Sifa 2023: Mixed bag of arty successes and navel-gazing failures

Canadian artist Sougwen Chung paints with four artificial intelligence-driven robotic arms in Realm Of Silk, as part of Sifa. PHOTO: MOONRISE STUDIO
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SINGAPORE – Even before 2023’s Singapore International Festival of Arts (Sifa) began, there were murmurs among some in the arts community that the programming might have been pitched too high.

Festival director Natalie Hennedige’s line-up eschewed storytelling for more experimental works that were often meditations on art-making itself.

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