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These are the drawings that carry the most stories. – Rischka With her bright smile and her cheerful sign-off of “HAPPY CNY!” in her reply to STAR’s email, Rischka Syafiqa Putri Jonawi emanates the sort of joy and affability that makes you want to sit down and have lunch with her. Willing to learn and […]

As we become better at counting minutes, are we getting better at making the minutes count? – Matthew   What others tell you may be important, but what really matters is what you tell yourself. – Matthew A mild-mannered and well-spoken individual, Matthew’s work and personality seem to perfectly fit his subtheme of MINUTE in […]

A presentation of documentations and remnants of notes left behind by strangers in various hotel rooms, This is where it begins. is a culmination of an accelerated intimacy between people. The telling of a memory, of course, betrays it. – 20:51                         by Sarah Choo Jing and Jérôme […]

Have you ever noticed scribbles or doodles in the margins of your students’ books or examination papers? Their quiet musings bring about a certain sense of whimsy and innocence that is rarely on display. Rischka Syafiqa Putri Jonawi would like to shed light on these forgotten drawings because they are important, just like our students. […]

Wishbone is the interpretation of the silent cry of things we consume in order to live. Beryl Kwok is looking to find an understanding that while we consume in order to live, there needs to be a consideration that what we consume also has a will of its own. The work explores the lives that […]

The dawning sky presents a new beginning each day. A different day is a new start. Every morning while Tan Wei Zhong walks to school, he spends a little time to look at the sky. He loves to explore and study the ever-changing shapes of clouds, and enjoys the challenge of reorganising it into a […]

Goh Silk’s inspiration for this piece began when she found old photos of her Dad, a taboo topic in her household. At that time, Goh was working on the topic of avoidance and isolation. Struck with a need that she had avoided for over seven years, she attempted to find ways to de-isolate this topic […]

As a full-time working mother to two young children, with the experience of disturbed rest for the past four years, it has been quite a challenge for Grace Cheng to find time for herself. But on weekends when her children are asleep, she chooses to stay awake and get lost in art-making, as it is […]

The 3 of a Kind collective is inspired to work on an installation centred on growth and self-reflection. They want to evoke the elements of retrospection and introspection, getting the audience to engage with the artwork by looking within, reflecting on the past and thinking about the future. by 3 of a Kind collective (Ruhernie Binte Abu Yamin, […]

You don’t get anything clean without getting something else dirty. This was the quote Shen Jiaqi used as her muse for this series of work. In The color of apathy 忘物的颜色, she surfaces the weight of emotional weariness and mental toll experienced by teachers throughout the years of selfless contributions. Contrasting the visuals of bright […]

While most of us have spent more than fifteen years in school, many of our memories have dwindled to a brief moment in time, akin to the fleeting nature of shadows and light. In Schools.Shadows.Stories, Arion Harper Lai and Mohammad Zabid Jabar use abstract photography to capture the distinct moments of school life. Abstraction allows them […]