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[cheewai <cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

dear all,

greetings from singapore.

would like to publicise an event we (sporesac - singapore sonic arts  
collective) are organising on 17 february.
so should any one of you be around this area, do drop by and say hi.

also, should any of you be dropping by the south east asia region and  
would like to arrange a performance in singapore, please contact us to  
see if we can help you. but it helps if it is something planned in  
advance.

warmest regards,

cheewai.

online flyer -
http://www.ferretlabs.com/lostfriends1.jpg
http://www.ferretlabs.com/lostfriends2.jpg

I have lost friends

Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have  
lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross  
the street.
- Virginia Woolf

Boxing Day 2004. The world arose to a terrifying reminder of nature’s  
uncontrollable wrath. Sweeping waves of death that privilege neither  
nationality nor religious affiliation, a rampaging killer blind to our  
typically human conceits, the tsunamis left behind scenes of  
destruction and sorrow on a pornographic scale. Yet grief and loss have  
always stalked the human condition. They are a universal part of life  
and what makes us the people we are. As victims, as survivors, as  
volunteers, as aid-givers, as bystanders and voyeurs, we all grieve.  
But what is it that we have lost?

An attempt to reflect on that which cannot be reflected upon, “I Have  
Lost Friends” brings together a diverse group of artists using their  
work as an interpretive means to come to terms with not only sorrow and  
loss, but also beauty and hope. It is a simultaneous journey of  
mourning and rebirth.

The event is made up of 4 distinct segments and features the diverse  
talents of Norwegian improv drone rock band Del, as well as laptop  
musician Yuen Chee Wai in a collaboration with acclaimed noise artist  
Lasse Marhaug, Zai Kuning on his electric guitar with Harold Seah,  
drummer of the band Hello Kitty Riots, and Leslie Low & Evan Tan from  
The Observatory. Join us on a contemplative night as we take a quiet  
journey that will see the exchange of perceptions, impressions and  
ideas framed within a broad cross-cultural context, in remembrance of  
things lost.

This event is made possible by singapore sonic arts collective  
(sporesac), an open-ended assemblage of like-minded musicians and event  
organisers that seeks to create greater awareness of experimental music  
and sound art in Singapore and its region. Made up of diverse  
individuals who nevertheless share a passion for avant-garde sounds,  
the collective has set its mind on strengthening the emerging  
experimental music scene in Singapore with a number of ongoing  
initiatives.

17 February 2005 (Thursday), 8pm
Artrium 0107, MICA Building (NAC)

Tickets at $10
from Roxy Records (Excelsior)
or at the door.

For more information, please email to sporesac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


A map of the place can be found here

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/map.jsp? 
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building_name=MICA+Building+Headquaters&road_name=Hill+Street&level=7&st 
ar=1&heading=140+HILL+STREET%2C+MICA+BUILDING+HEADQUATERS%09%28179369%29 
&searchtype=building&goto=null&goto=null&sres=-1