MALAY HERITAGE CENTRE PRESENTS ARTS WEEKEND! Friday, 23 April 2010 & Saturday, 24 April 2010 Malay Heritage Centre, 85 Sultan Gate FREE ADMISSION! Enjoy an Arts Weekend at the Malay Heritage Centre. Free outdoor screenings and  gigs, exhibitions, workshops and more, it will be a weekend of fun and excitement for the whole family with food and drinks included!   Outdoor Gigs By Rosli Mansor Friday, 23 April 2010 | 6pm – 7pm Fountain Stage* Free Admission Singapore’s very own Carlos Santana, Rosli Mansor, will present a mix of original cover songs, including a selection of tunes from P.Ramlee films, accompanied by a full band and a singer. Rosli is an accomplished music composer and arranger, and has written tracks for local short films by Wee Li Lin, Theatreworks and recently for websites and commercials, latest being for Nickelodeon and Nick Junior channels under Turntable Music. By Sleeq Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 6pm – 7pm Fountain Stage* Free Admission The calm evening will be hyped up with performances by Singapore’s hot young duo, Sleeq. This pair will be singing their popular hits both in Malay and English which blend melodious soulful hooks with polished urban beats that have made their way into the local radio charts. Sleeq have been making waves since winning the award for Most Popular Local Artist alongside Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza in the recent award show, “Anugerah Hitz.sg”. Exhibition LOMOGRAPHY loves Kampong Gelam By Philipp Aldrup, Nurul Huda and Lawrence Chiam Friday, 23 April 2010 | 7pm – 8.30pm & Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 10am – 10pm Istana Hall Free Admission Be fascinated with the works of photographers Philip Aldrup, Nurul Huda and Lawrence Chiam as they take you on a journey of Kampong Gelam through their lomography lenses. Armed with a film-loaded LOMO camera, they explore the historical precinct and capture scenes depicting the theme of Malay Heritage, all uniquely presented in the exhibition. Phillip Aldrup is a graphic designer working in Singapore since 2005. With his current love for shooting on black and white film, Philip’s love for photography started 2 years ago, using the camera as a tool to explore the island’s more hidden places, outlying districts and well-known sights in a different light, with a focus on documentary and cityscapes. Nurul Huda has greatly influenced the conceptual and contextual makings of the photos concocted by a photographer. She illuminates aspects of the luminal, intangible, and the unvoiced as mouths and methods of telling stories about the everyday. Each piece of her work is a biographical account of something or someone where the power of the unvoiced lies in its visual presence. Lawrence Chiam is a 36 years old Graphic Designer and life changed for him when he first got his lomo 4-shot camera (Action Sampler) in August 2008. He started to learn to appreciate things around him, seeing them from different levels. Film Screenings Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbow Troops) Dir: Riri Riza | 2008 | Indonesia | 125 min | 35mm | PG Friday, 23 April 2010 | 8.30pm – 11pm Open Lawn* Free Admission Based on a best seller that sold more than 500,000 copies in Indonesia, Laskar Pelangi follows the trials and tribulations of a committed teacher, Mus, and his students on a remote but beautiful island called Belitong. At Muhammadiyah elementary school, the dedicated Mus and his colleague Mr Harfan teach values not taught in the richer schools. The school threatens to close down, and the teachers and their students struggle to keep the school open by gaining the respect of the other schools and the village they all came from. Children of Heaven By Majid Majidi / Iran / 1997 / PG / 89 min / 35mm Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 8.30pm – 11pm Open Lawn* Free Admission  The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1998. It is a poignant story of a brother and sister’s adventure over a lost pair of shoes. Ali takes his little sister Zahra’s shoes to the shoemaker but loses them on the way home. The siblings decide to keep the predicament a secret from their parents, knowing that there is no money to buy a replacement pair, and devise a scheme to share Ali’s sneakers. Little Gems 1 – Short films from Southeast Asia Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 12noon and 2pm Istana Hall Free Admission Enjoy a selection of award-winning short films from Southeast Asia curated by film programmer Yuni Hadi :- 1. “My Father is a Washerman” (2009/Animation/Singapore) directed by Srinivas Bhakta; 2. “No Joke Burma” (2008/Documentary/Singapore); 3.  “Always” (2006/Drama/Thailand) directed by Sivaroj Kongsakul; 4. “Eyefinger” (2008/Drama/Malaysia) directed by Margaret Bong; 5. “Trophy Buffalo” (2006/Drama/Indonesia) directed by Vanni Jamin. Little Gems 2 – Malay short films from Singapore Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 1pm and 3pm Istana Hall Free Admission A charming selection of Malay short films from Singapore curated by Ghazi Alqudcy:- 1. “Tomodachi” (2008) directed by Amalia Yunus; 2. “Story of I” (2009) directed by Syarah Mahmood, Phang Ni Zhen, Rosalind Sam, Stella Ng, Jingky Gilbert and Wei Linfang; 3. “,(comma)” (2008) directed by Ezzam Rahman; 4. “Daddy” (2008) directed by Haidar Afandi; 5. “Bapakku Sazali” (2008) directed by Sazali Masraji; 6. “Tak Dong Cheng” (2008) directed by Suffian Zain. Workshop & Conversation Kampong Gelam Digital Shoot-out! Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 8am – 12 noon Within Kampong Gelam precinct Fee: $25 (Email info@objectifs.com.sg with name and contact number to pre-register) Start the day with shooting tips before heading out to photograph the diverse sights of the Arab Street/Kampong Gelam area with on-location guidance. Each participant will receive four 3R photos of their own work at the end of the workshop. The activity is suitable for hobbyists who are familiar with shooting techniques and DSLR usage, especially for those who are looking for new scenarios to exercise their skills.   Kopi and Conversation Saturday, 24 April 2010 | 4pm-5pm Istana Hall Free Admission Get up-close and personal with your favourite stars in this informal interview session. Malay celebrities Sanif Olek and Sleeq will talk about their work and reveal what inspires them, their plans for 2010, and more! Sanif Olek has a day job in television, where he conceptualises and directs content that consistently earned him numerous television awards. He has the capacity to excite his audiences with humour and move them with melancholia and this unique perspective makes his work more insightful and informative. His last television award was for “Best Director” in a drama series. He directed a drama for MediaCorp television, which was also awarded “Best Drama Series”. Sanif just completed a “LOVE Trilogy”, consisting the award-winning short films, “Lost Sole”, “à la folie” and “Ameen”. His work can be seen at the National Museum of Singapore and featured at Museum of Modern Art, New York. Sanif graduated from Singapore’s premier film school, The Department of Film, Sound & Video at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1996. In 2001, he continued his film studies at the School of Media, Communication & Culture at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, gaining a Bachelor’s Degree in Media. Sleeq have been making waves since winning the award for Most Popular Local Artist alongside Taufik Batisah and Hady Mirza and also in the recent award show, “Anugerah Hitz.sg”, taking home the award for Best Group/Duo. Hosted by Sharon Ismail, come join us as we dig deep about the celebrities and have some kopi on us too! *Outdoor events will be held in the Istana Hall in case of rain.