Liminal States

By LASALLE College of the Arts Diploma in Dance students and Milenko Prvački
Date & Time
Location
Sat 7 & 14 Jan 2023, 4:30pm
Hindoo Rd Project Oasis Little India (POLI) site
Hindoo Rd Project Oasis Little India (POLI) site

About

Liminal States is an experimental piece that acts as both a fixed installation and the focal point of a durational performance. A structural piece will be made by the artist – remaining incomplete.

Throughout the period of the festival, dancers — physical manifestations of a sound wave — will perform and leave imprints on the murals, leaving a remnant of their presence and performance there.

The piece reflects Little India’s constant state of transition. Like a growing organism, the precinct is never static. Every stimulus thrown in leaves its mark there. As an installation, Liminal States highlights the liminal nature of our interactions with strangers, as well as the idea that spaces — and places — are made by the people who interact with them. While the visual artist sets the intention of the physical installation, the dancers are ultimately the ones determining its final outcome. The piece thus grows and evolves, both as a reflection of the artist as well as the dancers who interact with it.

LASALLE College of the Arts Diploma in Dance students and Milenko Prvački

LASALLE College of the Arts offers 30 diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fine arts, design communication, interior design, product design, film, animation, fashion, dance, music, theatre, arts management, arts pedagogy and practice, arts and cultural leadership, art therapy, Asian art histories and creative writing.

Founded in 1984 by the late De La Salle Brother Joseph McNally – a visionary artist and educator – LASALLE is a non-profit private educational institution, with degree programmes validated by Goldsmiths, University of London. LASALLE is part of the new University of the Arts Singapore which will open its doors for its first degree intake in 2024.

In the Diploma in Dance programme, an international faculty of lecturers and guest artists teach a diverse range of dance techniques: Urban Dance, Jazz, Ballet and Contemporary Dance. The close guidance of lecturers, a supportive environment and many performance opportunities provided by this holistic programme will help students develop into versatile performers in a range of artistic and commercial dance contexts, highly sought-after as a dancer, dance teacher and choreographer and well prepared for further study.

About Milenko Prvacki
Born in 1951 in Yugoslavia, Milenko graduated with a Master of Fine Arts (Painting) from the Institute of Fine Arts in Bucharest, Romania. He is one Singapore’s foremost art educators, having commenced teaching at LASALLE College of the Arts since 1994. He was Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts for 17 years and currently holds the position of Senior Fellow.

Since 1971, Milenko has exhibited extensively in Europe. He has also participated in numerous showcases in public spaces and galleries in Singapore since 1993. The artist has also participated in numerous symposiums and art workshops worldwide, including a panel discussion on Southeast Asian art held at the Singapore Art Museum in 2011.

In 2002, Milenko became a Singapore citizen and was conferred the prestigious Cultural Medallion Award for visual arts in 2012.
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