Friday, May 20, 2005
CONTROLROOMLIVEUNIT
Enter a performance without performer/s where the backline of the theatre;
the control room, becomes the mainline in this mirage of live video, sound and light within an empty space.
Controlroomliveunit is a collaborative work by video artist Choy Ka Fai
and sound artist George Chua, with the lighting designed by Lim Woan
Wen. In this performance the artists hope to experiment and explore the
possibilities of an inter-relationship between these elements with
various techniques such as computer programming (for example MIDI) as
well as sensory devices. Research for this project began in December
2004 and will culminate in the first presentation.
Performance Date: 20th and 21st May 2005
Performance Time: 8 pm
Venue: The Esplanade Theatre Studio
Ticket Price: $15 (no concession)
(Tickets available at all SISTIC's Outlet)
Block 43 Studio Gallery. Contemporary Vietnam
Block 43 Studio Gallery, in collaboration with Mai Gallery Hanoi, presents an exhibition of contemporary art from Vietnam from May 20th until June 3rd.
The two week exhibition will showcase the work of seven young up and coming artists from the new generation, some with well-established reputations on the international art scene. All artists were trained at the celebrated Hanoi Fine Arts Academy and break with the traditions of decorative art that is often associated with Vietnam. Visitors to the exhibition will be delighted with the vibrancy, energy and originality of these artists’ paintings.
The seven artists that will be represented at the show include Nguyen Bao Ha, Nguyen Quang Huy, Nguyen Van Duc, Vu Than Nghi, Le Anh Quan, Dang Duc Thanh and Do Doan Bang. Opening times during the exhibition are Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 6.30 pm or by appointment.
Block 43 Studio gallery
Work Loft Spaces, Chip Bee Gardens,
BLOCK43 #03-80 Jalan Merah Saga, Singapore 278115
LabCulture Singapore 2005
Calling All Artists, Writers, Musicians, Performers, and other Creatives!(/p>
The Substation (Singapore) and PVA MediaLab (UK)invite you to be part of the first LABCULTURE SINGAPORE Residency Programme, 4-10 July 2005.
Do you want to create new work, realise your creative ideas or experiment with new ways of working within a supportive environment? Are you interested in engaging with new tools and creative technology?
Artists and practitioners from all creative disciplines are invited to send in their applications to be considered for LabCulture Singapore, a 7-day intensive residency. During the residency, a team of four UK-based ‘artist-facilitators’, with support by Singapore artists, will work with participants. Throughout the residency the focus is on research and development of new work. Collaboration and artform crossover is encouraged.
The participants can develop projects in digital video and audio production, web development, animation, interactivity and DVD authoring.
Previous experience within the field of New Media is not necessary, although a basic IT literacy is useful.
Closing date for applications is 20 May 2005.
Application guidelines and more details are attached.
Guidelines can also be found at: www.substation.org/substation/now/current/0705-labculture.html
Queries, please email: audrey@substation.org
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Dear friends,
When you get a chance, pop in to see my latest and final ‘Existenz’ series exhibition at Anthro at Holland Village.
Anthro is beside Coffee Bean and Tea Leaves on 16A, Lor Mambong, Holland Village.
The exhibition is on until the 18th of June 2005. Anthro is open most days till about 9 at night.
Part of the Existenz series is also permanently displayed at San Marco’s at the LightHouse at Fullerton Hotel.
Raj
Webpage: www.unprimed.com ( under construction)
Blog: http://sightoracle.blogspot.com
UTTERLY ART presents
SEIZURE
Lines Beyond the Metaphysics by MAZNAH AHMAD
Opening reception
Thursday 19th May 2005 7pm
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
The gallery will be closed on Monday 23rd May 2005.
The exhibition runs till Sunday 29th May 2005.
When Maznah Ahmad engages in creating her abstract works, she actually enters each piece of her large paper or canvas paintings. As with Tibetan mandalas, Indian kolam or rangoli, and aboriginal sand drawings, Maznah creates her paintings in a horizontal fashion and becomes one with the work while she drips, strikes, gestures or pours on the surface. At the heart of her paintings are the lines. Pure, strong, direct lines. They reveal her thinking, her mood – when they meander, she is lost; when energetic, she is close to ecstasy. The surface becomes the artist’s world, and Maznah enters a transcendent state to lose herself into an other-worldly experience where the truth of her emotions cannot help but reveal themselves in paint.
Maznah holds both MA in Fine Art (Painting) RMIT (Aust) and BA (2nd Class Upper Hons) (Uni.Hull, UK). She was trained by award-winning English painter Steve Whitehead, and has participated actively in UK public exhibitions, selling her works there.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Artist Feature
Ng Chuan Hock, born 1975 Singapore, trained with a Diploma in Fine Arts from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. and Bachelors of Arts and Social Sciences from the National University of Singapore, paints, draws, and sculpts in his realistic style.
www.whatisarts.com
Hi Mosaic Art Lover,
We are having mosaic art pieces and mirrors for sale up to 50% discount till mid July’05. Please feel free to come by and pick your favourite piece. They will be a great gift to your loved ones or someone special or even get it for your own as a personal collection art piece.
Best Regards
Angeline
Mosaico Pte Ltd
43 Jalan Merah Saga
#02-64 S(278115)
Tel: 6471 1090
STOPOVER
Japan-Singapore Performance Art Meeting
Date: 18th & 19th May, 2005
Supported by: Japan Foundation , National Arts Council Singapore , BenQ and Orita.Sinclair.Intl FrontRoom Gallery,
Venue: Orita.Sinclair.Intl Front Room Gallery 12A,Pahang street, Singapore
STOPOVER, Singapore’s First Performance Art Meeting of Japanese performance artists. On the 18th and 19th of May, we have invited emerging and established performance artists from Japan and Singapore to meet at Front Room Gallery to offer new performance works.
Initiated and organized by performance artist Jason Lim, STOPOVER proposed to offer an international and professional showcase of performance art and time-based works that fall outside the traditional boundaries of established fine art and performing arts genres. STOPOVER is dedicated to represent a wide and comprehensive range of works, and is also committed to presenting both breadth and depth of performance art as a genre.
18th May 2005
6.30pm
Live presentation of art performances by
3 Japanese artists and
5 Singaporean artists
19th May 2005
6.30pm
Live presentation of art performances by
3 Japanese artists and
5 Singaporean artists
Participating artists
Japan
SEIJI SHIMODA
MAKOTO MARUYAMA
MIDORI KADOKURA
AZUSA OKUMURA
KAZUHIRO NISHIJIMA
REI SHIBATA
Singapore
JASON LIM
LEE WEN
KAI LAM
ZUL MAHMOD
RIZMAN PUTRA
CHUA CHIN CHIN
TODD TOK
NATASHA WEI
ANDREE WESCHLER
EFFENDY IBRAHIM
STOPOVER makes available a platform for the meeting of performance art practices by Japanese and Singaporean artists. This meeting seeks to achieve a positive reception and discourse in Singapore.
For the first time, 10 Japanese performance artists from NIPAF (Nippon International Performance Art Festival) will present their works in Singapore. Mr. Seiji Shimoda, Director of NIPAF, has recently organized the 12th Nippon International Performance Art Festival (http://www.avis.ne.jp/~nipaf/), touring four major cities in Japan. He has created many performance art networks in Asia and initiated many performance art festival in Asia, example, PIPAF (Philippines International Performance Art Festival, JIPAF (Jakarta International Performance Art Festival) and TIPAF (Taiwan International Performance Festival) just to name a few.
From Singapore, we have invited 10 established and new faces to make live presentation in STOPOVER. I believe that an event like this will help to increase international cultural exchange and understanding, as well as being an accentuation of our artistic practice, research and development.
Jason LIM
Artist/organizer
STOPOVER
Japan-Singapore Performance Art Meeting
www.futureofimagination.org
Invitation:
STOPOVER
Japan-Singapore Performance Art Meeting
18th May 2005 - 19th May 2005
Venue: Front.Room.Gallery, 13A Pahang Street, Singapore 198614 (next Malay Heritage Centre)
Opening: 6.30pm 18th May 2005
Free Admission
Japan Artists:
Sheiji SHIMODA, Makoto MURAYAM, Kazuhiro NISHIJIMA, Rei SHIBATA and Midori KADOKURA
Singapore Artists:
Kai LAM, LEE Wen, Jason LIM, Andree WESCHLER, Rizman PUTRA, Katak KUDUNG, Todd TOK, Sophia Natasha WEI, Zul MAHMOD and CHUA Chin Chin
STOPOVER is a performance art event that creates a platform for the meeting of Japanese and Singaporean artists.
This event is programmed with the objective to create awareness and appreciation for performance art in Singapore. Besides encouraging cultural exchange and understanding through the event, STOPOVER also seeks to accentuate artistic practice, research and development of performance art.
The second leg of STOPOVER will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 29th May 2005 to 30 May 2005, at UBU, an alternative art space. UBU offers free tuition classes and philosophy classes to the public. Activisits from Foodnotboob also uses the lower kitchen to cook for the homeless.
Supported by:
National Arts Council & Japan Foundation
Venue sponsor:
Orita Sinclair Int'l Front.Room.Gallery
Organiser:
Jason Lim
Design:
Ken Yeo
Official photographer:
Juliana Yasin
Monday, May 16, 2005
Chess and Serenade - Graces of the Muse
Exhibition by Hu Yong Kai
SG Private Banking Gallery
2nd Level Alliance Francaise de Singapour
1 Sarkies Road
17th to 20th May
10-30am to 6.30pm
Dear friends,
Hope you had a great month so far.
We're having 2 events next week at p-10:
1. Visitors' Programme: A talk by Amanda McDonald Crowley - 7.30pm, Mon 16 May
Amanda will talk about her work as producer of ISEA2004 (International Symposium of Electronic Arts 2004), a major international new media art symposium that took place across three sites - on a cruiser ferry on the Baltic Sea, in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland - incorporating conferences, exhibitions, performances, concerts and site specific installations across these locations as well as a programme of workshops, residencies and masterclasses in several other cities in the Baltic and Nordic regions.
2. Exchange 05: Documents and Documentation - 7.30pm, Fri 20 May
This is the second session of the dialogue series, co-organised by p-10 and WITA, dealing with important issues in current art practice. Bringing together a visual artist, a filmmaker and an art researcher/photographer, this session will touch on the distinctions between the document and the documented and the different ways documentation is read, interpreted and altered. This session will be moderated by Guo Liang (artist) and speakers are Lim Kok Boon (artist), Tan Pin Pin (filmmaker) and Koh Nguang How (researcher). Project URL: www.p-10.org/exchange/.
We hope you can join us.
Do check out our website for details, and as we have limited capacity, please RSVP: +65 6294 0041 or admin@p-10.org.
Thank you.
Regards,
Jennifer.
www.p-10.org
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