{"id":2007,"date":"2018-09-21T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-21T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/post-museum.org\/woontienwei\/?post_type=project&p=2007"},"modified":"2024-04-06T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T16:55:30","slug":"bukit-brown-index-132","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/post-museum.org\/woontienwei\/project\/bukit-brown-index-132\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukit Brown Index #132"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bukit Brown Index #132: Triptych of the Unseen
2018
Virtual Reality Installation and Performance
Dimension Variable <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But, If the city is the world which man created, it is the world in which he is henceforth condemned to live [\u2026]
Robert Park (as cited in Harvey, 2012)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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In 2011, the Land Transport Authority announced plans to construct an
8-lane highway cutting through Bukit Brown Cemetery. The plan was to exhume 5,000 tombs and remove a large part of the nature in Bukit Brown. The highway project led to a sudden explosion of public fervour in questioning the need for redevelopment in Singapore, and strong public interests in preserving the heritage of Bukit Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triptych of the Unseen<\/em> is an installation and a performance in three parts. With the help of the cardboard goggles, the audience will join the spectral spectators in watching a performance by three characters (Ghost, Activist and Bureaucrat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Triptych of the Unseen<\/em> is a story about Bukit Brown. It is a story that details the consequences of a place which stands on the \u2018fault lines\u2019 of urban restructuring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a story about the struggle for space in the city which reveals the three characters\u2019 moral contradictions and their entanglement with each other. They (We) are trapped within this \u2018unseen\u2019 tragicomedy where spectators and performers \u2018are condemned\u2019 to watch and perform this act endlessly. (Un)knowingly, they become victims to the priorities embedded in the grammar of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a story of one city (Singapore) but may very well be playing in many cities too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Triptych of the Unseen<\/em> is open for free viewing from Wed-Sun, 12-8pm The Substation Theatre until 23rd September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a part of the Deathsong exhibition curated by The Substation. For more information, please see https:\/\/citieschange.sg\/<\/a>
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1658094927652257\/<\/a>
http:\/\/www.substation.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deathsong is an elegy for our landscape. The city is a ceaseless grid of lines, roads, and arteries for the virtuous circulation of labour and goods. Concrete and sand extend the city as horizontal grids with no space for nature, or even the dead. Four artists present alternative visions for place; they are not only songs for death and despair, but also songs of resistance, songs of hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring: Raymond Goh, Hayati Mokhtar, Post-Museum, and Min-Wei Ting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

* It is a memorable to be with exhibiting with both Raymond and Min-Wei. We met both of them at Bukit Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are Substation events on the 1st (5pm \u2013 12am)<\/a>, 8th Sept (4.30 \u2013 6pm)<\/a> and 15th Sept (5pm -12am)<\/a>which would be held in our installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We encourage you to come to these events as they are about heritage discourse in Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n

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However, you would not be able to experience and watch our full performance during these events. You will need to come back another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The performance will be unavailable during these times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 8 September<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Singapore Heritage Society is holding their \u2018Time is Up?\u2019 panel from 4.30 to 6.30.So the theatre\/exhibition will be open from 1 \u2013 3pm, then closed for the event till 6.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will open again from 7 \u2013 8pm.Friday 14 September<\/u><\/strong>
Setting up for SAD \u2013 closed all daySaturday 15 September<\/u><\/strong>
SAD event \u2013 closed all daySunday 16 September<\/u><\/strong>
Singapore Heritage Society AGM \u2013 closed all day.Saturday 22 September<\/u><\/strong>
Closed from 12 \u2013 4pm due to Ai Lin\u2019s \u2018Deliberative Forum\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • if you really need to bring people to see the work. Check with Tien \u2013 to see if we can work around with Substation. (It is about sharing the space).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    Triptych of the Unseen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CAST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Ghost
    Bernice Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bureaucrat
    Jereh Leung<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Activist
    Chloe Chotrani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Audience
    Akeelah
    Christopher Chee
    Chong Hong
    Chu Hao Pei
    Gene D\u2019Castro
    Candy Diez
    Faiz
    Andre Goh
    Gwen Guo
    Yvonne Ho
    Kee Ya Ting
    Pak-Juan Koe
    Johnny Lam
    Angeline Lee
    Jason Lee
    Sabrina Lee
    Maggie Lek
    Leow Si Min
    Liu Wen Chao
    Maisarah
    Min Hyung
    CY Ong
    Yen Phang
    Bianca Polak
    Pui Cuifen
    Sammie
    Samantha Segar
    See Kian Wee
    Soe Min Than
    Guyrence Tan
    Tan Hang Chong
    Li-Anne Tan
    Ted Tan
    Valerie-Ann Tan
    Johnson Tang
    Tay Shiying
    Renee Ting
    Juria Toramae
    Yang Ge
    Denise Yap
    Amanda Yeo
    Elena Yeo
    Raymond Yeo
    Yingxuan
    Yoon Li
    Victor Yue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Narrator
    Richard Chua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    CREW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Director
    Post-Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Choreography
    Bernice Lee in collaboration with Jereh Leung and Chloe Chotrani<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Costume and Makeup
    Veron Lau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Soundscape
    Lai Yu Tong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    VR APP
    Lim Shengen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Set Painters
    Marla Bendini
    Chu Hao Peh
    Foo Hui wen
    Isabell Hansen
    Lai Yu Tong
    Lousia Ruth Nonis
    Eugene Tan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Artist Assistant
    Foo Huiwen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Opera Furniture
    Singapore Sin Yen Lin Hokkien Wayang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Driver
    Chua Ngak Theng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Additional Videography
    Chew Keng Kiat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Additional Photography
    See Kian Wee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Special thanks to Alan Oei and The Substation Team, and Ah Heng.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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