Kaléidoscope was exclusively created for the Festival’s anniversary
edition by photographer Kiran Ambwani, involved in the Festival since 2008, and filmmaker Florence So, who has been actively collaborating with the Festival for more than 10 years. These two artists brought their creative powers together to develop this very special retrospective.

Kaléidoscope gives the Festival a special opportunity to highlight the efforts of its Board members over the years and to thank them for their ongoing commitment. The Festival is honored to feature original works created by five Board members for this year’s anniversary program.

A Chinese proverb says “One must add life to one’s years and not
years to one’s life.” This philosophy underlies Kaléidoscope and offers a unique perspective from which to view the works of all the artists who have contributed to the Festival since its creation in 1995. Kaléidoscope will feature the artists as they posed for Kiran Ambwani and Florence So in a series of photos and video clips. Like a kaleidoscope, these images will fragment and break away in the imagination, challenging any conventional sense of portrait in shape and in meaning.

Visitors to this exhibition will not only discover the works of renowned artists such as Janet Lumb, Chinese musician and co‐founder of Festival Accès Asie; Hossein Sharang, Iranian poet; Amrita Choudhury, Indian dancer and choreographer; and Kakim Goh, Singaporean painter, but visitors will also discover the artists themselves. To give ongoing life to these incredible images, they are available for viewing on the Festival’s website.