Mediated Realities made me feel like I was in a time warp, finding my way through past memories that were captured and conveyed artistically with the use of materials and mediums. All four, that took place in various spaces of Esplanade, twisted one’s perception of reality, invoked a sense of nostalgia, giving the viewer an experience of an energy that was once present, unfolding its own story.

I’m trying to remember this feeling. We had this argument about something petty, something about an ex-girlfriend. We were walking towards The Esplanade through the route that we usually take by foot walking from the train station. It’s quite long and it seems every time we take that path we’re always rushing for something. That day was no different, we were going to be late for a play. It was some overseas theatre troupe’s version of 1984 or Fahrenheit 451 brought in by some local art festival. I really can’t recall properly.

Two things captured my attention as I entered the exhibition space: one, the tangibility of the silence that permeates it and two, the diversity of works which runs the gamut from prints, installations, to film and performance. 

by Clara Lim Hsiu Ying and Peng Ting, BA(Hons) Fine Arts Level 2 (2019)

I had always used painting as my choice of mode of artistic expression. It was always my comfortable medium, but recently, for the first time in LASALLE, I took up performance as a medium to convey my thoughts.

This year, I was fortunate to be part of ARTWALK Little India. Together with Soumee De and Davindran s/o Krishnamurthi, we presented River Ramble, a 20 minute Odissi-inspired performance about the Singapore River – an organised dance programme that was held at the open space, at Sate Kelinci Pak. 

Last year, I had the opportunity to be part of the second edition of Meshminds x LASALLE collaboration. Other participants included my peers from Fine Arts, Odelia Yen, Guyrence Tan, R. Yashini, Denise Yap and Desiree Tham, and many other students from Broadcast Media and Music. 

Meshminds is a creative technology studio, and its non-profit arm Meshmind Foundation worked with LASALLE students to create through technology, an awareness of sustainable development.

Bajaj Tanak, BA(Hons) Fine Arts Level 3 (2019)

Last February (2019), we were given the opportunity to hear five of our graduating cohort of 2019 BA(Hons) Fine Arts Level 3 students shared their dissertations in a public talk. Trans/ Mission 2019 was an informative and insightful platform that has engaged both the students and the public to think more deeply about the topics presented: topics range from topics of identity, history, consumption and institutional system and structures.

Floating Island is a reference to what is known as the Great Pacific garbage patch—gigantic floating islands of waste in the Pacific oceans. Participating students were given this as a contextual departure point for them to expand on and examine current similar issues in Singapore, and the surrounding region.

Over the course of less than a week of intensive workshops, students were mentored by James L. Hayes and LASALLE alumna Kathryn Kng, who worked extensively with James in his iron casting project known as Iron Project.