Greetings, fellow traveller. It is nice to have you in this space with me. My name is ArunDitha (born Deborah Arunditha Emmanuel, 1988). I am a poet, singer and space-0pener from Singapore. Spaces are 0pened with my poems, songs and theatre work. Spaces are 0pened within creative and ceremonial contexts, formal or otherwise. Spaces are 0pened with the clients who I serve, and with group experiences organised by Opens. My work exists/lives in material and non-material dimensions. It is birthed by my human form.

 

My performances have featured at events like TEDx Singapore, Wonderfruit and Q Berlin Questions, and have shared stages with poets like Sarah Kay, Luka Lesson and Yomi Sode.​ The poems have been invited to festivals like the Barcelona International Poetry Festival and the Queensland Writers Festival and won poetry slams in Singapore, New Zealand, Germany and Australia. I've also been resident in spaces like Literarisches Colloquium Berlin and the Watermill Center.

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The writing has been published by The Straits Times, Math Paper Press, Guernica, and Penguin Random House and I've put 3 books out - you can find a couple of them in the writing section. ​ Ever since I was a young girl, I had to sing. In terms of music, I've made a number of albums and sound works, most recently with Mantravine and Polymorphism.

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I also help to organise at Opens, a para-academic forum which seeks to catalyse open, critical conversations across local cultures and contexts. In recent years, I have been most influenced by Shaktism, Vajrayāna Bhuddism, Shamanic principles, fourth wave feminism and humanistic psychology.​