Singapore Biennale 2006
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Wednesday, November 27, 2002
SINGA Dance at ASIATOPIA 4 / 2002
Artists from The Artists Village will present an interactive multi-cultural
SINGA Dance, which explore the positive notions of Inter-nationalism, global
tourism & commodities in ‘cultural’ identities. SINGA Dance celebrates the
racial harmony of a multi-cultural society, acts out theme-induced lifestyles,
advertises touristic efficiency and rejoices the never-ending courtesy
campaign.
The SINGA Dance performers hope to build cohesion and unity with the different
communities of audiences. This is through encouraging audiences to join the
SINGA Dance troupe and spread to joy of cultural diversity. The SINGA Dance is
easy to learn, fun to perform and can happen at anytime and anywhere… So Watch
out for it!
The SINGA Dance will take place in various city locations of Chiang Mai and
Bangkok presented under the International Performance Art Festival of 4th
Asiatopia 2002, Thailand. For information on SINGA Dance and 4th Asiatopia
2002, check out The Artists Village's website http://www.tav.org.sg
4th Asiatopia 2002
International Performance Art Festival in Bangkok
November 2002
Organized by Concrete House, Center for Arts and Community Action, Nonthaburi,
Thailand.
Bangkok: Supported by Rockefeller Foundation,
Chiangmai: Supported by Heinrich Boell Foundation (Thailand &S.E. Asia)
And Goethe Institute (workshops program both in Chiangmai and Bangkok),
Special thanks to; Toshiba Foundation, Tourism Authority of Thailand
(Chiangmai), Saeng Som Co.,Ltd., Foundation of Art & Culture of Bangkok
Metropolitan.
Whole events in Bangkok will be recorded and broadcast by About TV at:
www.superchannel.org/AboutTV.
Artistic Director: Chumpon Apisuk, Technical Director: Paisan Plienbangchang,
Manager: Noppawan Sirivejkul, Media: Josef Ng, Documentation: Mongkol
Plienbangchang, Administration: Chantawipa Apisuk, Jantorn Moungsak,
Chiangmai Co-ordinator: Padungsak Kotchasamrong
E-mail: asiatopia@e...
Website: www.empowerfoundation.org/artivities
13-16 Nov Pre-festival workshops by Boris Nieslony
20-24 Nov. Bangkok Performance Program; Concrete House &
Santi Chaiprakarn Park, Pra-Meru Fortress
28-30 Nov. Chiangmai Performance Program;
Chiangmai University Art Center & Ta Pae city gate
Programs in Bangkok
Pre-festival Program
10-17 Nov. Performance Workshop by Boris Nieslony
Supported by Goethe Institute
13 Nov. Chiangmai / Chiangmai University’s Fine Arts Faculty
16 Nov. Bangkok / Goethe Institute
SEMINAR
20 Nov. Artists Seminar & opening event, at Concrete House
Press and general public are invited:
• Sen. Kraisak Choonhawan festival opening speech
“Arts in Thai Politic”
• Boris Nieslony ‘ Des Paradis’
• Mimi Fadmi ‘Post-crisis ART in Indonesia’
• Yuan Mor’O Ocampo ‘ Filipino Spirituality’
• Thanom Chapakdee ‘ Ukabat; Revelation in Conflict’
• Performance by Siriporn Sripen/Thailand
FESTIVAL
21 – 24 Nov.
Performances in the park, presents:
Asia:
Houng Ly, Vietnam
Bui Cong Khanh, Vietnam
Aung Myint, Myanmar
Aye Ko, Myanmar
Yuan Mor’O Ocampo, Philippines
Mimi Fadmi, Indonesia
Sangjin Lee, Korea
Ko Siu Lan, Hong Kong, China
Fumiko Takahashi, Japan
Tomoko Takahashi, Japan
Kaori Haba, Japan
Arai Chin-Ichi, Japan
Montri Termsombat, Thailand
Nuts Society, Thailand
M.L. Saksin Kasemsanti, Thailand
Surapol Panyavacheera, Thailand
Siriporn Sripen, Thailand
Liliane Zumkemi , Switzerland/Thailand
Black Market International:
Boris Nieslony, Germany*
Alastair MacLennon, Northern Ireland*
Elvira Santamaria Torrens, Mexico*
Julie-Andree Tramblay, Quebec, Canada*
Norbert Klassen, Switzerland*
Roi Vaara, Finland
System HM 2-T, Germany
Jurgen Fritz, Germany
Jacques van Poppel, Netherland*
Lee Wen, Singapore/Japan
Ukabat (Thailand):
Paisan Plienbangchang
Vasan Sittiket
Sompon Tawee
Mana Poopichit
Mongkol Plienbangchang
Jitima Phosawake
The Artists Village (Singapore):
Lina Adam
Juliana Yasin
Agnes Yit
Woon Tien Wei
Jeremy Hiah
Kai Lam
Chiangmai Artists:
(28-30 November, plus international Artists from Bangkok)
Padungsak Kochasumrong
Parawee Poopetch
Jittipong Yaemsawai
Jirasak Saengpolasit
Suchart Panprapan
Paitul Promvijit
Chumpon Apisuk
http://eartasean.unimas.my
HISTORICAL EVENT
International Workshop on 3D Digitization (3DD)
25th February 2002, Singapore
The 3DD-2002 is the First International Workshop being
organized by CAMTech at School of Computer
Engineering, Nanyang Technological University,
Singapore. The workshop will explore the fundamentals of
3D digitization, basic theories and practices of 3D
digitization. The growth of 3DD applications has been
predicted to be exponential and many research activities
are progressing in various parts of the globe. This
workshop provides a platform for experts to expound and
share their success in applying 3D Digitization in their
respective fields of Engineering, Technology, Arts and
Sciences. It also offers an opportunity for young and
aspiring researchers to present their findings from their on
going research in 3DD methodologies and applications.
Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the following
topics:
3DD Methodologies
* Non-Contact & Contact Digitization
* 3DD Data Structures & Databases
* 3DD Rendering & Visualization
* Model Registration, Merging, Editing, Printing
* Mesh Generation and Simplification
* Measurement Techniques
* Multimodal Digitization
3DD Applications
* Arts, Archaeology and Palaeontology
* Life Sciences, Medicine, Surgery & Health Care
* Engineering Design and Rapid Prototyping
* Virtual Reality and Animation
* Industrial Parts and Applications
* Robotics
* Architecture
HISTORICAL EVENT
International Symposium on Electronic Art MediaSelect 2002
2nd night October 29 (Tuesday) 2002
" Will Media Art Be In A Museum? "
Panelists: KUBOTA Akihiro (Associate Professor, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University),
ABE Kazunao (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM) Chief curator (media art & performance)),
Gunalan NADARAJAN (Media Art Curator / Theorist)
Moderator: NONOMURA Fumihiro (Art Critic / Media Studies)
Forum on Creativity in the Arts, Science & Technology, 29-30 November 2002
Date: Fri 29 & Sat 30 November 2002
Time: 9am to 5pm (Day 1); 9am to 4pm (Day 2)
Venue: Nanyang Polytechnic Auditorium, 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8 Singapore 569830
(Opposite Yio Chu Kang MRT Station)
Registration fee: $15 per person - includes 2 lunches and 4 tea-break
refreshments (for both days)
The aim of the Creativity Forum is to focus on creativity as a common and
key element in the Arts, Science and Technology. A select number of
eminent keynote speakers from overseas and Singapore will speak on their
own views on creativity and their personal experiences with creativity in
their own fields.
This Forum follows on from the success of the first Creativity Forum held
in November 2001, and will be of interest to everyone in the Arts, Science
and Technology who is concerned with how creativity drives these key areas.
We also hope that the Forum will make us think about how creativity can
stimulate interaction between the Arts, Science and Technology and lead to
new ideas and discoveries, creative works, innovations and inventions.
Guest-of-Honour: Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State for Education and
Manpower
Speakers:
Sim Wong Hoo (Singapore), Founder, Chairman & CEO, Creative Technology Ltd,
on "Chaos & Creativity"
Prof Frank Shu (Taiwan), Astronomer and
President, National Tsing Hua University on "Can Creativity be Taught?"
Trevor Baylis OBE (Britain), Inventor of the Windup Radio on "Why Invent"
Dr Eija Nieminen (Finland), Director of DESIGNIUM - Innovation Centre
University of Art and Design Helsinki, on "Innovation Through Design"
Prof Yu Chun Yee (Singapore) Concert Pianist and Professor of Piano, Royal
College of Music, on "Story of the Piano ? How Creativity in the Arts,
Science and Technology Combined to Give Birth to the Universal Instrument"
Gunalan Nadarajan (Singapore), Dean of Faculty of Visual Arts and Director
of Intermedia Lab, LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts on "Interdisciplinary
Research in Arts, Science and Technology".
Plus special presentations on creative projects by students and staff of
ACJC , NUS University Scholar's Programme, School of Film & Media Studies
Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Dept of Physiology NUS, Laboratories for Information
Technology.
Organised by: Tan Kah Kee Foundation, National Arts Council, Singapore
Singapore National Academy of Science.
Sponsors: Lee Foundation, Nanyang Polytechnic, The British Council &
The Shaw Foundation Pte
Contact information: to register, please contact Tan Kah Kee Foundation
Tel: 64638464
Fax: 64621192
Singapore Economic Review Committee
The Economic Review Committee (ERC) fundamentally reviews Singapore's development strategy and formulates a blueprint to restructure the economy.
Composition of the Arts,Culture,Sports and Recreation Working Group
Dr Jennifer Lee (Co-chair)
Chief Executive Officer, KK Women's & Children's Hospital
Mr Liu Thai Ker (Chair)
Director, RSP Architects, Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd
Chairman, National Arts Council
Mr Yeo Khee Leng
Chief Executive, Singapore Tourism Board
Mr Ekachai Uerkrongtham
Artistic Director, Action Theatre
Prof Leo Tan
Chairman, National Parks Board
Mr Ong Keng Yong
Chief Executive, People~{!/~}s Association
Mr Dick Lee
Associate Artistic Director, Singapore Repertory Theatre
Mr Kenneth Tan
COO, MediaCorp
Mr Alvin Tay
Editor, BT
Dr Robert Liew
Director, Arts Management Associates
Ms Jennifer Pok
General Manager, SISTIC
Ms Su Yeang
Chief Executive Officer, Citigate Su Yeang Design Pte Ltd
Mr Rick Dovey
Managing Director, ESPN Sports
Mr Gunalan Nadarajan
Dean, Lasalle- SIA (Visual Arts Faculty)
Ms Leong Yop Pooi
Deputy Director (Humanities & Aesthetics), Ministry of Education
Mr Nicholas Chan
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, JP Morgan
Mr Tham Khai Meng
Regional Creative Director (Asia Pacific),Ogilvy & Mather
Lim Siam Kim
Chief Executive Officer, National Heritage Board
Koh Lee Lian
Senior Vice President, MediaCorpTV12
Monday, November 25, 2002
UTTERLY ART presents
VIETNAMESE
FIGURATION
a group painting exhibition by
contemporary Vietnamese Masters
DANG XUAN HOA . NGUYEN THANH BINH .
NGUYEN TRUNG . NGUYEN QUAN . VAN NGOC.
HOANG HONG CAM . HOANG PHUONG VY.
NGUYEN VAN CUONG
29th November 2002 to 15th December 2002
Utterly Art Exhibition Space
208 South Bridge Road 2nd Level, Singapore 058757
Tel: 6226 2605 E-mail: utterlyart@pacific.net.sg
Mon-Sat 11.30 am - 8 pm Sun 12 noon - 5.30 pm
With the advent of ‘Doi Moi’ (literally ‘change and newness’) in Vietnamese society since 1986, Vietnamese art has flourished tremendously, converting itself from a medium of propaganda and means of expression for struggling artists, to an art which ranks as one of Southeast Asia’s most desirable and collectable. At its heart has been the unique Vietnamese sense of aesthetics, an Eastern pursuit of often-minimalist beauty and serenity on the one hand, to colourful, simplistic outpourings of peasant gaiety on the other. While the French colonials left an indelible legacy of painterly academicism, the free use of raw, naïve lines deriving from rambunctious folk aesthetics puts an unmistakable stamp of charm upon much of Vietnamese art, which also finds sympathetic resonances in Cubism and Fauvism. Vietnamese Figuration examines the visage of the modern contemporary Vietnamese in painting, and is a look at how Vietnamese masters of the 1990s see themselves and their fellow countrymen. The exhibition is divided into four sections: Elegance and Refinement: The Vietnamese Lady; Portraiture: A Focus on the Face; Village Inspirations and finally, Situational Representations.
The artists represent a cross-section of some of the most collectable and sought after artists in Vietnam. Most of the painters have been collected by either the Fine Arts Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, or the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi, or both. Dang Xuan Hoa, Nguyen Trung, Nguyen Quan and Van Ngoc are in the permanent collection of the Singapore Art Museum. All are carried by important galleries in both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Dang Xuan Hoa is one of the original Hanoi ‘Gang of Five’ who have exhibited both locally and internationally together. Landscapes from the painter Hong Viet Dung, another popular and sought-after member of the ‘Gang of Five’, are also available in the gallery. Paintings of ladies by the senior painter Nguyen Trung have been featured regularly at auctions at Sotheby’s in Singapore.
Sunday, November 24, 2002
THE STORY OF THE ROOF OF THE ESPLANADE
Britain's Michael Wilford, Singapore's DP Architects and London-based engineers Atelier One designed the massive roof shells that encase the Esplanade atria. Their first concept was two smooth glass domes as the roofs. The team who hatched the idea were sitting in chilly, overcast London and did not fully appreciate the cost of air-conditioning two gigantic greenhouses in sultry Singapore. The problem was resolved by cladding the domes in 5,000 triangular panels made from an exotic futuristic material called Butacite. These panels blocked out the sunlight and render the Esplanade its characteristic spiky profile.
BUREAUCRATIC PARADOX
Singapore's well-behaved citizenry have built a gleaming first-world city through efficiency and hard work — not thinking out of the box. But local authorities want to turn it into a high-tech hub, which means information and ideas need to circulate freely. The city is caught in a "bureaucratic paradox" - how to change Singapore to a culturally vibrant society while retaining its traditional safe and predictable shape.
Artist Feature
Amanda Heng
Narrating Bodies is an ongoing project that Amanda Heng has been working with her mother since 1996. The idea is to reconnect with her mother in order to find out about herself.
Women in the Arts
Witalk for November
Speakers: Han Yong Hong & Lindy Poh
Venue: Telok Kurau Studio Room 109
Date/Time: 23rd November 2002 (Sat) 7.00 pm
About the speakers:
Han Yong Hong graduated from NUS with a Master's Degree in Chinese Studies. Her concerns and research interest are on Chinese Theatre in Post-Independent Singapore, focusing on the leftist theatre movemnet. She has been an arts journalist covering theatre, music and visual arts with Lianhe Zaobao since 2000.
She would like to share her experience reporting on the arts scene with Lianhe Zaobao in general and some of her personal reflections on the reaction of the arts community to the Opening of the Esplanade.
Lindy Poh was a former curator at the Singapore Art Museum and is currently an independent curator and a practising lawyer specialising in art, culture and heritage issues.
She will be addressing the issue of public accessibility to the WITA database and archive materials. She will discuss the options and implications of donating the WITA data-bank to public libraries and other educational institutions. She will also field questions from the audience on particular difficulties or questions arising from practising as a 'woman artist' in Singapore.
Gajah Gallery
cordially invites you to
An Evening Preview of
Mo' an exhibition by
Nguyen Trung & Ho Huu Thu
6:30pm Thurs November 21, 2002
Looking for beauty in the world around them,
Ho Huu Thu & Nguyen Trung portray the ethereal female form and
deconstructed abstracts. By combining European technique with a
distinctly Vietnamese philosophy and content, the artists have
produced works that are sensitive, peaceful, and enlightening.
Two of the most influential and respected artists in Vietnam today,
their works are highly sought after and popular at international
auctions. ~ Gajah Gallery, November 2002
Gajah Gallery
MITA Building 140 Hill St #01-08 Singapore 179369
Tel: 65_6737 4202 Fax: 65_6737 4203
Free Parking after 5:30pm. Entrance via River Valley Rd.
Subject to availability.
*Dress Code: Smart Casual *
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