Up-Front is a podcast where we speak with guests about their creative practices. In the first season, we talk to entrepreneurs in Singapore and learn how they get things done.
The podcast is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Director Nadya Wang and Curatorial Lead Ian Tee.
Today’s guest is Patrick Flores. Patrick is Chief Curator of National Gallery Singapore, and the Director of the Philippine Contemporary Art Network. Among his publications are Painting History: Revisions in Philippine Colonial Art (1999); Past Peripheral: Curation in Southeast Asia (2008); Art After War: 1948-1969 (2015); and Raymundo Albano: Texts (2017). He co-edited The Modern in Southeast Asian Art: A Reader with T. K. Sabapathy (2022).
His newest book is Philippine Figurine: Image, Ornament, Artˆ, a collection of essays which looks at“the Philippine figurine” as a means to rethink the concepts of art, image and ornament and their implications across history and place.
In this episode, Patrick shares how his childhood fascination with languages has shaped his practice, muses on necessity being the parent of invention and building projects modestly and incrementally, and reveals the criterion he uses when deciding whether to take on new opportunities.
Up-Front is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Nadya Wang and Ian Tee, with production by Isaiah Cheng and visual design by Sharrona Valezka.
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7 Oct 2026
Joshua Comaroff | S5E4
Today’s guest is Joshua Comaroff. Joshua is a designer and cultural geographer, and Assistant Professor in Architecture at National University of Singapore. He has published writing about architecture, urbanism, religion, and politics, with an Asian focus. In particular, his research focuses upon the effect of material and immaterial practices in the experience of the city, and the affective and inclusive potentials of architecture.
He is the author of Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore (2025), and with Ong Ker-Shing, co-author of Horror in Architecture (2013). His research in design is archived at lekker.sg.
In this episode, Joshua speaks with Nadya about recognising that design intelligence is not the property of a small elite, maintaining a productive restlessness in his practice, and how design is the art of compromise.
Up-Front is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Nadya Wang and Ian Tee, with production by Isaiah Cheng and visual design by Sharrona Valezka.
To learn more about us, follow us on Instagram @frontandoffcentre (https://instagram.com/frontandoffcentre) and visit (https://frontandoffcentre.com/)frontandoffcentre.com (http://frontandoffcentre.com) (https://frontandoffcentre.com/)
30 Sept 2026
Peter Lee | S5E3
Today’s guest is Peter Lee. Peter is an independent scholar, and the Founding Curator of the NUS Baba House – a historical house museum managed by the National University of Singapore. He is the host of three seasons of The Mark of Empire, presented by Channel NewsAsia.
In this episode, host Nadya Wang speaks with independent historian and curator Peter Lee about his lifelong appetite for historical discovery, the joy of creating fresh experiences for audiences, and the intrinsic, sometimes hidden, value of everyday objects. Lee shares insights from his multidisciplinary career—spanning curation, archival research, and TV hosting—while highlighting his belief that culture is a dynamic network of shared histories and connections.
In this episode, Nadya Wang sits down with Ivan to explore how connections fuel creativity, the joy of working with his team and their collaborators, and how Nouri and appetite anchor big dreams in daily execution.
Up-Front is brought to you by Front & Off-Centre, a cultural agency offering communications, curatorial and programming services. It is co-hosted by Nadya Wang and Ian Tee, with production by Isaiah Cheng and visual design by Sharrona Valezka.
To learn more about us, follow us on Instagram @frontandoffcentre (https://instagram.com/frontandoffcentre) and visit (https://frontandoffcentre.com/)frontandoffcentre.com (http://frontandoffcentre.com) (https://frontandoffcentre.com/)
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