The Dance Between Two Photographs

Conversations 2010 #2
Performance Lecture by our Associate Artist: diskodanny
Friday 1 October, 7:30pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission
Supported by National Arts Council

Can absence be enacted, captured… in fact seen in a film? Can the viewer see what is there but not apparent, fill in the gaps for himself and construct his own movement from memory?

In his presentation, diskodanny goes in search for liminal spaces that elude us because they exist as empty gaps. These spaces are found during the enactment of a movement. They cannot be seen explicitly but they exist so obviously that we take them for granted.

Diskodanny is an Associate Artist of The Substation.

daniel k (aka diskodanny) is currently studying in the MA Solo/Dance/Authorship programme at the Universität der Kunste in Berlin. He has also studied Fine Art & Critical Theory at Goldsmiths College in London under a Public Service Commission Scholarship (1997-2001), as well as Choreography at the Laban Centre for Movement & Dance (2000). His performance work have travelled to Edinburgh, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Yogyakarta.

In 2007, daniel k was listed as #1 “Faces to Watch” by the Straits Times and his performance, “Vermillion” was listed as one of the top performances of the year. In 2008, daniel was given the Young Artist Award (Dance) by the National Arts Council. In 2009, the Singapore Arts Festival commissioned “Q&A” which also represented Singapore at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Between 2002-2010, daniel k taught Art in Tampines Junior College and in Hwa Chong Institution (College, Art Elective Programme)

Conversations 2010 are all about The Substation engaging all genres/disciplines of artists from everywhere who are interested to have dialogues with the local community, local artists, or both, for meaningful critical artistic/cultural exchanges. It will also allow us to engage non-artists – such as cultural workers, activists, etc who want to engage art practices in a meaningful and critical dialogue.