Following the main programme held in Italy, the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival will be back in Singapore for its official Closing Curtain on 27 – 29 September 2024.  

Together with Dance Nucleus and Asian Film Archive, ASEF Culture will present 4 events spanning contemporary dance, music, film and multidisciplinary exhibition with artists from Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore. 

The Festival Closing Curtain will open on 27 September with the screening of Pyo Chit Lin (My Darling), one of the very few Myanmar classics still in existence and the country’s earliest surviving colour film from 1950. The film was restored by the Asian Film Archive in collaboration with Memory! Cinema Association and will be showcased with live music composed by artist Lee Hor Kent (Malaysia) using various mediums of music. 

On 28 September, a performance-installation act titled Last Portrait, will be staged by Ashley Ho (Singapore), Domenik Naue (Germany) and Pietro Marullo (Italy) at the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay. This artistic collaboration developed through the artists’ residency in Indonesia and Italy, questions how documentary matter from seemingly separate narratives can meet, to facilitate a generative and healing space through performance. 

This will be followed by WRECK – List of Extinct Species, an interdisciplinary performance mixing movement, sound and visual art circling around the metaphor of a shipwreck. It is designed to encourage the presence and participation of local communities. Italian artist Pietro Marullo (Italy) will work with 5 local artists from Singapore to present this contemporary dance performance. WRECK will have its second show on 29 September. 

Lastly, a multidisciplinary exhibition will be showcased from 28 – 29 September as part of VECTOR#5 – Psychogeographies, a mix of contemporary performance and time-based art, which can be described as psychological speculations on the effects of geography and the environment on the human psyche.

The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival is dedicated to fostering cultural dialogue, innovation, and artistic collaboration between Asia and Europe. The Closing Curtain in Singapore will be the last event for 2024, presented in partnership with Dance Nucleus and the Asian Film Archive, in collaboration with the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.  

Click HERE to book your tickets for the performances and video exhibition. 

Stay tuned for the ticket booking of the film screening!

INFO: E culture@asef.org  

EVENTS CALENDAR

	Friday, 27 September 2024, 7:00PM Pyo Chit Lin (My Darling) Film screening with live music Oldham Theatre, Singapore
	Saturday, 28 September 2024, 6:00PM Last Portrait Contemporary Dance Esplanade, Annexe Studio, Singapore
	Saturday, 28 September 2024, 4:00PM Sunday, 29 September 2024, 2:00PM VECTOR#5 - Psychogeograhies Multidisciplinary exhibition Esplanade, Annexe Studio, Singapore
	Saturday, 28 September 2024, 9:00PM Sunday, 29 September 2024, 4:00PM WRECK - List of Extinct Species Contemporary Dance Esplanade, Singtel Waterfront Theatre - Outdoor, Singapore

The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Closing Curtain is organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation – ASEF, co-funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark, with the support of the Embassy of Italy in Singapore, in partnership with Dance Nucleus and Asian Film Archive and in collaboration with Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

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