Seni Tiga #03: Void in Void
What is performance? Is it accepting information as an outsider, or sharing an experience as a participant? Does a piece tells you a new story, or inspires you to see the word from a new perspective?
Void in Void is a performance that breaks the fourth wall by blurring the boundaries between performers and audience, so that a story can be experienced in many ways though it is told in one. The flexibility in seating arrangement allows the audience to bring home different experiences based on the choices they make during the performance.
Seni Tiga #03 : Void in Void
Running time : 55 mins
Performance date : 27-28 April 2019 (KongsiKL, Malaysia)
Artists
Director / Visual / Movement / Sound : Liew Chee Heai
Movement : Lee Ren Xin
Sound : Gideon Alu8khan Chen, Aki Huang
Volunteers
Producer : Loke Soh Kim
Assistant Producer : Low Pey Sien, Mah Jun Yi
Photographer : Douglas Ho, Liew Chee Heai, Low Pey Sien, Niko Ling, Tony Wong
Videographer : Geink Noise @ Geinkmorphik, Low Pey Sien
Graphic Designer : Low Pey Sien
Usher / Crew : Alice Wong Yieng Zhu (MyDance Alliance), Lee Bee Hui (MyDance Alliance)
Presented by Kongsi Petak
Venue sponsored by KongsiKL
KongsiKL is a project supported by KakiKongsi and EXSIM Group
Acknowledgements : KakiKongsi, MSR Sdn. Bhd., MyDance Alliance, SB Tape International Group, Touch Wood
Artist Profile
photo: Liew Chee Heai
Liew Chee Heai
director / movement / visual artist
Liew Chee Heai is based in Japan, a photographer and fine artist (b. Kepong, 1975). I spent my young adulthood in my hometown Kepong, a place where with cheerful sunshine and rain forest and have been resident for over 25 years. After my diploma at Kuala Lumpur College of Art, major in fine art, I started my photography career and volunteering while during travel in 1998. My photography took me to many places. I believe in composing my photographs in the viewfinder, I like the feeling of silent and surreal behind the lens,try to develop a world that allow me to express what I feel.
photo: Liew Chee Heai
Lee Ren Xin
movement artist
Lee Ren Xin is a graduate of NAFA in Singapore and completed her BFA in Dance at the Purchase College, State University of New York. She was an Associate Artist with The Human Expression Second Company in Singapore, and had danced briefly with LeeSaar The Company in NYC and DPAC Dance Company in Malaysia. Ren Xin works both independently and collaboratively. This past April, she was invited by the Chinese University of Hong Kong for a month-long research and creation residency, wrapping up with a full-length performance in Along The Edge Festival. Before that, she collaborated in Version 2020 directed by Mark Teh of Five Arts Centre, touring to Munich and Tokyo. Her most recent work, a year-long collaborative project ‘Where’s The Speficifisfety?’ with Singaporean dance artist Lee Mun Wai, was performed in KL in September 2018.
Aki Huang
sound artist
Aki Huang, a multi-award winning singer-songwriter, she is also passionate in illustration & photography.
In 2000, she released a full album '两个人' with 美娜. The duo disbanded in 2004. Aki went to China alone and released a solo full length album '惠声绘色' in November 2005, subsequently released a Taiwan version full length album, '情人节' in 2006. Aki faded out of the pop music scene in 2007. During the period, she has sang in a coffee shop, and has published her own works as a duo band 'Ika'. In the following years, she was still active in songwriting. In 2010, Aki once again caught attention as songwriter and composer, with Hebe Tian's 'Love!'. Aki returnes to the music scene with her personal full-length album '嘿' in 2017. Those ups and downs in the pursuit of music were nutrients for Aki. She is currently the lead singer of the new music band “ARVAN 阿爾梵”.
Gideon Alu8khan Chen
sound artist
Gideon Alu8khan Chen is a music composer / musician. His passion is in listening to the music, including traditional, folks, classical, jazz, blues, rocks and many more. Hence, his understanding of the musical instruments is fairly wide too. He plays both traditional and modern percussion instruments, wind instruments and string instruments. From the process of imitating others, he continuously create works and gradually found his own style. Alu8 is a skilful rock musician and has researched in many variety of rock genre. He is the guitarist of the local renown band “Lang” and “Platform 11”. Also performed in many arts and theatre performances. Recently formed “ARVAN 阿爾梵”with Aki, to collaborate and to issue songs.
