Portfolio

Works on a variety of social and cultural issues.
Other skills include: WordPress, MS Excel, DaVinci Resolve, Google Analytics, QuickSight, Canva.

 

ARTICLES

Design by Joe Chan. Conceptualised by Kirin Heng. © ArtsWok Collaborative 
ArtsWok Collaborative, Dec. 2022

An exploration of co-creation in ArtsWok's action-learning programme The Greenhouse Lab, and how such a process may bring value to any working relationship. 

© Unseen Art Initiatives, Brack
Unseen Art Initiatives (Singapore), National Gallery, Jan. 2022

Comissioned article first featured in National Gallery's interactive art installation Move Forward as part of the Light to Night Festival.

The first part of The Making of Move Forward publication.

Photos by Bob Lee, design by Tay Jing Hui, © ArtsWok Collaborative 
ArtsWok Collaborative, Feb. 2021

An in-depth exploration on the role of accessibility in disability-led theatre-turned-Zoom piece What If, and what could be done to improve accessibility in the arts industry. 

Image by Chloe Lim, © ArtsWok Collaborative
ArtsWok Collaborative, Oct. 2020

This piece is an overview of how the field of community-engaged art has adapted to changing circumstances during the pandemic. Written in wake of the Straits Times and Milieu Insight's 2020 survey of what people deemed essential vs. non-essential jobs. 

Photo by Ito Yuji, © Toride Art Project
ArtsWok Collaborative, Jun. 2020

Following a company learning journey, this is a feature on Toride, an art project in a small Japanese city and how it has built a strong, inclusive community through collaborative art practices. 

The HEAD Foundation's THink Digest, Issue No. 4, Oct. 2018

On the importance of disability representation in the arts, and how it may be developed further.  This piece's reflections take cue from Bellini Yu’s work with i-dArt and her group of artists at Tung Wah Group Hospital (Hong Kong), and the Arts and Disability International Conference (Singapore 2018). 

Infographic

2022

A handy infographic with suggestions on how to make art events accessible for both artists and audiences with disabilities, each step of the way. Read the original article Reflections on Disability, Accessibility and the Digital in What If (see above) for more details on the insights in this visual. 

VIDEOS

2021

A series of short videos which I produced and edited, featuring insights shared by participants of Both Sides, Now, a project on normalising conversations on end-of-life, grief and regrets. This 2021-22 edition of Both Sides, Now was created with and for the Malay-Muslim community. Full playlist here.

INTERVIEWS

Photo by Zinkie Aw
ArtsWok Collaborative, Aug. 2022

An interview with Han Xuemei, the new Artistic Director of Singaporean theatre company Drama Box, and the humanist philosophies that guide her work with communities. 

© Alecia Neo
ArtsWok Collaborative, Dec. 2018

An interview with award-winning artist Alecia Neo. She shares the thoughts behind her work with caregivers and seniors, encompassing issues pertaining to caregiving and the end-of-life. 


SHORT story

2016

A story about domestic work, exploring classism, the complexities of motherhood and gender roles in Singapore.  

 SHORT ESSAYS

2017

On the racialisation of sex robots and its implications in a neoliberal world.

2017

On how women in China are being punished for not conforming to the norms of heterosexual marriage through the lens of Michel Foucault's panopticism.