As Asia’s leading contemporary arts institution, LASALLE attracts celebrated arts practitioners from around the world to visit, collaborate and inspire.
Celebrated local and international artists, designers and creative luminaries have long made LASALLE a stop on their journey—adding to a growing legacy of visiting talent. Their presence sparks exhilarating exchanges that enrich learning for both students and faculty alike.
Events
Lecture performance: Exercises of Re-Enchantment – Connecting Devices, Beings and Bodies
In this lecture-performance, Anja Gebauer Negri introduces the central questions of her research project Magic Medium. Grounded in empirical interviews with Singaporean artists and fieldwork, she proposes artistic and spiritual …
Harmonising Health: Connecting research, policy and community care
This symposium brings together research, practice, and policy perspectives on the role of music and music therapy in advancing health and wellbeing, featuring two keynote presentations by Associate Professor Dr …
Lost Tongues, Possible Worlds: Art, empire and the questions we forget to ask
How might art resist dominant narratives, reclaim suppressed memories and open pathways toward more plural, unfinished and possible worlds? Join Amitesh Grover in a reflective dialogue with Woo Yen Yen, Programme …
Between geopolitics and geopoetics: Art, power, and diplomacy from the Gulf to the Pacific
Who’s winning the Asian culture race: the wealth of Gulf museums, the networked hustle of Central Asia or the might of East Asian markets? This public seminar examines the geopolitics …
Features
In conversation with: Julian ‘Lefty’ Kam, comic book artist and cultural documentarian
A guest speaker at this year’s Making Animation symposium was Julian ‘Lefty’ Kam, a distinguished comic book artist and cultural documentarian. With over 25 years of experience in the comic …
In conversation with: Dr Lori Gooding on demystifying the music therapy profession
Before the inception of LASALLE’s MA Music Therapy programme in 2024, many of Singapore’s practising music therapists had to train abroad. However, as lecturer Eta Lauw highlighted in a recent …
In conversation with: Tiger Stripes director Amanda Nell Eu on unleashing the monster within
Earlier this year, the Puttnam School of Film & Animation welcomed award-winning Southeast Asian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu as its Artist in Residence, fresh off the Netflix premiere of her …
In conversation with: Tory Burch on the transformative power of fashion, entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment
Written by BA (Hons) Design Communication Year 3 student Nora Jo Tory Burch is a name synonymous with elegance, style and empowerment. As a highly successful fashion designer and businesswoman, …
In conversation with: Turning Red director Domee Shi on evolving as an artist
Written by BA (Hons) Animation Art level 2 students Kenton Lam and Delcie Chen. As the animation industry reaches the pinnacle of its quest for photorealism, a new generation of …
What’s it like working with choreographer Bill T Jones
12 October 2016 A Letter/Singapore is a unique interdisciplinary fusion of multiple performing practices – dance, theatre, music and video – around a movement-based core. The search to break new …
