In its second edition this year, MeshMinds 2.0: ArtxTechforGood features artworks that use technology to highlight environmental concerns. One of the featured artworks is by LASALLE student Yashini Renganathan, whose 3D-printed artwork makes visible the problem of light pollution in Singapore, a serious though often overlooked matter. The rest of the artworks in the exhibit fuse art and technology to create immersive environments that help visitors understand the intangible effects of environmental issues from a unique perspective. Read on to find out more!

Several artworks by local veteran artist and LASALLE Fine Arts Senior Lecturer Salleh Japar are featured in STILL, an exhibit currently showing at the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. A collaboration with fellow lecturer Joanne Pang, together with students from the School of Design Communication, Salleh's works investigate the Malay-Muslim identity through contemporary artworks that date back to the 1990s.

ARTWALK Little India has recently concluded its fifth edition. With this year's theme being Image and Sound of Fragrance, artists created a multi-sensorial experience highlighting aspects of life and traditions within the Indian community.

Berita Harian speaks with a few of the artists who were behind the murals and installations that formed part of the multi-disciplinary art project, to understand how they were inspired by life in the precinct, and how this was conveyed in their art.

Michael Earley, Dean of LASALLE's Faculty of Performing Arts, shares his vision for the future of Singapore theatre in an age of dissolving boundaries, and how LASALLE is well positioned to fully embrace cross-disciplinary integration for modern audiences. Michael's position as Dean allows him to not only bring together different cultural forms of theatre, but also create opportunities for collaboration between the various disciplines in the College, orientating LASALLE graduates towards new art forms in the 21st century.

Five new wall murals were painted for 2019’s edition of ARTWALK Little India, and one them is an ambitious capture of the sights, smell and sound of the historical precinct. Titled A Scent of Lights, this wall mural is the work of Lee Song Xuan (‘SONG’), a fine arts alumnus of LASALLE. He wanted to depict the vibrancy of Indian culture which he had learnt through his interactions with residents of the neighbourhood. “In Indian culture, even light has fragrance,” he said.

Marina Bay’s annual sustainable lights festival returns for a special edition to celebrate Singapore’s 200th year since her founding. Of the 32 art installations on display along the waterfront from 28 January to 24 February, one of them is by BA(Hons) Fine Arts students Foo Hui Wen, Lim Yu Zhi and R.Yashini.

ARTWALK Little India is an annual multi-disciplinary arts festival that celebrates the rich heritage and stories of the precinct. In its fifth edition, visitors can expect to be bombarded with images, smells and sounds through a wide range of activities. Some recommended programmes include attending a film screening by director K Rajagopal, visiting an art exhibition curated by LASALLE’s senior fellow Milenko Prvacki, and discovering wall murals specially painted for the festival.

Occupying a sweet spot between autonomy, rigour and accessibility, the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICA Singapore) at LASALLE College of the Arts plays an important role in the presentation and discussion of Southeast Asian contemporary art.

With the theme Image and Sound of Fragrance, popular multi-disciplinary arts festival ARTWALK Little India (ARTWALK) returns for a grand celebration of the cultural precinct’s rich heritage via the arts. Visitors can look forward to new highlights including an immersive exhibition at UltraSuperNew Gallery, five more murals to add to Little India’s colourful vibrancy, and an extended programming over 16 days, the festival’s longest period yet.