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Alfonse Chiu

Alfonse Chiu is a critic and photographer currently based in Singapore. He is the creative director and editor-at-large of independent film journal, SINdie, and an alumni of the Singapore International Film Festival’s inaugural Youth Jury and Critic Programme, the Udine Far East Film Festival Campus, and the Points of View Performance Writing Programme organized by Centre 42 under the Singapore International Festival of Arts.

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A River in Crisis Runs Through Southeast Asia

Avatar photo by Alfonse Chiu September 8, 2020November 5, 2020

Five directors speculate on the uncertain future of the Mekong River in the anthology film Mekong 2030.

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Unpacking Mentorship and Masculinity in Two Portraits of Fatherhood

Avatar photo by Alfonse Chiu October 1, 2019October 3, 2019

Screening as part of BAM’s annual “Contemporary Arab Cinema” showcase, Of Fathers and Sons and Fatwa offer starkly different meditations on the radicalization of young men.

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How Not to Decolonize Your Museum

Avatar photo by Alfonse Chiu March 26, 2019March 27, 2019

The Asian Civilisations Museum’s latest exhibition is a toothless interrogation of Sir Stamford Raffles, one of Southeast Asia’s most notorious colonizers.

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A Show on Minimalism Lacks Its Self-Assured Presence

Avatar photo by Alfonse Chiu February 11, 2019

Strangely, of the three works visitors are most likely to bump into first after entering the National Gallery Singapore to view its show on Minimalism, none of them feel explicitly Minimalist.

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