SPECIAL EVENT
Soundislands: Re:Sound opens with an exuberant presentation of contemporary classical and experimental performance works by Joyce Beetuan Koh, Morse Percussion, Dirk Stromberg, Clare Chong and Qush Abdul exploring alternative techniques and DIY music practice; a site-specific sound installation by PerMagnus Lindborg examining liminal spaces where architecture and sound overlap; and a sound workshop by Zul Mahmod on circuitry drawing.
The second weekend presents a series of intriguing interventions in and around the exhibition galleries, comprising improvisatory sound encounters by the young composers and musicians from NAFA School of Music, theremin demonstrations by Chris Ang, and multi-disciplinary interventions by anyhowplayplay in response to artworks from the exhibition.
Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto), who is considered to be one of the most important representatives of a generation of artists exploring the intersection between music, art and science, closes the festival with the world premiere screening of his new performance work and a livestreamed artist talk.
Soundislands: Re:Sound is co-curated with Joyce Beetuan Koh and PerMagnus Lindborg of Soundislands, and sees ArtScience Museum reconnecting with the creative studio following the collaboration on SI15 ~sound:senses.
String by String by Joyce Beetuan Koh
13 Nov (Sat)
11.30am – 12pm
12.30pm – 1pm
14 Nov (Sun)
2pm – 2.30pm
3pm – 3.30pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
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String by String is a new 28-minute composition for eight string players composed and directed by Joyce Beetuan Koh. Inspired by the glissandi passages of Greek-French composer and architect Iannis Xenakis’ 1954 orchestral work Metastasis, the string players physically move in a choreographed configuration whilst playing with an ambition to create musical and spatial depth.
Playful Textures by Morse Percussion
13 Nov (Sat)
2pm – 2.30pm
3pm – 3.30pm
14 Nov (Sun)
4.30pm – 5pm
5.30 – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
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Traverse the sonic world of possibilities with Morse Percussion through their rhythm-induced performance. Featuring Derek Koh and Cheong Kah Yiong, the performance set showcases an eclectic range of percussion instruments and found objects – from caxixi shakers from Brazil and Western orchestral percussion instruments like the triangle and snare drum, to your everyday flowerpots!
Images of Ascension by Dirk Stromberg and Clare Chong with Qush Abdul
13 Nov (Sat)
5pm – 5.30pm
6pm – 6.30pm
14 Nov (Sun)
11.30am – 12pm
12.30 – 1pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
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Images of Ascension is a multi-disciplinary work developed from the music of Dirk Stromberg and video of Clare Chong based on the concept of ascending material. The work stems from a discussion with Robert Reigle in 2016, who upon hearing Dirk Stromberg’s Rising Tones, noted from his research how few works truly ascend in pitch. This iteration of the work sees Qush Abdul performing live manipulation of original video content created by Clare Chong.
Circuitry Drawing – Sound Workshop by Zul Mahmod
13 and 14 Nov
2pm – 5pm
The Sun, Basement 1
$35 per participant. Limited slots available. For participants 15 years old and above.
Book Ticket
Unravel the mystery of sound with circuitry drawing in this workshop with renowned sound-media artist, Zul Mahmod. Participants will explore the use of different materials and medium in sound art, such as using line drawings to create sound pieces with electronic components.
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Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
World Premiere Screening of New Performance by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
20 – 24 Nov
Every hour
on the hour
11am – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4, ArtScience Museum
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
Internationally acclaimed German artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, presents a new performance appositely made for ArtScience Museum. One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Nicolai is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
Sound Matters by NAFA School of Music
20 Nov (Sat)
11.30am – 11.45pm
12.15pm – 12.30pm
1.30pm – 1.45pm
2.15pm – 2.30pm
3.30pm – 3.45pm
4.15pm – 4.30pm
Exhibition Galleries, Level 3
Complimentary to ticket holders of Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound. Limited capacity.
NAFA School of Music’s students presents a series of musical experimentation animating the Playlist gallery in Orchestral Manoeuvres as a shared aural space. Under the direction of Dr Zechariah Goh (Head of Composition, NAFA) and Dr Nellie Seng (Head of Keyboard Studies, NAFA), young composers and musicians demonstrate different possibilities of composing for performance through improvisations with found objects and found sounds to search out the sound qualities of diverse materials.
No Touch, Just Play – A Theremin Demonstration by Chris Ang
20 Nov (Sat)
5.30pm – 5.50pm
6.15pm – 6.35pm
Exhibition Galleries, Level 3
Complimentary to ticket holders of Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound. Limited capacity.
Discover the uniquely expressive, otherworldly tones of the theremin with Chris Ang who will share about its enduring appeal. He will give a demonstration on this no-contact electronic instrument and take dedications in a delightful Theremin Karaoke closing segment.
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more.
World Premiere Screening of New Performance by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
20 – 24 Nov
Every hour
on the hour
from 11am – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4, ArtScience Museum
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
Internationally acclaimed German artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, presents a new performance appositely made for ArtScience Museum. One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Nicolai is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
interventions by anyhowplayplay
21 Nov
1pm – 1.30pm
2.30pm – 3pm
4pm – 4.30pm
5.30pm – 6pm
Various locations across Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound.
Complimentary with exhibition ticket purchase to Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound.
interventions is a series of scored improvisational responses by Chew Shaw En and Moira Loh, where they lend their attention to the exhibition and its visitors. It looks at the way they take up space, and how they interact and process another work of art. By responding, what else do they create in the process? Their afternoon of interventions will exist across four sessions, responding to different exhibits in Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound.
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
World Premiere Screening of New Performance by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
20 – 24 Nov
Every hour
on the hour
11am – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4, ArtScience Museum
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
Internationally acclaimed German artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, presents a new performance appositely made for ArtScience Museum. One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Nicolai is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
Artist Talk: Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
23 Nov (Tue)
6pm – 7pm (SGT)
10am – 11am (UTC)
Live-streamed on ArtScience Museum’s YouTube and Facebook channels
One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism. Alongside the premiere of his new performance at the museum, Nicolai will be in a live-streamed talk discussing his artistic oeuvre and practice.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
World Premiere Screening of New Performance by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
20 – 24 Nov
Every hour
on the hour
11am – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4, ArtScience Museum
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
Internationally acclaimed German artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, presents a new performance appositely made for ArtScience Museum. One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Nicolai is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
Stairway to Helheim, 2021 by PerMagnus Lindborg
13 – 24 Nov
Level 3 to 4 stairwell
Free admission
Experience this site-specific sound installation, compellingly sculpted along a stairwell, that examines how architecture and sound overlap in liminal spaces.
As visitors tread the 36 steps from level three to level four of ArtScience Museum, they are met with sonic objects falling onto them, running down the steps of the staircase, cascading forward like a river, moving stealthily in the opposite direction like a Slinky, or bouncing down like yoga balls, a hundred tennis balls, a thousand ping pong balls, or more. The stream of objects never-ending, visitors nevertheless eventually reach the fourth floor. Released from the struggle, they drift into the calm of the top level and are left wondering – is it Parnassum, Helheim or purgatory? Is it another test altogether?
World Premiere Screening of New Performance by Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto)
20 – 24 Nov
Every hour
on the hour
11am – 6pm
Expression Gallery, Level 4, ArtScience Museum
Free admission with limited slots available on a first-come, first-served basis. Online pre-booking is required.
Internationally acclaimed German artist Carsten Nicolai, aka Alva Noto, presents a new performance appositely made for ArtScience Museum. One of the most prominent figures working at the intersection of music, art, and science, Nicolai is renowned for his sound experiments in the field of electronic music, in which he creates his code of signs, acoustics, and visual symbols with a firm adherence to reductionism.
Presented in conjunction with Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound where Nicolai is an exhibiting artist with his work Milch.
EXHIBITION
Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound
Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound brings together 32 composers and contemporary artists from across the world to create a very different kind of exhibition. Visit the exhibition to tune in, listen deeply, feel the vibrations and create your personal soundtrack.
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EVENT
TALK
Orchestral Manoeuvres: Curators in Dialogue with Adrian George and Amita Kirpalani
Join the curators of Orchestral Manoeuvres: See Sound. Feel Sound. Be Sound for an in-depth look at the themes and ideas explored in this exhibition that expands how we think about, experience and understand sound.
ArtScience at Home
Stay connected with ArtScience at Home, ArtScience Museum’s latest online programme, where you can look forward to an exciting line up of virtual tours, workshops, talks, screenings, performances and more over the upcoming months.
