Commentary

Blowing Off the Roof of TSD – DJ Showcase by Audio Visual Unit (AVU) Club
Reading Time: 4 minutes

by Andrew Atang Hidajat (17S03I)

I’m a DJ. I get the party started.” Such were the words of Avicii, a Swedish DJ well-known in the world of EDM (electronic dance music). DJs are the very soul of a rave. They sense the mood of the crowd and select tracks based on their interpretations. Entertaining swiftly-bored audiences requires DJs to transition from one track to the next seamlessly. Knowledge of beats and the ability to improvise make DJ-ing so much more than just putting on records and pressing “play”.

Continue reading “Blowing Off the Roof of TSD – DJ Showcase by Audio Visual Unit (AVU) Club” →

Commentary

Not One, Not Two, But All My Sons: a Raffles Players Production
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Nerissa Loe (17A13A), Yang Si Qi (17A01C) and Nadiya Nesseer (17S03B)

Additional reporting by Catherine Zou (17A01B)

Photos by Maximilian Lim and Tuen Young Ji

(Warning: spoilers ahead!)

The curtains of the PAC opened to a picturesque two-storey set that drew a collective gasp of admiration from the audience — “All My Sons”, the highly anticipated production by Raffles Players, was about to begin. Centred on themes of family, responsibility and morality, the play revolved around the lives of the Kellers, a family living in post World War II America. The performance stood out due to the cast’s impressive delivery  in capturing the essence and emotions of the play, creating a thoroughly enjoyable performance that kept the audience at the edge of their seats from start to end.

Continue reading “Not One, Not Two, But All My Sons: a Raffles Players Production” →

Commentary

Looking Through the Looking Glass
Reading Time: 3 minutes

By Bay Jia Wei (17S06R)

Photographs by Joel Lim (16S06B) of Raffles Photographic Society

First things first, I wasn’t even supposed to be covering this photography event, but one of my reporters had taken ill, and so here I was loitering around the Black Box. Photography has its place in the category of “Art Forms I Can Never Comprehend”. Naturally, I was feeling rather reluctant, thinking that I’d just appear incredibly dumb looking at aesthetic photographic displays and not getting what I was supposed to get.  I mean, Through the Looking Glass is very telling of the undesirable sophistication behind whatever I was about to see.

How very wrong was I.

Continue reading “Looking Through the Looking Glass” →