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5th Ngee Ann Photography Exhibition 2010

Cheng — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:48:12 +0000

NAPE

The 5^thNgee Ann Photography Exhibition 2010 will be here this week with the official opening happening on 8 April 2010 at 7pm.

Venue:
Ngee Ann Exhibition Hall
Teochew Building
97 Tank Road

Exhibition Date:
9th April 2010 – 19th April 2010

Personal comments:

Well this exhibition has been held for the past 4 yrs. Except for last year where it was held as an competition with selected themes, it has always been an open theme exhibition. I suppose this is to encourage mass participation. However it lacks a focus for visitors . You could be viewing photographs of different genres placed altogether. You could jump from one landscape photos to a portrait photo suddenly.

Nevertheless it is still a good exhibition to visit and learn from other photographers.

my|4walls – Art photography installation launch

Cheng — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:13:32 +0000

Got this off an email. There is a new gallery is in town and a new art photography exhibition will be in place. A good start for 2010!

The my|4walls exhibition will be launched at

date: Friday, 15 jan 2009
time: 8pm onwards
venue: naturally @MUSE the Art Gallery
268 Upper Bukit Timah Rd
#03?09, Singapore 588210

date: Friday, 15 jan 2009

time: 8pm onwards

venue: naturally @MUSE the Art Gallery

268 Upper Bukit Timah Rd

#03?09, Singapore 588210

4 local photographers will be taking in this exhibition Wong Kin Leong, Fusheng, Elaine Lim and John Heng

4 walls

Off the press release :

In our fast paced urban world, we constantly seek spaces that bring us comfort and rest. We seek our very own “4walls”, our own spaces of comfort. But in a globalised world, our “4walls” are not constrained by time, country or language; we can find our solace anywhere in the world. Comfort can be found in the faces of children, in nature’s landscape, in street musicians, in flowers, in cafés…

Yet, do our “4walls” liberate us from urban pain or do they lock us in, locking others out? Are our “4walls” our liberation or our prison?

Event : On the Wall Photo Bazaar

Cheng — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:39:01 +0000

: On the Wall

On The Wall is a wonderful opportunity for serious photograpers and young artists to showcase their works On the wall.

Event : 2902 Gallery, OldSchool, 11 Mount Sophia, 11B #B2-09
Date & Time :29th Nov (Sat) – 2pm to 8pm
30th Nov (Sun) – 11am to 8pm

12 Years of Black and White Photography

Cheng — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:45:25 +0000

After 12 lotus, now is an exhibition titled 12 Years of Black and White Photography by Desmond Teo, an avid black and white photographer. He is also an instructor at SAFRA photoclub andÂ conducts the monochrome class at a regular basis.

Venue:	Ngee Ann Exhibition Hall Teochew Building 97 Tank Road
Date:	8th Aug 2008 – 16th Aug 2008

Photo Assignment : Zhoujia Troupes Founders Praying Ceremony

Cheng — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:25:02 +0000

Zhou Jia (Zhou Family) style is a southern style of Chinese Kungfu. It has often been referred to as Hong Tou Cai Wei which literally translates to ?head of Hong and tail of Cai.? This is because its founder Zhou Long had combined the two famous kong fu styles: Hong style and Cai Li Fo style, into his own style Zhou Jia Style.

ZhouJia Fist ? the kungfu branch of the style is well-known for its deep stance and fast footwork while ZhouJia Lion Dance – the lion dance branch of the style has aggressive lion expressions and a quick tempo drum beat. The Zhou Jia Style was spread to Singapore in the 1960s. Today several pugilistic associations continue to practice the Zhou Jia Lion Dance form. Every year during the Qing Ming festival, these troupes will gather at the Phor Kar See Temple at Bright Hill Drive to pay respects to its founding teachers.

This is also the time these troupes display their skills in the art form. The light drizzle that day did not dampen the troupes members? spirit. The various troupes with their lions, drum carts first dashed up the slope to go up to the main hall of the temple. Next they lined up at the make-shift altar to pay respect. After three bows, they started to do a mass display of the Zhou Style basic routine – 36 Hands.

It allowed them to showcase what the founders has passed down through the generations. Again to showcase the skills of lion drums, the troupes proceeded on with a heart thumping display of lion dance drumming. The last segment was for the troupes to perform a short lion dance each before proceeding to the altar to kow-tow. The lions or rather their dancers knelt down and bowed three times. All in memories for the art their founder and grandmasters had passed down.