The Urban Explorations Project began as an investigation of ordinary happenings and encounters in the Singapore heartlands, narrated through the retrieval of sound, colors, smells, soil samples, found objects, behavioral observations and traffic patterns.
According to an adage in conjuring, the strongest magic happens in the hands of the audience.
The panel Asian Sensecapes and Imaginaries consists of three talks: Senses and the Social in Asia: Some Theoretical Propositions, Imagining in Oppressive Contexts, Or, What’s Wrong with Blacking Up? and Violence as Spectacle: Exploring the Trans-Sensoriality of Pain, Sorrow and Anger
Day 2 of the Arts & Culture tour was diverse. Folkore, contemporary art and a party all played a role.
Same procedure as every year. XXX Gallery became a place to experiment and to dance.
After the arrival in Singapore on Saturday, the first day of exploring the city together with students of Lasalle was coined by Arts & Culture.
Starting off with the National Day Fireworks on October 1st, the group dived head first into a Cantonese opera workshop led by Singapore-born and Berlin-based artist Ming Wong.
An oral examination of “A Journal of the Plague Year”, an exhibition organized by Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero that was shown in Para Site.
By Elaine, Holly, Nadja
By Kana Nishio and Boram Lee
By Maria and Simon, the relations between China and Hong Kong as an imbalanced chessboard.
By Max, Max, Yimeng and Ria
The “end of the world” is a seemingly interminable topic at least, of course, until it happens. Environmental catastrophe and planetary apocalypse are subjects of enduring fascination and, as ethnographic studies show, human cultures have approached them in very different ways.
A conversation on becoming an artist, defining the topics and creating a narrative.
By Chanelle, Stone, Annie, Tina, Samuel
By B|W (Jion Wang Jin, Shirley , Liana Yang)
By Alicia, Marleen and Lulu. In the beginning of our working process the three of us were talking a lot about how we were experiencing Hong Kong while we were exploring it. And we all came to the agreement that there are so many contrasts in one city. We put down a whole list of it.
All pictures by Mathis Neuhaus
In “Your Highness”, the classically trained dancers masterfully alternate between stylized Disney gestures and standards of ballet classics like Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake – and explore the fine line between portrayals of happiness through ballet history and princess archetypes in a globalized entertainment industry.
All pictures by Marleen Fitterer
After learning about Hong Kong’s food system and the problems that come with it in Dr. Daisy Tam’s lecture, it was time for a more hands on approach.
A full day experience for the students of the Transcultural Collaboration, divided in three parts, using alienation as a method for explorations and reseting naturalized assumptions.
Hong Kong has the highest density of restaurants in the world. There is one restaurant for every 300 people. But it imports most of the food, which leads to problems that should not be underestimated.
Being a person of color comes with certain prejudices in Hongkong. Adapting to it, without denying the own identiy, calls for creative strategies. The African Community found its enclave and safe haven on Lantau Island. A green and lush paradise next to Hongkong Island and only a 30 minutes ferryride away from the bustling city.
Foo Tak makes things possible. A building in the heart of Hongkong Island that is defined by low rent and high idealism.
Hongkong is a troubled city. The people living here are confronted with manifold issues in regards to housing development, renting prices and subpar building stock. But still, there is beauty beneath.
(Voluntary) Labour of Love introduces work as prefigurative politics – facing the chimera of capitalism, hegemony and collusion. The short lecture will discuss how Hong Kong’s socio-political and environmental conditions can become catalysts towards ecological heterotopias and a more equitable society.
Stan Hok-Wui Wong will offer a brief introduction to Hongkong’s political history, the state and the socio-economic elite, the rise of the “real estate hegemony” in post-1997 Hong Kong and its (unintended) consequences.
We propose a day of thinking together through the exciting possibilities as well as the problems and challenges in both the terminology around as well as the practical aspects of dealing with ecologies in the Arts.
By HAIR (Hollie, Ramona, Annie)
