Top reads: Jahan’s new mural, Apple’s floating store, and SCAPE casting call

Good evening readers, here is a quick round up of stories happening in the Singapore digital media and creative scene:

1. Hepmil Creators’ Network, the company overseeing SGAG, MGAG, PGAG and SGEEK, is offering its clients/ brands special ad space for its YouTube channels, known as Reserved Media. This comes about from a partnership with US-based digital media company, Bent Pixels.

2. Visual artist, Jahan Loh, known for his friendship with Mandopop king Jay Chou, has produced a pretty cool mural “splashed across Far East Square”. The mural is said to be “inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain, landscape paintings from the Yuan Dynasty”.

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Inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain, landscape paintings from the Yuan Dynasty and #intergalacticdreams, local artist @jahanloh's latest work is splashed across Far East Square for all to admire 💯 Don't forget to swing by #SINGAPO人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture to check out his 'Ma Ling Luncheon Meat Print'! Leave an encouraging comment to show our local artists your support 💙 Photo credit: Jahan Loh, Far East Square, Ming Shen Cheo 本地波普艺术家罗杰瀚最近以元代的青花瓷和水墨画，以及银河系为灵感，在远东广场的墙上绘上了这幅壁画。💯 罗杰瀚的知名作品之一，就是将梅林午餐肉罐头化为波普艺术，而这个作品就在我们的“新加坡华人 · 探索本土华族文化”展览里！感兴趣的话，记得来参观哦。 想对本地艺术家表示支持？请点赞留言！💙

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3. Mark your calendars for the free broadcast of THE PITCH, a 20-minute short film, premiering on YouTube on 31 August (Monday) @ 9pm. Starring local theatre OGs Ivan Heng, Gaurav Kripalani and Adrian Pang, the film “cheekily raises the curtain on three theatre companies as they struggle to make art – and make peace! – with one another.”

4. CASTING CALL: SCAPE is looking for cast members for a video series called #BlazeListTV, a video series that brings together youths of different backgrounds “to explore and discuss societal bias behind age, careers, gender roles and race.” The shoot will be held over a video conference call. Click on this link and fill out our casting call form, if you are interested to be a part of this project. We checked in on their deadline, but SCAPE has yet to reply.

5. IN PHOTOS: Check out Apple’s new floating orb store, as documented by Singapore based photographers.

Singapore-based photographers document what could be Marina Bay area’s new centrepiece

6. FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Did you know that Filipinos spend on average 50% more time on the Internet than the users in the rest of the world. That’s according the episode two of Nas Daily’s new podcast series, Nas Talks. The Singapore-based vlogger said Filipinos spend 9 hours and 40 minutes of the Internet, and out of that number, 4 hours is spent on social media.

7. Singapore’s first virtual fashion show, The Front Row, draws to a close on 29 Aug. Be sure to login to thefrontrow.style to catch all the action. Here’s a backgrounder article on what to expect: “Could this Singapore virtual fashion festival be the future of luxury retail?”

That’s a wrap!