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Thursday, June 17, 2004
Dear friends,
Do join us tomorrow (17 June) for a day of performance art, featuring Singaporean artists Lee Wen, Jason Lim, Juliana Yasin, kAi Lam and Zulkifle Mahmod.
EVENT 1
The 10th conference of Performance Studies international:
2.00pm Performance Art as Performance Art
Venue:
Business Admin Block
Singapore Management University
469 Bukit Timah Road
Performance art presented as a parallel panel:
Boris Nieslony
Seiji Shimoda
Arahmainni
Lee Wen
Free entry.
Lee Wen will also be talking on ‘The desire to perform art: representation, reception and evolution’ during the 9.00am ‘Organising Performance: Initiatives and Initiators’ session.
For more info, see http://www.singaporepsi.org.
EVENT 2
7.30pm What Do You Want to Eat? (Main Course)
A collaborative performance by Zul Mahmod, Juliana Yasin, Kai Lam and Jason Lim.
Venue:
p-10
10 Perumal Road
(Near Farrer Park MRT Exit B)
Price: S$10.00 (Limited seats, first-come-first-served)
There is a confusion as to what art is supposed to achieve. Some say art is supposed to promote political agenda, to be critical and rebellious; some say to transcend the social and political contexts in which it is made; some say it reflects the realities of the world, to expose the hypocrisies of the social order; and some say it is supposed to save people by providing the experience of beauty or new insights into reality.
The artists attempt to respond to the views mentioned above, through working collaboratively with sound and actions. In addition, the artists will also be challenged by the physical and atmospheric properties of the performance site.
For more info, call +65 6294 0041 or see www.p-10.org.
Regards,
Jennifer.
Dear Artist,
REMINDER:
To whom ever looking for more exposure in other countries, Para/Site Art Space, from Hong Kong, is calling for exhibition proposals for its programme in 2005. All submission should be sent to:
Address: Para/Site Art Space
2 Po Yan Street
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong
On or before Wednesday, 30 June 2004. Late submission will not be considered.
Exhibition Proposal should include:
1. Letter of intent concerning the preferred space and time, including telephone no, email and post address. 2. Project description 3. Curriculum Vitae 4. Maximum 12 slides, printed images or jpeg images ( approx. 1024 X 768
pixels) in a CD-ROM in direct relation with your project. Please not do send original artwork. 5. All slides and images must be clearly marked with name, data, dimensions and medium. 6. A slide list must be supplied. 7. Supporting materials like catalogues, articles, and news-clippings of your work and previous exhibitions.
Cheers
Jaclyn Lee
Administrator
Plastique Kinetic Worms
Dear Artists,
Call for submissions: "3m3" interdisciplinary arts art fesival ( Finland)
3m3 is a mixed media festival organised in Turku Finland 17-21 August 2004. The festival will choose 5 artists to make performances/audio/visual installations in an aquarium. The aquariumis measurement are about 1m X 1m X 2.8m and the content is about 2.8m3. The aquarium is made out of steel structure and 8 mm acryl walls. It stands about 15cm off the ground and can be put in two pieces.
Proposals are to be made for performances that can be done in the city, where the aquarium is moved around according to the needs of the artists. Each artist has one day for building up and showing the work. The emphasis in selecting the works are innovation and over all site specific nature. Used medium will depend on the artist.
Electricity, water, P.A system, video projection, transportation, diving equipment and technical aid will be provided. Also a place to stay for 1 week and travel costs within Finland
The deadline for proposals is 30th June 2004. The proposals must be given in email in email line text ( no text attachments) and include max.1 A4 page (12 pt Times) description of the work and a separate short CV. In sending pictures, please do so in jpg. format not exceeding 100k.
Proposal attention to:
Curator - Aapo Kustaa Korkeaoja
Puistokatu 12 a 1
20100 Turku
Finland
Tel: +358 (0) 41 536 2642
type aa_po and followed by @yahoo.com
Dear Artists,
CALL FOR PAPERS: "On Form" Performance Research, Vol.10 2005. "On form" will focus on discourses and practices in contemporary performance arts that impact on and relate to social,political, cultural forms and
structures:
1. In relation to the positioning of aesthetic forms.
2. To local and geographical difference.
3. To the re-mapping and re-configuring of the 'east' and 'west' europe. 4. To the similarities and differences in assumptions about form and relational structures within an apparently shared 'european' or 'international' framework.
Deadlines for contributions to Performance Research "On Form" are as
follows:
Proposals: June 30th, 2004
Draft manuscripts: September 15th, 2004
Finalised material: October 15th, 2004
Publication Date: March 2005
Proposals and submissions should be sent to:
Linden Elmhirst - Administrative Assistant
Performance Research
Dartington College of Arts, Totnes
Devon TQ9 7RD UK
Tel: 0044 1803 861683
Fax: 0044 1803 861685
Email: performance-research@dartington.ac.uk
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange 2004/2005 season (USA)
BAX/ Brooklyn Arts Exchange is seeking new dance, theatre, performance works for its 2004/05 season. Dates run between January - May 2005. BAX is a multi-faceted performing arts centre for emerging and established artists. In its 70 seat-theatre, BAX presents the work of artists in dance, theatre and performance.
First Weekends:
Performance & Discussion Series - Two evenings of performance in a shared program with 2 other artists. Works can be longer than 20 minutes. A conversation follows the performance.
The Groundhog series for family audiences -geared to children and families ages 3 and takes place on Sundays in February. Works no longer than 50 minutes and MUST have an interactive component with the audience.
Annual Woman's Performance Festival -March performances. Work should articulate a political, social, cultural or artistic point of view of interest to women. Women and trans-gendered artists only.
BAX also provides modest artist stipends, lighting, sound, production staff, publicity and house staff.
Proposal deadlines: July 9th,2004
For specific guidelines, please call (718) 832-0018, email info@bax.org or visit www.bax.org.
Cheers
Jaclyn
Administrator
Plastique Kinetic Worms
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
CATCH ASIA PACIFIC’S BEST DIGITAL WORKS AT COMGRAPH 2004
Broadcast Asia 2004, ComGraph 2004 Awards Ceremony & ComGraph 2004 Showcase
SIGGRAPH Singapore today announced the upcoming programs for ComGraph 2004 – 5th Asia Pacific Digital Art and Animation Competition, including the announcement of results at ComGraph 2004 Awards Ceremony and the exclusive feature at ComGraph 2004 Digital Art and Animation Showcase.
ComGraph 2004 Awards Ceremony
The results for ComGraph 2004 will be announced at the ComGraph Awards Ceremony, to be held at the Singapore History Museum Auditorium on 29 June 2004, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm, for which Mr. Seto Lok Yin, Director of Industry Development, Media Development Authority is the Guest-of-Honor.
Winners for the five categories, including the inaugural Singapore Original Animation (Open and Student), Computer Animation (Open and Student) and Digital Art, will be presented with trophies, certificates and cash prizes totalling S$15,000 sponsored by Media Development Authority and attractive prizes ranging from the latest computer graphics software to top-of-the-range graphics tablets, sponsored by Adobe, Discreet, Solutions3 and Wacom. The winning animation works in the Singapore Original Animation categories will also stand a chance to be produced into an animation pilot for broadcast.
ComGraph 2004 Digital Art and Animation Showcase
ComGraph 2004 will climax with an exhibition and screening featuring short-listed and winning digital art and animation works from the competition, to be staged at Funan - The IT Mall, Atrium (109 North Bridge Road) from 30 June to 4 July 2004, hours are 11am to 7pm daily. Admission is free to the public.
Look forward to a collection of 40 outstanding digital art works created with ‘Fantasy’ as the theme and printed using EPSON Stylus Pro 4000 printer. Audience will also be treated to the screening of a dazzling compilation of animation works created with varying digital tools and styles by award-winning animators. These exceptional digital works from the best talents in the Asia Pacific region illustrate the utilization of technology to explore new techniques of artistic expression.
Wacom, Epson, Solutions3 and 3dsense Media School will also be conducting demonstrations and workshops at the event. Experts will be on hand so the audience can try out the latest animation software and technology.
ComGraph 2004 Online Showcase and Voting Contest
From 15 June to 15 July 20004, the public can also enjoy all shortlisted entries of Comgraph 2004 online through the award-winning Spectrum portal by StarHub. Aimed to encourage public participation, the Spectrum portal will also feature the ComGraph 2004 Online Voting Contest. The public can log on to www.starhub.com/spectrum to view and vote for their favorite animation and digital art entries. Attractive prizes including one Creative Computer Animation Program worth $1900 and two Course Vouchers worth $200 each from 3dsense Media School, as well as three sets of Cinema 4D R8.5 software worth $1600 each will be given away to 3 lucky voters. This is the second year StarHub has been involved in ComGraph to aid in the promotion of Digital Arts and Animation in Singapore.
About StarHub’s Spectrum
A community-service initiative of StarHub, the award-winning Spectrum (www.starhub.com/spectrum) is an online community showcase portal that celebrates Singapore’s very own local talents, featuring short films, digital arts and animations. Spectrum provides an additional avenue for these local talents to exhibit their creativity, and to reach the mass audience for greater awareness and affirmation while allowing Internet users to enjoy the creative contributions and support our local talents. Spectrum users are able to view and discuss the creative works on Spectrum with respective contributors through an online forum, as well as to rate for their favorite artistic pieces and even recommend what they like to others via email.
About StarHub
StarHub is a Singapore-based info-communications company providing a full range of information, communications and entertainment services over fixed, mobile and Internet platforms. It operates its own nation-wide broadband network that delivers multi-channel cable TV, data, voice and Internet access. StarHub has added Digital Cable to its cable TV offering in May 2004. On the cellular front, StarHub also operates its own GSM/GPRS network and will have its 3G network ready by end 2004. Visit StarHub at www.starhub.com for your communication needs.
About the Media Development Authority
The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) was formed on 1 January 2003 to develop Singapore into a vibrant global media city, in effect fostering a creative economy and a connected society. The agency's Media 21 strategy aims to create a vibrant environment for the industry to flourish and the public to enjoy, via five key thrusts: to establish Singapore as a Media Exchange; to export 'Made-by-Singapore' content; to internationalise local media companies; to nurture local media talents; and to develop digital media.
About the SIGGRAPH Singapore Chapter
SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics), a non-profit society run exclusively by volunteers, was established in March 1998 to promote computer graphics in Singapore and its region. It is an interdisciplinary community interested in research, technology, and applications in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Members include developers and users from the technical, academic, business, and art communities. For more information, log on to http://singapore.siggraph.org
For more information on the press release, please contact:
Sophia Ang
Rubix Cube Communications
Tel: (65) 6536 4535
Fax: (65) 6438 6128
HP: (65) 9694 5145
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Name: The Art of Chao Shao-An
Venue: Cape of Good Hope Art Gallery
Date: 2004-06-16 to 2004-06-28
Time: 11am to 7pm
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Tel: 6733-3822
Sculpture Square's
5th Anniversary Exhibition presents
reformasi
Artist talk featuring Arahmaiani, Krisna Murti & Tintin Wulia
Performance at Sculpture Square featuring Arahmaiani
Arahmaiani
Arahmaiani often uses performance to address political, religious, gender and social issues. For reformasi, the artist created "Wedding Party", an installation made up of outfits sewn from discarded political party flags. She will be presenting a video and discussing her recent performance done in Yogjarkarta relating to the installation.
Krisna Murti
A visual artist who uses video to present satirical images of political instability in his country. Murti is a versatile practitioner who has fully grasped 21st century technology, exploiting it to give a disturbing yet universally engaging picture of his indigenous culture. He will be speaking on the issue of “New Media Art in Indonesia”, focusing on media technology (handphones, computers, games, video, internet, etc.) – the influence of the everyday on new media art.
Tintin Wulia
Born in Denpasar, Bali, the artist grew up in a musical environment. She is a trained architect and composer but started experimenting with film making after a stint in a digital media workshop in Boston, US (1996). The artist will talk about her inspiration and her process of making the video work "Everything's OK" featured in reformasi.
Artist Talk featuring Arahmaiani, Krisna Murti and Tintin Wulia
Date: Saturday, 12th June 2004
Time: 2.00 -4.30 pm
Venue: Indonesian Embassy
3-7 Chatsworth Road,
Singapore 249747
Performance by Arahmaiani
Date: Sunday, 13th June 2004
Time: Performance starts promptly at 4 pm
Venue: Sculpture Square Chapel Gallery
155 Middle Road
Singapore 188977
reformasi
reformasi: contemporary Indonesian Artists in the post-Suharto era
Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest and most populous country, has experienced radical change at every level of society since the fall of President Suharto in the spring of 1998. Economic instability, ethic dislocation, geographic disintegration, communalism and political uncertainty all threaten the nation in ways that were unpredictable less than a decade ago. Yet as contemporary Indonesians grapple with each new crisis, the challenges they face are reflected in increasing openness in the press. And as society becomes freer, contemporary artists are reacting to a less controlled but ever more complex environment, in sophisticated and creative ways.
With reformasi, the largest and most comprehensive survey of Indonesian contemporary art shown in Singapore, this Sculpture Square initiated and organised exhibition seeks to give contemporary Indonesian practitioners a voice. Their work is sometimes radically innovative in concept or form, and their art, in the expression their concerns and reactions to life as it unfolds in this unsettling world of challenge and promise, cannot fail to engage universal audience.
Reformasi is co-curated by Sculpture Square's Tay Swee Lin and guest curator Singapore based Iola Lenzi. This exhibition will mark the 5th Anniversary of Sculpture Square's inauguration and is the most important exhibition of 2004.
Exhibition Details:
Title: reformasi
Exhibition Dates: 9th June - 29th August 2004
Opening Hours: 11am to 6pm
(Mon - Sun, excluding Public Holiday)
Admission: Free
Location: The Chapel Gallery
Sculpture Square
155 Middle Road
Singapore 188977
Reformasi's 14 artists include:
1. Apotik Komik
2. Agus Suwage
3. Arahmaiani
4. Bunga Jeruk
5. Popok
6. FX Harsono
7. Hedi Hariyanto
8. Heri Dono
9. Krisna Murti
10.Tintin Wulia
11. Eko Nugroho
12. Mella Jaarsma
13. Nindityo Adipurnomo
14. I Made Aswino Aji
Sculpture Square is a non-profit organization dedicated to the active support of 3-dimensional and contemporary art.
Sculpture Square
155 Middle Road
Singapore 188977
tel: 6333 1055
fax: 6333 1655
www.sculpturesq.com.sg/
Type arts followed by @sculpturesq.com.sg
UTTERLY ART presents
AS IT IS
Featuring the works of
CLIFFORD CHUA
FRANCES ALLEBLAS
GERALDINE SCHUBERT
JASON WEE
SUSIE WONG &
YEE WAI FONG
EXHIBITION opening: 16th June 2004, WEDNESDAY, 7pm
Venue: Utterly Art Exhibition Space (208 South Bridge Road Level 2)
Tel: 6226 2605 Email: utterlyart@pacific.net.sg
This exhibition runs to the 27th June 2004.
Beauty is a concept that continually changes through the ages according to the whims and fancies of society. Anything
that falls outside conventional boundaries is ostracized, so much so that we are enslaved by our own blind quest for
what is proscribed as perfect beauty. As It Is does not perpetuate the myth of the body beautiful. Instead, it seeks to
suggest alternative visions of beauty in its many forms, as seen through the eyes of six artists. The intention is to show
that every individual can be presented as a work of art, a marvel of lines, forms, colours and texture. As It Is celebrates
just this, appreciating different body types as they are, simply the essence of their forms that goes beyond conventional
visible aesthetics.
SKIN DEEP
PLAY runs from: 17th – 19th June 2004 (Thursday – Friday), 8pm – 840pm
FREE admission / Limited to 35 guests per performance.
Venue: Utterly Art Exhibition Space (208 South Bridge Road Level 2)
Tel: 6226 2605 Email: utterlyart@pacific.net.sg
Priority will be given to guests who RSVP.
Skin Deep explores the dangers of an over-subscription of the beauty myth. The play revolves around the
set of SKIN DEEP, the TV programme where people undergo plastic surgery live. The absurdist mode in which
some of the delivery is made, and the movement onstage by the ensemble cast, seeks to challenge the
audience’s view of what makes up the body politic, the concept of development in the human soul, and how
people come to accept themselves after a long struggle with themselves. The play splices bits and pieces of
influence from the works of Arthur Miller (short story entitled “Homely Girl, A Life”); Edward Albee (a play entitled “Three Tall Women”); Pablo Neruda (sonnet entitled “Morning XII”) and Diana Son (short play entitled “R.A.W. (Raunchy Asian Woman)”).
This play is performed by the students of Anderson Junior College and directed Ms. Wong Sheau Ying and
Mohd Fita Helmi in the Utterly Art Exhibition Space. The exhibition “AS IT IS” will be used as the set for the play.
The movement in this version of Skin Deep is particularly to the space of Utterly Art Exhibition Space and the
exhibited works.
HaKaren Art Gallery presents
Renaissance of China
An exhibition of lacquer paintings by He Chun Ye
19 - 24th June
You are cordially invited to
the vernissage on 18th June, 7pm,
featuring an exclusive demonstration by the artist
explaining the intricate process of creating lacquer works.
Preview from 15th June
Passage in Time
Lacquer on Board
90 x 90 cm
For more images & information, please visit www.hakaren.com,
or contact us at enquiries@hakaren.com or (65) 6733 3382.
Vernissage R.S.V.P. Nadia 6733 3382 / type nadia and followed by @hakaren.com
Preview of works by appointment
HaKaren Art Gallery
19 Tanglin Road
#02-43 Tanglin Shopping Centre
Singapore 247909
T. (65) 6733 3382 F. (65) 6735 9709
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Perform: State: Interrogate: PSi #10 Singapore 2004.
The 10th conference of Performance Studies international
15th – 18th June 2004 in Singapore.
Main Venue:
Business Admin Block
Singapore Management University
469 Bukit Timah Road
17 June 2004 Parallel Panel 0900hrs.
Organising Performance: Initiatives and Initiators
Zane Trow and Judith MacLean, Queensland University of Technology (Australia) on performing the organisation of performance festivals
Jay Koh, Intl Forum for Inter-media Art (Singapore/Germany)on the NICA project in Burma
Visakesa Chandrasekaram, Artist,(Sri Lanka/Australia) on human rights-related theatre initiatives
Ute Ritschel-Univ. of Mainz on the work of Asian performance artists at German performance events.
Lee Wen- (Singapore/Tokyo) on “The desire to perform art: representation, reception and evolution"
17 June 2004 Parallel Panel 1400hrs.
Performance Art as Performance Art
Performance art presented as a parallel panel :-
Boris Nieslony
Seiji Shimoda
Arahmainni
Lee Wen
Full details : http://www.singaporepsi.org/
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Hi friends,
Hope you can make it to this exciting new performance event entitled What Do You Want to Eat? by Zul Mahmod, Jason Lim, Kai Lam and Juliana Yasin.
The four artists have been working for several years in the Singapore art scene, in areas such as sculpture, ceramics, installation as well as performance art. They have also been friends for several years and have many experiences of working together. Through this project, they attempt to explore deeper into one another's art practice and also work more closely together to come up with a new collaborative art work.
As we have limited capacity, do rsvp: For Email: Type jennifer and followed by @p-10.org or +65 6294 0041.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jennifer.
What Do You Want to Eat?
Appetiser: Documentation presentation
A documentation presentation of the artists's past performance art work, followed by a Q&A session with the artists.
Served at 7.30pm on 15 June 2004 (Tue)
Limited free servings, please RSVP.
Main Course: Collaborative performance
Served at 7.30pm on 17 June 2004 (Thu)
Price: S$10.00
There is a confusion as to what art is supposed to achieve. Some say art is supposed to promote political agenda, to be critical and rebellious; some say to transcend the social and political contexts in which it is made; some say it reflects the realities of the world, to expose the hypocrisies of the social order; and some say it is supposed to save people by providing the experience of beauty or new insights into reality.
The artists attempt to respond to the views mentioned above, through working collaboratively with sound and actions. In addition, the artists will also be challenged by the physical and atmospheric properties of the performance site.
For more info, see www.p-10.org.
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