Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S) Presents
R.I.T.E.S #7
Featuring: Chua Chin Chin, Ezzam Rahman, Nopawan Sirivejkul, Monkol Plienbangchang and Jozef Cseres
Saturday, 14th August, 7.30pm till late
The Substation Theatre
[Monkol Pilenbangchang and Nopawan Sirivejkul will be participating in a group exhibition titled TOUCH at The Substation Gallery from 13th till 22nd August 2010.]
Details
Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 August, 8pm plus 3pm matinee on Saturday and Sunday
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Admission: $33 available from SISTIC
Please note the performance is in Mandarin
Written by internationally acclaimed artistic director, Goh Boon Teck; directed by theatrical veteran, Jalyn Han, as well as starring the gifted Nelson Chia, an Associate Artist of The Substation.
Monday 16 August, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
Come down for our free monthly screening of short films by up-and-coming local filmmakers! The August edition of First Take offers a diverse selection of short films – there’s a love story, a comedy about ghosts, documentaries, and an animation featuring animals without, well, legs! Something for everyone, we’d say! See you at The Substation! Details
Saturday 31 July, Sunday 1 August, Saturday 7 August & Sunday 8 August
National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre
Free Admission (Tickets can be collected at the National Museum)
A Programme of the National Museum Cinémathèque
Co-presented by the National Museum of Singapore and The Substation Moving Images
Celebrating its 7th edition this year, Singapore Short Cuts continues to be one of the most popular and widely anticipated showcases of local short films in Singapore.
This year’s programme features a diverse selection of some of the most innovative and outstanding recent Singapore short films as well as a retrospective of Singapore filmmaker K. Rajagopal, a three-time recipient of the Special Jury Award for the Singapore Short Film Category at the Singapore International Film Festival.
All screenings will be followed by discussions with the filmmakers. Details
Thurs 12 August, 8pm (60mins)
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $15 (concession for students and senior citizens) and $20
To buy tickets, please call 63377535 or 6337800
Presented by The Substation
In Transmitter, choreographer/dancer Jacki Job explores the weight of life through a unique dance language.
Deliberately slow and featuring highly sculpted movements, Transmitter will be performed to the sounds of the wind and sea of Cape Town. Layered on top of that will be fragments of rhythms that will serve as a metaphor for memories, thoughts and emotions. Details
Monday 5 July, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
Come and join us this July as we explore heartbreak and loss, take a look at social issues and then follow two robbers as they attempt to rob – with hilarious results!
Details
TICKETS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Returns to Singapore for the 6th Year!
Wednesday 21 July to Saturday 24 July
DBS Arts Centre – Home of SRT, 20 Merbau Road
Admission: Tickets from $46 (+ booking fees) from www.gatecrash.com.sg or call the Gatecrash hotline at 6100 2005
No admittance for people under 16 years of age
For more info, please call The Substation at 63377535
Presented by The Substation
Supported by Vinum Fine Wines and BERGS Gourmet Burgers.
Shows will SELL OUT, so book your tickets fast!!! All cast members are now confirmed. Click on “Details” for more, umm, details….
DUET
By Law Soo Leng & Richard Philip
Thursday 19 August, Friday 20 August & Saturday 21 August, 8pm (55 minutes)
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $15 (concession price for students and senior citizens) and $20
For all ticketing enquiries, please call 6337 7535(Chris) Presented by The Substation.
Click here to read Kenneth Kwok’s critical essay on Duet
Duet is an original and fearless dance performance that weaves together multi-dimensional movement with human drama and connection.
Featuring choreographer and dancer, Law Soo Leng, and musician, writer and theatre director Richard Philip, Duet is a stirring dance performance layered with live music, vocal text and visual projection. Details
Wednesday 9 June to Saturday 12 June
61 Kerbau Road (premises of Maya Dance Theatre)
Performance Timing: click here
Admission: $25 (Admission limited to 10 people per session)
Advisory: Contains Mature Theme.
To buy tickets, please call 63377800 (Chris) or email chris@substation.org.
Supported by The Substation.
In this highly unique performance, TheatreStrays, a new physical theatre group led by The Substation Associate Artist Elizabeth de Roza, explores the plight of Singapore’s poor and marginalized through the lens of Maxim Gorky’s classic play, The Lower Depths. The work is being produced by The Substation’s Associate Director Audrey Wong.
Details
VARIATIONS ON A THEME
By Raka Maitra
Thursday 15 July, Friday 16 July & Saturday 17 July, 8pm (Duration: 55 minutes)
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $15 (concession price for students and senior citizens) and $20
For all ticketing enquiries, please call 6337 7535 (Chris)
The performance will be followed by a post-show talk by Raka Maitra.
Presented by The Substation.
To read the critical essay written by Stephanie Burridge about this performance, please click here.
Variations On A Theme, Raka Maitra’s latest contemporary dance piece, invites the audience to be a part of the dancer’s journey through movement. A constantly evolving performance that is meant to be personally experienced, the audience can expect some truly evocative moments from the performance, created by the brilliant and emotional use of light, visuals, sound, texture and movement. Details
Monday 7 June, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
June’s First Take will prove to be a little more thrilling and mysterious than usual, so come join us if you are up for some twists and chills! Details
Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 May
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Entry by Donation
For more info, please visit http://www.substation.org/EFF
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
Come and experience an exploratory form of cinema with The Substation at the inaugural Experimental Film Forum. Organised and presented by The Substation Moving Images, this forum aims to put the spotlight on experimental films, a largely neglected area in film making. This year’s festival will feature a screening of experimental works, a forum and a workshop. Details
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S) Presents
Cai Qing, Zai Tang, Debbie Ding, Marc Chia (One Man Nation), Tengal Drilon (SABAW Media Kitchen)
Sunday 2 May, 3.30pm & 7.30pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
Supported by The Substation
For more information, please email op_out@yahoo.com (Kai Lam) or wen.lila@gmail.com (Lee Wen)
Wednesday 19 May, 7.30pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $49 (Advance Tickets) / $70 (1 – 19 May)
Tickets available from:
Hell’s labyrinth, 3 Coleman Street, #04-14, Peninsula Shopping Complex
Inokii, 14 Scott Roads, #03-30, Far East Plaza
Roxy Records & Trading, 5 Coleman Street, #02-15, Excelsior Shopping Centre
For all enquiries, please email cynicalsounds@hotmail.com
Presented by Cynical Sounds
Cynical Sounds presents Warbringer, a thrash metal band from America that has toured extensively in Europe, Japan and Indonesia. Singapore will be one of their few stops in Asia. Details
Monday 3 May, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
May’s First Take will bring you on a varied journey through the relationships between sisters; the lives of migrant workers living on the streets of Singapore; the coming of age of orphans as they grow up and come to terms with the realities of life, to the invisible beauty of the sounds that surround us on a daily basis.
Wednesday 7 April – Sunday 11 April
Sculpture Square, Singapore
“Future of Imagination”, a time-based, performance art event was first held at the Substation on 6 December 2003.
The event aims to significantly re-define and to kindle interests, as well as to promote the visibility of the practice of performance and time-based art.
For more information about Future of Imagination 6, please visit the official website here.
Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak (R.I.T.E.S) Presents
Angie Seah, Aya Sekine, Lim Shengen, Teow Yue Han
Wednesday 24 March, 7.30pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: FREE!
Curated by Lee Wen and Urich Lau. Supported by The Substation.
Monday 21 June to Sunday 18 July
The Substation Gallery
Opening: Thursday 24 June, 7pm
Artist Talk: Friday 16 July, 7.30pm
Admission: Free
Gallery hours: 12pm to 9pm (closed on public holidays)
Venue supported by The Substation
Breath-Taking is an installation of 200 portraits displayed in individual inflated plastic bags. Each portrait is abstractedly painted in acrylic and Chinese ink, and presented on media like plastic, paper and duct tape. The audience is invited, through the exhibition, to question how our past impacts on our judgements, expectations and experiences. The process of reading, understanding and relating to “others” is also a pivotal theme of the exhibition.
Details
Saturday 29 May to Saturday 19 June
Curated by chin
Opening night: Thursday 27 May, 7.30pm
The Substation Gallery
Gallery hours: 12pm to 9pm (Closed on public holidays)
Presented by AlsOdoMinie, a specialist printer
Venue supported by The Substation
The notebook represents an empty canvas – a blank slate to fill with vast imagination, ideas and inspiration. Presented by AlsOdoMinie, 8 creatives from different creative disciplines have collaborated with the specialist printer to design notebooks. Details
Saturday 20 March
The Substation Theatre
Children’s Storytelling Sessions $26 per person per session (3 to 4pm and 4:30 to 5:30pm)
Adult Storytelling Sessions $30 per person for 3 sessions (7 to 8pm, 8 to 9pm, 9 to 10pm)
Co-presented by The Substation and MoonShadow Stories
Tickets: please contact The Substation on 6337 7535 or 6337 7800 or Kamini Ramachandran on 92732383
For more details, please visit www.moonshadowstories.org and www.substation.org. Details
Mon 5 Apr, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free Admission, Donations Welcome
April’s First Take is all about loneliness and the innate human desire to make a meaningful connection with another person. Come and join us for a quietly emotional and sweetly moving ride this month at The Substation.
Details
Thursday 13 May to Saturday 22 May
The Substation Gallery
Opening: Thursday 13 May, 6.30pm
Performance by Marla Bendini: 13 May to 16 May, 21 May and 22 May, 7.30pm daily
Gallery hours: 12pm to 9pm daily (closed on public holiday)
Audience discretion is advised. Exhibition contains some nudity.
Venue supported by The Substation
“Conversations between father and son” is a multimedia installation performance with paintings paying tribute to the artist’s late father. The artist, both a son and a transgender individual, invites the audience, through the performance, to initiate intimate conversations with their loved ones. Details
Tuesday 16 March, 7pm
The Substation Theatre Tickets: $40 until 28 February 2010, $50 from 1 March to 15 March, $60 at the door. Available from: Inokii, #03-30, Far East Plaza, Scotts Rd, ph 6836 7657 or Roxy Records, #02-15, Excelsior Shopping Centre, Coleman St, ph 6337 7783.
Presented by Bonecrusher Productions
On Sitting Down & Shutting Up
Thursday 1 April to Saturday 10 April 2010
The Substation Gallery
Gallery hours: 12 noon to 9pm daily (closed on public holidays)
Opening night: 1 April (not a joke), 7:30pm
Venue supported by The Substation’s sub_space visual arts programme
In Etiquette, 18 Singaporean female artists question whether the gender behaviour they have been taught is appropriate – even when they do the exact opposite of what they have learnt. Details
Friday 9 April 2010, 7.30pm
The Substation Theatre
Ticketing: Pre-sale tickets $49, 3 to 9 April 2010 $70
Presented by Cynical Sounds
Cynical Sounds is proud to present Maryland death/grind masters Misery Index in Singapore for the first time at The Substation Theatre, as part of their Asia/Australia tour. Details
Thursday 22 to Sunday 2 May
Closed on 1 May
The Substation Gallery
Gallery hours: 12 noon to 9pm daily (closed on public holidays)
Venue Supported By The Substation
Thursday 15 and Friday 16 April, 7pm
The Substation Theatre
Tickets: Please contact Brandy at bstern@cis.edu.sg for information
Presented by the Canadian International School Drama Club Details
Work-Life: The Making of Community
Friday 5th March 2010 | National Museum of Singapore | 9.00 am to 5.30 pm
Saturday 6th March 2010 | Tiong Bahru Heritage Estate | 8.30 am to 5.00 pmThe Substation’s Associate Director, Audrey Wong, and Artistic Director, Noor Effendy Ibrahim, will be participating and speaking at the Work-Life Conference happening from 5 – 6 March 2010. Details
Monday 1 March, 8 pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission, Donations welcome
March’s First Take brings you stories from days of yore, and emotional struggles before getting to that happy place. Find out more about Singapore’s history and how we rise from the ashes this month at The Substation, the place for screenings, discussions and more!
Friday, 26 February, 7:30pm
Saturday, 27 February, 6:00pm and 9:00pm
The Substation Theatre
Tickets: $8 per screening. Please contact Saskia : 97578064 saskia.larasaty@yahoo.com or Agnes : 92351112 tropical_topaz@yahoo.com
Supported by The Substation Moving Images
Thursday, 18 March – Wednesday, 25 March 2010
The Substation Gallery
Gallery hours: 12 noon to 9pm daily
Free Admission
A group show of 9 budding artists from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) seeks to create awareness of the various forms of dislocation, displacement and transference from psychological, cultural and social perspectives. Details
Closing party! Saturday 6 March from 6:30pm
Everyone welcome tp come and chat with Li and have a glass of wine!
Wednesday 10 February to Sunday 7 March
The Substation Gallery
Presented by The Substation. Supported by Grey Projects. Curated by Jason Wee
Monday, 1 February, 8 pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission, Donations welcome
February’s First Take brings about the big questions: of faith in times of death, nostalgic mourning and escapism. But there’s always a silver lining behind each monstrously dark cloud. So come on to the Substation Theatre for your monthly selection of pick-me-ups, to ease your Monday blues. After all, it’s free!
CONGRATS TO THE SSFA WINNERS!
THE SUBSTATION HAS APPOINTED
NOOR EFFENDY IBRAHIM
AS NEXT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR!
We are thrilled and excited to have Effendy join us and look forward to his official start on 17 February.
Exhibition opens on 15 Jan 2010, 7 pm
Venue: SMU T-Junction
Please RSVP by 11 Jan 2010 via email to visual_arts@smu.edu.sg
Exhibition continues:16 Jan – 12 Feb 2010, open daily except public holidays
Venues: SMU Gallery & SMU-ASEAN Artist Residency Studio
Time: 12pm to 8pm
Curated by:
Audrey Wong
Khairuddin Hori
(Above by Dani Iswardana) Details
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) Presents
Berita Harian 2 – Utusan Melayu;
the surreal
the contemporeal
the cosmoreal
12 JAN – 5 FEB 2010: Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street, Singapore 187940
Agitatsiya / ClogTwo / Djohan Djohari / Gene Sha Rudyn / Khairuddin Hori / Noor Effendy Ibrahim / Ryf / Siti Salihah Omar / SlacSatu
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore (ICAS) presents the sequel to Berita Harian 2003, Berita Harian 2 – Utusan Melayu; the surreal, the contemporeal, the cosmoreal. The seminal exhibition which was curated by Khairuddin Hori in 2003 is deemed at present as a ‘point of departure’ for contemporary Malay art – an avant-garde representation of Malay artists who dealt with issues of identity, the intersection of communities and ethnographical stereotypes. Berita Harian 2 – Utusan Melayu; the surreal, the contemporeal, the cosmoreal is also an attempt to initiate a legacy of artistic platforms reflective to the study of ‘Malayness’. Details
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 March 2010, 3pm & 8pm
The Substation Gallery
Duration: 90 Mins
Admission: $15, limited tickets per show, therefore to reserve tickets, kindly contact Isaac at isaac.sim@nus.edu.sg.
Presented by NUS Thespis
A performance exhibition on travelling and memories.
Saturday 13 March 2010, 8pm
The Substation
Tickets: $25 (free seating)
Ticket reservations: please call 92351112 (Agnes), 82100326 (Didi), or 84209788 (Gerry)
This shadow puppet show is presented as part of the 4th Indonesian Arts Festival. Details
Monday 8 to Friday 12 March, 11am and 3pm each day
The Substation Theatre
Ticketing: $20 for students, $25 for adults. $100 for a family package (3 children + 2 adults). Bookings: ticketing@ekamatra.org.sg
Presented by Teater Ekamatra
Schools are able to use the 60% Tote Board subsidy
Suitable for children aged 9 to 11 years
Monday, 4 January, 8 pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission, donations welcome
Sponsored by KODAK
To kickstart the new year, January’s First Take brings you more new shorts from Singapore! Featuring a documentary on Singapore’s satirical scene, a writer’s relentless search for a finish and a tale that bridges the gap between stalking and following. We are even including some of our favourites from Fly-By-Night 2009! Join us for another exciting screening, as well as a Q & A session with the filmmakers at The Substation this month. You can also vote for your favourite short, all of which will lead to our Best of First Take at the end of the year!
Here’s wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you for all your support in 2009 and we’ll be in touch again in the new year with exciting news of events happening in 2010!
(Please note that The Substation will be closed from23 December and will re-open on 4 January)
19th December 2009, 3pm (other dates/times sold out)
The Substation Theatre
Tickets: $16 (Concession), $20 (Adults) from ticketing@ekamatra.org.sg
Of tolerance and acceptance; association and self-identity. In the face of challenges, Nadirah is to find out just how strong family and religion is. Will love or faith prevail?
Nadirah is written by Alfian Saat, directed by Zizi Azah Abdul Majid and Jo Kukathas, and stars the stellar cast of Siti Khalijah Zainal, Neo Swee Lin, Tony Quek, Shida Mahadi and Hatta Said. A tribute to Yasmin Ahmad for her spirit of bringing people of different races and religions together. Click here for more info.
An exhibition by Natalya Hughes
Tues 26 January to Thurs 4 February 2010
The Substation Gallery
Opening hours: 11am-8pm daily, closed on public holidays
Free Admission
Opening reception: 26 January, 6:30pm
Part of the Women in Arts Festival 2010 Details
Artist-in-Residence
The Substation is partnering with Singapore Management University in a pilot Artist-in-Residence programme this year. The SMU-ASEAN Artist Residency provides opportunities for Singapore and ASEAN artists to interact with students as well as have valuable time to reflect and create in a studio hosted on SMU campus. Our current resident artist is Dani Iswardana from Solo, Indonesia. Dani has been studying and exploring wayang beber since his studies at the Surakarta Art Instute. Dani does not paint traditional wayang beber scrolls that typically tell stories based on Javanese Panji legends. Rather, he appropriates characters and stories from various Javanese fables, legends and episodes from Mahabharata and Ramayana into the context of today’s contemporary life. Dani has also worked in artistic departments of renowned Indonesian choreographers such as Sardono W. Kusumo, Bambang Besur Suryono, Fajar Satriadi, Ketut Rina and Suprapto Suryodarmo. Details
Latitudes in Transit
Part of the Women in Arts Festival 2010
Thursday 7th January to Thursday 21st January
The Substation Gallery
Co-organised by: Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) and The Substation, in Partnership with the Embassy of Mexico. Pictured: “Retrato como un desierto” 155 x 204 cm by Magali Lara.
“Latitudes in Transit” celebrates the diverse expressions of womanhood. All the artists live their own realities and face and process them through art. The 15 pieces by female artists from Mexico will feature realism, abstract and other forms of paintings. Details
CANCELLED!
Unfortunately this event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Featuring work by Lim Shengen, Maxine Chionh, Patricia Ho, Teow Yue Han
The Substation Gallery
Curated by Urich Lau. Supported by The Substation
Presenting works by 4 artists who use video, projection, installation, interaction and performance, in assimilatory strategies on time, the spatial, physical and visual interplay. The artists demonstrate elements of intent and accident in the momentous and the fleeting with electronics, gadgets and time-based media. Details
Friday 4 December 2009, 7pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission
Kodak presents its first students’ short films screening event. It’s a night dedicated to honor the short films shot by students from filmschools in Singapore.
Entries include shorts from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, New York University TISCH Asia and Nanyang Technological University.
All films were shot using Kodak Super 16mm filmstock.
Some of the shorts were also entries to the 2009 Kodak Filmschool Compeititon.
Come join us for a night of networking, food & fun and at the same time find out why these students chose to originate their films, on a century old format! The session will be started off with a cocktail reception, screening and a Q&A session with the filmmakers present. Details
Fri 22 and Sat 23 January, 8pm (40 minutes with no intermission)
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $19
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival Commission, World Premiere
Co-presented with The Substation
A past incident is reflected in black and white, as inflexible as the law. Taking our starting point from here, we explore and present opposite reactions. Details
Wed 13 and Thur 14 January, 8pm (75 minutes with no intermission)
The Substation Theatre Admission: $19
M1 Singapore Fringe Festival – Asian Premiere Co-presented with The Substation)
For more info please visit www.bryonnbain.com
Lyrics from Lockdown is an unforgettable journey through hip hop, theatre, spoken word and song. Details
Tuesday 8 December:
FiftyThree
50% of your total bill to be donated by FiftyThree to The Substation Details
Acclaimed Singaporean metal band RUDRA premieres groundbreaking music video
Monday 7 December, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Pay as you want (to thank Rudra fans for their years of support
Limited seats are available, to reserve seats email tickets@hosaywood.com
WITNESS A HEAVY METAL RE-IMAGINATION OF THE EPIC KURUKSHETRA WAR!
‘Hymns from the Blazing Chariot’ a music video directed by award-winning filmmaker Jacen Tan will premiere at The Substation.
Based on the song’s lyrics and concept, the explosive music video is a re-imagination of the ancient Sanskrit text ‘The Bhagavad Gita’, one of the most important philosophical classics of the world. Details
Co-organised by Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Filmmaking
Supported by apbc Offices and Infinite Frameworks
25th – 31st January 2010
Deadline extended till 28 December 2009!
An entire week of short film screenings every night showcasing all Singaporean short films produced in 2009!
Due to the overwhelming response, we are extending the submission
deadline till 28 December 2009!
Sunday 13 December 2009
SESSION 1 – 5 to 6.30 pm
SESSION 2 – 7.30 to 9.15 pm
The Substation Theatre
ENTRY BY DONATION (No minimum fee)
Sponsored by KODAK
First Take, happening every 1st Monday of the month at The Substation, is a popular screening of new & fresh local short films and is followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. A platform for new filmmakers and anyone who is interested in filmmaking to meet, exchange ideas and show their work. See the future talents of Singapore film!
For this special screening, we are presenting the audience favourites of each month, and a final vote is cast for the Top Favourite of First Take 2009! Come watch the most popular First Take films of each month and cast your vote to support your favorite film! Details
Dear artists,
Thank you so much for the overwhelming response to our annual Open Call.
We hope to announce the selected proposal by the end of February.
Stay tuned!
This video is uploaded for those who have missed mux’s wonderful performance on 7 November in The Substation Theatre. Click here to view a longer version of this clip
Thursday 10 December 2009, 7.30 pm and 9 pm
Friday 11 December 2009, 7.30 pm and 9 pm
The Substation Theatre
Tickets at $8 (Concession) and $10
Book your tickets here or get them from The Substation box office!
For more information, please contact box office:
+65 6337 7800 or email.
Concession for: Students, NSFs, SFS members, PageOne members and Friends of the Substation
Details
Monday 2 November, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission, donations welcome.
Sponsored by KODAK.
Performed by Dew M Chaiyanara, Faizal Abdullah & Hemang Yadav
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 November 8 pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $20 available at The Substation Box Office
Performance is in English. Recommended MDA Rating: R18
What would you do when you win a million in the Singapore Big Sweep? The choices are endless, but for some, winning a fortune is as debasing and disorientating as a horrific ordeal in a car on a rainy night. The millionaires, a ‘subaltern Malay couple’ mechanic at a petrol station and a salesgirl, re-enact their childless marriage baiting each other on a never-ending car journey to take food home to their cat. She berates him about his impotency and other inadequacies; he about her besotted behaviour over their cat for whom he had just bought 32 tins of canned food in a cat food sale. He loves his job. She loves her cat. But the condominium-bound tabby cannot speak and acts as a silent confidante rather than a high counsel for their marital dilemmas. Details
Speaker: Chai Yee-Wei
31 October 2009, 8 pm
The Substation Theatre
Entry by donation
Send in your burning questions now when you pre-register at movingimages@substation.org!
Yee-wei will share his experiences in making his first feature film BLOOD TIES and the pitfalls to avoid. In the talk, he will cover how he gained exposure through short films and will talk about the financing, production, marketing and distribution experiences of BLOOD TIES.
About Chai Yee-Wei:
The writer/director, Chai Yee Wei, went from business school to entrepreneur to filmmaker. He graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a business degree. After working in an MNC for several years, Yee Wei turned entrepreneur and started a restaurant, Curry Favour. He is still a partner at Curry Favour, which is looking to open its 3rd restaurant this year. Through his studies and work, Yee Wei maintained a strong passion for film and TV. After making several short films and working on different film projects, he received the MDA
Feature Film grant this year to make his first feature ‘Blood Ties’.
Speaker: Lai Weijie
31 October 2009, 4 pm
The Substation Theatre
Entry by donation
SESSIONS brings you closer to the people who have been there and done that. From filmmakers to professionals, The Substation invites you to hear their experiences and share their thoughts and passion in this one-time event.
Send in your burning questions now when you pre-register at movingimages@substation.org!
Lai Weijie will be sharing his experiences in exploring post-production options for film within the region, finishing possibilities and their respective pros and cons. The talk will also include a brief introduction on the basic formats available on film, distinctive looks of the two brands providing it, the benefits of shooting on film over video, as well as the basic steps and processes when shooting on the film format.
About Lai Weijie:
Lai Weijie is one of the two Singaporeans in the inaugural Graduate Film Program at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia. He recently went road tripping in Malaysia to explore post-production options for his film, “The Sun Rising” and visited a film lab in Philippines while attending the ASEAN-ROK Independent Cinema Project in Manila.
A performance by mux
Saturday, 7 November
The Substation Theatre
8pm
Admission by donation (minimum $10)
people without people is a narrative performance based on a thought experiment. It is centered on a main protagonist who has, for the longest time, been in the same place since he could remember. there are no inconsistencies and changes in anything. for the sake of keeping things interesting, something happens.
the performance is motivated by themes related to an absolute. purity that sits in various mediums such as sound, music and language.
Click here for the longer version of the clip.
A series of artworks inspired by Bladerunner.
Thurday 26 to Monday 30 November
The Substation Gallery
Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily
See how 20 Singapore artists have been inspired by the movie Bladerunner. The seminal movie has inspired and influenced artists since its release in 1982 and continues to be a classic cult film crossing several genres. Witness some of these inspirations in various mixed media, ranging from 2-D to 3-D artworks all created for this specific showcase. Artworks that will be available include limited edition Jewellery pieces and Design objects from Singapore’s most exciting new wave of underground and emerging artists.
By The Migrant Ecologies Project (Lucy Davis)
Thursday 5 to Sunday 22 November
The Substation Gallery
Opening Hours: 11am to 8pm daily
Artist Talk: Saturday 21 November, 4.30pm
Free Admission
The Migrant Ecologies Project embraces concerned explorers, curious collectors, daughters of woodcutters, miners of memories and art by nature. The project evolves through and around past and present movements and migrations of nature cultures in art and life in Southeast Asia.
This solo exhibition by Lucy Davis commissioned by The Substation consists of wood print collages, charcoal drawings and fragments of animation encircling memories of a tropical hardwood bed purchased in Singapore. Details
Tues 29 September to Sat 3 October – working with participants
Sun 4 October – public presentation
The Substation Theatre
Free admission
“one thing leads to another” uses action and games structures to create a focal point for the informal gathering of a crowd; and to outline, in a discursive way, a number of social concepts that are generally assumed to be good, and to test those assumptions. Details
A performance by Raka Maitra (An Associate Artist of The Substation) and Bambang Besur Suryono
Friday 23 to Sun 25 October, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $20/$15 (students) from The Substation Box Office
Circular Ruins is a dance performance that explores the concepts of reality as a response to the text “Circular Ruins” by Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. Details
Sound installation by Zulkifle Mahmod
Monday 19 to Saturday 31 October 2009
The Substation Gallery
Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily
We shape our buildings, and afterward our buildings shape us.
—Winston Churchill, 1943
ARENA explores the use of existing objects e.g. doors, glass windows, concrete walls and pillars in a physical space to create an aural architecture. These objects will be triggered by using DC motors and solenoids which will be programmed on the computer based on algorithm. Algorithm is a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer. The space will be converted into a ‘concert’ without players.
Arena also explores the ability of human mind in the space. Are we able to imagine in a space that is ‘cold’ and bright? Are we able to enjoy the ‘concert’? The interior of the space will be covered with white carpets. The whole space will lighted with white fluorescent lights.
Thursday 8 to Saturday 11 October 2009
The Substation Gallery
Opening hours: 11am to 8pm daily
Free admission
Private viewing: 9 October 2009, 7pm to 9pm
What skin are we living in? This exhibition explores appearance and actuality, whether it is our own identity, celebrity or the environment that we live in. The mass media and information culture has changed how we view the world and caused information saturation. These 4 young Artists have taken time to stop and think about what appears on the surface and what lies underneath the skin. Each Artist has chosen their own theme which runs through their work giving a rich and varied exhibition with both vibrancy and subtlety.
Thur 8 October, 7:30pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: by donation (minimum $2)
There will a Q&A with the directors after each screening
Purnama 2 is a short film screening event organized by Singapore Malay Film Society (SMFS). It strives to be an annual fixture that provides filmmakers the opportunity and exposure to showcase their films. The committee members hope that such an event will allow filmmakers to collaborate and network with one another and produce more short and feature films for Singapore’s film industry.
Purnama first began during Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2008, showcasing 11 short films by local directors. As Hari Raya Aidilfitri is based on the sighting of a new moon in the Islamic calendar, Purnama, meaning full moon in the Malay language, was an apt name for the event.
First Take
Mon 5 October, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Free admission, donations welcome.
Sponsored by KODAK.
First Take, happening every first Monday of the month, is a regular platform for new and first-time filmmakers to show their work and share ideas with other filmmakers and audiences. This programme was inspired by discussions with local filmmakers and Moving Images supporters and provides a vital and vitalizing forum for new and first-time local filmmakers.
1. THE RAVEN/ NELSON YEO / 6 MIN / 2009 / PG
The Raven stands atop the building looking down onto the street. He is the observer, the guardian and the grim reaper, making sure that someone who’s about to die a natural death dies a NATURAL DEATH…
2. LOVE LAWS / CHERIYAN LYDIA NATALIA / 17 MIN / 2009 / NC16
The Love Laws govern who should be loved, how much, and by whom. Despite this, Ammu Kochamma, a Touchable widow, has an illicit relationship with her Untouchable lover, Velutha Paapen, and plans to flee with him. The story unfolds to show the dire consequences of transgressing these rules; thus pushes the characters to their limit. Love Laws explores the meaning of forbidden love against the backdrop of tradition.
3. REDFICTION / GIRI ARNAGA / 14 MIN / 2009 / PG
Marco seems to be delusional, from time to time he sees costumed bunnies interacting with him. He stumbles upon a mysterious advertisement while watching a midnight show claiming to sell a product that helps the consumer to achieve his goal. The product is called “REDFICTION”.
Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 October, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $20 from The Substation Box Office
For more info please click here.
Advisory: Some mature content (12 years and above)
A multi-disciplinary performance that weaves in stylized forms with naturalistic human drama.
Some strangers meet one last time in an old inn before their lives end. It had entered their knowledge that the night of their meeting will be their last night on earth.
They have been told that by dawn, their lives would end. Each of them has exactly 37,800 heartbeats left. During their final moments, as they await the end, they develop relationships with the other strangers in the inn. Details
Dates: Friday 25 September to Wednesday 7 October
Times: 11am to 8pm daily
Venue: The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free
Workshop: Sat 26 September, 2 to 4pm – “Create art from junk mail and other ephemera” Cost: $35, BYO junk. Please click here for more info and to register. Details
Dates: Artist at work: 14 to 18 September 2009
Times: Artist at work: various
Venue: The Substation Alley
Admission: FREEEEEE!
We have a guest artist coming into The Substation from Sept 14 to 18 where he will be creating an installation piece featuring 3D stencils on one of the outside walls of The Substation. Trent is from Australia and is being supported by the Australian High Commission and will also be supported by students from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Details
Dates: 10 to 24 June
Times: 11am to 8pm daily
Venue: The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free
Artist talk: Saturday 13 June, 12 noon
What if I want to water ski? And other questions A Digital Media Installation by Victoria Cattoni. In this beguilingly titled exhibition, What if I want to water-ski? And other questions, artist Victoria Cattoni asks us to unveil our perceptions and perhaps, misconceptions, of the Muslim headscarf for women, otherwise known generically as hijab, or locally as tudung.
Part of a broader project, ‘Re-Dressing the Veil’, begun in 2007 in Malaysia with the support of an Australia Council for the Arts grant, the exhibition What if I want to water-ski? And other questions draws on Cattoni’s ongoing exploration of cross-cultural experience, taking us on a journey between Singapore, Penang and Cairns/Mareeba in North-eastern Australia via the hijab. Details
