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Friday, June 25, 2004

Artgroup: Landing Space

Comments: ARTFIELDS
Breathing art at Gone Fishing
produced by Landing Space in collaboration with Gone Fishing



Art can no longer be contained in museums and galleries. It has to be lived. It has to be woven, infused, constructed, and even blogged into our lives. Every age faces the unanswerable questions of 'what is art' and 'what does it do?' This series of projects hopes not to provide answers to these perpetual questions, but facilitate their asking by new generations.

Contact: Peng-Ean Khoo, at Type pengean followed by @yahoo.com.

31 May 2004, Singapore – Have you ever wondered how an art installation is conceptualised and eventually assumes its final form in a site-specific environment? For the first time in Singapore, a group of artists will bring you behind the scenes, demystify contemporary art and make living, breathing art a complete reality to all.

Can you truly say you have tasted art? When was the last time you drank art? Or woven a fabric of architecture? Would you like to blog artists in return for placemats? How about constructing walls and defacing them to your hearts’ content? If playing with spray paint is not quite your cup of tea, how about manufacturing some grass tea and infusing your existence in poetic space instead?

For one whole year, four contemporary artists - Twardzik Ching Chorleng, Brigid K. Watson, Peng-Ean Khoo and Lee Tet Keong – invite you to join them to explore the age old questions of ‘what is art’ and ‘what does it do?’ through making, breathing, living art. “Through Artfields, we hope to further breakdown the separation between art and life by placing art in a living space where neither dominates the other. Instead there will be a true interplay of art and life; the café’s activity becomes part of the art and vice versa. We hope you will join our vision and quest of living and breathing art into the Singapore public.”

Four projects have been planned for the year beginning with “Wave” in June 2004, a site-specific installation made of string woven by Twardzik Ching Chorleng. In October 2004, American artist Brigid Watson will visit from Boston and together with local artist Peng-Ean Khoo, they will create “blogged:”, an environment constructed entirely of the paper documentation of their three-month online diaries to each other. From January to March 2005, Lee Tet Keong invites “The Player” to play with walls. In “The Fourth Cube”, for the duration of April to June 2005, Peng-Ean Khoo will bring the viewer into a three-dimensional chapbook.

The exhibition series will commence in June 2004. We invite the community to walk-in and participate in the entire process of art-making. You may aid in building structures to alter the café space by weaving, blogging, constructing, and infusing tea. You are also welcome to interact with these structures thereafter. Additionally, all will also be involved in the critical dismantling process which is often overlooked. Workshops are available throughout the year, thereby providing opportunities for real time critique and collective learning.

Artfields opens on 9 July 2004, at 7pm and will be available daily to the general public during café opening hours. Admission is free.

Media interviews can be arranged at 90479602. The media is invited to directly participate in the making, living, critiquing, and dismantling of Artfields.


Event Info
Title ARTFIELDS
Dates and description of projects

June – September 2004: “Wave” by Twardzik Ching Chorleng
Cotton string will be stretched from wall to wall repetitively back and forth, throughout the entire cafe from the front entrance to the back exit, as if it was a fabric weaved into the architecture. This ‘fabric’ will stretch throughout the entire cafe from the front entrance to the back exit. The viewer/patron will get a sense of entering into a dreamscape where the whole architectural structure of the cafe will be transformed into a giant undulating wave.

October – December 2004: “blogged” by Brigid K. Watson and Peng-Ean Khoo
The artists will print out the entire 90+ entries and attach them with sewn thread into the various forms described. Words will literally take over the entire space in the form of carpets, wall paper, window treatments, and table settings. In addition, various individuals of a range of ages and ethnicities will be recorded reading these blogs aloud. These recordings will be played simultaneously during the entire duration of the installation. Visitors will be invited to write blogs of their own and send them to the artists on a laptop computer provided. Anyone who leaves a blog is then invited to take an actual piece of the installation home.

January – March 2005: “The Player” by Lee Tet Keong
Strips of walls of different widths and heights, some stretching from floor to ceiling, will be constructed for this installation. “With the café’s existing wall as the backdrop, I hope to extend its energy to the whole café and build a complete playground for the patrons to relive a second childhood, and for the younger patrons, to live a piece of childhood that was unavailable to me: to make marks on those untouchable HDB flats wall.”

April 2005 – June 2005: “The Fourth Cube” by Peng-Ean Khoo
The central idea is that human activity dotting space is like writing text on paper. Poetic environments marked by a poem with a rain element, effectively becoming ‘rain pages’ will be constructed. Patrons will be invited to manufacture, infuse and drink tea. This is by way of the patron ‘writing’ his/her existence into the ‘rain pages’. Poetry no longer lies flat on paper: it infuses our very existence.

Venue Gone Fishing
Located at 15 Chu Lin Rd, off Jalan Remaja, off Hillview Avenue.
Tel: 6762-9901. Board bus 173 from Bukit Batok Interchange and alight at the 8th stop.

Media Enquiries Call 90479602 or email pengean@yahoo.com

Gallery Hours Open daily (except Mondays and Tuesdays) from 11.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. and closed for siesta from 2.30-5.30p.m. on weekdays.

Admission Free

Producers
Landing Space: Art in Alternative Spaces
In October 2002, Landing Space held its debut exhibition introducing Land Art to the Singapore public by transforming a historical abandoned warehouse into a labyrinth of installed forms. In Borrowed Nature (January – June 2004), we ‘returned’ 60 collections from the natural environment to Woodlands Regional Library in a NLB-SAM project entitled “Woodland”. Artfields will be our third and most ambitious project to date involving direct audience participation and international exchange.

Gone Fishing: Field of Dreams
Founded in October 2002 by a husband and wife team, Kenny and Mei Chin, Gone Fishing is the vessel on which they set out to fish for ways to live meaningfully in the sea of life. Gone Fishing is a haven for unrestrained self-expression. Its walls are filled with doodles and words of wisdom through which patrons express their innermost feelings and thoughts freely. It is a place, a field, for dreamers to live their dreams.

Artists
Twardzik Ching Chorleng
Born in Singapore, Leng has been practising Installation art and Land art for more than 10 years. A regular recipient of meritorious awards and scholarships including the Hanna Kristmanson Ceramic Scholarship, the Ceramics Canada Award, and the Crown Life Entrance Award, Leng’s work is included in numerous public and corporate collections. Leng holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from University of Regina, Canada, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Ceramics and a Diploma in Ceramic Arts from Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada.

Peng-Ean Khoo
Poet-artist of A Penguin Pillowcase: contemporary ink poetry, Peng-Ean was born in Malaysia but now resides in Singapore with her family. She has read and exhibited both locally and internationally including the Boston Public Library, Massachusetts and the Warwick Museum of Art, Rhode Island. Her works explore the terrain between poetry and visual art, environmental issues, and post-colonial questioning of identity, transnationalism and multiple histories.

Brigid K. Watson
Brigid, an Ohio native, is an artist, arts educator, and avid traveler who has been living and working in Boston since 1989. She has exhibited her work throughout Boston and Europe in private galleries and alternative spaces and in conjunction with nonprofit groups such as the Women's' Caucus for the Arts. She is included in private and corporate collections in the United States and Europe. Brigid holds a Master of Fine Arts from New York University, a BFA from Tufts University in painting, and the Diploma and Fifth Year programs at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Lee Tet Keong
Born in Singapore, TK holds a BFA with distinction from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He has exhibited extensively in Singapore including the prestigious Nokia Singapore Art Festival in 2002 and an on-going exhibition "Everthing But ..." in Jendela Gallery, Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay. A recipient of the Georgette Chen Arts Scholarship, TK received a Diploma of Honour in the 1st Ceramic Biennale International Competition (Korea). He is included in numerous private, public and corporate collections including Singapore Airlines, Raffles Town Club, and Shangri-la Intercontinental.


Email: Type pengean and followed by @yahoo.com
Name: Khoo Peng Ean


06:52

ONE THAT ARE TWO THAT ARE ONE. Husband and wife artists who paint together on each canvas with oil, acrylic and mixed media, creating works of harmony and brilliance, on the Ascension of Planet Earth and the fusion of the Male and Female principles. Showing with Wetterling Teo Gallery and at New Finds 2004.

Email: Type heikoselina followed by @heikoselina.com
Name: Heiko & Selina Niedermeyer
Url: http//:www.heikoselina.com



06:41

Wednesday, June 23, 2004

Dear Listings Editor



Please find below the list of events at The Arts House this July.



Kindly list them in your publication's calendar of events.

We hope the snapshot of the events, their dates /times and ticket prices ( where applicable) at the end of this list will aid your selection and posting of the events.



For further information, including pictures, please contact Mary Lee at 6332 6903 / type Mary_Lee followed by @toph.com.sg or visit www.theartshouse.com.sg


Thank You.



Karen Peck

Marketing Executive

The Old Parliament House Ltd

6 332 6915


FOR THE RECORD Visual Art

2 – 5 July, 21 – 29 July, 10 am to 10 pm, Gallery



Relive the good old days of vinyl 33 rpm records in this nostalgic display of more than 50 beautiful record sleeves from a private record collection of the late Mr Goh Kee Seah generously donated by Goh Eck Kheng to The Arts House. Audiophiles will also have the opportunity to sample classics from the restored vinyls on a turntable in the Gallery.

Admission : Free



ART MEDITATION BY EUGENIA GAJARDO Talk

10 & 11 July, 8 pm Living Room



Learn the practice of relaxing your mind and sharpening your perceptions through meditating using art as a simple tool. Highly experiential and interactive, participants will glean valuable tips which they can use to enhance their creativity and derive even greater pleasure from the arts.



These talks are taster sessions of an upcoming 8 session course on Arts Meditation in August.



Eugenia Gajardo is a psycho-spiritual facilitator with extensive experience in personal development techniques and methodologies spanning 20 years of education and training.



Admission: $15 (inclusive of a coffee, tea or soft drink at the Stage Door Café)

Artist Special: Are you a practicing full time artist? Introduce one friend to the talk and you get to come absolutely FREE.





GREGOR AND HIS FLOWERS Visual Art
19-20 July, 11 am – 8 pm, Gallery



See world-acclaimed master florist, educator, author and floristic trendsetter, Gregor H Lersch and his floral creations in the Gallery. Gregor regularly shares his talent in floristry with thousands of floral designers, enthusiasts and florists all over the world. Our traveling floral master continuously keeps abreast of the rapid changes in the floral world and how those developments tick with time, society and culture.



The exhibition unveils Gregor’s signature floristry -- a marvel of artistry, design, creativity and passion.



This exhibition is proudly brought to you by FLORAMIST Floristry Consultants



Admission: Free



UMBARA – A JOURNEY THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF TIME Performance Art

23 & 24 July, 8 pm, Play Den

Led by poets-musicians CG and Addy, UMBARA brings the audience on a train journey through time, the period of trials and tribulations, cherishing on their nostalgic past. From childhood to present day, the artists will present selected puisi (poetry) compositions that are interconnected to form a haunting and evocative medley of nostalgic and historic moments that have created lasting impressions in their lives against a backdrop of projected images capturing the wistfulness of time and life passing. UMBARA will touch the hearts of the audience because they too have gone through and may still be going through such a journey.

Admission: $20








08:53

> > The 23rd UOB Painting Of The Year is now on!
> >
> > If you haven't picked up this year's entry form, copies of the entry form
> > and the rules and regulations are available at all UOB Group
> > branches islandwide. You can also download the forms from our
> > website at
> > http://www.uobgroup.com/pages/promotions/promo_paintingoftheyear.html
> >
> > Please note that we do accept photocopies of the entry forms as
> > well.
> >
> > The closing date and collection of entries is Saturday, 10 July
> > 2004, at the LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, 90 Goodman Road
> > Singapore 439053, between 10am and 5pm.
> >
> > We look forward to seeing you then!
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Rachel Cheah
> > Corporate Affairs Division
> > United Overseas Bank Limited
> > Tel: (65) 6539 3970
> > Fax: (65) 6538 2559


08:50

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

tickle art: boX-In - Erzan B Adam and Urich Lau@CityLink Mall (exit to Esplanade)
Now till 10 July 04
10am to 10pm



The latest instalment of tickle art features the works of Singaporean artists Erzan B Adam and Urich Lau.

ABOUT THE WORKS
Erzan B Adam's 'Text Box' is about the language of mass media advertisement. Mass media `boxes' television, radio, computers, and even the shopping malls are carriers of the language utilised by advertisers that sets up a new system of ideas and values (or desire) posing a challenge to traditional values and structure. Using and recontextualising the catch phrases of today's advertisements, he asks shoppers at this mall to give their interpretations of those slogans. These are recorded and played back over the `box'.

'Cotton Box II: Soft Sculpture® 1962' by Urich Lau makes a wry reference to American Pop artist, Claes Oldenburg. The work deals with "a rather unspoken condition of Singapore contemporary art, a side that is laden with western art ideologies and influences …(when) being stripped off of its original artistic content, the cotton is but a mundane, raw material".

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Erzan B Adam won the highly acclaimed UOB Painting of the Year award in 2001. He had also been awarded prizes at the Philip Morris Art Awards as well as the Nokia Art Awards. Erzan obtained his Bachelor's for Contemporary Art from the University of Tasmania recently after graduating with a Diploma, majoring in painting, from LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts.

Urich Lau obtained his Masters from the RMIT/LASALLE-SIA College of the Arts, after earning a degree in Contemporary Art from the University of Tasmania in 2001. Lau has also been exhibiting in numerous visual arts group shows and multi-disciplinary collaborations consistently, both locally and abroad.

ABOUT tickle art
tickle art is a series of exhibitions curated by Susie Wong and Jennifer Teo that is held at 2 showcases in CityLink Mall (exit to Esplanade). It features art that is contemporary, site-specific and community-linked - art that is connected with its audience and yet, in a form or media that challenges conventional perceptions of art.

CONTACT
type jennifer followed by @artomato.com

Kindly sponsored by National Arts Council and CityLink Mall.


00:15

STPI Public Lecture Series

presents


"Professional care for works of art on paper"

A talk by Mr. Chandrahasa Bhat
Head of Paper Conservation at
Renate Kant Studio for Conservation and Restoration



Date: 26 June 2004 Saturday
Time: 2.30pm
Venue: STPI Gallery

Paper has been an artist’s material for centuries, however, paper being an organic and hygroscopic material often falls victim to micro biological growth and insect attack. Natural causes like atmospheric pollution, ultra violet light, insects and fungus/mould can be controlled only with proper maintenance and care. This talk will help understand the value in the care and maintenance of art works on paper.

Before coming to Singapore, Mr. Bhat worked as a paper conservator at the Conservation Centre, National Museums, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Mr. Bhat is the Head of Paper Conservation at the Studio for Conservation And Restoration – Renate Kant Pte Ltd, Singapore.



00:05

Monday, June 21, 2004

Farewell At 5pm
Solo Exhibition by JASON WEE



23 June - 6 July 04 | Opening Date : 25 Jun 04, 7pm
SG Private Banking Gallery, Alliance Francaise de Singapour (Tel: 6833 9314)
1 Sarkies Road, S258130 (Newton MRT, parking facilities)
Viewing Times: Mon to Fri, 11am-7pm |Sat, 11am - 5pm | Closed on Sundays.
Admission is FREE


Exploring the difficulties of leave-taking and departures, as well as death as a metaphor for abandonment and capitulation, "Farewell at 5pm" is a site-specific exhibition that employs the gallery as a cultural site.

In his first solo exhibition for the year, digital photographer Jason Wee takes photography to a new dimension as he explores cultural loss and memory in the public space. Combining photography with film, poetry, visual text, and unusual materials such as ash and pillows, the gallery is being transformed to a maze of cultural memories.

Reviving censorship sensitivities, Wee targets a series of media photo-images which are originally controlled or banned, and display them as microscopic segments. For example, he takes scenes or portions from media elements such as film, television, and magazines, so to extract, enlarge, and deploy them as minimalist fields of colour. Hence, Wee examines the idea of the trace (a wisp or ghost of objects that refuses to be erased, and returns as a vague yet persisting memory).

The installations also allow Wee to further explore the subject of censorship and what is hidden from the eye (for eg., the attached image is taken from the banned series, SEX IN THE CITY). At the same time, it reinstates his notion that memories of a forgotten past are not just a vague fragment of life.



A R T I S T ' S B I O G R A P H Y

Jason Wee is a photographer keenly interested in new art and new technologies. He works primarily in digital photography, and his art has been exhibited in both Singapore and Malaysia, including this year's Singapore Arts Festival's 'Reconstruction of a City' exhibition. He is also the Editor of vehicle, a visual culture magazine, and Guest Editor for the2ndrule, an inter-media journal. Literary pursuits include publication in the anthology Love Gathers All, and being a co founder of Thursday Circle, a community of young writers. In 2000, he was a theatre reviewer with The Straits Times.