Amelia Yeo
Amelia Yeo is the Senior Writer at Tatler Singapore. She contributes to the front page columns for the magazine and covers everything from jewellery stories and the local arts scene to entrepreneurs who are making a difference in Singapore. An island girl at heart, she loves the sun and sea and her Long Island iced teas.
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Just when you think you ve checked off all the boxes on your list to rediscover Singapore, the city is peppered with an exciting line-up of exhibitions and events to pique your fancy this month. From a fine jewellery-themed afternoon tea sessions for midweek wind downs to an immersive art experience at the Gardens By The Bay by renowned American artist Dale Chihuly, there s more than meets the eye in May s calendar.
We round up the top events below.
(Image: Charles Lim Yi Yong and STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery)
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Wikicliki: Collecting Habits on an Earth Filled with Smartphones
What Featuring six artist-curator pairs, including Heman Chong with Selene Yap, and Debbie Ding with Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, this new exhibition by the Singapore Art Museum explores the ways of collecting contemporary art in the digital age even more so with the array of images and data that increasingly govern our everyday lives.
Singapore-based streetwear label, Depression, was fashioned out of a collective need for co‑founders Andrew Loh and Kenny Lim to break away from their corporate jobs in advertising.
The weight of depression was a sentiment that resonated with the duo and, in 2006, they named their fashion line accordingly. “The label is an extension of who we are as individuals and designers who are fascinated with the psychological and emotional aspects of being human,” shares Lim, it is also an antidote of how we felt about the design industry in Singapore then.
The duo admits that they did not initially set out to design gender-neutral clothing, but it was a natural evolution of their design ethos. Each collection was conceived to translate a range of dark emotions, and the resulting silhouettes were shapeless and drapey.
How to Celebrate Earth Day 2021 in Singapore asiatatler.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from asiatatler.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.