By: Justin Park Photo: Comic-Con 2017, The Orange County Register For decades, discussions surrounding art and public discourse have often been framed through familiar binaries: official versus alternative, dominant versus marginal, establishment versus resistance (Wulia). In Singapore especially, where questions of history, governance, and national identity are closely tied to public narratives, artists who engage with these themes are frequently positioned as counterweight

By: Justin Park Photo: ItsRainingRaincoats Community Engagement & Events With a S$1.7 billion price tag, Singapore's Jewel Changi Airport exemplifies the opulence that is commonly associated with Singapore. Gilded steel arches swoop from the crystalline glass ceiling to the floor where thousands of passengers shuffle along newly installed escalators towards their next destination. Among the travelers, however, are cohorts of men preparing to join Singapore's ever-growing popu

In Singapore, the death penalty for drug offences is framed as protection — a hard but necessary line drawn in defence of families and social order. But what happens when punishment becomes synonymous with justice? In this conversation, journalist and human rights advocate Kirsten Han examines how the language of “war,” deterrence, and security shapes the way Singapore talks about drugs — narrowing moral imagination, sidelining structural realities, and redefining who is wor

An interview with social worker Derek Lim examining how homelessness persists in Singapore, challenging narratives of progress, inclusion, and economic success.

An introductory reflection on the language of “perfect,” media framing, and the selective attention that shapes how Singaporean society is understood.