Felicia talks about her idea for her Bachelor's thesis. Grace talks about her idea for a musical. They discuss Swan Lake.

Apologies: The de-esser and de-plosive plugins are 10,000km away in Singapore, so all episodes before April may sound a bit harsh!

Grace and Felicia talk about how context affects how art is created, and how context affects how art is interpreted. Actually, it’s mostly Grace talking about Crazy Rich Asians, and how applying a Singaporean or American lens makes the film look very different. Then Felicia talks about ethnomusicology, programmatic music, concert programme booklets, and then Grace and Felicia talk about hidden messages in German sculptures and context in modern art.

Felicia and Grace talk about how artistic canons form, how art progresses, and how cultural periods are defined. It's a long, meandering walk through art and music history.

Following up from our previous episode about Felicia’s educational experiences, it’s now Grace’s turn to talk about her creative education in school.

Felicia talks at about her music education and what it’s like to be in music school. We also talk about trampoline parks and order lunch on air.

A deep dive into how Singapore’s education system and cultural priorities affect music education in Singapore. We have pretty strong feelings about this topic… let’s just leave it at that.

Grace and Felicia wonder what is not art, and end up discussing whether design, popular music, video games, craftsmanship, and food are or can be art. We also briefly visit some classic ideas of art philosophy.

Grace and Felicia wonder what is not art, and end up discussing whether design, popular music, video games, craftsmanship, and food are or can be art. We also briefly visit some classic ideas of art philosophy.

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Grace and Felicia discuss curiosity, asking questions, and exploring unknown territory. We fall down many rabbit holes, many of them having nothing to do with art or questions. If you're curious about who we are and how we got here, this is the episode to start with.