Talking Eyes
1983
Talking Eyes was an adventure that took a few of us by surprise. It started as a timely meeting with François Verlet during the 1981 New Year Party. François had a vision. He wanted to use of the power of music and light to change the world, so to speak. I was all for it of course. Let me dance my soul away and I will be the happiest man on Earth.
For three years we did part our life away, organising wild nights that mixed kampung life with disco beat, dreamlike settings with outrageous performances, beautiful people with luscious fruits. These were the magic nights of the Art of the Parties.
We also did more respectable projects, such as audio-visual productions. One of them, meant to present the up-coming MRT system to the public, even saw me designing the first network map of the Singapore Subway! The highlight of our activities was a commission by Jessica Leo for an outdoor multimedia show in the first Singapore Festival of Arts' Fringe.
Singapore Festival
of Arts (1984)
This I believe was among the first street art performances in Singapore
The Art of Parties
Magic Night - Official launch of the 'Art of Parties'
as a business venture
White Party - One of the first experimental sound
and light performances in Singapore
as a business venture
White Party - One of the first experimental sound
and light performances in Singapore
MRT
Based on the first network map of the Singapore Subway
Singapore Festival of Arts (1984)
Festival Collateral (stickers)
Backstage
Performance Toa Payoh Central, 1984
The Art of Parties
Magic Night
Official launch of the 'Art of Parties' as a business venture.The entertainment included a slide show for which we did a photo shooting session with a few friends, mosquitoes nets, UV and colour lights.
Exotic Cabaret
A night of exotic entertainment in the Sembawang club house
White Party
One of the first experimental sound and light performances in Singapore
"
... one of the earliest sound and light performances in Singapore, ... the performance was a progressive build-up
of lights and sounds, generated using unorthodox instruments such as tape recorders, a TV set, two-way radio transceivers, cymbals, and text read
whilst lying on the ground."
Joleen Loh, Curator
(Essay) Just Outside Our Hearing
Written for the group show SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes, 2014
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
(Essay) Just Outside Our Hearing
Written for the group show SOUND: Latitudes and Attitudes, 2014
Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore
MRT
One of the first graphical representation of the Singapore Subway
Magazine Reviews
FEMALE Magazine, 1984
Cherie Magazine, 1984
Singapore Tatler Magazine, 1984
Accent Magazine, 1984
Signature Magazine, 1984
Newspaper Reviews
This event was featured in The Straits Times on September 15, 1984.
(Article) Of ghosts and magic by John de Souza.
