2007年12月31日

Project Mending Sky (I): The Green Man

Hi there!


Are you interested in watching ARTivate's thought-provoking plays on environmental conservation?
Are you interested in seeing how The Flames make music out of practically everything?
Are you interested in participating in a first – of –its- kind bazaar that promotes environmental conservation?
Are you keen on knowing how you, yes YOU, can help save Mother Earth by doing your part?




Join us for a day of fun-filled and enriching experience! Come to Project Mending Sky (1) – The Green Man!

Date : 20 Jan 2008
Time: 11am to 6pm
Venue: *scape Youth Centre (opp. Cineleisure)

Do bring along a recyclable item to donate to the 3 colourful recycling bins at *scape Youth Park !

*BRING YOUR OWN MUG AND GET A DRINK FREE !


There are several parts in our event:

1) Performance by Andrew & Grace Home (AG)
AG is a home for female teenagers. Some girls from the home came together and formed a percussion group, The Flames. They used recycled materials such as trash bins, tin cans etc to make a music performance. Performance slots: 11a.m. , 1.15p.m. , 3.15p.m. (and not forgetting the Last Bang at 5.45p.m. !)

2) Environment Plays
The plays are written and performed by ARTivators with Koh Hui Ling as our director. They will revolve around environmental issues and what we can do to help save the environment! (Performance slots are right after performance by AG at *scape Youth Centre-Lab)

3) Exhibition
The exhibition will include information about ARTivate, The Green Man, *scape, environmental groups in Singapore. We will be working with environmental groups who will provide us with materials for our exhibition to tell people about the environmental issues.

4) “Origami” stalls
Stalls that teach people how to use our rubbish to fold into something useful, will be set up near the exhibition area. For example, chopsticks paper cover can be folded into chopsticks holder, how to fold plastic bags to save space, etc. It'll teach you how to give rubbish a second life!















5) Selling of soap and candles
We have worked with the girls in Andrew and Grace Home to come out with soaps and candles. look at that duckie soap ! CUTE RIGHT. hohoho i know you cant wait to get them in your hands ! These will be sold (at Really Reasonable price of course) during the event (:

6) Selling of reusable cutlery sets
We will be selling 50 reusable cutlery sets at a reasonable price as currently in Singapore, these kinds of cutlery sets are sold at a high price and that may be a reason why Singaporeans are still using disposables often. Therefore, by providing the reusable cutleries, they will be more encouraged to not use disposables and help to save the environment and reduce the usage of plastic.

7) Free Drink
If you bring your own mug from home, you can collect a free cup of drink with it! otherwise, you'll have to purchase a bio-degradeable cup. This is a gentle reminder that things like paper/wood are limited resources, hence do make a mental note to bring a mug on that day ! (:

8) Flea Stalls
We will be “recycling” and selling 2nd hand clothes, accessories at reasonable prices ! The earnings of these clothes will go into our ARTivate fund to cover costs for this project or our future projects. so do SUPPORT US !

9) Guest Stalls
We have invited organisations, such as Food For All, to set up games stalls or provide useful information/activities that they are actively-involved in helping the environment. This serves to tell the public that there are people in Singapore who are concerned about the environment and are doing works to save our Earth. We hope that through these, the public will be more motivated to care for the environment.

*Food for All is unregistered non-profit based in Singapore dedicated to fighting hunger full-time! They aim to support local food rations programmes, advocate on hunger and food security issues, and encourage the appreciation of food that is good, healthy and fair!
They're currently working on our first major project, a Sector Scan of Food Rations Programmes (FRPs) in Singapore. The list is intended for public release to enable the various FRPs to have a spatial appreciation of the local food rations services scene so as to avoid wasteful duplication of services, and to encourage collaboration, such as through joint food drives, and the pooling of resources.

There will be Q&A sessions held to quiz your knowledge about the environment too !
Prizes to be won :D

jiayi  

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2007年12月13日

Launch of Singapore Poly's Diploma in Applied Drama & Psychology

a group of ARTivators ( xuemei,huiling,guppy) attended Singapore Poly's launch of their new programme in Applied Drama & Psychology on 12 Dec 2007 at the Chinatown Heritage Centre (原貌馆)

we were treated to an excerpt of MUSEUM THEATRE in the heritage centre itself! the casts were mainly SP students and lecturers and SENIOR CITIZENS from ''The Third Age", a council that promotes active aging amongst Singaporeans.

the event was a demostration of how Applied Drama can be utilized to promote drug awareness and inter-generation interaction, hence the themes were as such. the plot revolves around solving the mystery behind Ah Teck, a coolie from early Singapore. We were jet-setted back into the early days when telephones were the gadgets of the rich and harsh labour the only way to make ends meet and assume the roles of MaTa ( police officers)

it was an interesting piece by SP, unfortunately, it was terribly short,we hardly had time to interact with the Senior Citizen actors. however, this exposure prompted us to wonder, can we, ARTivators, utilize this medium and the same museum to tell our story? mm...

*pictures are COMING SOON!* :P

-guppy

Guppy  

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2007年12月12日

Lesson

23 - 24 Nov 2007

For these two days, we had playwright lessons with Mr. Kok Heng Leun. We were writing scripts for our event - "Project Mending Sky (I): The Green Man" - in January 2008.


Some of us listening attentively ...


Us diligently working on our scripts ...

Personally, I have learnt a lot from these two lessons. These include not only the theoretical aspects of script-writing, but also how to think deeper and how I can always draw ideas from other people's works and from the surroundings.

Okay, I guess that'll be it for lessons. You really have to attend them to know how it feels. Haha.

To see what kinds of scripts some of us wrote, do remember to attend our event:

Event: Project Mending Sky (I): The Green Man 补天计划一之《绿吗？》
Date: 20 January 2008
Time: 11am - 6pm
Venue: *scape Youth Park

xuemei  

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Andrew & Grace Day!

A few of ARTivate members spent their 3rd and 4th Dec at Andrew & Grace Home!

Obviously we had lots of fun! The girls were great, friendly and responsive :)

Photos to sum up the two days:

Day 1:

The girls hard at work.




Group photo of the day? (Part of us)


Us with the girls




Product No. 1: Nice bracelet made by the girls.


Product No. 2: Crown for our mascot by Jiayi & Guppy


Product No. 3: The Green Man Mascot!


That basically sums our day 1. It was a tiring day, from warming up with AG girls, games, hands on and so on. Nevertheless, it was a great day and we all looked forward to the next!

Day 2:

Hard at work, again.






Group photo of the day? (Part of us)


Product No. 4: Eggy Candles


Product No. 5: Duckie Soap


These are some of the photos taken on those two days. It was a really great experience! More fun-filled activites to come, definitely! :D


Anyway,
brief publicity for next year's event:
These two days at AG Home was part of our preparation for our upcoming event called The Green Man.

Date: 20 January 2008
Time: 11-6pm (anytime you're free!)
Venue: *scape

More information will be put up soon! Leave 20th Jan 08 free and join The Green Man and his team on that day! :)

丹凤  

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关于艺树人

艺树人是本地剧场戏剧盒旗下的青年部，由12位充满热忱的年轻人组成的团体。我们希望能通过戏剧对各阶层的民众有更深入的了解和联系。

艺树人的创立是为了提供青年一个多方面训练的平台。通过三年的培训，艺树人希望能培育处一群拥有文化和社会意识的本地戏剧实践者。

我们使用一个名为O-A-O-R （ Orientation – Artistic – Organisation – Regeneration/ 定向 – 艺术性 – 组织 – 再生 ）的模式，让青年们得到的不仅是艺术方面的训练，也学习组织群体和制作管理的技能。除此之外，他们会接触到各种类的戏剧，例如论坛剧场、新闻剧场等等。他们同时还会接受其他艺术形体的培训，如音乐和多媒体。

除了提高社会问题的认识和讨论，艺树人希望能质问及挑战人们的思维，并改变大众对低下层或边缘族群的一些刻板观念，让单方向的独白转化成双方都能参与的对话。

2012 年将会是第一届艺树人青年的最后一年。我们将会在毕业前呈现一部作品，而灵感来至于高行健的《车站》。这作品会是艺树人培训三年来的精髓，也是我们对于原作和现今社会的反思。

About ARTivate

ARTivate - the youth wing of local theatre company Drama Box - is made up of a group of 12 passionate youths who aims to reach out to the community through the arts.

ARTivate was first established with the aim to provide a platform for youths who want to explore and gain all-rounded insight into theatre. Through a three-year program, ARTivate hopes to nurture a group of youths into cultured and socially aware theatre-practitioners in Singapore.

Using an O-A-O-R (Orientation-Artistic-Organization-Regeneration) model, these youths are trained not only artistically but also in organizational skills and production management. They will be exposed to different forms of theatre such as Forum Theatre and Newspaper Theatre. They will also be trained in other art forms such as music and multimedia.

Besides bringing awareness to the themes explored, ARTivators hopes to question, probe or even challenge minds. They want to engage audiences in discussion – to turn monologues into dialogues.

As 2012 will the last year of the pioneer batch of ARTivate youths, they will be putting up a piece of performance, Bus Stop, inspired by “Bus Stop” written by renowned playwright, Gao Xing Jian. This performance will be a collation of the trainings the youths had undergone for the past 3 years, as well as a critical perspective and evaluation of the script, in reference to the current society the youths are in.