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Eye é City - A Visual Account
of the Last 24 Hours was held for the second time in Singapore at the
year-end of 2003. The response was overwhelming with 298 participants.
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After several rounds of selection,
100 images that best uphold the spirit of the event will be featured in an
exhibition-cum-publication. The black and white photography exhibition and
book launch will open on 17 Sep 2004 at 7pm at ARTruim@MITA.
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The exhibition will be open from 11.00am to 7.00pm
from 18 - 22 Sep 2004. Admission is free and all are welcome.
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In comparison with photographs
submitted for the first year, the 100 images collected in year 2003s Eye
é City gave a more extensive and varied rendition of the facets of life.
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Behind every picture seemed to
have been a story of hope and disappointment, joy and pain, bustle and
desolation encapsulating the physiognomy of the city. The images also depicted
participants views of the city they live in and their relationship with the
city.
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The Beginning
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A Visual Account of the Last 24
Hours was initiated by the Nanyang Folk Culture Society of Penang in 1999.
Within two years it expanded to major cities in West Malaysia.
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Singapore joined their ranks in
2002, with Nomadic Eyes Collective kicking off the event. Nomadic Eyes
Collective is a gathering of people from diverse backgrounds, all with a
common interest in retaining memories of this city. This year-end photo event
is aimed at depicting changes cities undergo and documenting developments in
humanism.
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The Participants
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Participants of Eye é City
2003 ranged in age from 18 to 65, with the majority being between 20 to
30 years old. We are pleased to note the cultural diversity of the
participants, with some immigrants from countries like Japan, United States,
Britain, China and Indonesia, etc.
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The participants came from all
walks of life civil servants, accountants, teachers, architects, engineers,
writers, administrators, arts practitioners and students, among others. While
most of them are amateurs, a handful hails from the photography profession. It
is noteworthy that the number of professional photographers who took part in
the recent event has also increased.
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The event did not adopt a specific
theme; neither was it filled with much fanfare and pageantry. From 00:00 on 31
Dec 2003 till the clock struck 23:59 that day, participants were free to pick
the time and place to capture the images. There was no restriction on the type
of camera used, but the maximum number of submissions per person was 36 works.
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Selection & Preparation
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Then on 7 & 8 Feb 2004,
members of Nomadic Eyes Collective, several photographers and individual
participants converged to choose three pictures that appealed to them the
most.
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The selection criteria were based
primarily on unique angle and content; technical skills were secondary.
Photographers who formed the selection panel included Lim Seng Tiong, Sha
Ying, Albert Lim, Bob Lee and Wee Teck Hian.
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In early March, the selection
panel met up once again. They chose 100 images from a large array of 900
photographs for an exhibition-cum-publication. These were works which could
best uphold the spirit of A Visual Account of the Last 24 Hours.
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For the publication, friends were
then invited to pen their memories of the city, thus providing a verbal
complement to the images. The photo book will be on sale at a special price of
$15 each during the exhibition. After that it will be on sale at major
bookstores at $20 each.
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Members of Nomadic Eyes Collective
include dramatist Lim Jen Erh, journalist Ng Siang Ping, art director Sam
Seen, businessman Teh Thien Yew, and arts managers Wong Han Juan and Jeaner
Toh. Arts researcher Koh Nguang How was responsible for putting together the
exhibition.
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More.....
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See also:
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Eye
é City 2002 - Photography Exhibition
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Eye
é City 2002
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Content
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Eye é City 2003 - Photography Exhibition & Book Launch
