NO FLASH: The Official Unofficial Gallery Podcast

An artist’s statement on her final masterpiece: the inside of a black hole.Propelled by Teh Tien Chong’s ‘Space Probe’ (c.1970s). -Original story: Manish MelwaniCo-editor: Nazry BahrawiCo-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah KassimOriginal scoring and sound design: Mervin WongVoice Actors: Chong Siak Ching (“The Artist”), Anissa Rahadiningtyas (“Thewa Chawattikhan”), Fish Chaar (“Anikh-Krithak Ray”), Supriya Ghosh (“Unnamed voice #1”), Aaron Yuri Tay (“Unnamed voice #2”)-Leave us a review! Your feedback fuels our journey and helps us explore new realms of storytelling.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Go to www.nationalgallery.sg for more podcasts and Southeast Asian art!NO FLASH: The Official Unofficial Gallery Podcast is a production of National Gallery Singapore.All rights reserved. Materials in this production may not be reproduced in part or in while without written consent of the Gallery.

It began with sap, leaking from her nose then her ears and her eyes.Rooted by Hernando R. Ocampo’s ‘Dancing Mutants’ (1965).-Original story: Lisabelle TayCo-editor: Nazry BahrawiCo-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah KassimOriginal scoring and sound design: Mervin WongVoice Actor: Lisabelle Tay (“The Narrator”) -Leave us a review! Your feedback fuels our journey and helps us explore new realms of storytelling.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Go to www.nationalgallery.sg for more podcasts and Southeast Asian art!NO FLASH: The Official Unofficial Gallery Podcast is a production of National Gallery Singapore.All rights reserved. Materials in this production may not be reproduced in part or in while without written consent of the Gallery.

Have you seen the immortal jellyfish?Stung by Zulkifli Dahlan’s ‘Untitled’ (1970s).* This content includes strong language and vulgarities. Listener discretion is advised.-Original story: Bani HaykalCo-editor: Nazry BahrawiCo-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah KassimOriginal scoring and sound design: Mervin WongVoice Actor: Bani Haykal (“The Narrator”)-Leave us a review! Your feedback fuels our journey and helps us explore new realms of storytelling.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Go to www.nationalgallery.sg for more podcasts and Southeast Asian art!NO FLASH: The Official Unofficial Gallery Podcast is a production of National Gallery Singapore.All rights reserved. Materials in this production may not be reproduced in part or in while without written consent of the Gallery.

Experience the thrill of speculative fiction in Third Eye, season 2 of the NO FLASH podcast!-In art, as in literature, the fantastical and the weird can be found aplenty in Southeast Asia. Think of the Filipino artist-poet David Medalla, who proclaimed in his manifesto in 1965: “I dream of the day when I shall create sculptures that breathe, perspire, cough, laugh, yawn, smirk, wink, pant, dance, walk, crawl, … and move among people as shadows move among people.”His speculative vision produced kinetic artworks, from machines that emit soapy bubbles to those that furrow sand. His sand machines, for example, are an amalgamation of futurist thinking and his personal memories of rice terraces in the Philippines. In his mind’s eye, Medalla saw dreamscapes of shifting scales where there were none.  How might we see as Medalla did?Deep dive into the mysterious, macabre and magnificent through the lens of some of Singapore’s most exciting writers, and see beyond the obvious as they reimagine artworks anew.This season is co-edited by Nazry Bahrawi and features stories by Bani Haykal, Diana Rahim, Lisabelle Tay, Manish Melwani, Ng Yi-Sheng, and Wen-yi Lee. Original scoring and sound design by Mervin Wong.Beamed direct from the Gallery's heart to the theatre of your mind. -Leave us a review! Your feedback fuels our journey and helps us explore new realms of storytelling.Follow us on Instagram and Facebook.Go to www.nationalgallery.sg for more podcasts and Southeast Asian art!NO FLASH: The Official Unofficial Gallery Podcast is a production of National Gallery Singapore. All rights reserved. Materials in this production may not be reproduced in part or in while without written consent of the Gallery.

"NO FLASH". You’ve seen the signs, but what backstory haunts those words? What stories do galleries hide, behind brushstrokes and between sight lines? The official unofficial podcast of National Gallery Singapore gives you a glimpse. Each episode is an audio snapshot of art and culture via an unexpected lens. Be a fly on the walls of history, unravel sculpture culture, or witness the secret life of still life. These are impossible interviews, tall tales and the strangest stories never told. This is the Gallery like you’ve never heard it.-SEASON 1: UNSTILL LIFEFrom a parasite’s hot takes on nationhood, to a goat’s earnest address, to the reflections of most definitely not the Singapore River.  These could be spontaneous conversations. Or they could be the strangest stories never told. Each recorded in the heart of the National Gallery, for the theatre of your mind.  All to answer one question – if art could speak, what would it say?  Would it feel anxious from the weight of our eyes? Or certain of its own significance? Would it know its creators intimately? Or struggle to understand them, the way every child struggles to understand a parent?  Would it relive the past or dream of the future? Listen, and find out for yourself.

In Chua Mia Tee’s Epic Poem of Malaya (1955), a not-so-humble housefly, perched on a shoulder, muses about his favourite meal, mankind. -I, FLY was written by Luke Somasundram and stars Areet Roychowdury as the fly. This podcast was produced by National Gallery Singapore, with music and sound design by Jevon Chandra, and narration by Noorlinah Mohamed.-SEASON 1: UNSTILL LIFEFrom a parasite’s hot takes on nationhood, to a goat’s earnest address, to the reflections of most definitely not the Singapore River.  These could be spontaneous conversations. Or they could be the strangest stories never told. Each recorded in the heart of the National Gallery, for the theatre of your mind.  All to answer one question – if art could speak, what would it say?  Would it feel anxious from the weight of our eyes? Or certain of its own significance? Would it know its creators intimately? Or struggle to understand them, the way every child struggles to understand a parent?  Would it relive the past or dream of the future? Listen, and find out for yourself.

Cheong Soo Pieng’s Drying Salted Fish (1978) celebrates another successful year as a window into a Singapore long gone, with a rousing speech from their Chief Executive Goat.  -CHIEF EXECUTIVE GOAT was written by Luke Somasundram and stars Karen Tan as the Chief Executive Goat. This podcast was produced by National Gallery Singapore, with music and sound design by Jevon Chandra, and narration by Noorlinah Mohamed.--SEASON 1: UNSTILL LIFEFrom a parasite’s hot takes on nationhood, to a goat’s earnest address, to the reflections of most definitely not the Singapore River.  These could be spontaneous conversations. Or they could be the strangest stories never told. Each recorded in the heart of the National Gallery, for the theatre of your mind.  All to answer one question – if art could speak, what would it say?  Would it feel anxious from the weight of our eyes? Or certain of its own significance? Would it know its creators intimately? Or struggle to understand them, the way every child struggles to understand a parent?  Would it relive the past or dream of the future? Listen, and find out for yourself.