After taking a hiatus last year, film festival Singapore Shorts is back. Organised by non-profit organisation Asian Film Archive, the festival celebrates the short film medium  and aims to feature a diverse range of experimental cinematic works chosen by an esteemed selection panel. There will also be online discussions with the filmmakers, critical writings, and a special guest curated programme.

After an open call held in April, a total of 16 works have been selected for showcase over three days – and they range from the wacky (pictured here: Gunkworld by Singapore illustrator Mark Chee focuses on an anime TV series starring cute monster school-children who terrorise human characters) to the poignant (Reunion Dinner by fresh film graduate Danielle Koh Wei examines the loneliness of an elderly woman suffering from dementia).

Check out the full line-up here.

Aug 13 to August 15, various times at Oldham Theatre, 1 Canning Rise

“If our world were to come to a screeching halt tomorrow, what would we be left with?” A heady question and one that underpins a new exhibition at Yeo Workshop, titled only losers left alive (love songs for the end of the world). Curated by Louis Ho, the exhibition takes its visual and conceptual cues from cinema, feature objects, images and sounds that “evoke the moods of a universe ravaged by unknown forces.”

It might be tempting to imagine it’s all apocalyptic images – not a reach, given ongoing extreme weather headlines around the world – but this two-part exhibition (the first instalment took place last month) also tries to re-imagine a world void of human presence. Filled with bright, otherworldly flora, fauna (pictured here: the drawing of alien shapes, perhaps a post-human planet isn’t so bad after all?).

Featuring a diverse range of emerging Singapore artists and creatives, including familiar names like designer Samuel Xun and artist Masuri Mazlan, this is one exhibition well worth catching.

On now till August 29 at Yeo Workshop, 47 Malan Road, #01-25, Gillman Barracks

If your nerves have been on edge, it might be a good idea to check out Resume, a new solo exhibition by veteran Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado.

Well-recognised for his immersive installation works, this latest work takes up an entire gallery space, comprising of 50 wooden panels, each painted in fluorescent pink, yellow or orange on one side. Some of the panels lean against the walls and some lay on the floor of the gallery space, with their painted sides facing inwards. The natural light streaming through the large window of the gallery space bounces off the panels, creating a subtle glow of colours on the white walls and floor.

The artist conceptualised this work as a reaction to the changes in his daily life brought about by the pandemic, such as lockdowns and the postponement of events, but he intends to find positivity amidst all the dreariness. This is symbolised through the faint glow of colours, which suggest the ideas and ambitions that are brewing inside the artist’s mind. A colourful silver lining, perhaps?

August 14 to September 25 at Ota Fine Arts Singapore, 7 Lock Road, Gillman Barracks