May 21, 2012
Tjaša Iris: Paintings from the New Dimension
Tuesday 22 May – Saturday 2 June 2012, 12pm-9pm
The Substation Gallery
Admisssion: Free
This is an OpenHouse event 
Reception: Tuesday 22 May, 7pm
Tjaša Iris is a fast emerging international artist in mature phase of her work. She splits her time between Europe and Asia and has spent the last three European winters painting in numerous South-East Asian countries like Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. She will be presenting a series of paintings created during these winter stays, in her latest exhibition, Paintings from the New Dimension.
May 25, 2012
(un)it: HD85828
Phase #3
Work-In-Progress Presentation by Ming Poon
Friday 25 May 2012, 8pm and Saturday 26 May 2012, 3pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event 
Probing deeper into the phenomenon of invisibility, Associate Artist Ming Poon hopes to gain some perspective into its dynamics and dimension. As his research takes him into unknown territory, there will be many questions for which there is no answer. And even if he sees what he is looking for, would he recognise it?
(un)it: HD85828 is a research project which looks into people living with HIV, and their collective invisibility in society. Continuing from the last two phases of his AARP project, Ming returns from March till May to resume the 3rd phase of his research. At the end of this phase, he will present his thought process and experience in a performance presentation.
June 1, 2012
Light, Darkness and the Between-s
Improvisation with body, lights, music and silence
Friday 1 June 2012, 7:30-8:30pm
Admission: Entry by Donation
The Substation Theatre
This is an OpenHouse event
Come and share this Special Butoh Experimental Demonstration with Syv Bruzeau. The event will begin with an improvisation performance, after which Syv will introduce Butoh and her workshops. There will also be a Q&A session.
Born in France, Syv went to Japan after university to explore Asia and its culture and never left this part of the world. She discovered Butoh and studied it in the Himalayas. She was trained by Japanese Butoh master Lee Rhizome and was inspired by Eiko, Koma, KatsuraKan and Tetsuro Fukuhara. Syv Bruzeau has been conducting Butoh/Continuum workshops at The Substation and on 1 June, she will give a free one-hour demonstration which introduces Butoh and her personal dance-experimentations and physical explorations in the field. Syv she will be conducting more classes this year at The Substation.
For more information about upcoming butoh and continuum workshop, please click here
June 2, 2012
SYNDICATE SUBSESSIONS x MUSICITY
Featuring JON HOPKINS, MAX LANE ft. MASTERPIECE and BRANDON TAY
Saturday 2 June 2012, 8pm-10pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $20 available from the box office, contact Mish’aal 6337 7800 / boxoffice@substation.org
This is an in-house event
This second installation of the Syndicate Subsessions presents the first international guest of the series. Mercury Prize nominee, Jon Hopkins, will grace the stage at The Substation Theatre in conjunction with British Council’s ongoing city-by-city initiative, Musicity. Syndicate resident, Max Lane, is also set to unveil a collection of new materials on the same night.
Known for his productions and studio contributions to albums by Brian Eno, Coldplay and David Holmes, Jon Hopkins started his career by performing keyboard for Imogen Heap. After releasing his seminal third album, Insides, in 2009, Hopkins developed an intense live show to support the release, resulting in club and festival performances across Europe and the United States.
Meanwhile, Syndicate’s own Max Lane has been busy working in the studio for this Subsessions installment. Moving away from his signature beat-bouncing & semi-club-friendly sounds, Max Lane will explore the minimal side of things and has been writing narratives to be delivered & sung by MC Masterpiece. Presenting the visual journeys for both performances will be Syndicate’s resident visualist, Brandon Tay.
June 6, 2012
There’s Something About Me: Dixie Chan presented by Felicia Low
Wednesday 6 June 2012, 8:30pm-9.30pm
The Substation Classroom 1
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
felicia low says…
“Dixie’s work highlighted dilemmas and struggles faced by the sex workers – and what struck me the most was how the film portrayed these dilemmas and struggles as silent and untold. I believe that there is great potential in Dixie’s approach to her filmmaking, and I would like to support her effort in finding a personal visual language through the use of film, to highlight a social cause.”
During her days as a Political Science student, Dixie Chan developed an interest in documentaries centred on social issues and human rights. About 2 years ago, she became a volunteer of Project X which advocates the rights of sex workers in Singapore. She hopes to deepen her knowledge of filmmaking and produce films that can inspire people to be more active in social issues.
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.
June 7, 2012
The 3rd Experimental Film Forum
Presented by The Substation Moving Images
Thursday 7 – Sunday 10 June 2012
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $7 / $5 (concession)
This is an InHouse event
The Experimental Film Forum brings you another round of riveting short films, pushing the boundaries of storytelling, concept building and technical imagery. Showcasing local and international films, the Experimental Film Forum will show you another side of artistic creativity, for the curious and open-minded. Curated by Aishah Abu Bakar and Wesley Leon Aroozoo.
The Line Up
Thursday 7 June
Singapore Experimental Shorts
Curated by Wesley Leon Aroozoo
Friday 8 June, 8pm–9:30pm
10 years of Lowave
Curated by Silke Schmickl
Saturday 9 June, 8pm–9:30pm
FLEXfest Showcase
Curated by Roger Beebe
Sunday 10 June, 8pm–9:30pm
The works of Charles Lim
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 June and
Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 June, 12pm–8pm
Drive :
A mobile art exhibition by Locale
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Unheard Voices of the Red Light District
By Dixie Chan and Felicia Low, in collaborations with Project X
Thursday 7 – Friday 15 June 2012, 12pm-9pm
The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free
This is an OpenHouse event
Reception: Wednesday 6 June, 7:30pm
Emerging Artists Presentation by Dixie Chan: Wednesday 6 June 8:30pm / Classroom one
We see them along the streets. We watch them through the car window. We wonder. Unheard Voices of the Red Light District is an installation that brings us deeper into the lives of Singaporean sex workers. Volunteers from Project X interviewed nine women and together with artists Dixie Chan and Felicia Low, have created a multi-media installation that hopes to raise awareness on issues faced by Singaporean sex workers in Singapore. Photo credit: FRONTS by Dixie Chan.
June 14, 2012
Student Design Competition
By MINUS
Thursday 14 June – Sunday 17 June 2012, 12pm-9pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: Free
This is an InHouse event
Reception: Thursday 14 June, 7:30pm
For enquiries about the competition contact ask.minus@gmail.com
Click here to download the competition pack.
Note that the deadline for submissions into the competition is 20 May 2012.
This is an exhibition of the winning proposals for The Substation X MINUS 初 Student Design Competition. The competition engaged students, as participants, in designing innovative ideas to reconfigure the existing first storey layout of The Substation, using the basis of universal accessibility and enhancing the vibrancy of the place, as starting points. The competition is organised as a nation-wide event open to all tertiary design schools in Singapore from March – May 2012. MINUS is a self-funded group of NUS Architecture students.
June 21, 2012
TRU
By V. Subramaniam
Thursday 21 – Saturday 23 June 2012, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $35 / $30 (concession) from the box office, contact mish’aal 6337 7800 / boxoffice@substation.org
This is an InHouse event
Christmas week 1975. An exiled Truman Capote seeks the company of drugs, alcohol and chocolate truffles and muses over his life, after America’s social elite cry foul on the publication of a chapter from his latest novel, Answered Prayers in Esquire magazine, seeing it as thinly veiled version of themselves. This Award winning Broadway comedy-drama, helmed by Singapore’s finest artists V.Subramaniam and Ranger Mills, promises to whip up a storm.
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June 22, 2012
Darshan
By Mariona Vilaseca and Kelvin Atmadibrata
Friday 22 – Friday 29 June 2012, 12pm-9pm
The Substation Gallery
Admission: Free
This is an OpenHouse event
Reception: Thursday 21 June, 7:30pm
… The eye is on fire; forms are on fire; eye-consciousness is on fire; impressions received by the eye are on fire.
- Prince Gautama Siddharta, 563-483 B.C.
The exhibition Darshan is a result of a six-month long collaboration between Catalan artist, Mariona Vilaseca and Singapore-based Indonesian artist Kelvin Atmadibrata. Darshan explores sight as a means of spiritualisation. The exhibition is part performance, part installation, created out of the residue of a fire ceremony. Both artists were selected for the inaugural residency exchange program between three partner organisations: SingCat, Grey Projects and Nau Coclea. Photo credit: Darshan by Mariona Vilaseca.
