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hope u all enjoy!!!

I’m sorry guys to make you go thru’ this but I’m rather inspired to get back to writing a ‘lil amateurish poetry after reading “The Time Traveller’s Wife”.

Lovely book but ha~I dedicate this to a friend who lost her grandmother and misses her like mad, here it goes:

REFLECTION

droplets of grey streams flow

yet orange seeps thru’ her window.

she sits with me on the table

clasping like a child in a cradle.

reaching a tunnel of browns we strolled

where the wise gentle blue waves rolled

an orange nimbus emitting a glow

telling the shadows to go

she waved in woe

the crow forever a foe

calling its black companions

merely red minions

A weary sigh in the drizzle

white cream and sugar fizzle

mixing the brown brine

yet, all i can do is shine

she looks at the Chinese blue

forever such a lovely hue

ah! she lives in my heart too

and I know what she said is true

This site needs new photos! HA!

This blog needs some new photos sia~

X’mas is coming!

Hi all!

Its been so long since people posted! Well, I’m so sorry for not being able to meet up with you guys but I’m hoping for an outing soon!

Either ways, its X’mas Eve already! So fast! have a great and lovely X’mas and a blessed New Year!

—domo

Afterhours supper @ coffeeclub photos!

TRAVELERS AMONGST MUDDYMUD PIES

ok the blog is being an ass and i can’t upload the group photo =| will try again soon enuff!
CHEERS!

GOOD for art history writings peeps!!!!

Contemporary art is often deemed difficult to understand. It is like a foreign language to some people. This makes the job of the person who writes about it challenging but also especially important. Artwriting can be seen as a process of translation — of making complex ideas and issues, not so much simpler, but more accessible. Even if you don’t plan to become a professional art historian, critic or curator, there is a lot to learn about the very important skills of creative and critical thinking by trying your hand at artwriting.

Venue: Random Room
Fees: $60 (3 Sessions)
Dates: 3 & 10 April 2008, Wednesdays
Discussion date: 12 June 2008, Wednesday
Time: 7pm-9pm
Instructor: Lee Weng Choy
Suitable for: Artists, Art Elective Students and Adults who are seeking deeper appreciation of art
In the workshop, participants will research art in general and local art in particular, and discuss their thoughts and interpretations. In the process, participants will learn more about contemporary art, but will also improve their writing and visual literacy skills (ie. their ability to interpret and analyse visual information and communications).

Participants will be expected to write one article for the workshop. The workshop comprises three sessions, of two hours each. The first two sessions take place over consecutive weeks, then there is a period of one month for participants to research and write, after which the group reconvenes to discuss their articles.

Lee Weng Choy is an art critic and artistic co-director of The Substation. His essays have been published widely in Asia, Australia, Europe and the US, in magazines, books, and exhibition catalogues. He has conducted several writing workshops, and is regularly invited to speak at international conferences.

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V.I.S.T.A. Lab 2.0: Interference

For those who went for the first one, part 2 is here…

V.I.S.T.A. Lab 2.0: Interference

by Michele, 25 Nov 2007

Visual- Interactive- Sound- Text- Architecture. Interference is a Process Presentation by Choy Ka Fai, in collaboration with Joavien Ng, Mohd Fared Jainal, Patricia Toh, Ling Hock Siang, Ng Yi-Sheng, Zulkifle Mahmod, Khoo Eng Tat, Lim Woan Wen, GraceTan (kwodrent), and Torrance Goh (FARMWORK). 14-15 Dec, 8pm at 72-13. Admission: $5.

Some new updates of our now defunct ex-art hist lecturer..

The Enchanted Wood, Artfully

by Michele, 12 Oct 2007

I absolutely loved Enid Blyton’s books when I was a child – especially the Faraway Tree series. I always wanted to meet the weird characters that lived in the tree- Angry Pixie, Mr Whatsizname, The Saucepan Man, Dame Washalot, Silky the beautiful fairy, and Moonface, the owner of the Slippery Slip. But most of all, I wanted to climb through the purple hole in the thick white cloud at the top of the tree and disappear into the fantastic lands where I could live plenty of exciting adventures with my friends.

Such was my expectation when I stepped foot in Hotel Majestic’s newly opened avant-garde bar on Bukit Pasoh Raod. Zadok Ben-David’s ‘Living Man’ sculpture on the side-wall outside the bar was case in point and set the right mood. Just inside, tree-like columns are rising languorously along the wall, accented by an intricate Donna Ong installation and complemented by Yuki Chong’s overhead abstract green-stained glass. The faux leaves wall-panels and the tree sculpture tables on the second floor reflected the branches and foliage, and Sandra Lee’s blue mural on the top floor captured the magical air of the treetop and beyond.

I like it when you can turn every which way and you’re still amazed. That’s the concept with this bar—every time you turn around, you’re going to see something different. And the more you drink, the more you see …

Culturepush checks in with Installation artist, Donna Ong to see how it all came about.

The theme of the bar is inspired by Enid Blyton’s childhood stories, more specifically The Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree. Did you read Blyton as a kid?

Definitely. Her stories were a big part of my life as a child – narratives where one was often transported out of everyday life into a more magical world through magic objects or entering a space, such as a forest or a garden. Through books, I could escape into a more idyllic place.

One bar, three floors, one Art Consultant, four artists … how does that work?

I did the ground floor and second floor artworks. Yuki did the ceiling panels. Sandra Lee painted a mural on the top floor and Ben Zadok did an enormous metal sculpture in front of the whole building. Jason Lim is making a lily chandelier for the staircase. The art consultant suggested the artists, but I was chosen by Peng himself because he had seen my work previously.

Two artists were covering the ground floor. How do you work together?

We came together at meetings (four in total) together with the architects. We felt something was missing that would give the sense of being at the foot of the tree, despite the wood of the walls representing the tree trunk. Thus the architects and I decided to do a piece on the ceiling that was green and gave an impression of leaves. We thought it would be good to make it almost like stain glass – art deco-ish. I’m not very good with colour, so we thought it would be great to bring Yuki in to do this as she’s wonderful with design and colours.

You worked on the ‘trunk’ on the first floor. I saw a lot of oversized mechanical bugs, pendulum clocks with complicated, eccentric radarwork and butterflies. What’s the story?

I wanted something on the walls that was from the house and looked like birdhouses. I found these old antique clockcases that were marvellously suitable for this purpose. When I agreed to this job, I proposed making an installation that would make an environment (inclusive of bugs) for the bottom of the “tree”. It became obvious soon, that in order to keep the work “logically” consistent as well as fit my usual theme of transformation and metamorphosis of objects into another object or environment, the bugs should be made from clock parts. The simple narrative goes something like this – the clock mechanisms have escaped from their cases by becoming bug-like creatures, leaving behind real insects in their place.

Your installation on the second floor is partially ‘hidden’ in the trunk-shaped tables, resembling precious treasure-troves… tell us about them.

I wanted to create the element of surprise. So inside these chunky trunk-like trees, I put together a delicate and glowy environment made from crystal glassware. Almost like being in a crystal cave. I like the way the work moves in and out of kitsch. It breaks in and out of the illusion of being a magical cave, once you realise it is made from ordinary glassware.

2007 has been a hell of a year for you, and it’s not over yet …. What’s up next?

I’m currently in China doing a garden project for Design Singapore. It’s a lot of work and I’m feeling tired but glad at the same time. It’s so much work, but you get a big rush when it’s finished and looking good (fingers crossed)!

Majestic Bar is located on 41 Bukit Pasoh Raod, Singapore 089855.

Karim Rashid Design Lecture

Hey guys! Time for gr8ight outing. Haha. The Product people are going. Anyone else interested?

http://www.oxogroup.com/blurring-boundaries/index.html

Shall ask again after AA Exams.

Good luck people!

Noise Singapore 2007 Festival Showcase