A seismic shift in socio-cultural-political environments is palpable. The anthropocene moment is sketched by a fast rising middle-class; a nuanced emergence of second, third and fourth tier cities; crumbling traditional concepts of trust, agreement and contract; a complex but energized millennial community; and a great movement of peoples, cultures and borders. A sense of unease is ripping through everyday lives.
The Animation Archiving Project is a three-year research project (2017-2019) funded by Niigata University, Japan Foundation Asia Centre and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’s Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi project number: 17K02356).
This symposium seeks to provide a platform for networking and exchanging of expertise to facilitate transnational and interdisciplinary approaches to creative contents among academics, student creators, curators, librarians, collectors and industry personnel.
Visit the LASALLE Open House 2018 and learn how your passion and love for the arts can be turned into a passport for entry into a promising career in the growing creative industries. Meet our star students as they share secrets about how to excel in LASALLE and find out how our illustrious alumni parlayed their LASALLE certificates into entrance tickets into some of the world’s finest and most successful companies.
Abbe Miller will provide an evening presentation for the LASALLE community, community-at-large, and the mental health community as part of the Artist-in-Residence series by LASALLE’s MA Art Therapy Programme.
Dr Lisa Hinz will provide an evening presentation for the LASALLE community, community-at-large, and the mental health community as part of the Artist-in-Residence series by LASALLE’s MA Art Therapy Programme.
This exhibition presents a selection of digital images, videos and process journals by Diploma Level 1 students from the School of Creative Industries.
Watch and perform famous legends of Singapore history with Keelat Theatre Ensemble! Each workshop will begin with a presentation of the story of Singapore founder Sang Nila Utama. Participants will have the opportunity to perform their own interpretations of Singaporean figures and tales, including ‘boy hero’ Hang Nadim, Javanese princess Raden Mas Ayu, and tradeswoman and philanthropist Hajjah Fatimah.
Cover image: Courtesy Zaki Razak, 2017
Join artists Amanda Heng and Zaki Razak for a discussion on the influence of domestic life on art making. How does the nature of domestic spaces—particularly living rooms—affect the conversations that occur within them? How can artists with children or elderly parents balance their roles as guardians or carers with their creative practice?
Cover image: courtesy Zaki Razak
Join Zaki Razak’s mother Salamah Buksen for a cooking demonstration, where she will prepare her family recipe for semur tongkol. Composed of rice, fish and gravy, semur tongkol is a popular dish among the Singapore Baweanese community from which Zaki’s family is from. After the demonstration, Zaki and curator Khairuddin Hori will discuss themes of his exhibition at ICA Singapore. Lunch is provided!
Cover image: Courtesy Zaki Razak, 2017
In this free workshop, Dr Whetter, MA Creative Writing Programme Leader, will demonstrate the fundamentals of metaphor and its opportunities for all modes of writing (and, indeed, verbal communication). Although metaphor is the core of poetry, it also makes for great prose (fiction and non) and, when used responsibly, dialogue, as well as projects which spin off from writing (e.g.
