D6 life happenings | THE STRAITS TIMES | FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 | Olivia Ho recommends PHOTOS: LEE JIA DANCE AT DUSK WEN, MEDIA FORCE, The M1 Contact Contemporary Dance Festival’s free Picks WIND WALKERS: THEO JANSEN’S SHAUN HO, YEAH outdoor programme returns for a second time, having STRANDBEESTS YEAH CHLOE drawn 7,400 people to the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre Dutch physicist-turned-sculptor Theo Jansen’s during its first run last year. Arts beach-walking Strandbeests (both above) will be This year, it will resurrect two repertoires by T.H.E Dance making their way to Singapore in his first Company – Organised Chaos by T.H.E artistic director Kuik South-east Asian retrospective. Swee Boon and South Korean choreographer Kim Jae Duk, Made from everyday materials such as plastic and Lee Ren Xin’s She’s Chinese And I’m Twenty-Five, which piping and bottles, the huge Strandbeests use deals with being a woman in modern society. wind power to roam beaches, pushing and piling The programme is co-curated by Kuik and young dance sand on the shore to form natural barriers. artist Anthea Seah (below). Jansen initially conceived them as a solution to WHERE: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre, 1 Esplanade Drive flooding caused by rising sea levels, although, over MRT: Esplanade/City Hall WHEN: Today to Sunday, the past 28 years, he has come to regard them as a 7 and 8.30pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: the-contact.org new species of man-made animals. The exhibition will feature 13 large-scale ART DAY OUT! Strandbeests, of which the biggest, Animaris This family-friendly open house at Gillman Barracks Siamesis, measures 10m and weighs more than features exhibitions such as the interactive EYEPOP! by 240kg. Visitors can walk two of the Strandbeests Australia-based artist Yeah Yeah Chloe, with imagery from and some will be reanimated by the museum team a shark swimming in a teacup (above) to hands reaching at select times of the day. out of a smartphone screen, as well as Making Sense, a WHERE: ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Avenue hands-on workshop on image-making through sound by MRT: Bayfront WHEN: Tomorrow to Sept 30, 10am local artist and illustrator Tan Zi Xi (MessyMsxi). to 7pm daily ADMISSION: $16 (Singapore residents) The Disini festival will also be launching two new outdoor or $19 (foreigners) for a single exhibition; $27 sculptures, Transitory Nature Of Earthly Joy by Albert (residents) or $32 (foreigners) for two exhibitions; Yonathan Setyawan and The Orang’s Last Stand by Richard $34 (residents) or $40 (foreigners) for an Streitmatter-Tran. all-access ticket INFO: www.marinabaysands.com/ Other exhibitions opening this weekend include museum/theo-jansen.html Langkawi, 16 sculptural paintings by acclaimed Malaysian artist Latiff Mohidin that have not been exhibited for REDDOT BHANGRA COMPETITION 40 years, and Breaking Waves, the result of an open call to Six teams from Singapore, Malaysia, India and Australia will Singapore-based curators to conceptualise shows on the go toe-to-toe in a series of high-energy dance sets at theme of art and mental health. Singapore’s first international bhangra competition, which WHERE: Gillman Barracks, 9 Lock Road MRT: Labrador Park is organised by volunteer-run group RedDot Bhangra. WHEN: Tomorrow, various timings from 2 to 7pm WHERE: Gateway Theatre, 3615 Jalan Bukit Merah ADMISSION: Free INFO: bit.ly/ADOSchHols2018 MRT: Redhill WHEN: Tomorrow, 4.30pm ADMISSION: $22 from bit.ly/2IHq2n3 INFO: Call 9617-2323 or e-mail [email protected] ARTS from the Comics Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893) and Level 3 National Library Building, 9 Lock Road MRT: Labrador Park Of Singapore American composer Leonard 100 Victoria Street MRT: Bugis/ WHEN: Tomorrow, 4 - 7pm; Sun - BOOKS Histories Bernstein (1918 - 1990). The line-up City Hall WHEN: July 20 & 21, 8pm July 22: 11am - 7pm (Tue - Sat), 1 - 5pm collective will feature classical favourites such ADMISSION: $28 - $48, tickets from (Sun), Mon by appointment explore the as Gounod’s Romeo Et Juliette and Sistic (call 6348-5555 or go to ADMISSION: Free TEL: 6734-3262 Book Launch: Indian Instincts human stories Faust as well as Bernstein’s Trouble In www.sistic.com.sg) INFO: E-mail [email protected] Indian Instincts: Essays On Freedom behind Tahiti and West Side Story. Part of the INFO: www.scdt.com.sg or go to www.yavuzgallery.com And Equality In India, which was 19th-century SPH Gift of Music series. launched in Davos, Switzerland, in piracy in our WHERE: Shaw Foundation Symphony January, and in India in March, will waters, the Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens, EXHIBITIONS (MUSEUM) EXHIBITIONS (SHOWS) make its Singapore debut next week. secrets of Kungfu Dough (left) and 1 Cluny Road MRT: Botanic Gardens The launch will be followed by a the mystery of Yamashita’s gold in the WHEN: Tomorrow, 6pm Singapore Art Museum: Sprout: Farm-To-People Event discussion with the author, Miniya National Gallery. ADMISSION: Free Installation In Progress Sprout celebrates sustainable Chatterji, local personality Eunice WHERE: Multi-Purpose Room, Central INFO: www.sph.com.sg/ agriculture, urban farming and good comedians, Kumar, Suhaimi Yusof, Olsen and publisher Zafar Anjum. Public Library, Basement 1 National This presentation explores ideas of sph-gift-of-music or honest food under one roof with more Sebastian Tan, Irene Ang, Koh Chieng WHERE: Roundhouse Room, Google Library Building, 100 Victoria Street exhibitions and exhibition-making www.nparks.gov.sg than 55 diverse exhibitors. Activities Mun and Selena Tan take on Preetipls Singapore, Mapletree Business City II, MRT: City Hall/Bugis WHEN: June 30, through the lens of the museum’s will feature urban farming techniques (above), Fakkah Fuzz, Alaric Tay, 70 Pasir Panjang Road MRT: Labrador 2.30 - 3.30pm ADMISSION: Free, history – from when it opened its The Vocal Consort’s The and skills and tips on sustainable, Sharul Channa, Rishi Budhrani and Park WHEN: June 29, noon - 1pm register at nlb.gov.sg/golibrary doors in 1996 as Singapore’s first fully Chamber Chorus Showcase dedicated art museum to its healthy living. Judee Tan in a showdown of laughs. ADMISSION/INFO: Free, e-mail INFO: E-mail [email protected] This concert is a showcase of the WHERE: Capitol Theatre, 17 Stamford [email protected] to register transformation over the years in the WHERE: Suntec Singapore Convention competition pieces that the TVC (The Singapore art scene. & Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Road MRT: City Hall WHEN: July 11 - 29, Four Paths To Joy: Poetry Vocal Consort) Chamber Singers – WHERE: SAM Curve, Singapore Art Boulevard MRT: Esplanade/ 8pm (Tue - Sat) & 3pm (Sat & Sun) Meet The Author: Chua Mui Reading & Discussion the only Singaporean choir in the final Museum, 71 Bras Basah Road Promenade WHEN: July 7 & 8, ADMISSION: $70 - $160 (July 11 & 12 Hoong Of Singapore, Disrupted The panel brings together four round – will perform at the Tokyo MRT: Bras Basah WHEN: Till Aug 26, 10am - 8pm ADMISSION: Free preview: $60 - $100) TEL: 6348-5555 Political columnist and The Straits Singapore poets – Alfian Sa’at, Daryl International Choir Competition next 10am - 7pm (Sat - Thu), 10am - 9pm INFO: www.visitsprout.sg INFO: www.sistic.com.sg Times’ Opinion editor Chua Mui Hoong Lim Wei Jie, Deborah Emmanuel and month. The TVC Combined Choir will promotes her latest publication, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingde – (Fri) ADMISSION: Free (to SAM Curve) present a few pieces by American One Metre Square: Singapore, Disrupted. She takes on who have vastly different approaches INFO: singaporeartmuseum.sg Project Vitra Design, composer Jake Runestad. Architecture, Communications Voices From Sungei Road issues such as joblessness and safety to writing. In the session moderated WHERE: Esplanade Recital Studio, (1950-2017) For decades, Singapore’s oldest flea nets, meritocracy and elitism, by Joshua Ip, they will share pieces 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/ EXHIBITIONS (GALLERIES) The exhibition provides an overview market in Sungei Road was home to a marketplace upheavals and from their works that make them City Hall WHEN: Tomorrow, 5pm of the diverse cultural and community that made a living out of leadership transitions in fresh essays happy and discuss their diverse ADMISSION: $25, tickets from peddling wares. In the 1 sq m of space and published articles. approaches to writing. tinyurl.com/tvcchamber2018 Flying In The Fragmentary: commercial activities of Swiss allocated to each vendor, what was WHERE: Kinokuniya Singapore Main WHERE: Multi-Purpose Room, Central INFO: E-mail ticketing@ Nge Lay’s Solo Exhibition furniture manufacturer Vitra and Store, 04-20 Takashimaya Shopping Public Library, Basement 1 National thevocalconsort.org.sg Yavuz Gallery’s first solo exhibition by insights into its history. junk to some was treasure to others. Centre, 391 Orchard Road Library Building, 100 Victoria Street multimedia Myanmar artist Nge Lay WHERE: Atrium, Level 1 National In July last year, the market was MRT: Orchard WHEN: June 30, 2pm MRT: City Hall/Bugis WHEN: June 30, features a large-scale installation Design Centre, 111 Middle Road closed to make way for a new MRT ADMISSION: Free TEL: 6737-5021 4.30 - 5.30pm ADMISSION: Free, DANCE which transforms the gallery into a MRT: Bencoolen/Bugis station. Playwright Cheow Boon Seng INFO: kinokuniya.com.sg register at nlb.gov.sg/golibrary life-sized Myanmar classroom from WHEN: Till July 13, 9am - 9pm daily interviewed dozens of the vendors INFO: E-mail [email protected] The Greatest Good Thuye’dan village, a remote area ADMISSION: Free INFO: www.vitra.com and his play questions what has been Beyond The Grand Histories: Singapore Chinese Dance Theatre’s 10 hours north of the capital Yangon. lost a year after the market ceased to Speculative Comics In sixth core production interweaves The work consists of 30 hanging exist.