Ever wonder how inventive design students come up with their creations? What are their thought processes and where do they get their inspiration from? Now, you can get your answers with the opening of an exciting design lab at Cineleisure.
OPEN STUDIOS is the first-ever partnership between Cineleisure and LASALLE College of the Arts, targeted at engaging the next generation of creatives as well as giving back to the community.
Masturah Sha'ari, co-owner of Maya Gallery, has not had the typical artistic journey one might expect of an art enthusiast and gallery owner.
She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1992 with a major in Economics and Malay Studies as well as a minor in Statistics. It was not until many years later that her love for art and design led her to LASALLE College of the Arts, where she obtained a Diploma in Design Communication in 2000.
To make her thesis film Okusan, which tells the story of a comfort woman in WWII-era Singapore who goes on the run, BA(Hons) Film graduate Syaza Agape had to trek through a remote jungle location with rugged terrain.
While in his teens, Muhammad Jayakhidhir Mohd Edrus became intrigued by the fashion sense and styling of icons such as Sudirman, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Yuna and Leslie Cheung, and how they each conveyed their larger than life personalities and approach to living.
