Monday, 28 May 2007
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
OFFICIAL BORAT HOMESITE (Http://www.borat.tv) It was formerly www.borat.kz but was banned…
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007
Lindy Hop Joint Dance Concert
Hope this inspires u ppl to join lindy hop!~
wahaha!~
Lindy Hop so hip right!~
Hi guys!~
Bored during holidays?? Come take up a new skill!~
We are having free lesson for lindy hop!~ come join mi on mon!~ No dance experience required!~
We’ll have a fun night of dancing!~
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Do come down for practice with the seniors on Monday and social dancing. Do bring along your friends who are interested in joining Lindy next sem too!
Details are:
Date: 28th May, Monday
Time: 6.30- 10pm
Venue: Hall 9 Dance Studio
Hope to see you!
Wendy
Sunday, 20 May 2007
Foc Wed meeting and updates
Hello!~ all programmers!~
The meeting on tis coming wednesday on 23 May will be held at 4pm, at Hans @ National Library.
A place recommended by one of the programmers for discussion.
For those interested in meeting at mrt station, we will meet 3.45pm @ Bugis mrt station.
PLEASE DO NOT BE LATE!!~~
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This meeting would be mainly be reviewing the proposals with the heads of each programme aspects. Heads are welcome to bring any assistant if they want. Also, anyone who is interested to join us for an afternoon of good food, drinks and laughter are welcomed too. *wink*
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The agenda of wed meeting is as folllows:
1)Foc Updates
2)Review of Proposals:
-Station+Beach Games (Wendy)
-Amazing Race+Stage Games (Huiting)
-Cluedo (Dominic)
-Bash (Rachel)
3)Any matters arising
4)Any other business
5)Date of next meeting
6)Stuff to be submitted next meeting
Take note!! please keep these days free.(Mark them in your calender!!!)
14 June —Packing Day (Orientation package) 10am onwards
16 June —Bonding Session -The whole day (A must to come for all FOC Peeps)
3 July —Medical Check up day (FOC Registration Day) 9am-12pm, 2pm-4pm
4,5,6 July —FOC Dry Run (A must to come for all FOC peeps)
3 August —Freshman Welcome Ceremony (Garage sale)
I must emphasize that it is really important for you peeps to come especially on 16 June Bonding Day and 4-5 July FOC Dry Run!!!~~~~ KEEP THESE DAYS FREE!!!
=D
Cheers
Wendy
Chief Programmer
Events
Marina Mandarin Singapore. 6 Bouleward, Marina Square
23.05.2007 Wed 07.30pm till 30.06.2007
(m)emories & (m)ementoes brings together twoSingaporean artists who are highly-notable for their uniquelySingaporean flavour of pop art. Both Justin and Dyn explorethe theme of nostalgia within their paintings, often depictingiconic memories from our past and sometimes present.The final works are often witty yet evoke sentimentalmemories.
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The Elegy of A Man and His Weapon of Choice: The Hyperbolic Alpha Male
72-13, 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road, S239007
24.05.2007 Thu 08.00pm till 25.05.2007
By Rizman Putra, a Creative-in-Residence of 72-13 SCAN in collaboration with Zulkifle Mahmod and Robert Guth.
This multi-disciplinary presentation is an exploration of masculinity, self-identity and the political issues surrounding them; it investigates the hypothesis of a man’s journey into his ego.
Working with collaborating artists, Robert Guth and Zulkifle Mahmod, Rizman’s H.A.M, consists of installation, video projection, sound exploration, voice and movement. This is a work-in-progress.
“….. in the context of the Hyperbolic Alpha Male series, the body acts as a depiction. The burlesque act of performance is not a degradation but rather serves to question the role of men in social strata. My intention is to interlace the perception of an alpha male with a range of foolishness as a form of discontent. ” — Rizman Putra, a President’s Young Talent, 2005
24 & 25 May 2007, 8pm nightly at 72-13.
Ring 6737-7213 to reserve a seat.
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AS BRUTAL AS
La Libreria Gallery. 64A Queen Street, Bugis Village, 2/F, S188543
01.06.2007 Fri 07.00pm till 10.06.2007
A Drawing Show BY Genevieve Chua
In this solo exhibition, local artist Genevieve Chua explores themes of psychological horror and sexuality through pencil drawings on paper. Her evocative interpretations of light, texture and details invoke viewers to rethink their perceptions and conjure new experiences.
Opening Reception on June 1st, 7pm. For enquiries call 63371346. Gallery opening hours Tues-Sun 11am – 7pm. The exhibition runs till 10th June 2007.
Saturday, 19 May 2007
ITS A SCAM!!! Ooops
“Los Angeles Center for Digital Art” Scam
If there is one thing that really burns me up, it’s fraud on the Internet. This fraud by Rex Bruce and his so-called “Los Angeles Center for Digital Art” is especially heinous, as it preys upon struggling artists who seek only to expose their artwork to the world.
Today I read an announcement of an “Open Show” of digital artworks at LACDA. An Open Show is an exhibition with no restrictions, anyone can exhibit their work if they pay the entrance fee. But this announcement (I refuse to post the link) is a money-making scam by Rex Bruce.
There are real Open Exhibitions, and the fraudlent LACDA gallery even had the nerve to compare itself to the famous LA Open Call:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its “Open Call” exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery.
Okay.. this LACDA show is “of the same nature” as the LA Open Show, but it is not the same. The LA Open is a benefit show for the Barnsdall Art Park, for a modest $20 you can submit a sculpture, photo, or painting up to 5 by 5 feet, and the first 1000 entries are guaranteed to be shown. A jury of local artists picks the 10 best works in the show, and awards them a $100 cash prize. Leftover proceeds from the entry fees are used to support public arts programs, for example, children’s classes at the Junior Arts Center.
But the LACDA scam is quite different. For a rather expensive $31.25, you can submit one jpeg image, which will be printed on letter-size paper and hung in the foyer of Rex Bruce’s loft for 3 weeks. The “gallery” is a single room in the decrepit center of Downtown LA’s Skid Row, even the Police are afraid to walk in that neighborhood. There are no prizes or awards given to exhibitors, and Rex Bruce will keep your work after the show.
There are pictures of last year’s show up on the LACDA website, I have joined them in a pseudo-panorama to show as much of the exhibition as possible, without any duplication or overlap. The original photographs were copyrighted by LACDA, but I am presenting this derivative composite image under the Fair Use laws, for purposes of journalistic documentation in the public interest.
I counted at least 250 images in this photo, and there are obviously more that extend beyond the edges of the picture. At $31.25 for each entry, that is a minimum of $7,800. The “gallery” is a single room, the image shows only one wall and a freestanding wall on the left that might have images on the other side, so it is possible this exhibit has 500 images, maybe more. That could be over $15,000 of profit! And Rex Bruce keeps all the money.
I decided to investigate Rex Bruce a little more, and unfortunately, this isn’t the worst of the scam. Rex Bruce operates two of these shows each year, one is a “juried show” where a panel selects the works suitable for exhibition. But you must still pay a $31.25 entry fee, even if your work is rejected. One prize is awarded at the juried show, inkjet prints listed as a $1500-2000 value, but that is retail price, the cost to produce the prints is less than $100. There are no obvious clues to how many works were submitted to the last juried show, but it is unlikely to be as high as the Open Show. Still, it is obvious that Rex Bruce is raising thousands of dollars every year by exploiting artists with entrance fees to his tiny one-room “gallery” near Skid Row. Rex Bruce is paying his rent by scamming hundreds of artists, one $31.25 fee at a time.
Oh but it gets even worse. Rex Bruce insists on a 50% gallery commission from any works sold from his show. This is a fairly standard cut for professional art galleries, but those galleries don’t just stick your tiny picture in a group show with hundreds of other artists. A professional gallery commits to actively promoting their selected artists, and they earn their 50% commission. Rex Bruce says that after the Open Show, he will put all the prints in a book that people can view at his gallery. That sort of passive promotion isn’t worth a 50% commission.
I would not get so enraged at this sort of scam if Rex Bruce didn’t go to so much trouble to represent himself as a prestigious art association. But if you do some research, he is an obvious fraud. The situation became clear when I saw who was the first artist to exhibit work in Rex Bruce’s gallery: Rex Bruce. This is known in the art world as a “vanity show,” where artists pay to exhibit their own work. Rex Bruce created his gallery to promote himself. And he continues to produce vanity shows, but now he’s profiting from other artists who pay to show their works. He exploits artists for his own profit, and he’s laughing all the way to the bank.
*P.S>
Pls thank the mysterious guy who notified in the comments section of the pervious post…
(Ok…my bad for putting this up..hah~)
