Singapore Art Week 2025 celebrates SG60 with SAW x PAssionArts, bringing unique community art installations to life from 17–26 January.
Singapore Art Week 2025 (SAW 2025) returns with an exciting collaboration, SAW x PAssionArts, running from 17 to 26 January 2025. This third edition invites the public to explore captivating art installations co-created by local artists and residents under the theme “Building Our SG Together”, celebrating Singapore’s 60th year of independence (SG60). The island-wide initiative transforms everyday spaces into vibrant hubs of creativity and reflection.
Highlights include:
Mountbatten CACC – National Antiquities Parade
17 – 26 Jan 2025, 12 pm – 8 pm | Singapore Sports Hub, Visitor Centre, 6 Stadium Walk, S397698
Artists: Raihan Harun, Joanne Lim, Lexis Lu, Beverly Liang, Feroz Jaan Malik, Poonam Saksena-Taylor
With the support from Mountbatten Community Arts and Culture Club (CACC), the National Antiquities Parade is an interactive art installation that invites Singapore Art Week explorers to restore and paint freshly unearthed clay figurines depicting the last National Day held at the Kallang National Stadium.
Residents of Mountbatten collaborated with professional artists to create this “archaeological discovery”, commemorating the inspection of the Guard of Honour during the National Day Parade.
Arts Conservator and interdimensional traveller Dr. Farook Farkhan from the Temporal Displacement Agency are seeking your assistance. With their unique perspectives and creativity, can contemporary Singaporeans paint the sculptures in the colours of national unity in time for SG60 celebrations?
This community-driven participatory arts project is a tribute to Mountbatten’s unique contribution to Singapore’s nationhood as the only residential area to host National Day parades from 1973 to 2006.
Tampines North CACC – Wishes in the Wind: A Tapestry for the Future
17 – 26 Jan 2025, 11 am – 8 pm | Tampines Mall, Open Plaza, Level 4, Tampines Central 5, S529510
Artists: Elisa Liu & Cheng Jin An
With the support from Tampines North Community Arts and Culture Club (CACC), Wishes in the Wind is a multi-disciplinary community art exhibition that offers an intimate look into the hopes and aspirations of everyday people.
This exhibition showcases hand-crafted wish flags lovingly created by Tampines residents. It is paired with immersive soundscapes featuring ambient sounds of the neighbourhood and the heartfelt voices of participants sharing their dreams for the future.
Filled with personal messages and symbols, the wish flags flutter in the wind, spreading their well wishes as far and wide as the wind will carry them.
Kampong Glam CACC – Roots and Wings
17 – 26 Jan 2025, 7am – 11pm | Aliwal Arts Centre, 28 Aliwal St, S199918
Artists: Arterly Obsessed (Keith Ang, Guo Yixiu) & Untamed Paths
With the support of Kampong Glam Community Arts and Culture Club (CACC), this artwork culminates a series of biodiversity and art workshops conducted by Arterly Obsessed in collaboration with Untamed Paths, attended by residents of Kampong Glam.
Participants attended a guided tour to observe the biodiversity in the neighbourhood, followed by an art-making session to document their walk. The community piece also reflects on the SG60 theme of “Building Our Singapore Together” and invites viewers to ponder the delicate balance between urbanisation and nature conservation in our island home.
Canberra CACC – Textile Paper Lab
17 – 26 Jan 2025 | Canberra Park Sembawang Crescent, S750325
Artists: Veronyka Lau, Agatha Lee, Adeline Huang, Christine R. Bay, Woon Tien Wei, Cynthia Suwito (Zine maker)
Facilitators: Ong Chun Yeow (Sustainability Educator), Sarah Lin (Social Media Design)
With support from the Canberra Community Arts and Culture Club (CACC), The Textile Paper Lab project is an experimental space that opens up the definition of paper and the paper-making process in response to the complex textile waste compositions that we discard.
At this SAW x PAssionArts project, Canberra residents joined the artists in turning their fabric scraps and textile waste into majestic soft sculptures that catch the light and wind in a public space in Canberra Park.
Bukit Batok East CACC – Intergenerational Harmony: A Shelter for Sustainability
12 – 26 Jan 2025 | Harmony Pavilion 278 Bukit Batok East Ave 4, S650276
Artists: Jacqueline Tan (Curator cum Artist), Cheong Foong Ming (Artist), Eric Lee Yan Kuan (Artist), Lee Wei Hao (Curator), Danson Gan Xiuquan (Curator)
With the support from Bukit Batok East Community Arts and Culture Club (CACC), this project highlights themes of sustainability, unity, and resilience.
The use of varied and recycled materials not only symbolises Singapore’s commitment to environmental consciousness and innovation, but the way our diverse society can come together to create something meaningful, and also our ability to transform challenges into opportunities, mirroring Singapore’s journey over the past 60 years.
This installation invites viewers to reflect on consumption and waste, encouraging them to think about their role in shaping a sustainable future, as part of our collective responsibility in a forward-thinking society.
These projects exemplify Singapore’s unique ability to blend creativity with community engagement, making SAW 2025 a cornerstone of the SG60 celebrations.
