March 2006

La Festival de la Francophonie

In March 2006, the Alliance Française de Singapore celebrated The Francophone Festival. It is a celebration of the common heritage of cultures and the sharing of French as a language. The highlights of the Festival include Claire Xuan’s exhibition “Elements” at the SG Private Banking Gallery; “Similia”, a flute and guitar duo from the Great Province; the Francophone Film Festival; and the Prize-Giving Ceremony of the Dr. Runme Shaw Cup to a Singaporean personality speaking French and the best students of French from across different Singaporean schools and institutions.

ELEMENTS 7 Travel Journals by Claire Xuan
7 - 25 March 2006

Francophone Festival 2006 presents French-Vietnamese photographer Claire Xuan’s launch of “Elements” – a series of
travel journals on limited editions. This launch will also present some of Xuan’s original prints from the journals.
Viewers will see a display of five elements - Wood, Fire, Metal, Earth, and Water, which Xuan has captured with her camera while travelling and unravelling the mystic of nature in France, Vietnam, Morocco, Madagascar, Senegal, Singapore and some other Asian countries. This event also witnessed the inauguration of SG Private Banking (Asia Pacific)’s new logo in the gallery.