The light design workshop at The Theatre Practice threw me back to the days of my Theatre Studies and Drama ‘A’ Level course in Junior College. To enhance my set design, though elementary, I had rigged multiple lights and crafted a series of lighting cues that also included projections (though…

Visiting ‘The Observatory: REFUSE’ was another rare experience of entering an exhibition with almost zero knowledge of its content and what to expect. Right before going in, I had only remembered that The Observatory is a local experimental music group. I did pick up the 1-page information slip but it…

Creative Intersections @ Funan Mall I. Pre-thoughts Before the Creative Intersections field trip, I had only ever went to Funan mall for Little Caesars and McDonald’s so I was pleased to have the opportunity to perceive this public space in an entirely new light. I had browsed through the e-booklet of the exhibition beforehand to get a…

Riau, Indonesia [2013 — 2014] The Unveiling of a Crime The ditches located at Pinang Sebatang Timur Village in the Tualang District of Siak, Riau, Indonesia, are a popular fishing spot for the residents. They are especially attractive to young boys who don’t mind getting their hands dirty to get the catch of the day. On the 18th of July…

Banten, Indonesia [2016] Two Lovers Torn Apart by an Arranged Marriage In this case, the parents of Enno Farihah (18 y/o) insisted on her marrying another man that they believe would be better suited for her than her boyfriend, Rahmat Alim Als Amat Bin Nayudin (16 y/o) [Will be referred to as ‘RA’]. …

She’s scrawled across the gravel, facing the dark sky with her mouth wide open. I hesitate for a moment. Her fragility scares me. It’s only when she stirs that I drop to my knees, splashing mud onto the both of us. I prop my umbrella by her head, shielding her…

I have to be honest. I promised myself that I would write on this weeks back. There was so much I wanted to share about her, but most of it revolved around her death and its after-math. But I held myself back. …

The Theatre of Cruelty, in a snippet, focuses on bringing the human subconsciousness to the audience’s attention. One practice that the main contributor — Antonin Artaud — supported was stripping the stage dialogue of words, thus reducing speech to “inarticulate sounds, cries, and gibbering screams” which was claimed to be…

Raise your hand if you’ve ever double-booked yourself by filling up your day with too many appointments, to the point that you arrive half an hour late at your high school get-together just to make time for that yoga session that you squeezed in between the two modules you knew…