story | Kwok Yingchen, Guest Writer photo | Angad Srivastava, Guest Photographer sYNCd showcase 2018: Confession, showed how much dance at Yale-NUS College can mean. As a member of the 2nd Executive Committee of the Society of Yale-NUS College Dancers (sYNCd), and a sYNCd dancer throughout all four years of my time here, I […]
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story | Mathias Ooi, Staff Writer photo | Peh Yi Lin, Staff Photographer This past recess week, as many of us rushed to leave for home or vacation, eight students quietly moved into two empty suites on the fourth floor of Saga Tower A. With a motley of equipment in hand—paint brushes, canvases, and […]
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story | Amanda Leong, Contributing Reporter photo | Amanda Leong, Contributing Photographer Hidden in the fifth floor of *SCAPE at Somerset, The TreeTop is a world away from the rest of *SCAPE. It almost seems to be a secret place—you are invited only if you already know what is going on. This was where […]
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story | Alysha Chandra, Staff Writer photos | Zac Yeow, Sean Cham, and Tram Hoang As the semester comes to an end, the various theater groups in Yale-NUS are coming out in full force, with five productions in a span of three weeks. Read on to find out more about our flourishing theater scene.” As […]
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story | Kan Ren Jie, Staff Writer photo | Kan Ren Jie The past few weeks has been an interesting time for the Arts in Yale-NUS College. From debates about works labelled as art installations in the lifts, to the sudden appearance of a Stop Sign in front of the library, there has been much […]
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story | Justin Ong, Managing Editor photo | Rachel Juay I watched Private Parts, a play by (aside), with no expectations and little knowledge of transgender issues. Directed by Sean Cham ’19 and adapted from the original play written by Michael Chiang in 1992, I was, firstly, interested to see how a modern theater group […]
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story | Natalie Tan, Guest Contributor photo | Marcus Chua On March 16, white sheets with spray-painted messages were draped at the back of selected lifts. In calculated museum fashion, accompanying labels announced “This is an Art Installation” and provided the names of the makers, the title of the work, and the materials used. Later […]
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story | Adam Lau, Guest Contributor photo | Justin Ong When you see a STOP sign, do you stop? Why did you stop? Who made you stop? Did you want to stop? A STOP sign is an instruction by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for motorists to stop when there is no safe path ahead. […]
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story | Neo Huiyuan, Arts Editor photo | Lynn Voight What happens when the very institutions you trust for protection turn against you? What happens when the social contract is broken? These are questions that people detained without trial are uniquely qualified to answer. On May 21, 1987, 16 Singaporeans were detained without trial under […]
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story | Paul M. Jerusalem, Guest Contributor photo | Xuerui Yang By the time this review is published, much would have been said regarding the utter mastery that drenched every single aspect of (aside)’s production of Spring Awakening, from the acting to the singing to the choreography to the lighting to the direction. It is […]
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story | Kwok Yingchen, Guest Contributor photo | John Reid This year’s Yale-NUS Halloween haunted house, “This Topia”, was an environmentally-themed collaboration between Yale-NUS Artivists, Artslab, and the Student Government. Its unorthodox approach began with an usher quizzing visitors on switching off unused lights the moment they had entered. Huh? One might argue that no […]
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story | Kan Ren Jie, contributing reporter photos | National Library Board, Kan Ren Jie There was once a college in Singapore that was established in collaboration with a leading overseas university. It focused on cross-disciplinary learning and residential life; students lived on campus in a closely knit residential community, with small class sizes and […]
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story | Neo Huiyuan and Terence Wang, Arts Editors photo | Danny Lim © Apparat 2016 Engaging 12,000 audiences with over 100 films annually, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is Southeast Asia’s longest-running international film platform, featuring film screening, masterclasses, talks, panel discussions and in-conversation sessions led by guest directors, actors and industry experts. […]
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Story | Neo Huiyuan, Arts Editor and Yip Jie Ying, Features Editor Photo | Neo Huiyuan and Ruben Pang “Why would you buy a painting of someone pulling his head off?” was the question Ruben Pang posed to one of the clients who bought his painting. On Sept. 5, on the invitation of Professor Chen Yanyun […]
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Story by Terence Anthony Wang, Arts Editor Photos by Nguyen Thao Ngan My photographer and I were in a crowd, and a big one at that. Auxiliary policemen in reflective jackets puffed whistles, helping us navigate the maze of roadblocks and uneven surfaces. The white noise of disorganized chatter and screeching tires gave way to […]
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Story by Neo Hui Yuan, Staff Writer | Photo credit to YNC Photography In preparation for more than a year, selling out tickets in numbers larger than the student body, boasting cast members across all three cohorts, Hamlet did not disappoint. Directed by Roshan Singh ’18 and Ritika Biswas ’18, the production brings a classic Shakespearean tragicomedy in all its […]
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Story by Tan Jia Hui Arts Editor | Photo credit to Tan Jia Hui Break away from your mundane daily routine and depart from the Yale-NUS College bubble to explore a culmination of all that is new, refreshing, and scintillating in Singapore’s flourishing art scene. The Octant Arts Editor has put together a list of four upcoming art […]
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Story by Nicholas Lua, Feature Editor | Photos by Serena Quay Wander around Yale-NUS College enough and you are sure to have noticed the artworks displayed around campus. Why are they here? Who contributed them? Where are they located? The artworks, a collection of Southeast Asian pieces and American pieces, were granted to the college by individuals associated […]
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story David Chia, Arts Editor and Raeden Richardson, Contributing Reporter On 6 December 2015, SGIFF concluded its 26th edition, drawing over 12,000 festival goers from Singapore and across the region. SGIFF 2015, now in its 26th year, is the longest running film festival in South East Asia—a claim made proudly on every postcard and pamphlet. Over 11 […]
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story Justin Ong, Staff Writer With the semester coming to a close, we can look forward not just to the winter break, but also the exciting arts electives on offer for the next semester. Some of the instructors in charge give us insight into their courses, beyond the little paragraphs on the course introduction pages. […]
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