tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2023-03-13T05:05:33+08:00 Peatix The Public Space Co tag:peatix.com,2023:event-3504640 2023-03-09T19:30:00SGT 2023-03-09T19:30:00SGT

About the Event:  Based on the belief that poetry, especially when it is about brown bodies and spaces must be a living, breathing experience, this (re)launch party of Pooja Nansi's third collection We Make Spaces Divine showcases a collaboration between her and musician Isuru Wijesoma inspired by the musical references in her poems. The collection which has been shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and named one of the 50 greatest works of Sing Lit by the Straits Times, deals with themes of remembrance, joy and bearing witness with spaces like the iconic Mustafa Centre as its backdrop. They are accompanied by a DJ set from powerhouse Joshua P that will carry on after the performance and opening readings by Kiran Kaur Dhaliwal and Sarah Farheenshah Begum About the Artists:  We Make Spaces Divine is Pooja Nansi's third collection of poetry. Her key performance work includes her one woman show, You Are Here which explores issues of migration through personal family histories. and Thick Beats for Good Girls which explores the intersections between feminism, identity and Hip Hop.  Isuru Wijesoma is a guitarist from Sri Lanka and Singapore. Using his one-of-a-kind double-neck guitar, he combines blues and fusion styles with the Hindustani classical music tradition. He has played at numerous local and international venues ranging from the Singapore F1 Grand Prix and recently, Wonderfruit (Thailand) with Mantravine. Isuru’s debut album, Third Culture, was released last year and its available on all streaming platforms Raaj is what happens when Joshua P spends enough time with vintage Indian vinyls. Think Disco meets Ilayaraja, Tamil funk beats, Mukalla Mukabala and that riff from Rangeela and Laila O Laila. Kiran Kaur Dhaliwal is a Singaporean-Sikh poet. An alumna of REWRITE London, a creative writing collective, she is currently working on a poetry-memoir hybrid. Her work has been published in Hyades Magazine and previous issues of Mahogany journal. Sarah Farheenshah Begum writes from the middle of a North-South Indian magnet. With her experiences of multiple conflicting and overlapping parts of what she sees and feels, she writes for herself, her past selves, and the way her future imagines itself, whether continuous or in pause.

tag:peatix.com,2023-03-06 01:54:10 2023-03-06 01:54:10 The event description was updated. Diff#1336503