Seni Tiga #08: Foundry

Within mundane and machinery we may discover art and artist. And in the practice of art and artist we see the seemingly mundane and machinery.

Foundry is a piece that was created in the old stainless steel warehouse, presented in a minimal but powerful way. The dream-like performance is a collection of sounds, textures and stories found in the vicinity of KongsiKL.

Seni Tiga #08: Foundry, photo by Patrick Chin, courtesy of Seni Tiga

Seni Tiga #08: Foundry
Running time : 60 mins
Performance date : 28-29 Sep 2019 (KongsiKL, Malaysia)

Artists
Charlotte Leng, Faris Nasir, Loke Xiao Yun, Sandee Chew, See Tshiung Han
Lighting Design : Sandee Chew

Volunteers
Producer : Loke Soh Kim
Assistant Producer : Low Pey Sien, Mah Jun Yi
Photographer : Chin Guan Wai, Faris Nasir, Mah Jun Yi, Sandee Chew
Videographer : Ho Chee Jen, Lee Pei Ni, Keith Tan Zheng How
Graphic Design : Faris Nasir, Low Pey Sien
Usher / Crew : Chin Guan Wai, Keith Tan Zheng How, Lee Pei Ni, Moch Jack Zhong, Shirley Woo

Presented by Kongsi Petak
Venue sponsored by KongsiKL
KongsiKL is a project supported by KakiKongsi and EXSIM Group
Acknowledgements: BFM, Doris Quek, KakiKongsi, SB Tape International Group, Shakespeare Demystified, Theatresauce, Tey Tat Sing

Artist Profile

Charlotte Leng

Charlotte hails from Gloucestershire, in the UK. She studied Music at Goldsmiths College, University of London. During her time in London, Charlotte performed regularly as both a collaborative pianist and chamber musician and also worked on various arts projects for the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, for a major music venue and as a curator for traditional music events. Charlotte began her teaching career as a freelance instrumental teacher and an early childhood educator for various schools in West London. Her thirst for travel brought Charlotte on various volunteering assignments to India and then onto Malaysia as a result of an expected teaching opportunity 15 years ago. Charlotte is currently a Primary Music Specialist teacher at an international school in Kuala Lumpur. When not in the classroom, Charlotte loves to travel and experience and support the arts at any opportunity and to constantly deepen her skills as both a musician and educator. In recent years, Charlotte has been pursuing studies in Dalcroze, where musicianship is explored and developed by experiencing music through the body. At the heart of this is the process of improvisation and experimentation, through voice, instruments and movement. Charlotte is constantly seeking new ways to develop musical possibilities and combine ideas from multiple artistic disciplines.

Faris Nasir

Faris Nasir is a multi-disciplinary artist, his works encompasses music, visual arts (animation & stills), flow arts and soap bubble arts. Performing as Kapten Buehbossa, using soap bubbles as his main medium, Faris has shared his works across continents, to countries such as China, India, UK, Maldives, Dubai, Africa and around South East Asia.

While exploring soap bubbles, Faris also went in depth into the science of soap bubbles; how they rearrange themselves in a specific geometrical way and how the color dynamics came about, which are known as fractals, repeating patterns in different scales, of which can be found almost anywhere in nature. The discovery led him into making fractal arts as Vuevossa Visuals.

Faris joined Seni Tiga to find a ground and understanding, aiming to connect the dots of all the mediums he’s been working on while collaborating with other artists of different disciplines.

Sandee Chew

Sandee Chew is an actor, and award winning lighting designer, who gets a special thrill working in collaborative ensembles, and developing new work. As one who doesn't see herself as a playwright necessarily, she’s recently found herself involved in devising type work and collaborations, which became a way to explore more Malaysian stories, or responses, and create new work on the floor with others: Matahari Jangan Tidure, Nanti Hilang Belang, dust, A Tale of Star Crossed-Lovers, Exchange Theatre and REMEDY. She has also found fulfilment collaborating as an actor at new play development workshops and readings like The New Play Project: Book One, as well as performing new works like Stereo Genmai. She is a co-founder of Shakespeare Demystified, and currently working on a devised production based on King Lear with Nyoba Kan and KL Shakespeare Players.

See Tshiung Han

See Tshiung Han is a Malaysian writer and editor based in KL. He co-edited "Voices of the Displaced: Poems from the Malaysian Migrant Poetry Competition 2015–2016" and KL's first spoken-word anthology "When I Say Spoken, You Say Word." He teaches English as a second language.

Loke Xiaoyun

Xiaoyun sings, and plays the piano, the flute, and the Sape. Trained as a classical musician, she also performs atonal vocal improvisation which she draws inspirations from nuances in different ethnic singing styles. Aside from teaching and performing, Xiaoyun involved in academic research projects in different branches in music studies including music education, music sociology, and ethnomusicology. She also presented academic papers in different countries such as Canada, China, Laos and Malaysia. Currently in training for Dalcroze Eurhythmics, which emphasizes the connectivity of one’s artistic expression with the surrounding, Xiaoyun enjoys collaborating with artists from different disciplines and exploring different music genres.