Besides the ongoing Singapore Biennale and the Singapore International Film Festival, cap off November with 2219: Futures Imagined – the ArtScience Museum’s latest blockbuster exhibition, a super cool Christmas pasar malam as well as a Mean Girls screening to party at.
The ArtScience Museum, in our book, always puts on interesting exhibitions. Their latest, is quite a curious approach to a much talked-about topic – the approaching climate emergency. The exhibition has tapped on many local and international artists, architects, filmmakers, writers and theatre companies to imagine how Singapore might look like two hundred years from now, unfolding over five segments which take visitors on a journey from 2019 to 2219. Illustrious Singapore names taking part in the exhibition includes artists Yanyun Chen (her work pictured here), Priyageetha Dia, Robert Zhao and more. Details here.
On now till Apr 5
ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue
One of many Christmas markets popping up all over the island, this one will be featuring BBQ roasts from special guest Aux Deux Amis, one of the buzziest restaurants and bars in Paris, as well as natural wines from Drunken Farmer. But if that’s not your thing, there’s always the market itself, which will feature more than 30 stalls hawking various wares. Details here.
Nov 30, 4pm – 10pm
Open Farm Community, 130E Minden Road
Homegrown publisher Ethos Books will be having a blowout at The Substation this weekend and is that cheering I hear from bookworms? If you aren’t familiar with them, they publish well-regarded titles such as sociologist’s Teo Yeo Yenn’s best-selling This Is What Inequality Looks Like, a book which examines systemic inequalities unique to Singapore. Expect massive discounts on books (up to 80%), as well as tarot card readings and the opportunity to meet feted local authors – Alfian Sa’at, Diana Rahim and more. Just remember to bring a sturdy tote bag to bring home your newfound literary goodies. Details here.
Nov 29 – Dec 1, various times
The Substation, 45 Armenian Street
Legendary electronica band The Observatory is putting on its annual experimental music festival Playfreely again, featuring a line-up of local and regional artists who will be collaborating to put on otherworldly sounds. Drop by to expand your aural vocabulary. Details here.
Nov 28 – 29, 7.30pm – 10pm
72-13, 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Rd
Had a rough week? Then get in loser, because The Glory Hoes’ non-judgemental movie screening + dance party is the perfect way to let loose, especially when this edition’s selection is the evergreen Mean Girls – which let’s face it, is eternally fetch. Details here.
Nov 29, 9.30pm – 11.30pm
The Projector, #05-00 Golden Mile Tower