bani haykal in collaboration with Lee Weng Choy Trouble with Harmony, 2021 Commissioned by NTU CCA Singapore
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bani haykal in collaboration with Lee Weng Choy Trouble with Harmony, 2021 Commissioned by NTU CCA Singapore
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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.
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.
Date
22 January - 28 March 2021
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Programme Item Type Metadata
Programme Type
Audience
General
Location
Online
Collaboration
Yes
Commissioned Work
No
Education
No
Collection
Citation
“bani haykal in collaboration with Lee Weng Choy Trouble with Harmony, 2021 Commissioned by NTU CCA Singapore,” NTU CCA Singapore Digital Archive, accessed January 14, 2025, https://ntuccasingapore.omeka.net/items/show/2920.
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| This Item | Is Part Of | Item: Free Jazz III. Sound. Walks. |
| Item: Bani Haykal | Is Part Of | This Item |
| Item: Lee Weng Choy | Is Part Of | This Item |