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Daily Cuts - Tropical at National Gallery Singapore

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Melanie Oliveiro speaks to Teo Hui Min, Curator at National Gallery Singapore, on where Singaporeans can go, to get up close to an original painting by iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Kahlo’s work is just one of the many highlights of the ongoing NGS exhibition Tropical: Stories from Southeast Asia and Latin America. Teo will highlight some of the over 200 paintings, sculptures, prints and immersive installations on display at Tropical, which she co-curated.

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Daily Cuts - Mpox on the rise in Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Loh Jiashen, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Farrer Park Hospital, about being better protected against mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, amid a rise in cases here over the last four months of 2023.

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Daily Cuts - The DanceXR Showcase

Melanie Oliveiro finds out where audience members can go – in Singapore – to watch a series of performances with a difference. The DanceXR Showcase merges computer-generated XR environments with physical theatre in a series of performance events themed, “New Worlds. New Experiences”.  Several dance works will be presented on 27 and 28 January 2024. The shows’ co-producer & tech firm Avventura explains how positioning XR performances could serve as a forward-looking approach to future-proof the local performing arts industry.

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Daily Cuts - Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2024

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with the creatives participating at the Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2024. Happening at Kampong Glam, AUAF features an electric array of urban art activities led by tenants from Aliwal Arts Centre (AAC), various renowned local urban art groups and communities of different artistic practices. The interviewees will describe how visitors can experience street art showcases including a live graffiti painting and competition session, as well as unique music and dance performances.

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Daily Cuts - ARTBOX

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about this year’s ARTBOX – a Made in SG 2-weekend event – billed as Singapore’s largest indoor all-day night festival, which promises to be 50 percent bigger. The ARTBOX organiser Invade will discuss why they’re partnering up for the second time with Singapore’s popular content producer, SGAG. They’ll also highlight the over 100 F&B stores and 140 retail outlets taking part, and how ARTBOX is set to be a cultural hub too.

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Daily Cuts - Protecting our funds from scammers with "money lock"

Since the three local banks launched "money lock" in November 2023, over 47,000 accounts have activated the feature. We get a refresher on how this can protect our funds from scammers, and what else we can do to keep our money safe from them. Our guest is Mrs Ong-Ang Ai Boon, Director, Association of Banks.

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