5 Things to Do in Singapore This Week: 17 January to 23 January 2022
PUBLISHED January 16th, 2022 06:00 am | UPDATED January 18th, 2022 06:11 pm
With Singapore Art Week in full swing and Chinese New Year coming up fast, we can practically hear the buzz of energy in the air. This week brings a slew of dreamy escapes from the grind, from a multi-sensory installation on happiness to reimaginings of urban living. If you’re craving some crafting therapy, there’s an intriguing new pottery studio in town too.
Dream Big at the AliWALL Festival
This weekend, step out of reality and into the inaugural AliWALL Festival at Aliwal Arts Centre. Themed ‘The Dreamer’, this lineup of immersive art experiences seeks to reimagine our urban reality. Give yourself Permission to Dream at AAC’s Music Studio, where a fantastical, multi-sensory blend of digital art, performances, and soundtracks awaits. Then pop over to The Courtyard to check out an inflatable sculpture by local visual artist Howie Kim, enhanced by an augmented reality filter. On 22 January, things get even buzzier with Saturday’s Plan, a counterculture art market where you can snag zines, prints, and flash tattoos.
AliWALL Festival runs from 21 to 23 January 2022 at Aliwal Arts Centre, 28 Aliwal St, Singapore 199918. Admission is free with online registration via Eventbrite.
Get Crafty With 1-For-1 Pottery Promos
Itching to kick off the new year with new hobbies? Try your hand at pottery with Singapore’s latest studio, Am I Addicted. Set in Capitol Singapore, this 6,000-square-foot space packs a full-fledged pottery centre alongside a Korean vegetarian café. To celebrate their launch, the studio is running a 1-for-1 promotion for Wheel Throwing or Handbuilding classes (S$80 per pax), available on weekdays only. Shape your creativity with five types of South Korea-sourced clay from green to black, complete with 130 unique glaze variations. After class, fuel up at the café with fusion grub like Torto di Riso Pasta (S$22) tossed with tteokbokki and Grilled Cheese Kimchi Sandwich (S$16) oozing vegan cheese.
Am I Addicted Pottery Studio & Vegetarian Café is located at 13 Stamford Rd, B2-51/52/53 Capitol Singapore, Singapore 178905. Open daily 9am–9pm. The 1-for-1 opening promo for Standard Classes is available till 31 January 2022; quote promo code ADDICTED when booking via Whatsapp at p. +65 9113 3090.
In Pursuit of Happiness at Happy House
Singaporeans have proved high achievers in the ranks of global surveys on unhappiness – so what might happiness look like to us? Multimedia experience Happy House aims to explore the thorny H-word through the lens of 17 visual artists, animators, and musicians. Co-curated by Tulika Ahuja of MAMA MAGNET together with Cats On Crack, the showcase will feature immersive works like Kaleidoscope of Emotions – a site-specific experience by motion graphics artist Reza Hasni and audio producer Kin Leonn. Guided by their soundscapes and psychedelic projections, you’re invited to lie down and take a trip into another realm.
Happy House runs from 14 to 23 January 2022 at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, #05-04, 39 Keppel Road, Singapore 089065. Admission is free.
Splash into A New Year at S.E.A. Aquarium
Get the good fortune flowing this Year of the Tiger with S.E.A. Aquarium’s Spring in the Sea lineup. Animal lovers are in luck with a festive Trail of Fortune decked in red lanterns and fairy lights, where you can get up close with the aquarium’s five auspicious creatures of the year: the sand tiger shark, red lionfish, weedy seadragon, tiger cowrie, and alligator gar. Snap a shot over at the mighty Sand Tiger Shark Wall Mural, then sit down to an auspicious edition of Ocean Restaurant’s afternoon tea with more stunning aquarium views.
Spring in the Sea runs from 15 January to 15 February 2022 at S.E.A. Aquarium, Resorts World Sentosa, 8 Sentosa Gateway, Singapore 098269. S.E.A. Aquarium One-Day Tickets are priced from S$38 for Singaporean adults.
Rethinking Cultural Consumption with Crossroads 2022
We’re used to ignoring the flashy billboards that blare advertisements on mall facades, but if you’re strolling down Orchard Road this weekend, it’s worth remembering to look up. Seeking to reshape our experience of art, inaugural art festival Crossroads is set to hit the big screen at ION Orchard and Ten Square with works from six local new media artists. The whimsical lineup features animations and computer-generated imagery that explore the intersection of fantasy and futurism. Highlights include Juria Toramae‘s mesmerizing work on Southeast Asian marine life and Priyageetha Dia‘s boundary-breaking reimaginings of the human and non-human.
Crossroads 2022 runs from 14 to 16 and 21 to 23 January 2022, 7.30pm–8pm, at ION Orchard and Ten Square.
Top Image: Am I Addicted
