Single-Shot Espresso – (Feldman’s method of Art Criticism) Pick one piece of work in the Biennale. Write about what you think about it. Consider paragraphing your short essay accordingly to “Description”, “Analysis”, “Interpretation” (what the artist wanted to say, and how you interpreted it) and “Evaluation”.
Double-shot Expresso – (Analytical/critical essays). Pick one artist, and examine the artwork on display. formulate an opinion about the work. Scrutinise this work, in relation to the artist’s pastworks or other artists that have dealt with a similar theme or subject matter. Try to quote from other reliable sources to substantiate your essay.
Long Black – Assume the role of a reporter, writing about a sensation or controversial artwork from the Singapore Art Biennale. Include information like artist, country, size of artwork, medium, venue displayed. Consider formatting your article in an ‘inverted pyramid’ format, with the vital facts in the lead paragraph, and the articletapers down to the least important information, such as gossips, what other viewers say.
Decaf - (journal entries or process writing) Assume you are writing into your diary about your visit to one of the venues of the Singapore Biennale.
Cuppuccino – (Expository Writing). Exposition = explanation. Play the role of a ‘good art critic’ or an ‘evil art critic’. Assume your reader knows nothing about contemporary art. Convince the reader the artwork you are writing on is the ‘best artwork you have seen in Singapore’, or the work is best left for the recycling centre, if they will take it.
Spills - (Creative writing/ idiosyncratic writing). From poetry to random penned thoughts, everything goes.
Biscuits on the side – Images and other correctly sized fun photographs. A maximum of 300 x 400 pixels is recommended.
