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DESCRIPTION:https://www.fridae.asia/hk/agenda/7927\n\n19 February 2012\, 8p
 m\nThe Substation Theatre\n$19\nR18 (Mature Content)\n\n\n<a href='http://
 www.loozihan.com' target='_blank'>www.loozihan.com</a>\n\nM1 Singapore Fri
 nge Festival\nFestival Highlight / Fringe Commission / World Premiere /\nC
 o-presented with The Substation\n\n\nIn 1993\, Singaporean artist Josef Ng
 's performance Brother Cane resulted in a public debate over obscenity in 
 performance art and a subsequent ten-year restriction of the licensing and
  funding of performance art in Singapore.\n\nCane by Loo Zihan consists of
  a re-enactment of Brother Cane based on an eyewitness account by artist R
 ay Langenbach\, a performative lecture reconstructing incidents surroundin
 g the event based on various oral accounts\, and pre-filmed segments with 
 individuals involved in Brother Cane and performance art in Singapore. The
  work seeks not only to commemorate and honour the memory of this performa
 nce\, but also to explore the possibility of representing performance art\
 , a form often perceived as ephemeral or transient.\n\n\n<b>Relationship t
 o Art & Faith</b>\n\n“In re-enacting Brother Cane\, I am attempting to i
 nhabit Josef’s experience in 1993. I am performing his actions\, filtere
 d through time\, memory\, eyewitness accounts\, and the media. In a way\, 
 I am renewing my faith in this work\, in the audience and in my nation.”
 \n\n“I am placing my faith in performance art’s ability to exist illog
 ically and impractically. This lack of logic and reason allows performance
  art to retain its power to challenge\, remain pertinent and relational.�
 �\n\n“The audience will be complicit in the act of re-creation\, with th
 e knowledge of what is to come\; their very act of viewing this performanc
 e gives me permission to proceed with this ritual. They will allow me to t
 rim my pubic hair in a public space\, they will allow me to singe my skin 
 with a cigarette and they will allow me to say that sometimes\, silent pro
 test is not enough.”\n\n“I question what the relationship of the Singa
 porean audience will be to Brother Cane 18 years on. Re-enacting this piec
 e is the only way we can find the answer. I have faith that things have ch
 anged\, and the artist who chooses to stand for his beliefs will no longer
  be silenced or exiled. I have faith in the power of art and the persisten
 ce of time to bring about this change.”\n\n- Loo Zihan\n\n----------\n\n
 Loo Zihan is a Singaporean moving-image\, performance and installation art
 ist. His films have been screened in various film festivals including AFI 
 Fest (L.A.)\, Pusan International Film Festival\, Newfest (New York City) 
 and Frameline (San Francisco). Zihan is the recipient of a James Nelson Ra
 ymond Fellowship from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, where h
 e had received his MFA.\n
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SUMMARY:Cane\, by Loo Zihan
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