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Live On Festival 2023

My Organ, My Companion; Our Transformative Journey

Last updated 19 March 2025

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Design
The Judging Panel (Design)
Essay
The Judging Panel (Essay)
Gallery

The Live On Festival 2023 encourages participants to express their feelings through art or writing with regards to organ donation and transplantation. Each year, LOF has grown to become more than just a competition, but a holistic growth accelerator for budding artists and writers as they ponder about organ donation or transplant.

The theme for LOF 2023 revolved around Connection. Connection builds the foundation of promoting trust and confidence within the community. LOF 2023 saw a total of 111 participating schools, with 3,041 artworks and 2,136 essays received across the school and open categories.

Design

For the Design Competition, themed “My Organ, My Companion”, artists envisioned sharing a friendship with an organ and for “Our Transformative Journey” artists pictured the changes brought about by an individual or community about organ donation.

Artworks were evaluated based on the artists’ ability to adhere to their chosen theme with the artists’ touch of creativity. Each artwork was also judged based on the aesthetic quality and technical merit.

The Judging Panel (Design)

Live On Festival Design Competition 2023

Portrait of Ms Sally Kong

Ms Sally Kong

Portrait of Ms Sabrina Long

Ms Sabrina Long

Portrait of Ms Karen Tan

Ms Karen Tan

Portrait of Mr Fin Guo

Mr Fin Guo

Portrait of Ms Iris Teoh

Ms Iris Teoh

Hear from our esteemed judges and view winning artworks.

LOF Awards 2023 (Design)Design Gallery

Essay

The Essay Competition aimed to challenge lower secondary students to empathise with a loved one who received a heart transplant or a classmate who is on dialysis due to kidney failure. Upper secondary writers were tasked to explain how social media can bring a positive impact on organ donation, or how a collective school effort can raise awareness on organ donation and transplantation. Writers from the Open category shared their views on the difficulties and resolutions to generate a positive mindset change on organ donation or, how the altruism of organ donors may be negated by medical advancements in the future.

Essays were evaluated by the relevance to the chosen topic, creativity of the writer and their use of the English language.

The Judging Panel (Essay)

Live On Festival Essay Competition 2023

Portrait of Ms Sally Kong

Ms Sally Kong

Portrait of Assistant Professor Jiang Shaohai

Assistant Professor Jiang Shaohai

Portrait of Ms Mellissa Low

Ms Mellissa Low

Portrait of Ms Rosemarie Somaiah

Ms Rosemarie Somaiah

Portrait of Ms Audrey Lau Li Phing

Ms Audrey Lau Li Phing

Hear from our esteemed judges and view winning essays.

LOF Awards 2023 (Essay)Essay Showcase

Gallery

Students in an auditorium raising hands as a presenter speaks in front of a projector screen displaying a question
Students in navy uniforms seated at round tables in a classroom, raising hands while looking at a projected slide
Students in blue and white uniforms raising hands in a classroom while a female presenter gestures toward a slide
Students in yellow and blue uniforms sitting at colorful tables, raising hands as a teacher in a striped dress speaks
Students in white and blue uniforms attentively watching a female presenter at the front of a bright classroom
Framed certificates of award displayed on a table with colorful flowers in the background at an event
A black and gold shield-shaped award labeled "School of the Year" in front of a row of certificates on display
A close-up of an art exhibition with a digital illustration on a black panel, with other artworks in the background
A blurred artwork in the foreground with a large screen displaying "Live On Festival 2023 Awards Ceremony
A pink event sign with "Live on Festival Awards Ceremony 2023" in black text, adorned with colorful flowers
Tote bags with artistic prints displayed on black pedestals, surrounded by colorful flowers at an indoor exhibition
Close-up of a black book titled Live On Festival 2023, with a blurred background featuring tote bags and a white flower
An interactive display with colorful star-shaped tokens representing kindness, love, and generosity, with floral decor
Close-up of transparent tubes filled with folded paper stars in shades of pink, green, and red, labeled with virtues
A glass jar filled with colorful folded paper stars on a white shelf, with another jar slightly blurred in the background
A white shelf with baskets of snacks under a sign reading Treat Yourself, decorated with pastel flowers in glass vases
Black display panels at an art exhibition, showcasing colorful drawings and written essays, under warm ceiling lights
A young student in uniform being interviewed by a woman holding a microphone, while photographers capture the moment
A student in a green uniform and a woman in red smiling while looking at a painting of a glowing bear on black panels
A woman in red giving a thumbs-up in front of a colorful artwork while another person takes a picture with a phone
A boy in a blue shirt and mask collects colorful paper stars from a dispenser at an interactive exhibition booth
A person takes a phone photo of a colorful artwork on a black display panel at an exhibition hall
A crowd at an indoor event, with a man and a student in uniform interacting with an exhibition display
A young woman in glasses takes a photo of a glowing purple artwork featuring a surreal lung-shaped tree
A man in a white shirt poses for a photo in front of a pink backdrop at the Live On Festival Awards Ceremony
A student in uniform explains an essay display to two casually dressed attendees at an exhibition event
A student in uniform poses for a photo in front of a pink awards ceremony backdrop with floral decorations
Three students in uniform and two women pose for a group photo at the Live On Festival Awards Ceremony
A group of five people poses for a photo at an exhibition, surrounded by black display panels with artwork
Two students in uniform read a booklet while standing near tote bags and flowers at an indoor exhibition
A man in a red shirt smiles while collecting colorful paper stars from a dispenser at a decorated exhibition booth
A student in uniform discusses her artwork with a man in red at an exhibition with colorful paintings on display
A man in red gives a speech at a podium during the Live On Festival Awards Ceremony, with a screen behind him
A large group of people, including students and adults, pose for a group photo in a well-lit exhibition hall