Mosaic Music Festival
Ok this is a badly edited picture. You can see the uneven edges and the slanted border. Well its my first time using Adobe Photoshop since 10000 years ago.
And finally,
I have been waiting for this for 2 years already! This year, the festival will feature both local and foreign talents through jazz, world music, soul, electroclash, hip-hop and more. WOW! But i hate hip-hop and some of the traditional music from certain groups but there's always other artists that would compliment that! On top of that, i get to watch Rani Singam perform! She's a lawyer turned full time singer and was once dubbed the Nightingale of Raffles Girls' School! Our very own local jazz singer. BUT, i was so shocked when i heard that she's performing for the kids! WHAT THE HELL! =( . C'mon do u think the kids will actually appreciate and enjoy the jazz musician? Bah!
Call sistic now and buy those tickets!
http://www.mosaicmusicfestival.com
Just like how Singapore needs more street musicians, we need more street graffiti like this and this. They could liven up our streets with more improv-actors walking around, like them.
And..
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Nice sia!
6 comments:
Hey Eric! Sorry for not visiting your blog much. How have you been doing?
I don't know how Singapore is nowadays. But the Singapore that I used to know do need some excitement to liven up the otherwise structured life of most Singaporeans. But our Asian culture does have to be taken into consideration, especially when some artistic differences could be viewed as offensive.
I believe that the fact they built the Esplanade shows that the Arts scene is on the rise. It won't be long, with the help of stronger artistic movements to help Singaporeans accept and appreciate the arts even more.
That was me BTW, CWar.
Hey chris! I'm pretty fine right now, even though i'm still obliged to serve NS. hmmph.
Anyway, i do concur with you that our Asian culture does affect the Arts scene in Singapore. However, I think that cultural influences should not be used as an excuse in defining the Arts as being offensive or artistic.
The government is trying to set a benchmark in deciding and approving certain kinds of artistic medium, due to the so called offensive nature which our society conformed to. Well, I, for one, thinks that education will help Singaporeans realise the differences in the offensive and artistic nature of a particular piece of work.
With the advent of the Esplanade, the Arts house at the old parliament building, centralised institutions such as LaSalle College of the Arts and an Arts TV channel, I think the Arts scene will be more vibrant and more people will appreciate the Arts and understand it artistically, instead of conforming to their own cultural values.
And yes, i do hope they have a wider range of genres for me to choose too and also, it will be even better if Singaporeans don't refer street musicians or performers as beggars etc.
And what better way to educate Singaporeans than having art or music classes in school. Remember having those classes? At least I remembered not really learning much from them other than the skills. Unfortunately, they do not emphasize enough on the artistic value, but rather quantitative. Of course the fact the subject is not the base for PSLE, O'levels, A'levels is the reason why schools take little focus on it. I believe this is the reason for the arts to be less appreciated. Even I myself am guilty to be more inclined to label street performers as beggars.
Your views on arts seems to be very strong. Are you involved in some kind of artistic movement? If not, you probably should. Arts isn't just for the niche market like it is now. It concerns everyone. And you might just be the man to do it in Singapore.
Well, actually music, art and craft and theater studies are actually part of the curriculum for A levels and O levels. The only difference is that these subjects are available to a minority of students who chooses them.
Education does not need to be confined only in the schools, even though it is one of the easiest method to educate people. The media plays an important role here too. It's also an opportunity for both the media and the government to get creative, i.e fusing Arts into pop culture, or into any cultures that people can identify with. Examples like the Front show on Arts Central, the Dance Floor which incorporates all genres of dance into a single competition etc.
But honestly speaking, no matter how the government is going to develop the arts scene, Singaporeans will still doubt the benefits of the Arts. As you know, this is Singapore. Extremely competitive country, with people on the rat-race 24/7 to earn that income high enough to sustain the high standard of living and as well as having that "special" disposable income. Locals wont even think twice about spending time and money in going to theaters, viewing and enjoying an intrigued piece of art, watching and appreciating musicals etc. Well, you might say Singaporeans can make it as a hobby and work on their careers at the same time but how long would they last on this hobby? Are they willing to commit time and energy in appreciating and advocate the Arts? Probably not for most people as time is an essence for their careers.
And then(digression!), there will be other problems. People mistake what Art is. Besides those ignorant fools who still think Arts is just literally art(damn it!), there are people who would take Art as a marketing product, which they tried to make it more "arty-farty", but they fail miserably.
Wah lau, no lah! I'm not into any arts movement lor. Its just my opinions.
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