Singapore culture night aims to Amplify individual work
The Singapore Students Association Singapore Cultural Night 2002, Amplify, will showcase local artists with talents and trades from Singapore at 9 p.m. Saturday in the EMU Fir Room.
A dinner and show will be held from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by dancing from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
SSA President Lindsay Goh said the night is focused more on individual contributions than achievements of the country as a whole.
“The showcase will also highlight aspects of the individuals behind the production of these creative works, creating a sort of narrative without a plot that captures the prevailing sociocultural forces in Singapore,” she said.
She said this year’s team wanted to think outside the box and is gearing up to expose the more creative side of the cultural arts.
“Culture events held by international student organizations are traditionally focused on a limited sense of the term culture, incorporating historic features and aspects of customs and traditions,” she said. “This inclination [is] producing skewed portrayals of the present conditions of progressive nations such as Singapore,” she said.
The audience can expect entertainment from musical guests, as well as skits, fashion design and visual and print media presentations before the dance party gets under way.
Disc jockeys from the Singapore music scene Guerilla Collective are set to play the tunes for the evening. Goh said the crew brings an eclectic mix of original beats, hip-hop, acid-jazz, house music and other contemporary hits.
Student admission is $5 and general admission is $7. Tickets can be purchased at the EMU Ticket Office.
For more information, call SSA at 346-4368.

— Robin Weber