LFSS is Lisa Foo Seeking Sensibility through artistic expression, and re-discovering the essence of remnant objects; As LESS WASTE, IS MORE chance of being!
Installation by Lisa Foo29 & 30 July 2011 . Fri & Sat . 830pm . Prangin Canal . George Town . Penang . Malaysia Eco-Light Sculptures and Installation by Lisa Foo.
PLASTIC RIVER CREATURE --- Plastic bottles turned into living sculptural puppet to mimic living creatures in our rivers. What is to become of our rivers choked with plastic trash, polluting and killing the livings in it?
The River Art Project presents River Meets Light, a mixed media performance to advocate the need to revive our river heritage. Encompassing light design, eco-sculptures & installation, expressive movements, music, poetry and visuals, this site-specific work invites the public to join in an evening of experiential showcase to trace the past, present and future relationship between our rivers and communities.
RIVER OF PLASTIC --- Plastic trash turned into sculpture to mimic our dying rivers. Are we to replace our actual rivers with artificial rivers for our future generation?
PLASTIC CREATURE --- Plastic worming its way into the nature surrounding our rivers and threatening the lifespan of the nature and creatures living in it. Are we to only watch these living creatures on documentaries?
Plastic beast sampling the water in the Canal and being poisoned by the pollutants in it. Therefore, the struggle and violent movements till the end of its death. Are we to witness such tragic of the real living creature in our rivers?
ABATTOIR --- Our rivers are becoming the slaughterhouse by the plastic trash on daily basis. Do we not care of the other livings that co-exist with us?
BOAT OF PLASTIC TRASH --- We allow plastic trash drift onto our rivers day by day, polluting and killing our source of life in the rivers. What are we to say of our action?
River Meets Light exhibition will be held on 15-28 August 2011 at:-
White Box, MAP @ Publika
1 Jalan Dutamas 1, Dutamas
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Opening night on 20 August 2011 . 8pm
More info at facebook event.
Lillian: A Folk Opera by Ben Lear with installation set eco-light sculpture of underwater sea creatures designed by LFSS. Made at The Gulley, a beautiful, forested estate with a strong, artistic history, where the house once belonged to Robert Frost and then to artist, Kenneth Nolan, by Ben Lear & a group of friends with mixed-plastic bottles found at TAM waste-management facility in Shaftsbury, Vermont.
"... the sculptures you see in these photos. They’ll be part of the set for an upcoming Lillian performance. A couple months ago, I googled 'plastic bottle light sculptures' and the first result I found ... in Malaysia, Lisa Foo and Mah Su Sim, design and build sculptures far more beautiful than I’d imagined. I got in touch with them and they offered to design pieces for me."
"These pieces will be truly glorious; we will marry design and activism to create stand-alone works of art that happen to reflect a global, dire issue: plastic pollution!"
The installations will be featured at the Opera Festival in New York City this August 2011. These sculptures are made entirely out of recycled plastic bottles.
More info on Lillian: A folk opera by Ben Lear
Photography contributed by Ben Lear & friends.
29 & 30 July 2011 · Fri & Sat · 8.30pm · Penang Malaysia
in conjunction with George Town Festival 2011
Set & installation with recycled materials by Lisa Foo.
Artistic Collaborators: Aida Redza, Tan Sooi Beng, Lisa Foo
Artistic Director: Chee Sek Thim
Creative Team: Hasnul J. Saidon, Ng Chor Guan, Yasunari
Poetry by A. Samad Said, Cecil Rajendra
Performers: Alla Azura Abal Abas, Izzardzafli Padzil, Kent Tan, Nur Hilyati Ramli, Nurul Akmal Abdul Wahid, Reese Lee
Musicians: Andy Siti, Christina Wang, Farhan Jufry, Kang Su Kheng, Sivasilan Muniandy
Produced by Ombak-Ombak ARTStudio.
More info @ facebook event page.
River Meets Light first workshop presentation of mixed media performance encompassing light installation with recycled materials - plastic bottles & bags, dance, music and visuals in an evening of experiential showcase to trace the past and present relationship between our rivers and communities.
Photography by Okui.
River Meets Light first workshop presentation of mixed media performance encompassing light installation with recycled materials - plastic bottles & bags, dance, music and visuals in an evening of experiential showcase to trace the past and present relationship between our rivers and communities. Held in conjunction with International Day of Action for Rivers, this workshop presentation is part of work in progress for the July 2011 Premiere Performance during GeorgeTown Festival.
Saturday, 12 March 2011 · 8.45pm · Sg Pinang, Penang
A Mixed Media Performance encompassing light design, dance, music and visuals in an evening of experiential showcase to trace the past and present relationship between our rivers and communities.
The first workshop presentation, held in conjunction with International Day of Action for Rivers on March 12th, will lead to a sequence of events, including a premiere performance during the George Town Festival at the end of July. Concurrently, an exhibition will be conducted to raise awareness of the unfortunate state of our rivers and the need for its revitalization.
more info @LFSS facebook event
Artistic Collaborators: Aida Redza, Tan Sooi Beng, Lisa FooLFSS in Surface Asia magazine February 2011, Issue 2 page 143.
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excerpt from Surface Asia, issue 2 page 132
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