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Traditional and Contemporary Practice and Identity in the Education, Performance and Policies concerning Chinese Music in Modern Singapore (1999-2015)

14 Aug 2018

The research aims to investigate traditional Chinese music (Huayue) in Singapore. Although Huayue is a traditional artform, some of its practices encompass modern forms and traces of western influence. This …

Conflict in Capture

14 Aug 2018

The research project examines documentation of extreme violence and death in two significant contemporary artworks—The Pixelated Revolution (2012) by Rabih Mroué and Touching Reality (2012) by Thomas Hirschhorn. The resulting …

Conflict in Capture

From Ear to Eye

14 Aug 2018

In the present information age, can digital technologies be adopted within contemporary art as drawing, thereby engaging new paradigms of representation, materialisation and aesthetic experience? How do we re-define drawings …

From Ear to Eye

Poisons and Charms: Negotiating Myth, Magic, Religious Ritual and Cultural Identity

14 Aug 2018

Zarina Muhammad’s research, writing and performance project draws from her decade-long multidisciplinary research on the shapeshifting forms and cultural translations. Her research investigates Southeast Asian ritual magic, sacred sites, forgotten …

Poisons and Charms: Negotiating Myth, Magic, Religious Ritual and Cultural Identity

Third Person: Interpreting Transgendered Bodies Between Narratives in South India

14 Aug 2018

The research explores socio-cultural concerns surrounding the Aravani culture found in South India. By interpreting two specific narratives, Aravan (mythic, traditional) and Aravanis (gendered, life). The research examines the transgender …

Third Person: Interpreting Transgendered Bodies Between Narratives in South India

Videologue: Encoded Expositions

14 Aug 2018

Videologue: Encoded Expositions is a continual investigations and presentations in exhibitions, talks and forums, symposiums, workshops, roundtable discussion and play – including visitations and exchanges between curators and artists from …

Videologue: Encoded Expositions

Framing a Southeast Asian Aesthetic through a historical overview and development of contemporary art practise of Singapore Malay Artists

14 Aug 2018

The research examines the cultural entity of the Malay artists across a period of time and provides an understanding of the current practice through reflections of the past and projections …

Framing a Southeast Asian Aesthetic through a historical overview and development of contemporary art practise of Singapore Malay Artists

The Site of the Everyday in the Practices of Contemporary Chinese Art

14 Aug 2018

The research aims to rigorously and critically contextualise the everyday as an object of theory and a material of art practice in the context of contemporary art made by Chinese …

The Site of the Everyday in the Practices of Contemporary Chinese Art

Adam Knee

25 Jul 2018

Professor Adam Knee is an authority in Southeast Asian cinema. A recipient of the prestigious Fulbright and International Institute for Asian Studies fellowships, Professor Knee has published extensively on Southeast …

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Why we like Short Courses at LASALLE

10 Jul 2018

How do you know if you are ready to commit to a full-time arts programme? For many, the answer came through LASALLE’s Short Courses. In this article, four LASALLE students …

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President’s Young Talents

10 Jul 2018

International Takifuji Art Award

10 Jul 2018

The Straits Times Life! Theatre Awards

3 Jul 2018

Diploma in Fine Arts

3 Jul 2018
Miniature architectural structure woven from bamboo strips sits outdoors in a tropical garden with dappled sunlight filtering through trees.