[event] Grapheme Zine Mosh // 15th Oct 2011 @ Grapheme Zine Lab

Grapheme Zine Lab is brewing at Goodman Arts Centre. Expect an experimental space where anyone can come craft a zine, learn book-making techniques, hang out with analog pets, or browse/buy an array of books and zines.

The Zine Mosh; the opening of the Grapheme Zine Lab, is an exhibition-cum-distribution experiment: 1 part tangible creativity, 2 parts freedom of self-expression. A heap of micro-publishing, a liberal sprinkling of the DIY ethos.

Join the people behind the Grapheme Zine Lab as they serve up independent book/zine forms of all shapes, sizes & contents. All manners of unique, locally-created zines & artist's books will be on exhibition & for sale. Zentai. Transient places now demolished. Haight-Ashbury free love. Polka-dotted bats.

Partaking in their vision and contributing works are an assortment of comrades, ranging from FALSE independent fashion anarchists Le Messie & Amanda S, to illustrators Twistii, Zxerokool and Sheryo, comic-book artist Troy Chin—and you, if you so wish.

Make a zine, bring it down, and you can sell it in the Lab. Or simply turn up with curiosity in your maw and leave satiated, pockets full of zines, inducted into the orders of indie-publishing.

Feat. Bani Haykal & Co. (experimental music), Polarity Press (zine distro), & Word Forward (performance poets).

15th Oct 2011 (Sat), 8pm

Grapheme Zine Lab

Goodman Arts Centre, Block B, #05-06

[event] Amino Acid Orchestra+ // 5th July 2011 @ Night and Day bar + gallery + friends

Come join the Amino Acid Orchestra for some sonic exploration on 5th July 2011.

Playing on the night will be:

Zai Kuning

Shark Fung

Fuzz Lee

Zai Tang

Angie Seah

Bani Haikal

Entry: $12 (inc. 1 free drink)

Night and Day bar + gallery + friends

139A/C Selegie Road

[event] House of Incest: an Ob/Scene Surrealist Cross-Disciplinary Art Rave // 28th June-5th July 2011 @ Post-Museum

"If only we could all escape from this house of incest, where we only love ourselves in the other, if only I could save you all from yourselves." -Anaïs Nin, House of Incest (1936)

Post-Museum collaborates with literary revolutionaries Grapheme Zine Lab to present House of Incest, a week-long multi-disciplinary groupshow that features a surreal, provocative art exhibition, in addition to other fringe events such as academic talks, film screenings and an intimate poetry reading.

Post-Museum is an independent cultural and social space in Singapore which aims to encourage and support a thinking, pro-active community. It hosts the Singapore Really Really Free Market, has seen talks by local Green groups, performances by Japanese Fringe Theatre practitioners, and art workshops amongst others.

However, Post-Museum will be closing down in its current premises come end July with the end of their current lease, and will be fund-raising in the hopes of opening a new independent space.

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28th June 2011 (Tuesday)

House of Incest Opening

Free entry

obscene & surreal art (interpretations of Nin's erotica)

feat.

KILAS / Michy Witchy / Clogtwo / Tiffany Lovage / Leonard Wee / Pourquois / Kristal Melson / XOTL / Miranda Mori / Eeshaun / Genevieve Chua / Elix Arkan / Xin Jie / Lee Wen / Winnie Goh / Speak Cryptic / Holly Pereira

lo-fi music

feat.

Seyra / Hanging Up The Moon / Acid Reef

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29th June 2011 (Wednesday)

Private Film Screening of Lino Brocka's masterpiece Macho Dancer (1988).

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30th June 2011 (Thursday)

Talk: "Female Ejaculation meets Hardcore Pornography: Part 2"

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1st July 2011 (Friday)

Private Film Screening of Gough Lewis' Sex: The Annabel Chong Story (1999)

Film will be followed by a post-show discussion with Gerrie Lim, author of Singapore Rebel: Searching for Annabel Chong (2011)

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2nd July 2011 (Saturday)

4-6pm

Mini-lecture: "Queer Theory" by Professor Brian Bergen-Aurand

9pm-2am

House of Philia Fundraising Party!

Bani Haykal / Lunarin / Dualtone / The Analog Girl

play for your pleasure before handing over to the DJs over at 4imaginaryboys to spin up the night.

Think un chien andalou, hearts spat out, garters. Imbibe raw, heartfelt music.

Partygoers will also be invited to participate in the Exquisite Corpse, creating a collaborative artwork by the end of the night.

Tickets are priced at $27 (pre-sale) and $32 (at the door), and come with one complimentary vodka jelly shot.

All proceeds go to Post-Museum's relocation fund. Contact Vanessa at 91254467/ho_xihuei@hotmail.com or Amanda at 96919727/circus.bunnies@gmail.com for tickets.

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3rd July 2011 (Sunday)

4-6pm

Singaporeans on Sex

roundtable discussion feat. Alex Au, Pat Law, Martha Lee, Trish Leong.

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5th July 2011 (Tuesday)

730pm-9pm

Carnal Stash

an intimate erotic poetry/prose reading

feat. the private collections of

Alvin Pang / Ng Yi-Sheng / Pooja Nansi / X’ho / Amanda Lee / Sudév Suthendran / Tania de Rozario / Madeleine Lee

9pm-11pm

Private Film Screening of David Lynch's surreal, acclaimed Blue Velvet (1986).

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Entry to film screenings, talks and the poetry reading will be by donation to Post-Museum's relocation fund (suggested $10).

Entry to the art exhibition is free on Opening Night, and by donation of any amount at other times. If you donate to enter for a film screening, talk or reading, you can of course enjoy the exhibition as well.

Note: Contact Vanessa at ho_xihuei@hotmail.com for more information on timings/to reserve a seat for film screenings and talks. We're keeping the details a little sketchy for good reason.

[event] Tribal Gathering of Tongue Tasters: An Alternative Ensemble // 4th June 2011 @ The Substation

Tribal Gathering of Tongue Tasters : An Alternative Ensemble
Saturday 4 June 2011, 8pm
The Substation Theatre
Admission: $15 / $10 (concession) available from the box office
Contact Mish’aal 6337 7800 / boxoffice@substation.org for tickets and more information

An Alternative Ensemble is a response to the dynamic music landscape in Singapore. AAE represents a palate within, and also an extension of, musical forms found locally. AAE is an experimental collective of musicians and visual artists, performing music written by Bani Haykal, following his recent developments on alternative music + narrative systems. All music performed is part composed and part improvised.

In this series of Tribal Gathering of Tongue Tasters, AAE reflects and expresses the complexity of urban living, the struggles and comfort experienced as inhabitants of this city. Throughout the performance, the audience and performers will interact through short discussions to better communicate the ideas of this experiment.

AAE presents the following performers:

Cheryl Ong (A Bigger Bang)

Matin Fellani

Misha’al (The Psalms)

Reef (Under The Velvet Sky)

Siraaj Anwar (b-quartet / mux / Page)

Yeong Shen (Snou)

With visuals by:

Jun (video projections)

Ila (OHP visuals)

About Tribal Gathering of Tongue Tasters

Each gathering is a sound and performance collaboration between established and emerging local music acts and artists to create a sonic event that recklessly challenges the imagination of home-grown music.

*Remember to bring your cameras and keep your ticket-stubs! Peek is offering all ticket holders 10% discount on cameras. Peek members will also receive 10% off their Tribal Gathering Tickets. More info at http://www.peek-ture.com.