The Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) returns with its strongest focus yet on creating brand new works. With the attention back on the international arts scene, SIFA 2016 will present 20 productions for the main festival, with a record 15 that are new creations. The O.P.E.N. (Open, Participate, Engage, Negotiate), its pre-festival of ideas, will present 43 programmes, including a bumper 25 films. Paradise Interrupted; Credit: Julia Lynn Photography Continuing the journey from past (2014, Legacies) to present (Post-Empires, 2015), the future is suggested by the 2016’s season which centres on the theme of POTENTIALITIES – the potential to develop in the future and transform society. “Potentialities is the in-between state between Potential and the actual realisation. It is about this in-between state where the power of the unknown is taking shape and developing. That unknown gives forth to so many possibilities and that is the attraction,” said Ong. I Am LGBBy Loo Zihan, Ray Langenbach This year, SIFA moves towards becoming a creations Festival, where there are an increasing number of productions commissioned for the Festival. 15 new creations in total – the most yet – forming the majority of the SIFA line-up. These creations are from major artists from the international domain such as Milo [...]
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