In the age of social media, our ability to share and access imagery has drastically changed our ways of seeing and being. With the use of our handheld devices, we can build our personal profile, construct our stories and instantaneously magnify them alongside millions of others across the globe. Our digital presence has enabled us to be connected beyond the space we occupy.  It has, likewise, empowered us to sketch our own image, a public version of what we wish others to see, yet the constancy of posting and viewing has somewhat diverted our sensibilities away from being fully present and focused on what is before and around us.

This article by Vanini Belarmino addresses the Sensorial Trail presented by National Gallery Singapore, an ASEMUS member, on the occasion of the Light to Night Festival 2019.

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