Peranakan Premiere.

Two posts down i mentioned that i would put up a video of a malay folksong arrangement for string quartet once i figured out how to put a .VOB file on the net right? So I've finally done it and here's the video! The event is stated as such..information taken from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts webbie...

Peranakan Visual Journal
piece by piece: an intensive study of a theme

Date: 18 April - 26 April 2008
Time: 10am - 6pm (closed on Sundays)
Admission: FREE

One of the ingenious cultures of South East Asia is the eclectic hybrid style of the Peranakans, which is a fusion of the mainstream cultures of East and West. In this exhibition, a group of Visual and Performing Arts students present a heritage trail of things and events, memories and nostalgia of the by-gone era. Hoping to probe into a culture with a strong tendency of adaptation of the socio-economic conditions of its time, they try to revive the public with a renewed interest in the Peranakan life - both past and present. Inside each journal is an eclectic style - one may find the fragments of memories interpreted by the designer; another saddled images with symbolic meanings; yet another may be a private reflection, rekindling the good old days. These exhibits are the result of an intensive study of a theme, a first step towards in-depth visual research and a continuing practice of perceiving physical objects by thinking with the senses and observing subjects with a studied mode of invention.