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  • Time on Your Side: Hermès Presents “The Gift of Time”

    Time on Your Side: Hermès Presents “The Gift of Time”

    In celebration of their theme for 2012, Hermès is delighted to welcome visitors to the historic Tanjong Pagar Railway Station for the opening of "The Gift of Time" in Singapore.

    A section of the iconic railway station has been converted into a dreamlike space embellished by time and movement. Visitors are invited to travel into the heart and emotion of Hermès time. In the course of a circular walk-through display representing time, American artist Hilton McConnico, scenographer, poet and long-time partner of Hermès, tells the story of Hermès time through poetic displays tinged with light humour, a cornucopia of colours and a series of sensory discoveries.

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    "Hermès time does not try to master time but rather offers us the time to see and understand this ever changing world", says Hilton McConnico.

    It is with bated breath as I enter the exhibition space to begin my journey through time. Our group is ushered into the low-lit first chamber, in the hush, we begin by contemplating the Origin of Time: A sundial sits on the wall between (more…)

  • Capturing Singapore’s Local Identity

    Capturing Singapore’s Local Identity

    With Singapore’s National Day celebrations following the London 2012 Summer Olympics, it is easy to get swept up in a sense of national pride. These public spectacles aside, how does the
    visual arts better help us understand our national identity? How have artists depicted our local histories, and tied it to their own personal life-stories? How can we rediscover our country with new eyes through art?

    Singapore’s art scene has been said to be characterized by a pastiche of styles, taking its cues from Western (historical or contemporary) art movements and Eastern artistic traditions. Nevertheless, our local artists have still tried to examine questions of what
    defines us as Singaporeans, either as a national collective, or as individuals. 

    In Singapore’s earlier decades, pioneer artists like Chua Mia Tee and Liu Kang captured life in Singapore through their depictions of local scenes and landscapes. While Liu Kang adopted a more lyrical (more…)

  • Arts in the heritage clan associations

    Arts in the heritage clan associations

    At the July 2012 HeritageFest Chinese clan association walk, we discovered that there are paintings, dance performances and concerts in them.

    Aritute - HeritageFest 2012 Clan Association Walk

    Aritute - HeritageFest 2012 Clan Association Walk<

    Paintings in the Kong Chow Wui Koon (Guangzhou clan association in Chinese dialect, Cantonese), which is about 170 years old.

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