Organised by Arts House Limited (AHL), the Aliwal Urban Art Festival (AUAF) makes its return on 14 January 2023 for its seventh edition to showcase Singapore’s vibrant urban culture scene at the Aliwal Arts Centre (AAC). Taking place on the last weekend of Singapore Art Week 2023, the Festival will feature renowned local artists from different urban art practices in an exciting array of free activities such as live graffiti painting, music and dance performances, and a pop-up artists’ market in the heart of Kampong Gelam.
Moving into AAC, 12 prominent urban artists, ANTZ, BONY, Demster, nuriman, KILAS, PHATNOEZ, SAM LO, SPAZ, SPEAK CRYPTIC, TraseOne, TUYULOVEME, and Boon Baked will exercise their artistic prowess for FLIPSIDE, an exhibition where they are challenged to create in the tabula scalata format – presenting two images within a singular canvas.
Visitors can look forward to programmes such as two Live Graffiti Painting showcases from Has.J and Titan Aerosol Crew. For those looking to move and groove to urban dance and music, David Siow of Steady State Records will present a line-up of independent bands and artists of various music genres, from math rock band, woes, to feel-good R&B band, Astronauts, featuring Thai artist Lukpeach whom they have an upcoming collaboration with.
Venue: Aliwal Arts Centre, 28 Aliwal Street, Singapore 199918
Free admission
When: 14 Jan 2023, 12noon - till late
