Designing the Kopitiam Public Bench Series
by Adrian Chua
Saturday, 28 April 2007
3.00 to 4.00pm
Celadon Room, NUS Museum
Free Admission
Founder and designer of furniture design house Sevenvine, Adrian is a versatile artist who complements innovative designs with functional solutions.
Join Adrian as he shares his inspiration and aspiration as a designer, focusing on three works in the Kopitiam Public Bench Series entitled Double Happiness. Guests will hear about how the single chair is extended to the current displays in the gallery.
Adrian's friend, Catherine Chong will speak about their collaboration and how Adrian contributed to the set up of Homespun at the Arts House with its mission to create a platform for local talents.
This talk is held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Objects & Desire’. It will be followed by a guided tour of the exhibition and a sampling of Archipelago craft beers which include Asian ingredients such as lemon grass, tamarind and gula melaka.
Interactive Media Workshop with Choy Ka Fai and Khoo Eng Tat
Saturday, 17 March 2007
3.00 to 6.00pm
Celadon Room, NUS Museum
Free Admission
Artist Choy Ka Fai and student Khoo Eng Tat from NUS Mixed Reality Lab share with the audience their collaborative effort and the processes in making art.
Brew Appreciation and Food Pairing with Fal Allen
Saturday, 10 March 2007
3.00 to 5.00pm
ST Lee Atrium, NUS Museum
$20 per participant
Brewed and crafted in Singapore, Archipelago handcrafted beers are created in small, unpasteurised batches to obtain the freshest beers that perfectly complement the region’s food cuisine. The range of Archipelago craft beers combine the credibility of western brewing techniques with Asian ingredients such as lemon grass, tamarind and gula melaka to create what is arguably the first Asian conceptualized craft beer with Asian characteristics.
Come join the brewmaster Fal Allen for a session of Archipelago beer appreciation and food pairing experience.
Artist Workshop with Victoria Cattoni
Nyonya's kebaya, Baba's desire, 2007
Workshop 1 @ NX Gallery, NUS Museum
Saturday, 3 March 2007
1:00 – 3:00pm
Workshop 2 @ Your MOTHER Gallery, 91A Hindoo Road
Sunday, 4 March 2007
10:00 am to 12:00 noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Free Admission
Cattoni’s work is developed through a series of interactive video workshops. She investigates the public's responses to Kebaya, the fashionable blouse worn by Peranakan women. Nyonya’s kebaya, Baba’s desire is a new component of an extended 'kebaya' research that began in Indonesia in 2002. Challenging common cultural misconceptions, using the language of clothing to stimulate dialogue as part of her research, each new work is developed contextually – socially, geographically and spatially within its particular site. The most recent version of the project Nyonya's kebaya, Baba's desire at NUS, is developed in both Penang and Singapore.
Public interested to meet Victoria Cattoni and be part of the process of Nyonya's kebaya, Baba's desire is encouraged to visit workshop/s during the allocated time.
Talks by Mauricio Alejo (Mexico) and Bettina Johae (Germany)
Saturday, 20 January 2007
1.00 to 3.00pm
Celadon Room, NUS Museum
Free Admission
Mauricio Alejo shares his investigation into home objects and their forms. His intuitive decisions in producing photographs and videos aim to resonate with the body, our memories and daily life experiences. Alejo looks beyond the daily encounter to find something exceptional, and his visuals created are symbolic references of his enjoyment in the ‘set’ or ‘the photographer’s frame’ through daily life.
German architect and artist Bettina Johae shares her investigation on subjects/theme through the use of mapping ideas, performance and documentation of changes in life and cultural activities. She had recently participated in CONFLUX: the annual NYC festival
for contemporary psychogeography where international artists, technologists, urban adventurers and the public put investigations of everyday city life into practice on the streets.
