Archival Practice]]> Performance]]> Identity]]> 24 Aug 2016, Wed 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Studio #01-07, Block 38 Malan Road

Loo Zihan presents his ongoing research into Dr Ray Langenbach’s personal archive, comprising over 20 years of documents and archival material on performance art in Southeast Asia. Dr Langenbach, Professor of Performance Art and Theory, University of the Arts, Helsinki, has for the past 22 years been documenting Southeast Asian aesthetic performance (theatre and performance art) and social performance (demonstrations, elections, riots, daily life) and the contexts in which they take place. This is articulated in the performance experiment ‘I Am LGB’, commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) and performed over three days, from 18 – 20 August 2016. Developed in collaboration with Dr Langenbach, Lee Mun Wai, Shawn Chua Ming Ren and Bani Haykal, the work questions notions of identity and social as well as existing power structures.

Post-performance, Loo’s studio session will serve as a moment of reflection and discussion on the collaborative development of ‘I Am LGB’ and its reception by the audience.]]>
Loo Zihan]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Nature]]> Performance]]> 9 Sep 2016, Fri 8:00pm - 9:00pm
23 Sep 2016, Fri 8:00pm - 9:00pm
The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

A play on the word from the Malay phrase “hutan” which means “forest”, Hutang Belantara –The Expansive Debt is a multi-disciplinary mono-drama centred around a seed of discord, owning and owing, and the fallen.

This Staging is part of the public programme of Amar Kanwar: The Sovereign Forest.]]>
Teater Ekamatra]]> Irfan Kasban]]> Akbar Syadiq]]> Faizal Abdullah]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Coexistence]]> Performance]]> 30 Sep 2016, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

A state-of-mind, path to liberation or the embodiment of fulfilment, Mantrayani is an inspiration that draws poetry, music and sacred sounds in one synergy. This presentation features seven works that blend feminine and masculine energies in its sonic and visual presentations. It tells a story of integration and being present to our space to create an ultimate true self of existence amongst all beings.

This Staging is part of the public programme of Amar Kanwar: The Sovereign Forest.]]>
Raghavendran Rajasekaran]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]>
The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

The Counting Sisters and Other Stories in The Sovereign Forest
exhibition serves as a starting point for Julia Mihály’s performance. Considered as a multi-layered dialogue, this musical translation will use her own voice, covering a wide range of contemporary vocal techniques, in dialogue with live electronic sound extensions and spatial sound movements. Since the performance aims to stay in a constant dialogue with the exhibition, the musical structure will leave space for inherent soundscapes in the exhibition.

This Staging is part of the public programme of Amar Kanwar: The Sovereign Forest.]]>
Julia Mihaly]]> Julia Mihály]]> Asia]]>
Residencies Studio Sessions: Words, They, Wrote, performance by Heman Chong (Singapore), Artist-in-Residence

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Performance]]> 14 Oct 2016, Fri 7:30pm - 9:00pm
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Utilising the words written or spoken by artists, Words, They, Wrote is a performance embedded within a symposium, a lecture, a panel discussion, or an exhibition space. Allowing a retrospective moment where the audience can listen in on what artists write about their lives, their work, and negotiate objects and situations out of texts. This performance points to an approach taken by artists that is located at the intersection of visual art and literature, further complicating the entanglements between text and image. Accompanied by a slide show title of artworks and artist names, it can be seen as a proposal for an imaginary exhibition.
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Heman Chong]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> Sustainability]]> 24 Nov 2016, Thu 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

Artists indieguerillas, Lulu Lutfi Labibi, and Ari Wulu will present some of their projects including Petruk Jadi Supermodel (Petruk Becomes Supermodel), the collaborative project between Lulu and indieguerillas that was featured at the opening of Artjog 2015, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

Commissioned to create a performance for NTU CCA Ideas Fest 2016/17, the group will introduce ideas of wastage and upcycling, key concepts for the commissioned performance which will take place on Friday, 13 January 2017. Following the performance, a workshop will take place on Saturday, 14 January 2017.

Through this workshop, the group seeks interest from the public to join them as performers / ‘models’ for the performance in January 2017.]]>
indieguerillas]]> Lulu Lutfi Labibi]]> Ari Wulu]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> Sustainability]]> 13 Jan 2017, Fri 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Various locations at Gillman Barracks, starting point: The Exhibition Hall, Block 43 Malan Road

Datang untuk Kembali (Arriving to Return)
is a collaboration between artist duo indieguerillas, fashion designer Lulu Lutfi Labibi, and music director Ari Wulu. The performance will be presented in the form of a procession of 20 model-performers, moving along a designated route from the exhibitions block of NTU CCA Singapore to various locations in Gillman Barracks, and ending outside Mizuma Gallery. This procession mimics Sekaten, a traditional Javanese ceremony commemorating the birthday of prophet Muhammad that was started by Sultan Hamengkubuwono I (1755–1792), in the alun-alun (city square) of Yogyakarta. The main gunungan (mountain)—which is carried around in the procession as a symbol of wealth and prosperity—will be made of a pile of clothing to be picked and worn by the model-performers as they walk along the designated route. These clothes will be from the “_hYp3<y<lu5_” collection by Lulu Lutfi Labibi in collaboration with indieguerillas. Inspired by our constant need to seek for something that is “hype” at the moment and the never-ending cycle of consumption, this collection features upcycled garments made of second-hand clothes from Singapore found at awul-awul stores in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The soundtrack for this performance will be created by Ari Wulu.]]>
indieguerillas]]> Lulu Lutfi Labibi]]> Ari Wulu ]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Performance]]> Oceans & Seas]]> 21 Jan 2017, Sat 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
In front of Block 43 Malan Road

Ocean Blue(s)
is a cross-disciplinary performance developed by artists from Mexico and the Caribbean diaspora that continues to evolve as it includes new collaborators around the world. Based on first-hand experiences, research, and ancient wisdom, it charts the physical and emotional relationship maintained with the ocean and the urgent need for collective transformation. The resulting work combines dance, spoken word, stilt dancing, costuming, and music to create a unique form of storied performance that will unfold during CITIES FOR PEOPLE: as a series comprised of conversation, knowledge exchange platform, and workshop, culminating in a public performance.

Ocean Blue(s) was first presented as What-Lives-Beneath in 2016 for TBA21 The Current, The Kula Ring convening in Jamaica.

Brooklyn Jumbies collaborators for the Singapore presentation include: Najja Codrington; Keil Alibocas; Jabari Rollocks; and Kyle Lambert.]]>
Laura Anderson Barbata ]]> Brooklyn Jumbies]]> Southeast Asia]]>
Institutional Critique]]> 25 Feb 2017, Sat 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
The Single Screen, Block 43 Malan Road

Who owns a public institution? How does an institution balance the different sets of expectations held by its various stakeholders? What is the role of an international advisory board and how does it contribute to the institution’s development within a global perspective? Shifting the top-down operational model, can an institution learn from artists and incorporate artistic methodologies into its own structure? To address such questions, this session brings together several members of the NTU CCA Singapore’s International Advisory Board into a public discussion with representatives of the Centre’s stakeholders. The session will be moderated by Founding Director Ute Meta Bauer and preceded by Heman Chong’s performance Words, They, Wrote (2015 – ongoing). Utilising words written or spoken by several artists, the performance generates a moment of introspection opening up a space for the artists’ thoughts on their own lives and works.

3.00 – 3.30pm
Words, They, Wrote (2015 – ongoing), performance by Heman Chong (Singapore), Artist-in-Residence

3.30 – 5.00pm
Public Discussion

Ute Meta Bauer (Germany/Singapore), Founding Director, NTU CCA Singapore and Professor, School of Art Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University

Ann Demeester (Belgium/Netherlands) Board Member; Director, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Yuko Hasegawa (Japan), Board Member; Artistic Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan

Nikos Papastergiadis (Australia), Board Chair; Director, Research Unit in Public Cultures, and Professor, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Philip Tinari (United States/China), Board Member; Director, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

John Tirman (United States), Board Member; Executive Director, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States


This event is part of the public programme for The Making of an Institution.]]>
Heman Chong]]> Ute Meta Bauer]]> Ann Demeester]]> Yuko Hasegawa]]> Nikos Papastergiadis]]> Philip Tinari]]> John Tirman ]]> Southeast Asia]]> Asia]]> Europe]]> North America]]>
Artistic Research]]> 31 May 2017, Wed 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Studio #01-06, Block 38 Malan Road

In the context of Matthias Sohr’s Studio Session, pianist Christina CL Tan and collaborators perform “Quiet”, a song taken from Leonard Bernstein’s operetta Candide (1956), based on Voltaire’s eponymous novel and character. The story of Candide’s wandering the world and confronting its paradoxes can be read as an allegory of contemporary artistic research. Departing from “Quiet”, featured in his 4-channel-video installation No Doubt You’ll Think (2017) presented on occasion of Residencies OPEN last April, Sohr will discuss the place he is speaking from in regards to his sculptural work and related research. Tan’s remarks on the formal aspects of “Quiet” will stimulate discussion on the ways form and content relate to each other.

The talk will take place in the artist’s studio.]]>
Matthias Sohr]]> Christina Tan Cheng Lian ]]> Christina CL Tan]]> Europe]]>