Spaces of the Curatorial]]> Performance]]>
One perceives their position in a spatial structure through sight and sound. Beginning in darkness, this audio-visual performance will gradually emerge through the initiation of light. Situated between the realm of light and sound, Spatial Trichotomy will provoke a reconsideration of space through the codependency of our senses.
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Julian 'Togar' Abraham]]> Bani Haykal]]> Wu Jun Han]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Trouble with Harmony, 2021 Commissioned by NTU CCA Singapore]]> Performance]]> Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks.

Activation: Trouble with Harmony by bani haykal in collaboration with  Lee Weng Choy Saturday, 13 March 2021, 3.00 – 6.00pm Online

Two participants from the original programme are back for the 3rd Edition, to collaborate on a project they’re calling, “Trouble with Harmony”. It’s not an attempt to articulate the trouble with harmony. Neither to analyse, for instance, the predominant but problematic discourses about political, cultural or racial harmony in a multifarious society like Singapore. Rather, an invitation to play—to play with. Donna Haraway reminds us that the etymology of “trouble” is the French verb “to stir up”, “to make cloudy” or “to disturb”. Perhaps our role here is to “sit in” and find how these instances of harmonies demand us to think deeply about our present—where we are. Trouble with harmony is a proposition to think about trouble alongside thinking about harmony. Shifting the shapes of our thinking, and our listening. Exploring a polyphony of themes, topics and tropes. But perhaps this is saying both too much and not enough.]]>
Bani Haykal]]> Lee Weng Choy]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks.]]> Experiential]]> Nature]]> Technology]]> Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks. offers the curatorial proposition that collectivity and communality can be explored through art experiences that draw on the long histories of sound and walking, offering concrete ways to connect with nature, technology, and each other during times of social distancing. Dematerialized, asynchronous, and participatory, these artworks each reflect how our current collective negotiations between physical and online realms need not be seen as binary opposites, but as opportunities for rethinking social interaction through our senses.

We invite you bring your headphones and your walking shoes to experience the artworks of Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks.

Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks. is curated by Magdalena Magiera (Germany/Singapore), NTU CCA Singapore Curator, Education and Outreach, and Dr Karin Oen (United States/Singapore), NTU CCA Singapore Deputy Director, Curatorial Programmes.]]>
Tini Aliman]]> Arahmaiani]]> Jimmy Ong]]> Christa Donner]]> Andrew S. Yang]]> bani haykal]]> Lee Weng Choy]]> Diana Lelonek]]> Denim Szram]]> Cheryl Ong]]> Ana Prvački]]> Joyce Bee Tuan Koh]]> Galina Mihaleva]]> Reetu Sattar]]> anGie seah]]> Vivian Wang ]]> Magdalena Magiera]]> Karin Oen]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> 4 May 2018, Fri 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

Derived from the sonic exchanges that will take place throughout the course of the exhibition between Tarek Atoui’s guest hosts—Vivian Wang, Mark Wong, and Yuen Chee Wai—this series of performative situations are conceptualised as an open invitation for other invited performers to use the exhibition space as an experimental platform. Each of the evenings will be the result of an exchange between the performers and the three guest hosts.

A public programme of Tarek Atoui The Ground: From the Land to the Sea.

Part of Art Day Out! x The School Holidays Edition 2018 at Gillman Barracks.

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Dharma]]> Bani Haykal]]> Wu Jun Han]]> Yuen Chee Wai]]> Southeast Asia]]>
NTU CCA Singapore’s 4th Anniversary Party, featuring The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia Volume 4: V for Voice by artists Ho Tzu Nyen (Singapore) and Bani Haykal (Singapore)

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Performance]]> Knowledge Production]]> 28 Oct 2017, Sat 07:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Join us as we celebrate our 4th Anniversary on Saturday, 28 October 2017. We are excited to present two performances of The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia Volume 4: V for Voice, by Ho Tzu Nyen and Bani Haykal.

1st performance: 7.00 – 8.00pm (limited capacity: priority given to attendees of the Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History symposium)
2nd performance: 8.20 – 9.20pm

The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia (cdosea) has, since its inception in 2012, generated a number of filmic, theatrical, and installation works for Ho Tzu Nyen including The Name (2015) and The Nameless (2015), and a number of projects engaging with the figure of the tiger. Since 2016, Ho has working with a group of collaborators to manifest the dictionary itself, most recently creating an algorithm that endlessly composes new combinations of audio-visual materials glossed from the Internet, according to the 26 terms of the dictionary (cdosea.org). Volume 4: V for Voice is the first time cdosea is presented in a live context, with sound artist Bani Haykal performing in response to the spontaneous audio-visual images conjured up by the ghostwriter that is the algorithms. Learn more about cdosea here.

Enjoy food by Intermission Bar, free-flow drinks, and music by Singaporean deejay RAH at the tents outside Block 43. We look forward to having you celebrate with us!

Part of Symposium: Ghosts and Spectres – Shadows of History]]>
Ho Tzu Nyen]]> Bani Haykal]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> 15 Jun 2016, Wed 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Studio #01-02, Block 37 Malan Road

One perceives their position in a spatial structure through sight and sound. Beginning in darkness, this audio-visual performance will gradually emerge through the initiation of light. Situated between the realm of light and sound, Spatial Trichotomy will provoke a reconsideration of space through the codependency of our senses.]]>
Julian Togar Abraham]]> Julian 'Togar' Abraham]]> Bani Haykal]]> Wu Jun Han]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Animals]]> Performance]]> 7 Nov 2015, Sat 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Block 43 Malan Road

Live performance by arachnids and Bani Haykal, artist, Singapore. Introduced by Joseph Koh, arachnologist, Singapore.

*Part of Art Day Out! at Gillman Barracks

Entitled variations on hello, Bani Haykal’s performance pursues Saraceno’s idea of a feedback mechanism between spiders and humans as a form of interspecies communication. The work will incorporate a set of materials to transmit vibrations to the spiders, in the attempt that specific frequencies and rhythmic patterns will trigger a response.

This performance is a public programme of Tomás Saraceno: Arachnid Orchestra. Jam Sessions.]]>
Bani Haykal]]> Joseph K.H. Koh]]> Joseph Koh]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]>
Faculty of Listening investigates “places as instruments” inspired by Didier Faustino’s public lecture at the BRIDGE THE GAP? 11 conference at NTU CCA Singapore where he says “architecture is not innocent, it is political”, and also by Marc Auge’s concept of non-places (Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, 1995). Haykal will present a series of lab sessions and performances using NTU CCA Singapore as a base, offering bikes for hire for visitors to take sound recordings around Gillman Barracks as part of his examination of music in relation to urban spaces.

This special project is supported by a National Arts Council grant.

PERFORMANCES

Tuesday 30 June, 8.00 – 10.00pm
Saturday 25 July, 5.00 – 7.00pm
Friday 31 July, 8.00 – 10.00pm

LAB SESSIONS

Saturdays 20 & 27 June, 3.00 – 6.00pm
Saturdays 11 & 18 July, 3.00 – 6.00pm

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Bani Haykal]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Art Day Out at Gillman Barracks, Saturday 25 July

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Artistic Research]]> 25 Jul 2015, Sat 11:00am - 9:00pm

For this special day event at Gillman Barracks, NTU CCA Singapore has put together a line-up of programmes encompassing open studios, film screenings and performances.

Residencies: OPEN

NTU CCA Singapore, Studios, Block 37 & 38 Malan Road, 11.00am – 3.00pm

Featuring Artists-in-Residence, Yason Banal (The Philippines), Bani Haykal (Singapore), Amanda Heng (Singapore), Alex Murray-Leslie (Australia), Gary Ross Pastrana (The Philippines), Jeremy Sharma (Singapore), Shooshie Sulaiman (Malaysia) and Erika Tan (Singapore).

For this special day event at Gillman Barracks, NTU CCA Singapore has put together a line-up of programmes encompassing open studios, film screenings and performances. For full details of Art Day Out, visit www.gillmanbarracks.com.

Residencies: OPEN
NTU CCA Singapore, Studios, Block 37 & 38 Malan Road, 11.00am – 3.00pm

Featuring Artists-in-Residence, Yason Banal (The Philippines), Bani Haykal (Singapore), Amanda Heng (Singapore), Alex Murray-Leslie (Australia), Gary Ross Pastrana (The Philippines), Jeremy Sharma (Singapore), Shooshie Sulaiman (Malaysia) and Erika Tan (Singapore).

Artist Resource Platform
The Seminar Room, Block 43 Malan Road, 11.00am – 9.00pm

Highlights include selected documentation from NTU CCA Singapore’s residencies.

Film Screenings in collaboration with the Asian Film Archive
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Punggok Rindukan Bulan (This Longing) by Azharr Rudin (Malaysia), 12.30pm – 2.30pm
Return to Burma by Midi Z (Myanmar/Taiwan), 7.30pm – 9.00pm

Erika Tan, Halimah-the-Empire-Exhibition-weaver-who-died-whilst-performing-her-craft
The Lab, Block 43 Malan Road, 3.00pm – 4.30pm

Live “broadcast” debate

Special Project: Faculty of Listening, Bani Haykal – Performance #2
Block 38 Malan Road, #01-07, 5.00 – 7.00pm

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Yason Banal]]> Bani Haykal]]> Amanda Heng]]> Alex Murray Leslie]]> Gary Ross Pastrana]]> Jeremy Sharma]]> Shooshie Sulaiman]]> Erika Tan]]> Asian Film Archive]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> Faculty of Listening is a means of thinking and experiencing music through non-musical lenses.

Faculty of Listening investigates “places as instruments” inspired by Didier Faustino’s public lecture at the BRIDGE THE GAP? 11 conference at NTU CCA Singapore where he says “architecture is not innocent, it is political”, and also by Marc Auge’s concept of non-places (Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity, 1995). Haykal will present a series of lab sessions and performances using NTU CCA Singapore as a base, offering bikes for hire for visitors to take sound recordings around Gillman Barracks as part of his examination of music in relation to urban spaces.

This special project is supported by a National Arts Council grant.

LAB SESSIONS
Saturdays 20 & 27 June, 3.00 – 6.00pm
Saturdays 11 & 18 July, 3.00 – 6.00pm

PERFORMANCES
Tuesday 30 June, 8.00 – 10.00pm
Saturday 25 July, 5.00 – 7.00pm
Friday 31 July, 8.00 – 10.00pm

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Bani Haykal]]> Southeast Asia]]>