SPECIAL EVENT

ArtScience Encounters: The Space Remembers You by Syafiq Halid with Norhaizad Adam

For one night only, sound and movement converge in a living ceremony. In this collaborative performance, sound artist Syafiq Halid activates his 14-channel installation in Another World Is Possible exhibition with the presence of dance artist Norhaizad Adam, extending his sonic philosophy into the moving body.

Loops, fragments and resonances become more than music. They are rituals of return. Norhaizad’s gestures call forth arrivals and departures, presences and absences, summoning the unseen energies that linger within the space. Together, the artists craft an encounter with inheritance and care: datang tempat orang, beradap dan hormat. jaga diri — to enter another’s place with respect, care and awareness.

The performance invites us into a shared ritual where sound becomes ceremony, memory becomes movement, and the space itself seems to remember us. A celebration and a listening, a marking and a gathering, The Space Remembers You opens a moment in which past and future inhabit the present, where we are called to witness, honour and enter gently into another’s world.

About ArtScience Encounters
About ArtScience Encounters


Presented in collaboration with artists and creatives, ArtScience Encounters is an invitation to discover curious spaces hidden within ArtScience Museum’s unique architecture. Spaces are refreshed periodically with compelling artworks, intriguing happenings and sensorial experiences spanning various genres and mediums.

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15 Nov (Sat)
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8pm – 8.45pm
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Gallery 0, Level 3
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About the Artists

  • Syafiq Halid
    Syafiq Halid

    Syafiq Halid is a sound artist, experimental percussionist and electronic musician whose practice traverses the intersections of tradition and contemporary experimentation. His work spans multidisciplinary collaborations as performer, composer and sound designer, presented across platforms including the Esplanade, National Gallery Singapore, ArtScience Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Nusasonic, Goethe-Institut, *SCAPE and Bus Projects, as well as projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Australia.

     

    Drawing on the sounds, aesthetics, metaphors and experiences of the Malay world, Syafiq deconstructs, reimagines and reassembles them into an experimental sonic language rooted in Southeast Asia. His explorations speak to the complexities of living and being Malay in the region, compelling audiences to confront how cultural memory, heritage and identity are continually negotiated through sound.

  • Norhaizad Adam
    Norhaizad Adam

    Norhaizad Adam is a Singaporean dance artist and performance maker. Trained in Malay folk dance, he has developed a post-dance practice that interrogates how nationalism and traditionalism shape the Malay body. His works blur the rules and transmission of Malay folk forms, subverting dominant frameworks through which minority identity is constructed and sustained.

     

    Norhaizad is the Artistic Director of P7:1SMA Ltd, where he continues to expand the possibilities of performance as a site of cultural resistance, embodiment and reimagination.

About Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making

13 – 15 Nov
Futures Festival: Worlds in the Making is an invitation to hold the future open. It brings together the community in a shared exploration of plural worlds emerging from the equator — worlds that are generous, resilient and already in the making.

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About Another World Is Possible Exhibition

13 Sep 2025 – 22 Feb 2026
Another World Is Possible is an exhibition on the future, exploring the practice of world-building across cinema, architecture, design, and speculative fiction.

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