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S’pore Arts Fest 2012! Desh! Urn! Splash! Chalk! Meteor!

“Everyone needs to do a Desh.” Words of wisdom from all-around visual artist Tim Yip.

Been a long but ultimately fruitful Friday checking out the second day of Esplanade’s ConversAsians conference and the nearby Festival Village. Three shows, one talk. Phew.

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S’pore Arts Fest 2011! Baling Talks as awesome?! Discuss!

Kids were order of the day, but come late afternoon and well into the night, it was all about ministers.

Unless you haven’t heard, the new cabinet has been announced and we’ve got a new Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts in Yaacob Ibrahim.

And then there was tonight’s The 1955 Baling Talks.

Malaysia’s Five Arts Centre’s production has been the most compelling fest show for me so far – and it’s basically just a bunch of people reading a transcript!

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