Street Art Special | Outside the Lines

Explore the beauty of street art!

Organised in collaboration with local street artist Speak Cryptic, this programme comprises of an in-depth look into the street art culture, as well as a hands-on class delving into its techniques. Learn how street art continues to be, an avenue for artists to express their identities, before developing creations of your own.

 

Speak Cryptic's Bio: 

 

Farizwan Fajari, professionally known as Speak Cryptic, is an artist, musician and educator currently working and living in Singapore.  

 

Inspired by the visual language prevalent within various alternative subcultures such as punk and skateboarding, his works primarily deals with issues pertaining to the human condition. Utilising personal iconographies that he has developed since 2005, he applies them to various narratives inspired by his observations on current affairs and his immediate environment.  

 

Exhibitions include the Kuala Lumpur Biennale (2017), Koganecho Art Bazaar (Yokohama, Japan, 2018), Secret Archipelago (Paris, France, 2015), the Singapore Art Biennale (2013) and Future Proof (Singapore, 2012).  

 

As a musician, he has performed, composed and recorded with several independent musical acts in Singapore, such as the Sugarflies, Dyfectra, Fishtank, Marchtwelve, Concave Scream and I Am David Sparkle. More recently, he has been active in creating musical and soundscape compositions, releasing them under the moniker Primary Motif, as an aural accompaniment to his visual works.