Seni Tiga #09: Arboreal
Arboreal is a contemplation and derivation of movements, sound and aesthetics from plants, trees and the ecosystem around us.
The artists from different disciplines express themselves through various skills and media in the form of physical theatre.
Seni Tiga #09: Arboreal
Running time: 50 mins
Performance date: 19-20 Oct 2019 (KongsiKL, Malaysia)
Artists
Scriptwriter : Grace Ng, Lim Sheng Hui
Movement : Grace Ng, Vanessa Wu
Projection : NWCN (IDN)
Painting : NWCN (IDN)
Sound : Santosh Logandran
Lighting Design : NWCN (IDN)
Volunteers
Producer : Loke Soh Kim
Assistant Producer : Low Pey Sien, Mah Jun Yi
Photographer : Chin Guan Wai, Mah Jun Yi
Videographer : Ho Chee Jen, Lee Pei Ni
Graphic Design : NWCN, Low Pey Sien
Usher / Crew : Chin Guan Wai, Keith Tan Zheng How, Lee Pei Ni, Nick Dorian
Presented by Kongsi Petak
Venue sponsored by KongsiKL
KongsiKL is a project supported by KakiKongsi and EXSIM Group
Acknowledgements: KakiKongsi, SB Tape International Group
Artist Profile
Grace Ng
movement artist
Grace Ng is an actress and performing artist. Her screen credits include Ling in Astro Ria’s ‘Aku Dan Tok Wan’, ABCDE in Douglas Lim’s ‘SME’, and most recently as Rifa in Gol & Gincu 2. In theatre circles she is remembered for plays like KLPAC’s ‘Cartoon’, ‘Stories for Amah’, Shakespeare Demistyfied’s ‘Othello’, Georgetown Festival’s ‘2 Houses’, and Theatrethreesixty’s ‘Bare Beckett’. She is also a multi-disciplinary performing artist and theatre maker who combines her love for dance, words, and visual art to create unique live shows. Recent works include Iskarnival 2016 ‘Kapangan’, ‘Love and Intestines’ @Kongsi KL, Georgetown Festival 2017 ‘Riwayat; 2018 ‘Instant Theatre’.
Lim Sheng Hui
movement artist
In an alternative life, Sheng might have been a dancer. But here she is anyway, trying to move and breathe. Currently, she is interested in nature’s mimicry. Otherwise, she is completing a year-long emerging director’s programme with Theatresauce.
photo: @_amin.arsh
Vanessa Wu
movement artist
Penangnite Vanessa Wu is a graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute of Singapore (ITI), and a theatre practitioner of Vietnamese and Malaysian decent.
She began her journey in theatre in 2012, working as an actor, movement artist and stage manager. Vanessa has collaborated with artists at the Singapore International Festival of the Arts (SIFA) The O.P.E.N. Festival, Esplanade da:ns series and with performance/sound art collective The UFO Project for Neon Lights Festival and she was last seen in Theatre in Hotel and Naga Ekor Empat.
NCWN
projection artist / painter
NWCN as a creative platform expresses its vision of the “lavenir” (French for what is to come) by creating experiences that combine aesthetic and technical trials.
Thus, as creative players, NWCN rolls the dice of uncertainties. Triggering senses using visual, sound, texture, and movement through the use of new media and technology, NWCN affirms the importance of a continuous research and experiment in art-making.
Digitally manipulated ink and paper Origine (2018) marks the debut of NWCN’s journey – a piece that suggests the longevity of creation. Along which pathway will the platform venture?
NWCN members:
Coune: Multidisciplinary artist
Nabilla Wardhana: Multidisciplinary artist
Lalune (Amanda Ariawan): Curator
Santosh Logandran
sound artist
Santosh Logandran grew up surrounded by cultural influences of the traditional kind. Sound Engineer by profession, Santosh is also a multiple Boh Cameronian award winning composer and music director for Sand the Musical. Currently an active member of the Progessive Ethno Fusion band “Nadir”, where Santosh is the singer and percussionist, he has released an album with the band called Synesthesia.
