1. I'm going to be a torchbearer for the Youth Olympic Games on Friday 13 August, roughly around 10:35am on Kallang Road, slot number 6081. You can stand by the road and support me if you like!
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Yes, I know it's ridiculous and that the YOG itself is really pretty fucked up, and the uniforms are fugly: baggy grey and orange, with clear stipulations that we are not to alter them or wear them in a non-uniform manner or promote any socio-political-cultural agenda with them while we're running.
But NAC Literary Dept asked me to be a teensy part of Singapore history, and since they've generally been pretty cool people, how could I ever say no?
It's showing in Cinema Europa, VivoCity from 26 August onwards. Go early so you can convince the cinema to keep it in the theatres longer.
3. I never mentioned the fact that I've got a story up there myself: Last Kampong Boy, a brief summary of my father's memories of growing up in Tiong Bahru.
I think I'll talk about ContraDiction in a separate post.
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
I've done an interview with Royston Tan.
It's about his upcoming movie, OLD PLACES/老地方, co-directed with Eva Tang and Vitric Thng. It's up on the Civic Life Tiong Bahru blog, commissioned by the British Council.
The movie itself is being shown on TV: it'll be on Sunday 8 August at 8pm on Okto (wah, so many eights, must be auspicious). It's a series of personal stories told by ordinary Singaporeans about the vanishing places in Singapore.
Archiving Cane Opening on Thu 7 December, 7:30pm Exhibition from Fri 8 December to Sun 16 December
The Substation Loo Zihan´s archive of the Brother Cane performance art incident in Singapore. I´ve written an essay for his brochure. http://www.substation.org/archiving-cane/ Microcosmos
Opening on Thu 7 December, 8pm Exhibition from Fri 8 December to Wed 12 December
Goodman Arts Centre, Block B
A display of works by young Singaporean photographers - plus the poetry and short stories they´ve inspired.