Dear friend,
Some of us are in KL this week (see last email) but for those of you who are in Singapore, these are the art events to check out this week:
1. Opening: Thu (19 July),
Hibernated Works Re-Engineered +33%
By Tang Mun Kit
The Substation Gallery (
Free
10 years after his residency in The Substation, Tang Mun Kit re-visits the residency process, the works made during the residency, and the exhibition that was presented after the residency ended (which was entitled Hibernated Works: Objects, Sculptures, Assets aka Materials vs Materialism). Among other issues, this exhibition is an attempt to highlight the ‘green’ nature of found objects, ie. a conservationist approach to artmaking through recycling, reusing and reducing. The exhibition runs till 5 August.
2. Screening: Thu to Sat (19 to 21 July),
Thu: University Cultural Centre, NUS; Fri: 72-13; Sat: The Substation
Free
This new documentary by Tan Pin Pin chronicles the ways people attempt to leave a mark before they and their histories disappear. From an intrepid Japanese journalist hunting down Singaporean war veterans to an avid amateur film director trying to preserve his decaying trove of
3. Talk: Sat (21 July),
History of Photography
Arts House (
Free (Register at www.monthofphoto.sg)
Singapore-based French photographer Gilles Massot provides his personal view on the impact of the development of photography. Exploring the theme, Massot will combine history, artistic intuition and phenomenology, and will try to cast new light on the way this medium has changes the human perception of the world, including a consideration of today’s so-called civilisation of images. Part of Month of Photography 2007.
Have a great week ahead and see you soon!
Jennifer.
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