A number of interesting shows, exhibits, and performances will be on tap for this year’s installment of the Singapore International Festival of Arts, ensuring that a widely diverse audience will be in attendance during the months-long event. This year’s theme for the festival is “enchanted,” meaning that organizers and participants alike will be diving into the magic of all things related to art.
One particularly exciting offering will be the chance to see comic artist Sonny Liew create art right in front of festival-goers’ eyes. This will be Liew’s first foray into performance art, in addition to his comic drawing. Liew’s graphic novel, “The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye,” has gained accolades from around the world. The work Liew will be doing in front of a live audience has not yet been revealed, but festival organizers say it will be a completely new, never-before-seen work, and it will explore the thought process behind coming up with the story line, drawing, and overall theme of comics.
Another interesting prospect is the chance for visitors to become part of a movie. Interested audience members will be able to be cast as attendees of a wedding based on a chapter of an author’s book. The scene itself will be shot during the festival, and anyone interested in it has the chance to view it during the final days of the Singapore International Festival of Arts. Others interested in filmmaking also have the opportunity to go on set with another director to learn more about the process of making movies. Yet another opportunity to delve into the intimate yet accessible world of performance art is the program that invites participants to create a culinary masterpiece alongside professional chefs.
As this is the last year that the Singapore International Festival of Arts will be organized by a certain group, coordinators have decided to take risks and bring in a number of different acts, talks, exhibits, and performances. The key is having fun with the diverse offerings and hoping that people who normally don’t attend festivals of the arts will be tempted to take part in this one because of all the different events to attend. Of particular note for this year’s festival is a provocative performance art and theater art piece that involves audience participation to complete. In a courtroom setup, audience members will hear arguments about upcoming theater performances and whether they should be held. These arguments will be presented in a performance style akin to actual case proceedings, and audience members will get the opportunity to give their opinions. This performance is in response to several controversial acts that got cut from festivals in Singapore last year.
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To read more about the exhibits, programs, and artists who will be available during this year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts, go to http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/comics-movies-and-food-at-singapore-international-festival-of/3521036.html.