Ng Yi-Sheng

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Happy Year of the Ox, dear browsers! To herald the new and bid farewell to the old, I’ve drawn up a list of artsy people based in and/or from Singapore, singling them out for being interesting, independent and (thus far) a little unrecognised.
It’s a personal response to the front-page article of Straits Times Life! at the end of last year (“FEEL THE POWER”, Thursday, 4 December 2008). You see, every year since 2005, ST has published an annual Power List — a ranking of the ten people/groups in Singapore who’re most important to the arts scene, in their eyes. And this time round, the list was, in the words of one of my friends, “shit”.
Take a look at the lineup:
1. Lee Chor Lin, 46, director National Museum of Singapore
2. Michael Koh, 46, chief executive officer National Heritage Board
3. Esplanade programming team led by JP Nathan, 53, director of programming
4. National Library Board Dr N. Varaprasad, 60, and team
5. The Necessary Stage Resident playwright Haresh Sharma, 43, artistic director Alvin Tan, 45
6. …

As an official blogger for the Singapore Biennale, Yi-Sheng decided to initiate a project. He arranged for free exhibition passes to be given to several local poets and asked them to write pieces inspired by what they saw.


Tony teaches a course about the materials of jazz music at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music (NUS), and each year, his students are surprised to learn that jazz musicians actually think and make conscious choices during their improvisations. Another shocker is that jazz musicians actually need to master their “theory” before they can effectively “play by ear”.

Susie explores how although we are ensnared by the meanings of words, music, on the other hand, allows the powerful encounter of the possibility of meaning without words.

Fabian shares a personal view of what it means to be free…

A poem by Joey Chin, who recently attended Cyril Wong’s workshop at The Substation last March.

FOCAS editor Lucy Davis talks about the final issue of the publication, on Regional Animalities.

Artistic Co-Director Audrey Wong explains The Substation’s policy on animals in art.

Guest of honour Sharon Siddique’s speech for the launch of the final issue of FOCAS.

Launched in September 2007, Article: the SAS Companion was a single-issue newspaper that covered the 2007 Singapore Art Show. Put together by a team of mostly young writers, Article featured interviews, previews, reviews, as well as opinion-editorial pieces on contemporary Singapore art. Download the PDF here.