TUPADAXINGapore, Filipino Performance Art

Tupada Xing, a coined pedestrian acronym that means Tupada Crossing, with emphasis on the letter "X" that carries with it multilayered meanings: cross, action (aXn), extreme, export, exchange, express, cross-over, restricted, breaking away.

The essence of Tupada's International Tour for the year 2006 is encapsulated in the symbol X. Such is the nature of Tupada (both as cockfight and performance art activity). And for Tupada, the year 2006 is a year for breaking borders, crossing boundaries, meaningful and creative exchange and _expression, and a conscious breaking away from set conventions... and yes, even local and international restrictions to spontaneous street and public performances--the very nature of Tupada. Components of Tupada Xing are international performances and artistic ventures of Tupada members Asia, America and and Latin America.


T U P A D A X I N G a p o r e
26 October 2006 at Wunderspaze studio, Singapore

Maki Calilung - Published author, teacher, filmmaker and multimedia artist, Maki is a core member, and one of three active female artists of renowned Philippine action and multimedia art group TUPADA.






Manet Villariba - His performances, often incorporating sound art, have been presented on various platforms such as Philippines International Performance Art Festival (PIPAF) and TAMA ’06.





Thomas Daquoiag - In 2002, he was the recipient of the Dharmasiswa Arts and Culture Studies Grant in Bali, Indonesia whilst most recently, he has been granted the Asian Artist Freeman Fellowship by the Vermont Studio Center, USA. He has received
numerous accolades and awards including Jurors’ Choice in the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards at the beginning of this millennium.




Ronaldo Ruiz - Aside from being a core member of TUPADA, he has performed several international performance art events in Australia, Japan, Thailand and of course, the Philippines. In addition, he has garnered for himself one of the most prestigious awards – the Cultural Center of the Philippines’ 13 Artists, as well as being selected as Juror’s Choice for the Philip Morris Philippine Art Awards.





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Photos © 2006, Dirk Fleischmann

Open SEA

Open SEA (Southeast Asia), the first of what is designed as series of presentations on (and of) emerging personalities of contemporary art practice from Southeast Asia. In this inaugural exhibition at The Substation curated by Singaporean artist Khairuddin Hori, Open SEA presents Lynn Lu, Sharon Chin and Patiroop Chychookiat.



Sharon Chin b.1980, Malaysia
Untitled (Newton's cradle), footballs & nylon threads





Patiroop Chychookiat b.1976, Thailand
Untitled (drawing to an arm's reach), lead drawing on back of pillar



Lynn Lu b.1974, Singapore
Untitled (performance with mother, Polly Lu)





In a collateral event on 5th August, public members are invited to spend a ‘day-out’ with the artists at the Wunderspaze studio. This ‘open’ 5-hour event where extreme ‘up-close’ experiences could be expected, departs from traditional formats of artist talks, forums or workshops employed to acquaint the public to artists’ creative thoughts and processes. Here, artists and participants could choose to view and share their favourite films, cook, play games, take a trip around the neighbourhood or simply share their personal experiences with art.

Dyn & Kyn, Erase & Rewind

Rasa Singapura at The Land Foundation!

Leaving on a jet plane from this super-urban metropolitan concrete playground of Singapore and landing in the more serene environment of Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, Lilpinkdevil brought Rasa Singapura (A Taste of Singapore) to The Land Foundation. In this next stage of Lilpinkdevil’s participation in Wunderspaze’s Artist Development Programme, he embarks upon a three-week residency project at this “artistic and cultural space for young cultural activists with the intention to support self-knowledge through a variety of activities such as Vipassana meditation, yoga and art.”

Click here to see the project at Lil Pink Devil's blog

The artist giving a talk at The Land Foundation.


At the opening night of Rasa Singapura.









Rasa Singapura is supported with a grant from National Arts Council, Singapore.

Orkibal in the House!

Iron River Misadventures, solo exhibition by Orkibal (Malaysia) at Warong M Nasir on 69, Killiney Road, May 2006.

Comissions for Indigo Magazine May 2006

Indigo magazine bestowed us with the trust and honour to design its 'Super' cover (May 2006 issue), including a giveaway bicycle customised by ZERO and Lilpinkdevil!

Comissioned T-shirts for Indigo Magazine

Check out the t-shirts customised by Khai Hori and Lilpinkdevil for Indigo's one year anniversary party at Zouk in April. There's one more by ZERO but it is so exclusive that we don't even have the photo for it ourselves!

Profile - Indigo Magazine (Singapore, April 2006)

Our Artistic Director was profiled in the April 2006 issue of Indigo magazine!

Interview with Orkibal

This email interview with Orkibal was made in early April 2006. To help you better understand his psyche, we intentionally left the answers in its original state.

Who is Orkibal? Are they the characters you paint?

Orkibal is an ordinary boy who loves to draw and sometimes indulge in porn which his old time fav is the Alisha Klass cumshot movie... damn. Umpppp not really... Orkibal was born way before i created all the monster thing...


You started off pasting stickers on the streets. Why did you do that?

Because before that i dont know where to expose my art ... everybody only want to go straight to the mainstream shit...for a beginner like me that easy stairway to heaven is crap...so i decide to produce stickers and put my art on streets whereas it gives me more space and freedom to do art and it?s a guarantee that the public can see my art everywhere, everytime and don't have to pay shit to enjoy it at the moment and somehow exposes the unaware public that my art is rising in their eyes and mind.


What are your characters/artworks about?

I try to tell about me and everything around me... maybe a some sort of reflection. i came from a not really well funded family... and from a lil town
called sungai besi ... everybody there came from a working class environment ... we live with everything in limited fund and money so this shit really inspired me to do my art... blended with dark, sadness and a lil happiness.


Are you trying to send messages or concepts through your work? If so, what are they?

I just want to tell ppl that do/interpret you art honestly rather than being just a shitty poser ...


How do you plan to achieve this?

Set up a self foundation, do more art and get ppl to see it, streetstyle. Put it as an art blitzkrieg. And with help from the love of friends and families who understands art.


Why the usage of Malay texts in your work?

Because in my country most of the people who try to create their own art uses 'orang putih' aka English style or text ... for me im proud being a Malaysian..i want people to know my origin, even if its a little of Malaysia like the malay text in my work ... in the near future i want 'orang putih' to speak Malay language very well and its one of the most used language in the world right after english.


What do you want to achieve through your first solo exhibition in Singapore?

That i would be exposed more to the hopefuls of art society and really have to hear the minds and mouths who came to the exhibition. Hope somebody will invite me to achive that...that would be a great event for me because i cant see somebody anybody here (Malaysia) try to do that for people like me.

That it would be a life turning moment. Other than exposing what i love to do most to the people and make an honest living, breathing my art so it could feed me to do more art.




© Wunderspaze, April 2006

Wunderspazes' First Resident Artist

April 2006 - Our first official resident artist, Orkibal of Malaysia!

Bohemian Remedies by Erzan Adam

Bohemian Remedies, solo exhibition by Erzan Adam (Singapore) at Warong M Nasir on 69, Killiney Road, March - April 2006.

Forplay

Forplay is the first of our series of exhibitions with Warong M Nasir at 69 Killiney Road in Singapore. Lilpinkdevil, Zero and The Killer Gerbill collaborated on paintings with Khai Hori.


On 5 February 2006, we got coverage on 5 national TV news in one night! (Channel News Asia, Channel 5, Channel 8, Suria Channel and Channel i)