Rojak Rendezvous
By RSCLS
Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 March 2013, various times
The Substation and other venues, more information below
Admission: Free
Singaporean urban art collective RSCLS is proud to present the Rojak Rendezvous- a 4 day festival celebrating French and Singaporean culture through the medium of urban art. This event is supported by Noise Singapore, an initiative of the National Arts Council that encourages young people in Singapore to express, develop and showcase their creativity. Details
PRESENTED BY THE SUBSTATION
The Substation Conferences: The Arts Community and the University
Saturday 13 April 2013, 2pm to 6pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $15 / $10 (bulk booking of 10 tickets) from the box office, contact Mish’aal at 6337 7800 / boxoffice@substation.org
At The Substation conference, “The Arts Community and the University”, we aim to explore some of the reasons why these two communities don’t seem to be more entangled. Featuring speakers: Loo Zihan / Wong Hui Yu, Paul Rae and Charlene Rajendran.
What are the relationships between the arts communities and the universities in the Singapore? Or, rather, what should this relationship be? What do the universities want from the local arts communities, and what do local arts communities want from Singapore’s universities? Details
Celebrating Bukit Brown
By The Singapore Heritage Society and All Things Bukit Brown
Sunday 20 January 2013, 2pm – 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free of charge
Since the government’s decision to build a road through Bukit Brown Cemetery wasannounced in 2011, Singaporeans from all walks of life have flocked to the 200 year-old cemetery to accquaint themselves with its rich heritage and lush greenery. Local volunteers, academics, and artists have dedicated their time and craft to capture, recordand understand the legacy and meaning of Bukit Brown and its place in our nation’s history.
This year mass exhumations and the construction of the eight-lane road will begin. Celebrating Bukit Brown aims to showcase the efforts of ordinary Singaporeans who have worked tirelessly on Bukit Brown. It is a one-day event comprising photo exhibitions, poetry, expertpresentations, theatrical readings, a public forum and a film screening. We invite you to bring artefacts, family mementoes and creative output (art, painting,poetry, music) to share your stories, and pen on the wall what Bukit Brown means to you. Descendants will share their journeys with you. Come celebrate our national heritage with us. There will be books and other merchandise available for purchase. Details
SlutTalk 2012
By SlutWalk Singapore 2012
Saturday 1 December 2012, 12pm
Saturday 8 December 2012, 12pm
The Substation Classroom 1 and 2
Admission: Free
This is an OpenHouse event 
SlutTalk is SlutWalk Singapore’s attempt to contextualize the movement to Singapore, critically engage with it, and to raise awareness about local issues. Various organizations will be presenting talks, discussions and workshops. Joining us will be Eros Coaching, The Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE), The Gender Collective, The Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME), and Etiquette Singapore. We will be discussing rape culture in relation to sexual minorities, migrant workers, relationships, the arts, advocacy work and support structures.
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There’s Something About Me: Patricia Toh by Zaki Razak
Wednesday 14 November, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Please note that this event has been postphoned to Wednesday 21 November, 7.30pm – 9.30pm
The Substation Classroom 1
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event 
Ming Poon says…
I have only known Pat Toh as a performer. Recently she has stepped into a different shoe, going from performing to making her own works. This year has seen two new works from her: Raw: Homogenous presented at the Esplanade and Pretty Things at The Substation. It is in this new capacity as an emerging creator that I would like to present her, to find out why she decides to create works, what her vision of theatre is, what she hopes to find in it and what she has to offer us.
Pat received the Shell-NAC Arts Scholarship and completed a Bachelor of Dramatic Arts (Acting) at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts, Australia. She created Homogenous recently, an ongoing research project that delves into the act of walking. She is also the recipient of The Substation’s Open Call programme for Performance, where she created and directed Pretty Things.
There’s Something About Me
For the second year of The Substation’s Associate Artist Research Programme (AARP), our current batch of Associate Artists will be inviting emergent artists to present their work in a monthly series of lecture-presentations. An expansion to the AARP, There’s Something About Me is a new platform for our Associate Artists to introduce artists whom they personally believe in, and initiate dialogue and sharing within the arts community and with the public about their works.
Lecher of Art: Lecture 11
Conversation Piece by Cheo Chai-Hiang
Thursday 15 November 2012, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
*Please note: Has mature content (coarse language, sexual references and violence.)
The Lecher of Art is a series of performance-presentations that revisits ways of exploring the art of speech while ‘lecherously’ engaging the audience. These seemingly fictional, un-assumed and alternative methodologies of speech and presentation contradict the authoritative, anticipated and doctrinal manners in which lectures are conventionally delivered.
Conversation Piece consists of four segments: teapot, moon, erhu and hammer. The four segments are not in any particular sequence. This improvisation piece revolves around the following quotes in which the artist becomes the storyteller:
I have nothing to say and I am saying it. — John Cage
So easy to look at, so hard to define. — Bob Dylan
There is no solution because there is no problem. — Marcel Duchamp
Ya Ya Yah Ya Ya … — Joseph Beuys
Cheo Chai-Hiang currently lives and works in Melaka and Singapore, having spent over 30 years developing his creative practice, and teaching at universities in the UK, Italy and Australia. After graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, he was awarded the position of Rome scholar at the British School in Rome, Italy. Cheo’s work and thought negotiate trajectories through domains related to identity, culture and place. His practice spans a wide range of disciplines, including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance and writing. He is also an independent curator.
There’s Something About Me: Mohamad Riduan by Bani Haykal
Wednesday 3 October, 7:30pm – 9.30pm
The Substation Classroom 1
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
Bani Haykal says…
“If there is ever a chance for any individuals to re-imagine sounds, be once again curious about every inanimate or single-dimensional thing we breathe in everyday and believe that life is waiting to happen and reanimate these fabrics of consumerism, revealing multiple facets of truth, Mohamad Riduan has a philosophy to trigger that chance.”
Mohamad Riduan has exhibited and performed in The Esplanade, Furor Space, The Substation and recently collaborated with Rubin Hashim in the Future of Imagination 08 at Goodman Art Centre. He is best known for his works of sound sculpture, performance art and improvised-experimental music. Riduan is also a member of a collective group called OFFCUFF, a multi-disciplinary performance collective focusing on structured improvisation incorporating dual visual projections and dual sound components.
There’s Something about Me
For the 2nd year of The Substation’s Associate Artist Research Programme (AARP), our current batch of Associate Artists will be inviting emergent artists to present their work in a monthly series of lecture-presentations. An expansion to the AARP, There’s Something About Me is a new platform for our Associate Artists to introduce artists whom they personally believe in, and initiate dialogue and sharing within the arts community and with the public about their works.
The Lecher of Art: Lecture 11
Dancing with the Ghost of My Child
By Noor Effendy Ibrahim
Wednesday 11 Oct 2012, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
We apologise for the cancellation of this event. The next Lecher of Art will take place in November. Details will be announced soon.
The Substation’s very own artistic director Noor Effendy Ibrahim will share about “Dancing with the Ghost of My Child”, an in-process dance collaboration which was first created and performed with Suhaili Safari and Cyril Wong in 2012. It was immediately followed by a solo performance art piece as part of R.I.T.E.S. 2012 series. “Dancing with the Ghost of My Child” is a new performance research undertaken as a study for a prayer to an unborn child.
The Lecher of Art is a series of performance-presentations that revisits ways of exploring the art of speech while ‘lecherously’ engaging the audience. These seemingly fictional, un-assumed and alternative methodologies of speech and presentation contradict the authoritative, anticipated and doctrinal manners in which lectures are conventionally delivered.
Born in 1973, Noor Effendy Ibrahim has been a practicing interdisciplinary artist since 1992. He is currently the Artistic Director of The Substation.
There’s Something About Me: Kaizan Crew by Zaki Razak
Wednesday 4 July 2012, 7:30pm–9:30pm
The Substation Classroom 1
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
Zaki Razak says…
“Kaizan’s revision of traditional Malay dance emphasises on the exploration of non-linear gestures, interventionist approaches and collaborative exchanges. Kaizan aims to break the conventions of cultural rites and offers the audience a fresh narrative – based on the critical study of mainstream Malay culture.”
Randai is a folk theatre of the Minangkabau ethnic group, usually performed as a theatre-in-the-round to achieve equality and unity between audience members and performers. Randai performances are a synthesis of alternating martial arts dances, songs, and acted scenes.
There’s Something About Me
For the 2nd year of The Substation’s Associate Artist Research Programme (AARP), our current batch of Associate Artists will be inviting emergent artists to present their work in a monthly series of lecture-presentations. An expansion to the AARP, There’s Something About Me is a new platform for our Associate Artists to introduce artists whom they personally believe in, and initiate dialogue and sharing within the artists and public community about their works.
Details
The Lecher of Art: Lecture 9
Nursery cRhymes
By Keelat Ensemble
Thursday 5 July 2012, 8pm-9:30pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
This is an in-house event
Welcome to the Keelat Nursery. Today, we will learn a new rhyme and along with it, a little about our history. In the process of learning the rhyme, we will also observe the culture of how we dress, speak, eat, drink and interact.
“Experts have not yet determined exactly what causes phobias to develop. However, there are numerous theories on their development. According to learning theory, phobias develop when fear responses are reinforced or punished. Both reinforcement and punishment can be positive or negative.
Positive reinforcement is the presentation of something positive, such as a parent rewarding a child for staying away from a snake. Positive punishment is the presentation of something negative, such as a child being bitten by a snake.” Lisa Fritscher, B.A. (Psychology)
About the Lecher of Art
The Lecher of Art is a series of performance-presentations that revisits ways of exploring the art of speech while ‘lecherously’ engaging the audience. These seemingly fictional, un-assumed and alternative methodologies of speech and presentation contradict the authoritative, anticipated and doctrinal manners in which lectures are conventionally delivered.
Details
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