An oft-overlooked tool, our hands allow us to explore the mind through the process of creation. Crafty 2010 -produced by Anonymous and curated by art director Felix Ng- emphasizes the importance of making, shaping, and becoming wholly involved with what we are creating.

Crafty draws inspiration from Richard Sennett’s ambitious look at craft, and his belief that “Making is thinking”. Today’s pragmatic culture often leads us to ignore the essential dialogue between hand and head—a vital part of problem solving, developing real skills, and the foundation of modern civilization.

A computer-free event, Crafty examines the fundamentals of the creative disciplines through hands-on activities and a cast of remarkable industry professionals. From design to art and advertising to specialized print techniques, Crafty explores the process of crafting a concept from beginning to end using basic techniques we often skip through the aid of technology.

The one-day conference which will be held at LASALLE on October 9, will gather some of the creative industry’s craftiest visionaries. Presenting 20-minute talks, they will share insights culled from extensive experience with hands-on production and turning visions into reality. Here is the line up of confirmed speakers: Official Manufacturing Co., The Glue Society, Adrian Chan (BBH), B.A.L.L.S, Grace Tan (kwodrent), Larry Peh (&Larry), Michael Lee, Sean Lam (Plate), + 01 Secret Speaker.

Supplementing the conference will be a 40-page Crafty Paper, featuring a foreword by Thinking For A Living founder Duane King, as well as speaker profiles and interviews with 15 extraordinarily talented individuals from around the world.

Click here to get your tickets now. Registration includes a copy of A Crafty Paper and access to the Conference after-party.

The  Organisation of Illustrators Council turns four, and they are giving all Singapore based illustrators a chance to show off their work on a new platform that will be launched some time closer to their anniversary, on 18th October 2010.

HOW TO TAKE PART:

1. Register here
2. Download the instructions
3. Post questions here

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

1. This call for entries is open to all budding students/ hobbyist/ professional illustrators residing and practicing in Singapore.
2. No age limit.
3. You can submit maximum 3 entries per artist based on any combination of the listed themes.
4. New Artwork preferred.
5. Artwork must be submitted as instructed and in the stated formats and sizes. Read the instructions.
6. Each artist must have a proper dedicated folio blog of illustrated works with contact info ( email address / hp number etc ).
7. Only selected works will be featured on our final “project” based on careful evaluation by OIC’s selection panel to ensure quality control. This clause is only added to assure participants we hope to uphold quality and good work..
8. Closing date is 31st July 2010 2359hrs

Click here and here to view the two other objects in the series.

PMP is an audio-visual collective started in 2009 by Bin (Ong Kian Peng), Ivan Lee and Felix Phang, out of a common interest of bringing audio and visuals together.

Ivan is a multimedia designer and the co-founder of Black Mark, a design studio that works across print and web design. Felix is the Music Director for local band Summertimes, and the creative director for High Notes Publishing. New Media Artist, Bin is a part time lecturer at LASALLE, and a researcher in the NUS Multimodal Analysis Lab Web.

Bin about the featured work: “Objects for Our Sick Planet is a series of work in response to the general public’s attitude, and lack of awareness regarding pollution, and how it can eventually lead to global warming and climate change. Each of these objects translates and highlights everyday situations and locations into visible and perceptible experiences which otherwise are unnoticed and neglected by humans.”

In conjunction with the exhibition of celebrated New York graffiti artist, Daze, Fortune Cookie Projects announces the opening on 4 March, of a homecoming showcase of local graffiti art, titled Is This Home, Truly?

Curated by Zaki Razak and Zul Othman, the exhibition — presents the work of six urban artists from Singapore: Antz , Scopeone, Slacsatu, The Killer Gerbil, Tr853-1 and Zero.

In the words of Zaki, “The Pioneers, Markers and Avant-Gardes of Singapore’s ‘Graffiti Art’ are coming home to showcase artworks symbolizing respective peaks of their practice.  The showcase not only chronicles representational pieces from the scene in Singapore from the early 90s till today, it also inaugurates their congregation in a ‘confined’ space – an environment that seems alienating yet longing.”

The exhibition runs through 22 March at Fortune Cookie Projects, 39 Keppel Road #02-04 – Tanjong Pagar Distripark.

Future of Imagination (FOI) is a time-based, performance art event, with the aims of redefining and increasing visibility of the practice of performance art and time-based art. In FOI 6, artists from Black Market international (BMi), with artists working in Singapore and the region will present the range of possibilities of performance art, while working in raw explorations of body, space and time-based performances. Visit the website for more information.

Participating artists:
Alastair MacLennan (UK/Ireland), Amanda Heng (Singapore), Angie Seah (Singapore), Boris Nieslony (Germany), Elvira Santamaría (Mexico), Helge Meyer (Germany), Jacques van Poppel (The Netherlands),  Jason Lim (Singapore), Jeremy Hiah (Singapore), Juliana Yasin (Singapore), Julie Andrée T. (Canada), Jürgen Fritz (Germany), Kai Lam (Singapore), Lee Wen (Singapore), Lynn Lu (Singapore), Marco Teubner (Germany), Melati Suryodarmo (Indonesia), Myriam Laplante (Canada/Italy), Norbert Klassen (Switzerland), Roi Vaara (Finland), Sabrina Koh (Singapore), Tangpaiboon (Thailand), Zai Kuning (Singapore)

Period:
7 – 11 April 2010

Programme and venues:

Live Performances

7, 8, 9 & 10 April 2010
7pm till late
Venue: Sculpture Square (155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977)

Juliana Yasin & Jatiwangi Art Factory

9 April 2010
4pm to 6pm
Venue: Outdoors at East Coast Marine Parade Beach

Black Market International with guest artists

11 April 2010
2pm to 8pm
Venue: Sculpture Square

Forum Discussion

Collective Performances
10 April 2010
2pm to 5pm
Venue: Singapore Art Museum, Auditorium

Jonas Stampe and open discussion with participating artists of FOI6

Developed by Catapult Advertising and supported by MICA, Good EyeDeer (GED) is an equal opportunities platform, which gives anyone with a potentially good idea an opportunity to actualize and see it come to life, debunking the myth that Singapore is creatively lack lustre.

“We want GED to be a platform for designers to launch themselves and enjoy some commercial benefits, but that’s not all GED is about,” explains Project Director, Serene Tan. “We’re keen on unearthing local talent, helping them come up with a viable business model, sharing with them our network and experience in marketing and branding so that can have some commercial viability to their work. But at the same time, what is driving GED is the importance of giving back to charities like the BAF and our own not-for-profit design project, HE.ART, and investing in the future of good local design.”

GED’s inaugural competition is its Great T-Shirt Hunt – a call for locals to design T-Shirts about or inspired by Singapore. The competition will culminate in a showcase of the winning pieces, which will subsequently be sold through various retail partners and an online store.

Click here for more details. The contest closes on 15 March 2010!

A Duad In Play is an event that encourages a fascinating artistic solidarity between two different creative minds, allowing two artists to produce a gemini of works that will exemplify an effort of cooperative creativity.

The exhibition will present new works by two artistic giants, using a common playground to congregate their practices, challenge the boundaries, while remaining true to their works.

Francis Ng and Ronald Ventura will express their thoughts on “play and playthings”, posing their artwork as a response to the other, forming a dialogue between their works, whilst using their own respective language of art.

This evening, at ICA Gallery 1, Unit B1-04, LASALLE College of the Arts, at 7pm.

About the Artists

Francis Ng
Ng Teck Yong Francis is a multi-disciplinary artist born in 1975 in Singapore . Since completing his Bachelor of Arts degree with Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) Australia in 2001 and Master of Fine Art degree in 2004, Francis made headlines when he became the first Singaporean to win the grand prize at the Philip Morris Group of Companies Asean Art Awards in 2002. He has also won the 2002/2003 JCCI (Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore) Arts Award, the 2003 President’s Young Talent Award, the Photography category of the UOB Painting of the Year competition 2004 and, the 2004/2005 IDC-Design Excellence (Service Industry) Distinction Award. In 2003, Francis was chosen to represent Singapore at the prestigious 50th Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia). He has also represented the country in the 5th Gwangju Biennale in South Korea.

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Pameran Poskad is a group exhibition of postcard sized artworks that is open to anyone and everyone that would like to participate. The participants come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are highly established and internationally recognized professional artists; others are students, engineers, house wives and even little children.

This exhibition is an attempt to encourage creative production from amateur artists and provide them an exhibition space. The size restriction is also a deliberate choice to keep the artworks small, thereby limiting the price range allowing the everyday consumer to purchase an original piece of art.

To participate, all you need to do is complete an application form and pay an entry fee of SGD $35. Participants can submit up to 10 artworks with the only restriction being that it must fit into the provided 12 x 18 cm sleeve. The artists can set their own price and receive 100% of the sales revenue.

This exhibition is organized by Keyakismos, Cris Mora, and ampulets.