Arts Picks: Cyril Kongo at Gillman Barracks, Wayang Peranakan and home-grown opera Beacon

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Arts Picks: Cyril Kongo at Gillman Barracks, Wayang Peranakan and home-grown opera Beacon
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Ada Kerak Ada Nasi is presented in Baba Malay and interspersed with Hokkien and English.

The Columns Gallery at Gillman Barracks presents a solo exhibition by French-Vietnamese artist Cyril Kongo, bringing some of his works as well as his collaborations with luxury brands like Hermes to Singapore from Seoul, where he has just completed his first solo exhibition.

Two dresses he worked on for Chanel’s Paris-New York 2018/19 Metiers d’art collection take pride of place, alongside his Hermes scarves from the brand’s 2011 collection. Each piece is a whirl of ancient symbols with contemporary graffiti – a combination of spray paint, stencils, ink and markers on linen that is its unique brand of kitschy beauty.

Li Li, one of a trio of daughters to Peranakan matriarch Gan Guek Neo, returns from Britain to Singapore after 35 years, igniting tensions between the sisters and their mother ahead of brother Benjamin’s imminent marriage. But what secrets lie behind her sudden appearance? Soh hopes the play – which explores choices and consequences, and the sacrifices of elder siblings in larger families – will resonate. “Every family has someone like that. I think the older generation will identify with this because it was very prevalent in the past.”Home-grown opera Beacon is composed by Jonathan Shin with a libretto by Joel Tan. PHOTO: THE OPERA PEOPLE

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