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Visiting Singapore is always an adventure in embracing an idea of the world that is so much larger than previously imagined.  It even seems that, with subsequent visits, there must be one time in the near future when it will be possible to determine what the next trends might be, or what the next development in the art scene will look like.  But the truth about the future, when human beings, especially artists, are concerned, is about as predictable as love or money.  Every good fortune teller knows that they have to talk about these things, but they also know that they are more elusive than the phantasmal forms that sometimes help us to find them.

It has happened, and it keeps happening, being one of the premiers places for new and experimental art in the region.  These were very difficult shoes to fill, because being the artistic director means to be able to hold up in reputation to its founder, but also to be daring and innovative enough to take the reigns and move it in a way that the art community could admire.  It’s a tough task.  It certainly is a relief, then, to see Noor Effendy Ibrahim taking up the post.  This new director, a performance and visual artist of Indian background, seems to have not only the chops, but the drive, and certainly a sense of humor, and that might be the most important thing of all.