With the aim of bringing traditional arts closer to the community, the Stamford Arts Centre (SAC) will be presenting a contemporary spin to Singapore's traditional arts scene by providing immersive and interactive experiences through the use of digital technology.
Taking place from March to September 2021, here's a list of online and on-site activities offered by SAC that you and your family can look forward to:
1. Kedai Sinseh
Photo Credit: Grace Baey & P7:1SMA Ltd
Photo Credit: National Arts Council
Venue: National Arts Council website
Date: 19 Mar to 2 Apr 2021
As part of SAC’s vision to encourage multi-disciplinary collaborations and support the creation of innovative traditional arts content, P7:1SMA and Ding Yi Music Company were commissioned by the National Arts Council (NAC) to produce Kedai Sinseh, a multi-view digital performance which makes reference to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) shops and natural remedies for healing and recovery. Inspired by TCM concepts, Kedai Sinseh presents three performative remedies conceived for the Mind, Body and Soul, in a thirty-minute performance where Malay traditional dance meets Chinese music.
2. 360 Virtual Tour of SAC
Photo Credit: National Arts Council
Venue: National Arts Council website
Date: 19 Mar 2021
Shot with 360-degree panoramic photography, the Virtual Tour welcomes audiences to navigate around the space, learn about the different traditional art forms, and explore architectural highlights and history of the building, In this Virtual Tour, visitors will also be introduced to various interactive educational features on traditional arts, such as trying out traditional ethnic music instruments, to discovering traditional performance costumes.
3. Chinese Opera Roving Exhibition
Date: 3 Apr to end-Aug 2021
Presented in aesthetically designed information panels, visitors may uncover the history of Singapore’s Chinese street opera or wayang. They may also access a Virtual Reality (VR) 360-degree Chinese opera stage tour via a QR code, which provides a peek into what goes on backstage at a Chinese opera performance, such as how makeup, costumes, props, headdresses and musical instruments eventually come together in harmony during a production. This immersive and educational stage tour is available in both English and Mandarin.
4. Traditional Arts Exhibition
Date: 12 Jun to 12 Sep 2021
This all-new experience draws visitors closer to traditional dance forms, taking them through a ten-minute immersive journey of the history and evolution of these forms. Paired with informative narrations, visitors can expect an all-rounded experience, as they interact with innovative digital concepts such as life-sized holographic mesh projections that surround them. The interplay between projections on both the foreground and background of the exhibition space aims to create a quasi-3D holographic experience, bringing these dances to life in the exhibition space.
For more information, please visit the NAC website.
