• THIRD EYE | Some Mysterious Necessity by Manish Melwani
    Oct 29 2024

    An artist’s statement on her final masterpiece: the inside of a black hole.

    Propelled by Teh Tien Chong’s ‘Space Probe’ (c.1970s).

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    Original story: Manish Melwani

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice 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”)

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    15 mins
  • THIRD EYE | Real Democracy by Diana Rahim
    Oct 29 2024

    A curious mermaid encounters an anthropologist after she veers too near the shore.

    Entranced by Basoeki Abdullah’s ‘Struggle for the Re-establishment of the Democracy and the Right for the People’ (Undated).

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    Original story: Diana Rahim

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice Actor: Rachel Braberry (“The Mermaid”)

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    20 mins
  • THIRD EYE | On Thursday I Bloomed in the Dark by Lisabelle Tay
    Oct 29 2024

    It began with sap, leaking from her nose then her ears and her eyes.

    Rooted by Hernando R. Ocampo’s ‘Dancing Mutants’ (1965).

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    Original story: Lisabelle Tay

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice Actor: Lisabelle Tay (“The Narrator”)

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    13 mins
  • THIRD EYE | Heaven Waits by Ng Yi-Sheng
    Oct 29 2024

    On a planet where it is always night, the little kochasri waits for morning.

    Illuminated by Warnjing Den’s ‘Memory of the Universe’ (1989).

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    Original story: Ng Yi-Sheng

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice Actors: Bruce Quek (“The Narrator”), Lucas Huang (“Kochasri”), Adele Tan (“Garuda”)

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    16 mins
  • THIRD EYE | isolated futures #6 The Autonomous Island of Sentosa by Bani Haykal
    Oct 29 2024

    Have you seen the immortal jellyfish?

    Stung by Zulkifli Dahlan’s ‘Untitled’ (1970s).

    * This content includes strong language and vulgarities. Listener discretion is advised.

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    Original story: Bani Haykal

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice Actor: Bani Haykal (“The Narrator”)

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    17 mins
  • THIRD EYE | An Eye for An Eye by Wen-yi Lee
    Oct 25 2024

    A young girl learns an important lesson on sewing from her mother, her grandmother, and her dead aunt in a dumpster.

    Threaded by Pacita Abad’s ‘Evil Eye’ (1983).

    * This episode includes depictions of body horror. Listener discretion is advised.

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    Original story: Wen-yi Lee

    Co-editor: Nazry Bahrawi

    Co-editors & Producers: Erica Lai, Joleen Loh, Kelysha Cheah Kassim

    Original scoring and sound design: Mervin Wong

    Voice Actor: Suhui Hee (“The Narrator”)

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    14 mins
  • Season 2 Trailer: THIRD EYE
    Oct 24 2024

    Experience the thrill of speculative fiction in Third Eye, season 2 of the NO FLASH podcast!

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    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.

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    1 min
  • Unstill Life: THE SPIRIT OF STONE
    Aug 11 2021

    Han Sai Por’s Tetrahedron-tetrahedron Interpenetration (1993) traces the shape of its own creation.

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    THE SPIRIT OF STONE was written by Luke Somasundram and stars Pauline Fan as the voice of The Tetrahedron. This podcast was produced by National Gallery Singapore, with music and sound design by Jevon Chandra, and narration by Noorlinah Mohamed.

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    SEASON 1: UNSTILL LIFE

    From 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.

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    10 mins