ArtZine Singapore


Timbre Special! – Reverie
September 25, 2008, 9:04 am
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Don’t be caught in your silent reverie because Reverie takes the stage. It’s like “all the Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, The Eagles, The Beatles and Elvis Presley wannabe bands rolled into one.” ArtZine chats with Reverie, who performed at the Timbre Music Festival.

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Timbre Special! – Michaela Therese
September 23, 2008, 7:53 am
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Photo by Marcia Ong

Photo by Marcia Ong

Bossa night is coming soon to Timbre, so ArtZine chats with Michaela Therese on all that jazz. It’s “a little bit of everything with a whole lot of soul,” she says. Timbre is celebrating its anniversary with a 10-day music festival (“some of the best local music this country has to offer!” shares Michaela), so check out the details here.

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Timbre Special! – Sara Wee
September 21, 2008, 9:33 am
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It’s Day 3 of Timbre Fest! Be sure to check out Reverie, Tony, Terry, Spencer and the Vernon Cornelius band at Timbre tonight. In the meantime, ArtZine chats with Sara Wee, who will be performing at the Timbre MusicFest on Sept 27 at midnight.

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Timbre Special! – 53A
September 19, 2008, 3:10 am
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It’s Day 1 of Timbre Fest! Be sure to check out The Goodfellas and Ngak at Timbre tonight. In the meantime, ArtZine chats with 53A, who will be performing at Timbre MusicFestival on Sept 23, 9pm.

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Happy Birthday Timbre!

Get out your party hats and confetti as we wish Timbre HAPPY BIRTHDAY! For 3 years, we’ve been enjoying Timbre’s delicious food alongside fantastic music from Singapore ’s homegrown talents. In UK, Australia and New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday is celebrated over a 3-day weekend. However in Singapore, Timbre celebrates its birthday over 10 days of music, food and fun. Here’s what to expect…

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Interview: Sunny Chyun
September 17, 2008, 9:00 am
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Having attended the opening of Sunny Chyun’s solo exhibition, Valerie Oliveiro
chats with Sunny about her works and her exhibition entitled, “I need to believe”. We’re curious – what does she need to believe? “I need to believe… in myself that there’s hope,” she shares. Well there’s certainly hope for this bright young artist.

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Weekend Updates
September 15, 2008, 4:06 pm
Filed under: Commentaries

Coming Soon to ArtZine:

  • Having visited the opening of Sunny Chyun’s solo exhibition, we caught up with Sunny to talk about her work, life as an artist and everything else! Look out for our interview with Sunny.
  • The Singapore Biennale is up and kicking, but is it getting noticed? We’re cooking up a feature on the Biennale and Asian contemporary art.
  • With the launch of the 8th Asian Film Symposium, the Picturehouse @ Cathay will be screening films you ought to catch! Which ones are on our A list?
  • Get out your birthday candles and party hats! ArtZine chats with artists and bands who will be performing at the Timbre MusicFest. Look out for our interview specials and more details on the 10 day music festival celebrating Timbre’s 3rd anniversary.

It’s full house here on ArtZine.
Heads up! It’s all coming your way!



Theatre Lingo Part 1
September 12, 2008, 5:22 am
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Can’t tell apart your phone calls from your stage calls?  Don’t know where upstage or downstage is? What does the stage manager take note of? All these and more will be answered ArtZine’s Theatre Lingo series. Know your terms and take a look at Part 1 of ArtZine’s Theatre Lingo series.

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Spotted! Manu Larcenet’s comics
September 11, 2008, 10:03 am
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French comic artist, Manu Larcenet

In a world full of chaos, you yearn for an answer. You search for solace that the world cannot give. Taking photographs enable you to catch fleeting moments of peace in the midst of uncertainties and human vunerability. Yet you question the place and purpose of your art in your life and in the world at large.

This week in Illustration, ArtZine takes a look at French comic artist Manu Larcenet’s comic entitled “Ordinary Victories” that talks of Marco, who’s caught in the world described above.

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Highlight: LOVE with a tilted O
September 10, 2008, 12:01 am
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You’ve seen the LOVE sculpture at Dhoby Ghaut – right outside the Dhoby Ghaut Fish N Co. But who is the artist behind the sculpture and how did it come about? ArtZine puts on our detective glasses and finds out.

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