{"id":2477,"date":"2016-07-10T17:26:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T01:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/?page_id=2477"},"modified":"2022-02-20T17:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T01:41:44","slug":"curios","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/chroma\/curios\/","title":{"rendered":"Curios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/155952298\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/155952298\">CURIOS (full length)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user49126969\">CultureLink Singapore<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/259996718\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Curios<\/em>, a multimedia work commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of the Arts, \u00a0revolves around the bizarre and bewitching world of the carnival. As a one-woman show<a href=\"http:\/\/www.margaretlengtan.com\"> Margaret Leng Tan<\/a> will fulfill many roles, drawing upon her large arsenal of toys and skills as a performer and pianist extraordinaire.<\/p>\n<p>Scored for \u00a0toy piano, toy instruments and amplified objects (some freshly fabricated), the work is inspired by an unidentified, circa 1920 photograph Margaret presented to me. In it three midget clowns are standing in front of a tent: one, with a smirk on his face, points a gun at the tallest clown while the third clown, holding a clarinet, opens a miniature door on the tall clown&#8217;s suit revealing a sad dog crouching inside. This grotesque image ignites many contradictory emotions. We long to know what is behind the frozen moment and what else lurks behind the carnival tent.<\/p>\n<p>Whether it be a roomful of carousels or a mysterious space within the piano, the Wunderkammer serves as an invitation for us to enter into a novel sound-world with Margaret as our guide.<\/p>\n<p>Curios was premiered at Singapore as part of Singapore&#8217;s 50th year celebration and Margaret&#8217;s 70th birthday celebration in \u00a0September 2015. The piece also received its Australian premiere at Brisbane in October 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CURIOS MOVEMENTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>March<\/em> for whirlarang, hand-cranked toys, tape and video<\/p>\n<p><em>Wunderkammer<\/em> for toy percussion, gongs, dog bowls and video and mask<\/p>\n<p><em>The Kassinos<\/em> for solo toy piano and\u00c2\u00a0and clown nose<\/p>\n<p><em>Phantasmagoria<\/em> for toy piano, toy psaltery, video and lantern mask<\/p>\n<p><em>Carousels<\/em> for toy piano, music box and video<\/p>\n<p><em>Arlecchino<\/em> for toy piano, cuckoo organ and sounding mask<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative Team:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Phyllis Chen, composer<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Leng Tan, performer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moonmilk.com\">Ranjit Bhatnagar<\/a>, instrument-builder<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maskarts.com\/\">Stanley Allen Sherman<\/a>, mask-maker and theatre coach<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cerumenspoon.com\/rob\">Rob Dietz<\/a>, visual design<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholashoufek.com\/\">Nick Houfek<\/a>, lighting designer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/avantmedia.org\/who\/profile\/caley-monahon-ward\/\">Caley Monahan-Ward<\/a>, technical director<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/155952298\">Curios Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>March<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2383\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios02.jpg\" alt=\"curios02\" width=\"324\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios02.jpg 1340w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios02-135x135.jpg 135w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios02-270x270.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios02-540x540.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Wunderkammer<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2386\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/23402137.jpg\" alt=\"23402137\" width=\"342\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/23402137.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/23402137-270x203.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/23402137-540x405.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Phantasmagoria<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2382\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios01.jpg\" alt=\"curios01\" width=\"333\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios01.jpg 1550w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios01-135x135.jpg 135w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios01-270x270.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/curios01-540x540.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>The Kassinos<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/587.jpg\" alt=\"587\" width=\"366\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/587.jpg 763w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/587-270x180.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/587-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Carousels<\/li>\n<li>\u00c2\u00a0Arlecchino\u00c2\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2384\" src=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/11899973_870704519688263_5675868708025465987_n.jpg\" alt=\"11899973_870704519688263_5675868708025465987_n\" width=\"375\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/11899973_870704519688263_5675868708025465987_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/11899973_870704519688263_5675868708025465987_n-270x180.jpg 270w, http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/11899973_870704519688263_5675868708025465987_n-540x360.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURIOS (full length) from CultureLink Singapore on Vimeo. Curios, a multimedia work commissioned by the Singapore International Festival of the Arts, \u00a0revolves around the bizarre and bewitching world of the carnival. As a one-woman show Margaret Leng Tan will fulfill many roles, drawing upon her large arsenal of toys and skills as a performer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":83,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2477"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3032,"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2477\/revisions\/3032"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.phyllischen.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}