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In episode 5 of Impact of Visual Arts series on Melting Pot we are in conversation with artist Alejandro Seńero.

Born in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina Alejandro Seńero's works is a constant search for unconscious beauty, symbolic perception, and the expression of individual and generational experiences.

Stay tuned as he speaks with our host, Payal Nayar, about his artistic process and the evolution of his paintings.

Alejandro Seero, a French resident, comes from a non-painting family, but he has always felt the brush dipped in colours within him.

Crossing various currents such as primitive arts, German expressionism, the school of Paris, and naive art. The source of knowledge and inspiration are dreamscapes and voyages, love and death, joy and desolation, dualities, myths, and rites.

Listen in as he discusses his artistic process, inspiration, and his thoughts on colours and their abstractness.

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Our conversation in episode 4 of the special series Impact of Visual Arts is with Max Pedreira, a resident of Buenos Aires, Argentina, an artist highly influenced by Impressionism and Expressionism. He has exhibited in various countries like Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Cuba, and the USA. Defining himself as a figurative-abstract painter, he aims his work to reach everyone’s soul and to never be forgotten.

Max tends to impose complex compositions on his imprint, where the human figure is immersed in labyrinths of compositional rhythms, and the expressionist tone of the figuration joins the planes of symbolic spaces in absolute harmony, here is the paradox, the complex does not shy away or avoid, on the contrary, it captures the viewer's contemplation. His works compel us to look closely. "When the result of the painting is there," he said, "what people say about my painting is that they can't stop watching the painting".

Tune in to hear Max's conversation with our host Payal Nayar about art and its impact on one's life.

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In episode 3 of the special Impact of Visual Arts series, Barcelona-based, Colombian Artist, Erika Arias who loves painting with the camera and is an enthusiast of Spiritual and Therapeutic Photography talks to our host Payal Nayar.

Her work is the result of an extensive exploration of the body around its identity. While assessing art as a way of self-expression Erika narrates her journey and her thought process behind every picture she has got under her sleeves. Stay tuned to hear her explorations in this episode.

Erika is a bold expressionist and her every piece is an exploration of the human figure, the tangible, as a container of memory and emotions that are recorded through the physical and emotional experiences we have lived previously. Having reached a point where movement and body expression, the discipline of music, all of this together with elements of nature such as water, has allowed her to understand and discover that there is an implicit and binding therapeutic exercise in this combination of action and expression.

Tune in as Erika shares her perspectives and her experiments with the elements with our host Payal Nayar.

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In episode 2 of our series Impact of Visual Arts, we are in conversation with Eva Teneva Zaikoff, a visual artist.

Her paintings depict everyday artistic elements that we often miss. With a degree in Graphic Art and printmaking, her art is usually inspired by her surroundings.

Stay tuned as she shares her journey, work, and emotions behind her portraits.

Eva Teneva Zaikoff takes us through her journey as a child who loved colours to a visual artist who shows people a new way of self-love through self-portraits.

Eva expresses herself on canvas taking inspiration from people, objects, and situations around her. Eva expresses her love and curiosity behind her portraits and her thoughts on how art creates an impact on an individual and society with our host Payal Nayar.

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We kickstart 2023 with a brand new series Impact Of Visual Arts with the talented Rajae Qarrou a civil engineer and self-expressionist artist based in Barcelona, Rabat, Paris, and Kuwait.

Rajae attended the Barcelona Atelier of Art and the Barcelona Academy of Art after the death of her father, which had a profound impact on her life.

Stay tuned as Rajae discusses her curiosity and spontaneity as an artist on our upcoming episode.

Rajae Qarrou grew up in Morocco before moving to Paris at the age of 20 to study engineering at ESTP, Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics, and finance at Dauphine University.

She worked as an engineer in the construction sites, and then she became a luxury real estate developer.

Our host Payal Nayar discusses with Rajae her love of colours, her thoughts on the pieces she has set, her love of spontaneity while holding the brush, and her thoughts on the impact art has on an individual.

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An all new 2023 with a fabulous line up of guests!

We will continue to bring you specially curated and created straight from the heart series throughout the year so stay tuned.

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We end this special 6 part Melting Pot and Singapore International Film Festival series with Lavender Chang.

Lavender specialises in conceptual photography and her artwork is an expression of her awareness of the subtle nuances around her. Lavender's goal is to concentrate on these encounters, to paint a picture that will inspire more reflection, and to let the passing of time leave behind signs of her mortality.

Listen to know about her journey from being a visual artist to having her own feature film.

Lavender likes getting to know individuals and taking beautiful photos of them. Her cheerful demeanour usually puts the subject at ease, enabling them to express their most distinctive and best selves in her pictures. Chang originally gained recognition as an award-winning photographer, showing her work in countries including China, Malaysia, and Singapore. She was interested in concepts of time and mortality.

Chang, a driven artist, has never shied away from a conceptual challenge or stopped developing. She initially donned the cinematographer's cap in 2018, when she joined filmmaker Clang's first film, Their Remaining Journey.

Our host Payal is in conversation with Lavender as she talks about her very intriguing life and her most recent collaborative effort “Absent Smile” with John Clang being screened at the 33rd SGIFF.

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In episode 4 of the special Melting Pot limited series, our host Payal talks to Alvin Lee a Singaporean filmmaker who received his Bachelor of Film Directing degree from the most prestigious Beijing Film Academy.

Lee's short films have won numerous awards at film festivals. Alvin is also a Media Education Scheme scholar with the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority (Film).

Stay tuned as we discuss his journey in our next episode.His previous short film, "Bon Voyage," won Best Director and Best Sound at the 6th Singapore Short Film Awards. "Seed" won Best New Director at the 2016 China Short Film Golden Hummingbird Award and Best Actress at the 2017 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. "A Time For Us" is his thesis film from Beijing Film Academy which premiered at the 29th Singapore International Film Festival, Southeast Asia Short Film Competition, and won awards at international and local festivals. Alvin also directed the film segments of the 2019 National Day Parade, which feature the inspiring stories of four different characters and how their stories are linked to Singapore's progress.

Tune in and catch our host @Payal in conversation with Alvin Lee as he talks about his journey into the film world. Alvin's film is being screened at the 33rd edition of The Singapore International Film Festival.

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Episode 5 of A Melting Pot and Now Boarding collaborative special series features Ayushmita Samal a researcher specializing in Gender and its intersections and has worked on sexual harassment in campus spaces, women's participation in politics, the impact of water scarcity on women, and maternal and child health.

Our host Payal gets more insight into the life of this dedicated change maker.

Ayushmita is an alum of Jameel Poverty Action Lab and International Growth Centre and is currently working with the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability on gender mainstreaming and Gender responsive budgeting. She is also a sexuality educator and content creator, having worked with organizations like The Zero Period, MASH Projects Foundation, and Chayn on creating content around sexuality education, menstruation, and healing from sexual abuse and trauma.

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This is a Melting Pot Limited series in collaboration with SGIFF. Today's episode is with Opera Tang, someone who has been making waves on the local drag scene in Singapore since her debut in 2020 with her striking Teochew opera-inspired makeup.

Opera's recent movie Baby Queen shares with the world Opera's queer journey through intimate glimpses into her private life, including her coming-out as a fledgling drag queen, falling in love, competing in drag pageants, and dressing up her supportive and adorable 90-year-old grandma in drag.

Stay tuned as we discuss about a story of the Drag Queen in our next episode. The film is being screened at the 33rd Singapore International Film Festival.

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