tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T10:58:58+08:00 Peatix The Substation tag:peatix.com,2021:event-1743567 2021-01-30T14:00:00SGT 2021-01-30T14:00:00SGT

30 / 31 January 20212pm / 3.30pm / 5pm (Limited to 1 attendee per time slot*)Various locations (Meeting point: library@orchard)Pay as you wish ($20 ticket fee is fully refundable when you attend the session)*Due to the nature of the work and limited slots available, we invite interested attendees who are unable to grab tickets to sign up for the waitlist. You will be notified on a first come, first service basis should any of the registered attendees be unable to attend the event. ___________\where is the Container you are looking for?\what are these Instructions?\when will You complete them?\why does It matter?Part\wh is not theatre, not a game, but an experiential construct which shifts and re-imagines the boundaries between the art, theatre, and the internet. The participant’s last choice drives each construct. The work asks how each choice that we make, whether conscious or otherwise, affects us and others around us.contrary wagon breaks the boundaries of the art mediums we are familiar with, in an experiment to create new forms of making. Because time and space is undefined, and unconstrained in a post-Covid world where the digital can be experienced anywhere, and everywhere.This programme is part of "we are not going back, we are coming around", The Substation's programme for Proposals for Novel Ways of Being.contrary wagonAt an intersection of two lines of vision—one gazing up into the blinding sunshine and the other gaze is a nosedive from the skies into the unknown, this is where the contrary wagon was built. However, the contrary wagon is also when these visions enjoy their incongruity. When does this space no longer exist? Where does this point exactly meet? Until they decide to continue their gaze, these answers will remain unanswered. contrary wagon is a collective consisting of Henrik Cheng and Tan Weiying.Henrik Cheng (Co-devisor)Henrik Cheng is a “theatre generalist” from New York based in Singapore. They had the fortunate experience to take on the role of: a venue coordinator with New Orleans Fringe, a facilitator & deviser in “Speakcryptic’s The Tribe” at SIFA OPEN, performer & deviser in “Attempts: SG” for the M1 Fringe, graduate from the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) in 2017, and creative technical consultant for "A Long Distance Affair" with PopUp Theatrics. Henrik personally gravitates towards works aiming to provide hope, healing, and to encourage positive and proactive change.Tan Weiying (Co-devisor)Tan Weiying has been involved in theatre ever since she joined the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Arts & Cultural Troupe (SHHKACT) at the age of 5. She conducts drama classes with children aged 3-7, facilitates theatre workshops with senior citizens, and acts/directs. Her current practice explores the creation of imagery with bodies in space. Weiying is a graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI) (Class of 2017).Tysha Khan (Dramaturg)Tysha Khan is an artistic force, known for her versatile acting and powerful writing. With this project, she takes her first steps into the field of dramaturgy. Having recently completed the Dramaturgs’ Practice Development course by Robin Loon with Centre 42, she is excited to put her training to good use. As part of her education in the Intercultural Theatre Institute, she also studied under renowned playwright & dramaturg Kaite O'Reilly. Tysha believes the role of a dramaturg is to get everyone on the same page, and to make that page the best page it can possibly be.About we are not going back, we are coming aroundThe pandemic reveals a broken world. As communities adapt to a new reality, can art heal what is broken, strengthen connections with ourselves, one another and the world and inspire new possibilities for the future? we are not going back, we are coming around is a series of artistic endeavours which explores the role of the arts in a world that is rushing to repair itself and postures a new direction our society could move towards in the wake of this pandemic. Presenting projects by nine artists and collectives of various disciplines, this series centres around three lines of inquiry that address broader questions of rebuilding in a pandemic-stricken world.Learn more: substation.org/wangbwacaAbout Proposals for Novel Ways of BeingThe Substation is proud to be one of the 12 local art institutions, independent art spaces and collectives coming together for Proposals for Novel Ways of Being. Led by National Gallery Singapore and Singapore Art Museum, Proposals for Novel Ways of Being is an unprecedented collective response by the visual arts community to present a series of exhibitions and programmes, both physical and online. Its title references an earlier name of the virus, i.e. '2019 Novel Coronavirus', which serves as a reminder that we need new ways of being as we grapple with a new reality brought about by this pandemic.

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