Celebrate the Power of the Word. Choose Your Party
For Immediate Release The Arts House turns 13! Celebrate the power of the word. Choose your party. Singapore, 3 March 2017 – In celebration of its 13th anniversary, The Arts House has invited artists, writers and musicians to come together to share stories that inspire their being and their work. Held over the weekend of 25 and 26 March, the renewed House Party will feature poetry, storytelling, films, music and photography and will extend out onto the Empress Lawn in the Civic District. “Since its inception, The Arts House at Old Parliament Place has been supporting and presenting Singapore artists in the realm of literary arts, and we are glad to be able to continue this mission,” says Sarah Martin, Chief Executive Officer of Arts House Limited, “We welcome all to be inspired by the literary arts presented in various artistic disciplines in our specially curated celebrations this year.” Music and Poetry Produced by the NAC Young Artist Award 2016 recipient and poet Marc Nair, Note for Note sets up a poetic musical dialogue between ten poets and ten musicians. Featuring poets such as Aaron Lee, Bani Haykal, David Wong, Deborah Emmanuel, Pooja Nansi,, Shivram Gopinath, and Yong Shu Hoong, as well as musicians including Patrick Chng and Vick Low, this performance will give these talented artists, each with strikingly different styles, a chance to explore the space between music and meaning in the historic Chamber. Storytelling Words come to life through the timeless art of storytelling with master storyteller Kamini Ramachandran, who will put a spin on tales about mythical Transformations found in Asian folklore.
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