The Story of Box Republic
Friday, August 26, 2005
Once upon a time,
a boy was bored. He said to himself ---
I eat from a box
I talk to a box
I look at a box
I fit in a box
Box Republic
Art director : Ng Khoon Chuan
Artwork : Ng Khoon Chuan
Photography Credits
eat (shot by) : Jeff Pung
talk (shot by) : Ng Khoon Chuan
look (shot by) : Jeff Pung
fit (shot by) : Ng Khoon Chuan
Model : Jan Chow
Mastermind : Ng Khoon Chuan
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"Box Republic" was shot and created during the autumn/winter months of 2004 in the tropics.
It was selected for showcase in a youth arts festival by the Singapore National Arts Council.
Its 15 seconds in the limelight was a place on the noisesingapore website, plus a few inches in the arts council's newsletter.
Box Republic could not beat out other more acclaimed works for exposure on Singapore's bigger mainstream media platforms like MTV, Lime and i-Weekly.
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Box Republic gets a few inches of their rrrreal estate >
INSTEP (National Arts Council's newsletter)
Direct link to the newsletter here
Bytes of the Box Republic >
www.noisesingapore.com
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"NOISE" : that is the prestigious label our very Singaporean arts council has selected for the voices of artistic Singaporean youths. And, if you're selected for showcase by them, you are "[making] a LOUD noise."
The Mastermind (Khoon), the Collaborator (Jeff), and the Model (half-naked Jan) of The Box Republic Project were eventually invited to the Noise Singapore Festival opening gala at Rouge. They had a few drinks, and left before the V.I.P (Minister for Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for National Development: mr lim swee say) could start his speech.
Many months later, U.S troops remain stationed in Iraq, and Chen Shui Bian actually still has people cheering for him in Taiwan. The media landscape remains steeped in a mish-mash of myth and monkeying.
The End.
a boy was bored. He said to himself ---
I eat from a box
I talk to a box
I look at a box
I fit in a boxBox Republic
Art director : Ng Khoon Chuan
Artwork : Ng Khoon Chuan
Photography Credits
eat (shot by) : Jeff Pung
talk (shot by) : Ng Khoon Chuan
look (shot by) : Jeff Pung
fit (shot by) : Ng Khoon Chuan
Model : Jan Chow
Mastermind : Ng Khoon Chuan
___________________________________________
"Box Republic" was shot and created during the autumn/winter months of 2004 in the tropics.
It was selected for showcase in a youth arts festival by the Singapore National Arts Council.
Its 15 seconds in the limelight was a place on the noisesingapore website, plus a few inches in the arts council's newsletter.
Box Republic could not beat out other more acclaimed works for exposure on Singapore's bigger mainstream media platforms like MTV, Lime and i-Weekly.
_________________________________________________________________
Box Republic gets a few inches of their rrrreal estate >
INSTEP (National Arts Council's newsletter)
Direct link to the newsletter here
Bytes of the Box Republic >
www.noisesingapore.com
________________________________________________________________
"NOISE" : that is the prestigious label our very Singaporean arts council has selected for the voices of artistic Singaporean youths. And, if you're selected for showcase by them, you are "[making] a LOUD noise."
The Mastermind (Khoon), the Collaborator (Jeff), and the Model (half-naked Jan) of The Box Republic Project were eventually invited to the Noise Singapore Festival opening gala at Rouge. They had a few drinks, and left before the V.I.P (Minister for Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for National Development: mr lim swee say) could start his speech.
Many months later, U.S troops remain stationed in Iraq, and Chen Shui Bian actually still has people cheering for him in Taiwan. The media landscape remains steeped in a mish-mash of myth and monkeying.
The End.
