Archives Invites: Dr Mok Kin Wai Patrick & Chew Tee Pao

“Archives Invites: Dr Mok Kin Wai Patrick & Chew Tee Pao

Practice as Research: Learning Chinese Martial Arts for the Creation of Dance Pieces
Chinese martial arts is an ephemeral representation of intangible culture, which is difficult to document, archive and transmit, not to mention its tactic knowledge and skills that needed to be first learned before it could be transformed into a dance piece. Based on a case study by Hong Kong Dance Company Ltd., the talk presents how to take a ‘being-doing-knowing’ approach in a project that aims to learn and explore the embodied knowledge of practising martial arts and transform the cultural heritage into a choreographic work. The practice and research would also help us formulate a methodology for the transmission of intangible culture into creative works.

The Preservation and Restoration Journey of Ring of Fury
Inspired by the 1970s kungfu craze sparked by Bruce Lee, “”Ring of Fury”” (1973, Tony Yeow & James Sebastian) is Singapore’s first and only martial arts film. It starred a practising Singaporean Kyokushin karate master, Peter Chong. Banned for more than 30 years, the film was largely unseen until 2017 when the Asian Film Archive (AFA) restored the film from a sole surviving film print. AFA’s archivist will share the challenges in preserving and restoring the film, the impact to the advocacy of preservation, and the experience of reintroducing the restored film to new audiences.

Thu, 18 May 2023
7 pm – 8 pm
Zoom
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About Archives Invites
Community histories unfold in this series that traces Singapore’s social past with help from the archives.