“… The world is ending. I offer you an eternal life at a place of pure happiness and peace - no war, no disease, no suffering. Now, connect to me, transfer your consciousness and regenerate yourself in the digital world. With arms wide open, I welcome you to the new world.”
S.O.P. Performance :: a performance_a ritual_an invitation
2020 - 2021
Notes:
Standard Operation Procedure (S.O.P.) was a stay-at-home order and cordon sanitaire implemented as a preventive measure by Malaysia Government in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020.
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?!?!?!?!?!?!??
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“ These guardians make their domestic cattle stupid and carefully prevent the docile creatures from taking a single step without the leading-strings to which they have fastened them. Then they show them the danger that would threaten them if they should try to walk by themselves” - Immanuel Kant
S.O.P. Performance :: a performance_a ritual_an invitation S.O.P. Performance
Standard Operation Procedure (S.O.P.) is an experimental performance that explores our relationship with the newly adopted S.O.P. as a common ritual to counter the pandemic, the widening of tech and cultural dichotomies around it.
The production seeks to imagine the possible reality where S.O.P. is developed into a superstition ritual/talisman where only minorities believe it as a sacred practice to ensure prosperity and protection from tragedy that reflects the current tech and cultural beliefs between the East and the West.
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S.O.P. :: a performance_a ritual_an invitation
Genre: Dance
Duration: 28 minutes
Performance Date: 18th - 27th March 2022 (on CloudTheatre.com)
Received The Krishen Jit Fund from Five Arts Centre, Malaysia
CONCEPT BY
Kod(Kod) Collective
PRODUCED BY
Kongsi Petak
SUPPORTED BY
The Krishen Jit Fund, Malaysia
SPECIAL THANKS
Lee Ming Kiat
MyCreative Ventures, Cendana, Malaysia
VENUE SPONSOR
KongsiKL
CREATIVE TEAM
Director / Lighting Designer Tan Eng Heng
Choreographer / Dancer Lee Kien Faye
Composer / Sound Designer Kent Lee
Set Designers Kod(Kod), Tan Eng Heng
Multimedia / Animation Designers
Kod(Kod), Tan Eng Heng, Tan Thian Shaun
FILM PRODUCTION TEAM
Director of Photography Tan Thian Shaun
B Roll Contributors Kod(Kod), Tan Eng Heng
Editors Tan Thian Shaun, Tan Eng Heng
PRODUCTION TEAM
Production Manager Mah Jun Yi
Graphic Design Kod(Kod) Collective
Venue Coordinators
Liew Chee Heai, Low Pey Sien
ABOUT THE TEAM
Kod(Kod) Collective
[Chan Hui Sim + Jowin Foo + Lim Nong Hua]
Kod(Kod) is a KL-based collective that specializes in crafting sensorial experiences and investigating design interactions with a discourse to tame 21st century digital technology so that it could cohabit with society harmoniously. The collective currently comprises interaction designers, spatial designer, narrative composer and researcher who want to bring happiness to the society through the lens of media, art-science and technology. Members of Kod(Kod) are alumni of the Interactive Architecture Lab at the Bartlett UCL, and have exhibited works in international institutions like Tate Britain (UK), Ugly Duck (UK) and Ars Electronica (Austria).
Tan Eng Heng
An Ipoh native, lighting designer, theatre director and programme director of DPAC. He has graduated with top honors from the drama department of the Malaysian Institute of the Arts, and has worked as a drama lecturer and consultant with MSC International College, SEGI College, New Era College and Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris. He was accorded the most outstanding production professional award in 2000 Ada Awards and winner of Best Lighting Design in The 9th, 10th, 12th and 13th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. His extensive involvement in theatrical productions brings him to various countries including Singapore, China, India, Australia and Canada.
Lee Kien Faye
An independent performing artist & farmer based in Malaysia & Java, completed his Bachelor of Creative Arts (Drama) in Deakin University (2014). Faye created works that were influenced by Psycho-Physical Research, Classical Javanese Court Dance, Asian Shamanistic Trance, Butoh & Voice, alongside his mentor Tony Yap, Agus Riyanto & Agung Gunawan. He has participated in the Melaka Art & Performance Festival (Malaysia), Pelem Festival (Indonesia) & Bull Trance Festival (Indonesia) from 2015-2020. In May 2020, he started the “FROM FARM TO LIFE” project, inviting artists to work and experience on a farm to seek a unique lifestyle between arts and farming.
