Sunday 26 July 2009

5

最讨厌的两个字: it's over.

成年往事。但每次你一提起,我鼻头就酸酸的。
到底人生要面对多少个it's over?
而到底一个人可以承受多少个it's over?
或,
真正无法让人承受的是it's never over?

so, what do u prefer: the eternal return or time as a line and it will always be over?

Sunday 19 July 2009

城S




我们;城S……早报报道


《城S》是个集体创作的的作品,以新加坡社会和现今高度融合及环球化的世界作为语境,对城市包容性的概念进行探索。

艺树人希望《城S》能够激发一些想法并启发大家对于自己所身处的城市空间进行省思。剧中的故事呈现城市的各个面向并由一系列的行李箱奏鸣曲所串连。行李箱奏鸣曲象征了一个旅程,让大家通过这个旅程反思多数人如何建构与看待社会中的意识形态。

在剧中,转制的体制,不和谐的状况,受歧视,被限制,被异化,被压抑等诸如此类的现实情况将被正视。多数人所作的决定能代表少数人的意见吗?在这场力争上游的竞赛中,精英又是否会考虑到一般老百姓的福利呢?你的言行举动是出自你的本意又或是受到其他人的影响?

艺树人希望观众能够通过观赏此剧重新思考真正具有包容性的城市所蕴含的意义再回答自己这些问题。

*演出主要以中文进行。(将提供英文字幕)

“CityS” is a devised play exploring the concept of an inclusive city, in Singapore’s context, and in the context of our current highly integrated, globalised world.

ARTivate aims to create a theatrical project that provokes thought and inspires people to ponder about the very space and city they inhabit.

In this play, stories from different aspects of a city are connected by a series of luggage sonatas which symbolizes a journey that questions the ideology constructed and perceived by majority of the society. Realities are confronted: autocracy, disharmony, discrimination, limitations, alienation, oppression and the likes. Does the decision of the majority always account for the minority? Will the elites ever consider the welfare of their downtown folks in this race to the top? Is that action you took out of free will or under the influence of others?

ARTivate hopes that audiences will reconsider the meaning of a truly inclusive city after watching the play and in turn, answer these questions for themselves.

*Performed mainly in Mandarin. (English Surtitles provided)

Tickets are on sale now at The Arts House box office! Price at $17 each (excludes $2 handling fee) Please state that “CityS” is under the festival Celebrate Drama! 2009 when you purchase your tickets.

Tickets may be purchased in the following ways:
OVER THE COUNTER
The Arts House Box office
1 Old Parliament Lane
Singapore 179429

The Arts House OPENING HOURS:
Monday to Friday: 10am – 8pm
Saturdays: 11am - 8pm
Sundays: Closed*

BY PHONE
The Arts House Ticket Hotline: (+65) 6332 6919

BY FAX
(Please refer to the link below for The Arts House booking form)
Fill in your details and fax completed form to (+65) 6339 9695.

VIA EMAIL
(Please refer to the link below for The Arts House booking form)
Fill in your details and email completed form to tickets@toph.com.sg


Alternatively, you can download the SDEA booking form from http://www.sdea.org.sg/#celebrate and email it to sdeaconnect@gmail.com OR fax it to 68761375.
Look out for Double bill F in the booking form for “CityS” performance.

4

maybe,this waiting got to stop.

Thursday 16 July 2009

3

從《如夢之夢》:

故事的開始是《西藏生死書》第269頁,一位醫學院剛畢業的學生,第一天到大醫院上班,結果病房中五位病人當天死掉了四位。當醫術無效時,這位醫生恐慌的發現,她多年來學校的訓練,完全沒有教她如何真正幫助這些瀕臨死亡的病人。她只能站在一邊,當一個無助的旁觀者,而這些病人一個一個在恐懼和驚慌中死掉,得不到任何啓發或安慰……

Friday 10 July 2009

2

突然想家,想爸爸妈妈吵架的时候,想我们一家人星期天一起吃饭的时候,想我们一大早爸爸惺忪的双眼、妹妹的校服、弟弟机车的头盔。此时此刻,我正在家里,刷牙洗脸准备睡觉。这种在家却想家的感觉,很诡异也第一次淹没了我。

Thursday 9 July 2009

1

Is the torn first page of any notebooks a tradition of mine, or was it my fickleness that manifested into the action?