Vanessa muses upon the idea of the National Gallery of Singapore as a restored space and what it can be re-invented to mean, in the light of both form and content – the many art pieces from the larger Southeast Asian region, as we attempt to negotiate between declarations and dreams.

‘This is my room.’ Shawn Lim muses about one’s own room and discusses what this personal space may mean to us as a personal space, a safe harbour, and utterly one’s own.

Earlier in the semester, a Fellow’s Tea with film director Tan Pin Pin, hosted by Dr. Margaret Tan, was held. Following the screening of Tan Pin Pin’s film, To Singapore, with Love, Mary Ann Lim attempts to deconstruct the concept of national identity posited by the film.

In anticipation of Arts Week this semester, Vanessa Teo presents a literary triptych exploring the ways in which we have been accessing the arts here at Tembusu and how we might possibly engage with them in the future.

Wei Xiang reflects on the choices of music played at the home of possiblities.

Geometrical structures made of plywood and complex sketches displayed on boards set up in the Tembusu lobby were part of the first SEED exhibition, a new initiative by the Tembusu Think-Tank and Feedback Unit.