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In this weekly review feature, The Straits Times chronicles the recovery of Singapore s performing arts industry - whether through digital innovation or cautious reopening - after months in the dark due to the Covid-19 pandemic
(From left) Karen Tan, Lim Yu-Beng, Loo Zihan, Irfan Kasban, Ma Yanling and Munah Bagharib (right) in Lost Cinema 20/20 at the Esplanade Theatre Studio.PHOTO: CRISPIAN CHAN, COURTESY OF ESPLANADE
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Things to do, watch, listen this week: 11 to 17 Jan
Things to do, watch, listen this week: 11 to 17 Jan PUBLISHED ON 14/01/2021 12:00 am By Vondra Tay
Lift your spirits this week with exciting arts and culture offerings in Singapore, including Instagram-worthy art installations at Downtown East and exhibitions on what home means to Singaporeans at the National Museum of Singapore and ArtScience Museum. Read on for our top picks of arts and culture activities to enjoy this week.
Visual Arts
Lite On!
Step up your Instagram game with four multisensory light and art installations by home-grown artists at Downtown East. The eye-catching works include a rainbow-coloured tunnel by Space Objekt as well as a blue geometrical structure by Speak Cryptic. These neon installations will be on display until 21 March and admission is free. Learn more about
#THEATRE
Audiences will get a chance to sit on the Esplanade Theatre stage for a change in this unusual site-specific work by design collective Index, which opens the Esplanade s 2021 The Studios season.
The work, which focuses on the theatre s architecture and meditates on what the space has been through during the pandemic shutdown, is helmed by lighting designer Lim Woan Wen, spatial designer Lim Wei Ling and sound artist Darren Ng.
WHERE: Esplanade Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive
WHEN: Jan 14 to 17, 8 and 10pm on Thursdays; 6, 8 and 10pm on Fridays; 3, 6, 8 and 10pm on Saturdays; and 3 and 6 and 8pm on Sundays
ADMISSION: $20 via Sistic (call 6348-5555 or go to sistic s website)