Notthatbalai pics!

Well lots of Singaporeans was around during this trip - so that was quite fun. Below are some pics of Juliana Yasin, Jeremy Hiah and Kai Lam performances at the Notthatbalai Festival.

More pictures will be uploaded and info about the project we curated there.

Transmission out. Woon Tien Wei

Front Season 2

Jen, Sze-Chin and myself back from KL where we put up our curated segment, Happy Together.

So will be posting up more pictures from that trip later on.

Not sure if anyone caught any episode of Season 2 of Front.

But found this on livedigital - thought we can share this.


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Welcome any feedback on this.

This episode covers the Singapore Pavilion artists.

Transmission out. Woon Tien Wei

setting up for Happy Together

We have been busy setting up the exhibition at Notthatbalai.

It took a little longer than we expected but we push forward :)

Busy also with the renovation -- and all the licensing still quite stressful situation. -- trying to get online and submitting applications and co-ordinating.

Actually, I suspect this is just the few times which we have to do some much home stuff away from home. Literally, a mobile office set up.

Anyway, hope to get more pics to upload next time and you can see how things are here!

Oh yes, Sze-Chin, Bruce and Lisa Kelly is also in KL. That's quite fun to see each other here.

ok, write more later.

Arrived at KL -- setting up the show.

Jen and myself arrive in KL, we were delayed a little due to somethings cropping up with the renovations.

But we managed and got on the bus... although, I had to get Sze-Chin to the bus station to pick up mini-dv tape for his work.

Silly, me forgot to pass that on to him.

Anyway, more updates, I hope... I am on some very 'weak' connection in this hotel.

Transmission out. Woon Tien Wei

p-10 Picks (16 - 22 July)

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), 7pm

Hibernated Works Re-Engineered +33%

By Tang Mun Kit

The Substation Gallery (45 Armenian St)

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), 8pm

Invisible City

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 Singapore footage, Tan draws out hopes and regrets of these protagonists as they attempt immortality. Through footage and photos rarely seen until now, we begin to perceive faint silhouettes of a City that could have been. For more info, see http://invisiblecity.sg/.

3. Talk: Sat (21 July), 11am

History of Photography

Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)

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!

Regards,

Jennifer.