rethinking music

rethinking music
By Bani Haykal
Wednesday 14 March – Sunday 18 March 2012, 12pm-9pm
The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free (donations are welcome)
This is an InHouse event 

Performances and Artist Talks:
Wednesday 14 March, 7:30pm and Friday 16 March, 7:30pm
Open Workshop: Saturday 17 March, 2pm

Bani Haykal’s rethinking music is a body of work which encompasses both written work and performance projects. This research project looks into the various aspects of music which includes music history, language and identity whilst concurrently drawing parallels to, and questioning, the value and purpose of music in Singapore.

In his continual effort to deconstruct perceptions about music, and about how music in Singapore reflects identity, Bani will be conducting a series of performance-lectures throughout the day with fellow spirited musicians in The Substation Gallery, inviting members of the public to join him in search for a reinterpreted language of music.

Experimenting with the relationship between text and music, Hayaki is a published poet and accomplished musician. He is the vocalist and principal songwriter for alternative rock band, b-quartet, writer to performance/music collective, mux and a relatively new, unnamed, audio-visual collective. Currently interested in relationships between music and culture, Hayaki is developing several systems pertaining to storytelling and music, mirroring modern day Singapore.

About rethinking music

Haykal seeks to deconstruct present music perceptions. This research project will examine how music in Singapore reflects identity and the significance of music in the prevalent “true” cultures of Singapore. Haykal will also explore how reconstructing structures and forms in music may narrate and shape identity relating to the social and psychological climate present, all in search of a new language for music.

About the Associate Artist Research Programme

The Substation’s Associate Artist Research Programme (AARP) is a 2-year residency programme where selected art practitioners are provided with curatorial, financial, administrative, and operational support to pursue and develop individual interdisciplinary art research and practice at The Substation.

The key objective of the Associate Artist Research Programme is to support and promote critical and sustainable research, development and discourse in contemporary art and interdisciplinary practice in Singapore.