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An
In-Conjunction Visual Arts Event of the Singapore Arts Festival 2004
(1
18 June 2004 @ St James Power Station & 21 Tanjong Pagar) |
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Join
the revolution as Singapore's new generation of creative guerillas are
creating a multi-media art extravaganza!
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In
this dual-venue exhibition, experience how these artists, designers,
architects, photographers and poets from all over the world have joined forces
to transform the 1920s colonial heritage site of St James Power Station and a
historical shophouse at 21 Tanjong Pagar Road into a wonderland of fantastical
surprise for all your six senses.
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From
street art to fine art, be surprised at what you'll find in
unexpected nooks and crannies.
Find treasures in the creative wares up for sale.
Or help build an urban garden by bringing along your own potted plant.
Whether as participant or observer, Reconstruction of a City
will alter your perception of the Singapore artscape!
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The Concept:
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Reconstruction
of a City is a site-specific art exhibition which explores how artists and
writers perceive their personal life experiences in relation to Singapore as a
city.
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Cities
are about building relationships between various people who participate in
activities of common interest in a shared public space.
Yet even as the artists and writers are looking for marks of identity
that determine what is Singapore or Singaporean, they also realize they share
a common human and urban condition with inhabitants of other cities.
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Thus
at St James Power Station and 21 Tanjong Pagar, they create a city which
reflects their visions and illusions be it recognizable as distinctively
Singaporean or with characteristics common with other cities in the world.
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Reconstruction
of a City is the exhibition component of Visions & Illusions,
an ongoing multi-disciplinary project undertaken by over 50 leading young
visual artists and writers to explore site-specific installation work.
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The Venues:
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The
exhibition has two components Reconstruction of a City @ St James Power
Station is an exhibition of site-specific installation artworks, while
Reconstruction of a City @ 21 Tanjong Pagar is a multi- disciplinary exhibition
of site, sound and spectacle.
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St
James Power Station
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The
almost-forgotten 1920s heritage of St James Power Station, the first power
station in Singapore, has been chosen as the site for this exciting arts
project given its size, historical significance and unique architectural
design.
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This
site-specific exhibition is a response to the physical architecture of St
James Power Station. Reconstruction
of a City shapes a unique heritage site into art activity spaces which are
natural to the fabric of our society, raising introspective questions for the
artists and providing a forum for a broader debate that will engage audience
in Singapore and beyond.
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21 Tanjong Pagar
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This
historical shophouse is set to be a live nerve centre for art of all forms and
functions! Located at the crossroads between old Chinatown and the gleaming
skyscrapers of the business district, Reconstruction of a City outlines a zone
for the alternative and the imaginative - a place where ideas are born and the
unexpected can happen.
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More.....
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Reconstruction of a City - A Visions & Illusions Exhibition
