Kitchen Quartet Selected for PROJECT: slingSHORT

Kitchen Quartet by Nicole Midori Woodford has been selected for the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT. This year's screening is held in conjunction with PUSH! on Saturday 28th July at 3.00pm.

Synopsis:

A food critic unknowingly alters a young female chef's fate. Her path ironically echoes that of the food critic's son. Both daughter and son, in two vastly different families, uses food as a means to reconcile with their respective estranged parents.
In a food obsessed nation, the power of food manifests in our lives in a myriad of ways. A patronizing food critic unknowingly affects a female chef. Forced to question her culinary career, she re-examines her relationship with her hawker mum while the withdrawn young son of the critic uses food as a means of connecting with his father. The film depicts how the two different families confront their inner selves without them realizing how their lives intertwine.

Festivals and Awards:
3rd Asian Film Festival Berlin - Official Selection for Short Film category, 2011
1st Melbourne Singapore Film Festival - Official Selection, 2011
2nd Singapore Short Film Awards - Official Selection and Nomination for Best Actress, 2011
Singapore Day festival in Shanghai - Official Selection, 2011
23rd Singapore International Film Festival - Official Selection for the Singapore Panorama category 2010
Awarded Best Film for the Kodak National Film School Competition 2009
17th Plus Camerimage Film Festival, Poland - Official Selection for the Student Etudes Panorama category, 2009

Click here for more information on Nicole Midori Woodford.

PROJECT: slingSHORT

Wednesday 8th August,

7.00 - 9.00pm

17 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QB

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM andPlatform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

project showcase: {ART} Features Jarrod Sim

Jarrod Sim was born in 1987 in Singapore. He received his diploma from LASALLE College of the Arts and then headed to London to study at Goldsmiths. He is currently pursuing an MA in Fine Art at the Chelsea College of Art and Design. Since his initiation in 2008, Jarrod has blended the concerns and methods of popular culture and personal observations with digital media to create his on visual language, often satirical yet unsettling. His work explores collapsed romanticism within contemporary social structures; he is especially interested in music, literature and history.

Jarrod has exhibited in a variety of countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, London and Finland. His works have been featured in several publications and film festivals. In 2008, he was video editor to artist, Shubigi Rao for her work in the Singapore Biennial. In 2010, he was a recipient of the All Roads Seed Grant by National Geographic, where he created a documentary film on Eurasian cultures in North Malaysia. He is also a freelance jazz pianist and has performed in several bars and events in Singapore and London.

Jarrod Sim will be featured in project showcase: {ART} at PUSH! (Pop-Up Sinagpore House)

Join us for the private view of project showcase: {ART}

6 August 2012, 7PM - 9:30PM 

PUSH!

17 Dorset Square, London NW1 6QB

project showcase: {ART}
Exhibition runs from 6th August to 11th August
Opening Hours: 11am - 4pm

Hentak Kaki Selected for PROJECT: slingSHORT

Hentak Kaki  by James Khoo has been selected for the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT. This year's screening is held in conjunction with PUSH! on Saturday 28th July at 3.00pm.

Synopsis:

2nd Warrant Officer Teck Hong has served his entire life in the army. Now 38, he finds himself needing to make a pivotal decision, should he continue serving in the army or leave and face the harsh reality of life outside. He knows that if he continues serving, his past injuries limits his roles in the army to administrative positions, something he loathes. However, upon meeting a certain detainee at the Detention Barracks in the army, his life takes a turn.

Click here for more information on James Khoo.

PROJECT: slingSHORT

Wednesday 8th August,

7.00 - 9.00pm

17 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QB

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!


Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM andPlatform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

project showcase: {ART} Features Ruyi Wong

Ruyi Wong completed her BFA (hons) from Nanyang Technological University the School of Art, Design and Media. Ruyi is now completing her Master in Fine Arts in University Of The Arts London. VOID:eck By The Sea was selected to be screened for SEED festival 2011 at The Arts House. Recently, Ruyi has round off her solo video art exhibition with the support of Singapore Young Contemporary Artists and a PEEK! an analog camera retail. Ruyi was selected by the organizers of Alliance Francaise De Singapour of France+Singapore New Generation Artist 2011, and took part in their annual exhibition. Ruyi was also an artist-in-residence at Bukit Timah Dairy Farm with Artist Caravan, and with the support of National Park and members of The Nature Society of Singapore. During her Artist In Residence, Ruyi develops a giant video kaleidoscope sculpture where she digitally engineered and resurrected an extinct native floral species. Ruyi's current practice-led research lies within the experimenting alternative photographic practices to represent the metaphysical realm.

Ruyi writes about art and her writing has appear in independent publication and exhibitions.

Ruyi Wong will be featured in project showcase: {ART} at PUSH! (Pop-Up Sinagpore House )

Join us for the private view of project showcase: {ART}

6 August 2012, 7PM - 9:30PM 

PUSH!

17 Dorset Square, London NW1 6QB

project showcase: {ART}
Exhibition runs from 6th August to 11th August
Opening Hours: 11am - 4pm

Filem Selected for PROJECT: slingSHORT

Filem by Kent Chan has been selected for the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT. This year's screening is held in conjunction with PUSH! on Saturday 28th July at 3.00pm.

Synopsis:

"… we are shooting a historical, action epic..." the producer says to the director. Indeed they are, but with a lack of funds and the wrong actors that are Chinese, but the wrong kind of Chinese. The shoot goes haywire and director and producer argues on set about… film. 

Click here for more information on Kent Chan.

PROJECT: slingSHORT

Wednesday 8th August,

7.00 - 9.00pm

17 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QB

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!


Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM andPlatform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

Labour Day Selected for PROJECT: slingSHORT

Labour Day by He Shuming has been selected for the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT. This year's screening is held in conjunction with PUSH! on Saturday 28th July at 3.00pm.

Synopsis:

Cik visits her old flat to collect rent from her two foreign worker tenants who are on their way to work – Zoe, a frumpy 30-year old Malaysian Chinese whose second application to be a Singapore citizen has just been rejected, and Purple, a study-mama from China, who is hiding a secret from her 12 year-old son.

Labour Day is an observation of how one goes to great lengths to pursue a better life in a city obsessed with progress and change.

Click here for more information on He Shuming.

PROJECT: slingSHORT

Wednesday 8th August,

7.00 - 9.00pm

17 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QB

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!


Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM andPlatform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

Overseas Singaporean Supports PUSH!

Overseas Singaporean supports PUSH! 


For more information on Overseas Singaporean Unit please visit www.overseassingaporean.sg

Singapore International Foundation Supports PUSH!

SIF has agreed to support PUSH! - Pop Up Singapore House. Presented by creative [SIN]ergy in association with RSP Planet Design Studios

Established in 1991, the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to nurture active global citizens and friends for Singapore.
The SIF aims to help the development of communities outside of Singapore through the Singapore Volunteers Overseas (SVO) programme. The SIF facilitates the participation of volunteers in capacity-building programmes in areas as diverse as healthcare and health education, organisational and personal capacity development, empowerment of disadvantaged children, women and families, and rehabilitation of the disabled.

The SIF seeks to reach out to new audiences and friends of Singapore through a public and cultural diplomacy programme which includes organising concerts abroad and hosting visits to Singapore by foreign thought leaders and influential personalities in the fields of academia, business, civil society, government and the media.
For its work, the SIF was presented the Excellence for Singapore Award. Our Patron is His Excellency S R Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore.

For more information on SIF please visit www.sif.org.sg

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

PUSH! Features Lay Bee Yap

Lay Bee Yap is trained as an architect-urban designer, and is currently working in Singapore. Her photographic journey is to explore and capture the life and flow of the city: its cityscape, buildings and spaces with play of lights, shadows, and intriguing sense of place. in each photograph, she wishes to capture an impression that could not be seen without the use of her camera. Hence, through the work, she strives to accentuate the lines, abstractness, fluidity and geometry of spaces. these photo- graphs are her storybook of the City. 

Lay Bee Yap was born in 1974 and has lived in Singapore, London and new york. bee is trained as an architect-urban designer, and is currently working in Singapore. She studied architecture at the Bartlett School in London from 1993-99 and has just graduated with a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University in the city of new york where she has been living in the past two years. She is a recipient of the Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize and the William Kinne Fellows Prize 2011 at Columbia.

Over recent years, she has developed a special interest in photographing the city-scapes, architectural spaces and the environment of the different cities and places she has visited.

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

PUSH! Features Wee Hong-Ling

Hong-Ling Wee is a scientist-turned-artist who realized her passion for ceramics during her pursuit of a ph.D. in geography. since completing her doctoral degree in 2005, she has been a full-time ceramicist who splits her time between the united states and Asia. 

Wee has participated in numerous exhibitions all over the united states, Australia, Japan, Korea, China and Singapore. Among her accolades include the First prize at “Ceramics Biennial 2006” at The New Hampshire Institute of Art (new hampshire, USA), an Award of Excellence at the 3rd China-ASEAN Youth Creativity Competition at the Guangxi National Art Center (Nanning, China), an Honorable Mention at the Cheongju International Craft Biennale (Cheongju-si, Korea). In 2006, she was also selected as one of twenty-four Emerging Artists by Ceramics Monthly. Most recently, she received grants for this solo exhibition from the Singapore Permanent Mission to the United Nations (New York), the Singapore International Foundation and the national Arts Council (Singapore). 

Wee’s work has been also featured in the straits times, the business times, Singapore (SIF Magazine), nu you, Millionaire Singapore, Ceramics Monthly, Clay Times, Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao Daily news and the world Journal. she was also featured in the beyond the Dot documentary series that aired on channel news Asia in 2007. 

Wee has also held Artist-in-residence positions at the Vermont studio center (Vermont, USA), the Shigaraki Ceramic Institute (Japan), and the Jingdezhen Experimental Factory and pottery workshop (China). 

Wee’s works are in the permanent collections of the Singapore Art Museum (Singapore), the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park (Japan), the Fule International Ceramic Art Museum (Fuping, China) and the Guangxi National Art Center (Nanning, China). 

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

Soft lines, Hard Edges at PUSH!

Soft lines, Hard Edges is part of the exhibition at Pop-Up Singapore House (PUSH). This exhibition features works by Wee Hong-Ling and Lay Bee Yap.

The idea of a sanctum and the sense of place tie the ceramic  sculptures by award winning Hong Ling, and photography by Lay bee in a permanent exhibition of their works.

For more information about Wee Hong-Ling click here.

For more information about Lay Bee Yap click here.

PUSH Opening Night in aid of Singapore Heritage Society

Creative [SIN]ergy's Pop-Up Singapore House (PUSH)  opening night is in aid of Singapore Heritage Society. 

Founded in 1986, the Singapore Heritage Society is a non-profit, non-government organisation and registered charity. the society is dedicated to the preservation, transmission and promotion of Singapore’s history, heritage and identity. the society aims to promote active interest in the cultural life and history of Singapore and to initiate action on research, evaluation, documentation, publication, collection, display, and preservation and restoration of skills and items of historical interest. 

For more information on Singapore Heritage Society click here.

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

 

Laser Installation at PUSH

Iyvone’s work examines perception through the experience of looking, revealed through the artificial when a situation is posed or a theme metaphorically explored. Her work investigates the essence of things in the fleetingness of reality. Contrasting themes in her work are nature and the Artificial. She uses light as a form of painting, space as an extension to the canvas and video as a polymorphic visual tool. 

Iyvone’s practise is deeply engaged with the materiality of light. the moving image when projected is a form of lighting; the image on screen is an expression of a reality, an artificial digital reality; an experience aimed to question human perception. She explores the ethereal yet sculptural qualities in light, this evidence is present in her light painting works, sculptures and video installations. 

Laser Installation by Iyvone Khoo will be presented at PUSH from 6th August to 19th August.

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

PROJECT: slingSHORT Screening In Aid Of Singapore Heritage Society

 The screening of the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT on the 28th of July will be in aid of Singapore Heritage Society. 

Founded in 1986, the Singapore Heritage Society is a non-profit, non-government organisation and registered charity. the society is dedicated to the preservation, transmission and promotion of Singapore’s history, heritage and identity. the society aims to promote active interest in the cultural life and history of Singapore and to initiate action on research, evaluation, documentation, publication, collection, display, and preservation and restoration of skills and items of historical interest. 

For more information on Singapore Heritage Society click here.

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM and Platform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.

David Shiyang Liu Will Curate PROJECT: slingSHORT

Creative [SIN]ergy is delighted to present the 6th edition of PROJECT: slingSHORT at Pop-Up Singapore House (PUSH). David Shiyang Liu will curate this edition of the screening which will be screened twice. Once during the opening night of PUSH and the second screening will also be held at PUSH on Sat 28th July. This second screening will be in aid of Singapore Heritage Society.

David began his creative career early in life. He wrote his first masterpiece of fiction at age seven during science class about anthropomorphic volcanos destroying the world and enslaving human beings. (His mother still keeps that story in her drawer.)

These days David works as a commercial director, and his work garners praise from more than just his mum. His short “4444” took out both the Audience Choice Award and Special Mention Prize at the 2005 Singapore Shorts Film Festival. His honours project “5 Films” achieved even greater heights, winning Best Cinematography at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival, and Best Editing at the 2009 Singapore Short Film Awards. The film has since screened at a number of international festivals including the 2009 Cannes Short Film Corner.

David currently divides his time between Singapore and Melbourne. He is represented by KICK KICK PUNCH for music videos in Australia.

About PROJECT: slingSHORT

PROJECT: slingSHORT is an ongoing series of Singapore short films. The selection of short films for each series comes from an ensemble of new up and coming Singapore filmmakers. A different Singapore short filmmaker curates each screening and selects the next curator from one of the filmmakers from the current screening.

Each PROJECT: slingSHORT screening acts as a launch platform for at least two complete unknown Singapore short filmmakers, one based in the UK (where possible) and the other from Singapore.

PROJECT: slingSHORT

Saturday 28th July, 3.00pm

17 Dorset Square, London, NW1 6QB

Creative [SIN]ergy presents, PUSH! (Pop-Up Singapore House). A non-profit project in association with RSP Planet Design Studios, working in partnership with FARM andPlatform 65 and supported by Singapore International Foundation. PUSH! presents an exciting summer of events, exhibitions, and workshops. Showcasing some of the best Singaporean talents from a diverse range of backgrounds including Visual, Literary, Theatrical, Design and Culinary Arts from around the globe in London.