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Blinded, Binded & Trapped in Love Blinded, Binded & Trapped in Love was a collection of 3 forum theatre pieces performed by migrant workers in Singapore. Set in their everyday workplace, these vignettes provided insight into the real lives and experiences of construction and domestic workers living among us. Trapped in an alienating environment characterized by distinct power differentials and asymmetry of information, the characters are forced to make choices. The audience was encouraged to observe, intervene and influence the course and outcome of the play. Devised and directed by Chris Lee, a local arts practitioner, Blinded, Binded & Trapped in Love was Migrant Voices '2nd forum theatre production following the successful run of SOIL, in collaboration with Drama Box in November 06. It was Migrant Voices biggest production in 2007, bringing live drama to the migrant worker enclave of Little India. Click Here for the full recording of the performnace
Migration Film Festival 2007 This was a film festival that featured films by local and foreign filmmakers to raise awareness of the issues by migrant workers around the world - allowing us to further appreciate and acknowledge the growing importance of migrant workers not just in Singapore, but around the world as well. The festival screened "Foreign Dreams" by Elign Ho, "Lucilla" by Loo Zihan, Boo Xinying, Lincoln Chia and Tan Wei Keong, "The Call Home" by Han Yew Kwang and "Crossing Arizona" by Joseph Matthew. For more information about the next Migration Film Festival, please visit http://filmfest.migrantvoices.org/
Special Preview of Film: "Ghosts" The film tells the story of Ai Qin, a Chinese immigrant to the UK. It follows her from China to the UK and looks at the work she does in the food industry. It reveals that the UK's food industry is heavily dependent on underpaid, expolititive, migrant labour. Eventually she starts work cockle-picking at Morecambe Bay. The film begins and ends with the 2004 Morecambe Bay cockling disaster, in which 23 illegal workers lost their lives while cockle-picking. The screening was followed by a discussion on the issues raised by the film, lead by Braema Mathiaparanam, and is organised by the British Council, Singapore Film Society Migrant Voices, Transient Workers Count, Too and Golden Village.
Tales Within Borders They build our homes, our mega malls and care for our families. There are many who toil 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They are in our midst, living on our lands, but do we know Tales Within Borders was a multi-ethnic performance as well as a visual arts, photo and video exhibition that celebrated the diversity in language and cultural heritage that are brought to our shores by our migrant worker friends. Through the performance, they shared their art, music and stories; the personal and the public, the intimate and the mundane. This piece also included a forum on migrant issues and a talk back with the creators and actors of the piece.
One Voice @ Earshot One Voice, was coming together of musical talent from various countries, and was Migrant Voices' second show after the successful showcase of "Integrate" at Timbre, The Substation last year. The One Voice lineup included Laras, Himalaya, Tinig Pinoy, FOWS, Ruby Cana, Divine Sutra with Jegan and Olivia's Angels.
Walk Into Their Lives This heartland exhibition organized by a team of students from the Singapore Management University was staged to give Singaporeans in the heartlands a peek into the lives of the migrant workers in Singapore. The 2nd exhibition was graced by Minister George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs and MP for Aljunied GRC as well as Professor Howard Hunter, President of the Singapore Management University. It featured a re-creation of the Web of Friendship installation art piece as well as photographs from the InsideOut and Day Off series, as well as images taken during Grass Day Out sessions. |
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