Back in July last year, I enrolled in a short digital filmmaking course offered by the Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, a place where I had organised the Walter Benjamin reading group for a few years. I figured it was high time for me to learn the nuts and bolts of cinema. Led by… Continue reading ‘Cloud Counter’ (2025)
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‘Go toilet’: notes on Singaporean virtues
Singapore is a great country for individuals with IBS; there are free public toilets – most of which are clean and functioning – within a short distance of each other. The lavatorial services on offer far surpass advanced economies in the west in accessibility and just sheer logistical convenience. Nearly all of which do not… Continue reading ‘Go toilet’: notes on Singaporean virtues
Film x reading group event in Singapore (June 2024)
When I started my first academic job at the University of Malaya, I was determined to take, in my own limited way and with varying degrees of success, the tutorial session outside the university confines. These were organised as monthly feminist reading groups that invited members of the public to join in a discussion of… Continue reading Film x reading group event in Singapore (June 2024)
Alicia Izharuddin 