Following from Helen’s capacity to navigate invisibly through overt networks of power and subtly challenge them in her own mysterious ways, aside from being renowned for her beauty, Helen is also a very attractive figure for post-colonial literature where hegemonic structures are being reconfigured. Particularly striking is when the popular…

We’ve all heard of Helen of Troy or perhaps, Helen of Sparta, and we all probably know her for her beauty, being the face who had “launched a thousand ships”. Those who are vaguely familiar with Homer and Greek Antiquity may also add that she, a Queen in her own…

Aside from affecting life through the implementation of new laws, perceptions of sounds and how they affect life can also be shaped by controlling the spaces through which we receive sounds. Of relevance here, is the reception of Getai, a form of entertainment where folk songs are performed with a…

202 years had passed since Stamford Raffles, the British statesman that established Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company, first set foot onto the island. However, the fact remains that some things do not change. An example of this is the island’s position as a thriving…

Housed in National Gallery Singapore from 2 August 2018 to 5 January 2020, Lim Cheng Hoe: Painting Singapore was an exhibition featuring over 60 artworks belonging to Lim, a leading Singaporean watercolour artist of his generation. Framed by his two self-portraits and embellished with anecdotes taken from his personal diary…