Your quick easy guide to art happenings in Singapore this weekend – and there’s ALOT!
PUBLISHED September 5th, 2013 03:36 am | UPDATED January 20th, 2016 04:09 pm
Having that…what to do this weekend… feeling? Well, there’s an awful lot of creativity showing in Singapore this weekend, so we thought we’d wrap it all up in a neat little bow and tell you what’s occurring!
Gillman Barracks
To celebrate its first anniversary, Gillman Barracks will be extending opening hours till 9pm every Friday for the month of September. In conjunction with the celebrations, there will also be various exhibition openings, art walks and artist talks.
Curated by Tang Ling Nah, A Thing or Two about the Bed showcases 9 artworks by artists including Lucy Davis, Tay Bak Chiang and Andrée Weschler, to explore the bed in its different perspectives and meanings, both literal and figurative.
The mixed media works examine the bed with respect to concerns such as the tangible and the intangible, human relationships and emotions, rest and action; life and death, realities and memories. The exhibition goes beyond looking at the bed as a place for rest and intimacy. In short, bed matters.
Artist talks and a performance will also be held in conjunction with the exhibition.
The Fost Gallery is located at #01-02, Gillman Barracks, 1 Lock Rd, Singapore 108932. For more information see their website here.
Persistence of Vision
Space Cottonseed
This solo exhibition by Urich Lau will feature video works, experimental photography and prints inspired by fundamental concepts in moving and still images, action and interactivity, electronic technicality and filmic aesthetics. Using appropriation as a main mode of operation, the artist reformulates segments of well-known black-and-white films as conceptual, narrative and formalistic pieces that reflect on issues in contemporary art.
Space Cottonseed is located at 47 Malan Road #01-24, Singapore 109444. For more information see the event page here
Art Tours
Every Saturday through September
Join Art Outreach on their series of free tours that introduce the beautiful and historical surroundings of Gillman Barracks, which now houses the largest collections of contemporary art in Singapore. Trained guides will bring you through a selection of galleries and artworks from local and international artists that best articulate key themes and issues in contemporary art. Fun, inspiring and a must-do for any art enthusiast – register in advance as places are limited!
For more information on shuttle bus schedule and other events at Gillman Barracks in September, please visit the website here or their Facebook page here.
MAAD Pyjamas
6 September
5pm – 12am
Our favorite MAAD Pyjamas returns for its monthly gathering of great music, well-curated arts & craft stalls, designers, illustrators and artists! The September installation will have funk/soul singer-songwriter Dru Chen along with Resident DJ Minimal Simplicity spinning beats and sounds till late, accompanying your jaunt through the maze of artisanal crafts, vintage fashion and even furniture – of course, with a beer in your hands. The art you will find here is from young up and coming creatives who are yet to be discovered…fancy yourself as an art critic, perhaps you can spot the next big thing!
Maad is held at the red dot design museum, 28 Maxwell Road, Singapore, 069120. For more information visit their Facebook page here.
Urban Sensation!
6-7 September
6pm-10pm
The Urban Sensation! Festival features Singapore’s most promising talents, with two evenings of music and dance performances by artists including The Analog Girl, Samantha Rui, a NOISE mentorship, Jaime Wong and Soul Body Movement. Winning works from the national Urban Moments Photography Competition will also be showcased alongside installation arts and a booth to create your own light photography artworks!
Urban sensation is held at the Goodman Arts Centre Outdoor Field, 90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053. For more information, visit the website here.
Goodman Arts Centre Open House
7-8 September
10am–6pm
Make your own ceramic mug. Try your hand at drawing and batik painting, book making or paper flower making. Watch dance performances by T.H.E Dance Company, or close your eyes to the melodious heralding by the Philharmonic Brass Quintet. Do some yoga after a contemporary dance workshop. Banter with artists such as Robert Zhao and Wong Lip Chin about the state of visual arts today. Enter the artists’ studios and explore their worlds as they open their doors to you. Round it all off with a stellar Italian meal at La Barca or all-day breakfast at Café Melba – or a typical Singaporean feast at the Old Airport Hawker Centre just a quick walk away.
The third year of Goodman Arts Centre’s Open House will have 150 programmes across multi-disciplinary genres by over 200 artists and arts groups, including workshops, talks and performances. The activities are for everyone from individuals, friends, couples, families and – we know you’ll love this – absolutely free! Free parking will be made available just for these two days too.
Best to put aside a whole day for this.
The Goodman Arts Centre is located at 90 Goodman Road, Singapore 439053. For more information about this event, go to their website here.
Singapore International Storytelling Festival
Till 8 September
Catch the last leg of the 8th edition of the longest running storytelling festival in Asia for stories that have travelled around the world and celebrate our rich heritage and culture. With storytelling workshops both for the new and the experienced happening alongside various performances by renowned storytellers around the globe, this festival is sure to draw you into worlds beyond your imagination through the power of words and storytelling.
The Singapore International Storytelling Festival is held at The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429. For more information check out the website here
ICON de Martel Cordon Bleu 2013
Till 15 September
The fourth edition of ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu, Singapore’s most prestigious photography award, will round off its three-week long series of events in recognising original photographic work that demonstrate powerful narratives and thought-provoking concepts expressed through a defining visual language in a 10-day exhibition of the video compositions at Chan Hampe Galleries at the Raffles Hotel. The ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu 2013 winner will be announced on 12 September for the S$30,000 prize this year, along with the Eternal Discovery award that is based on public vote – so head down to support your favorite photographic artwork before it closes!
ICON de Martel Cordon Bleu 2013 is showing at Chan Hampe Galleries, Raffles Hotel Arcade, #01-20/21, 328 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188719. For more information, go to the website here.
