of a Japanese woman, Mizuki, she finds herself transported deep into the heart of Syonan-to—Japanese-occupied Singapore. There, Emma stitches together the lives of Mizuki, the artist, Huang Wei and the […]