The Superintense schedule!
UPDATE:
Here's a more detailed description of what's happening tomorrow.
1100 hrs – 1200 hrs
Airan Berg
Artistic director for the Performing Arts of Linz Cultural Capital 2009, Airan shares with us his curatorial concepts and the programmes he curated for Linz Cultural Capital 2009.
1200 hrs – 1300 hrs
Gurur Ertem
Artistic Director of iDANS in Istanbul, specialist and writer on contemporary dance culture, Gurur will speak on temporarlity in current choreographic practices drawing from her festival, iDANS 02 and her latest publication project, Dance on Time!
1300 hrs – 1400 hrs
Heman Chong
Artist and curator from Singapore, Heman will give a lecture on 5 of his art projects.
1400 hrs – 1500 hrs
Mustafa Kaplan + Filiz Sizanli
Founders of the TALDANS Company in Turkey, Mustafa and Filiz will present their choreographic concepts in a sequence of movements, videos and conversation.
1500 hrs – 1600 hrs
Vlatka Horvat
A New York-based artist, Vlatka will be presenting a performance lecture comprising her current and past works.
1600 hrs – 1700 hrs
Jecko Siompo
One of Indonesia’s leading contemporary choreographers, Jecko will be talking about his past and present works, along with a new work that he is currently developing.
1700 hrs – 1900 hrs
Janez Jansa + Janez Jansa
They will be sharing their concept and idea behind their decision to change their names to Slovenia’s economical-liberal, conservative prime minister, Janez Jansa; and how this became one of the most impactful artworks.
1900 hrs – 2000 hrs
Zulkifle Mahmod
Sound-media artist from Singapore, Zul will present a sound performance based on the sound scapes which he has collected from his recent trip to Cambodia.
2000 hrs – 2100 hrs
Manuel Pelmus
Romanian dancer and choreographer, Manuel will present an intriguing solo piece. More will be unveiled at the presentation.
2100 hrs – 2200 hrs
Ashok Sukumaran
Contemporary artist from Mumbai, Ashok will present a work on ships and the Indian ocean; an art project that he did in the port of Sharjah.
2200 hrs – 2300 hrs
Eszter Salamon
Hungarian Choreographer based in Berlin, Eszter will present a solo piece based on John Cage’s Lecture On Nothing.
2300 hrs – 0000 hrs
Hafiz Dhaou
Contemporary dancer/ choreographer from Tunis, Hafiz will present a solo piece based on 2 dance projects which he presented in France; he will explore the exchange of ideas and thoughts with the audience.
0000hrs – 0100 hrs
Tim Etchells
Artist and writer based in London, Tim will present a text-based performance piece.
0100 hrs – 0200 hrs
Nelisiwe Xaba
Choreographer from Soweto, South Africa, Nelisiwe will present a solo performance of her latest work, Plasticization, and will also present video extracts of her other works.
0200 hrs – 0300 hrs
Tarek Atoui
An electro-acoustic musician from Lebanon, Tarek will present a full on sound performance.
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Get some sleep tonight dudes. Tomorrow (January 16, Saturday) will be a crazy, hectic day, if you’re planning to attend Superintense, the next event under TheatreWorks’ Flying Circus Project series.
The artists are given an hour each to pretty much do anything – talk, perform, talk, perform… no Indonesians dancing on slabs of butter this year though.
Here’s the (more or less final) schedule. I'll put in the updates if there are any.
11am to noon -- Airan Berg
Noon to 1pm -- Gurur Ertem
1pm to 2pm -- Heman Chong
2pm to 3pm -- Mustafa Kaplan + Filiz Sizanli
3pm to 4pm -- Vlatka Horvat
4pm to 5pm -- Jecko Siompo
5pm to 7pm -- Janez Jansa + Janez Jansa (eh, how come got two hours?)
7pm to 8pm -- Zulkifle Mahmod
8pm to 9pm -- Tim Etchells
9pm to 10pm -- Ashok Sukumaran
10pm to 11pm -- Eszter Salamon
11pm to midnight -- Hafiz Dhaou
Midnight to 1am -- Manuel Pelmus
1am to 2am -- Nelisiwe Xaba
2am to 3am -- Tarek Atoui
It’s all happening at 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road. Admission is free but register your attendance at 6737 7213 or tworks [at] singnet.com.sg. For more information on the artists, etc. click here or here. If you need a bit of background on what's been happening so far, go here.