Peanuts are often seen as a symbol of something auspicious; long life, good health, and prosperity. The Chinese character of the word peanut, 花生 (huāshēng), can be translated to several other meanings such as spending life, or growing flower.
Rowell Road is commonly seen as a red light district. The women working in these unlicensed brothels (facing Rowell Road) are subjected to ‘illegal working’ despite them working indoors.
What are the fundamental rights of sex worker? Are sex workers ‘evil’, ‘whore’ or ‘hooker’ in moral standards? The country’s fervent pursuit of a clean state has created stigma around their work.
VJ Conference 2.0 is a video live demonstration that borrows the vision, mission and core values (statement of purpose) from the website of the National Arts Council about Singapore’s goals on the arts and culture industry. The texts of the statement are visualised and mixed on the VJ and DJ equipments that would inevitably make an impression on the audience who most likely have never read it.
Picture: Tuckys Photography, Courtesy of The Theatre Practice by Dr Wong Chee Meng The fanfare of Singapore’s bi-centennial celebration – counting from the day when Stamford Raffles set foot here, may still be a year away. But if the cross-cultural productions staged by two Chinese performing arts groups last month are anything to go by, …
Date: 11 May 2018 Time: 8pm Venue: ITE Central Black Box (Singapore) Picture: John Mead Dance Company, Lim Mei Chian. By Richard Chua Dancer Lim Mei Chian opened the scene with a series of nuanced spider-like movement that focused on moving joints of limbs. She executed it beautifully. At that moment, for me, there was …
