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Lan Fang Chronicles
Lan Fang Chronicles 2012 presents a site-specific installation exhibition and performance. The Lan Fang Republic lasted for 107 years before it disintegrated.
Lan Fang Chronicles is a project inspired by the histories of the 18th century Lan Fang Republic (1777-1884) founded by Hakka Chinese in Chinese in West Borneo. Today it is nothing more than a fading legend for its living descendents. The project investigates the concept of ‘insignificant histories’, and its obscure parallels with the Singapore story. Lan Fang Chronicles 2012 will present perspect
02/07/2012
http://www.manifestajournal.org/online-residencies/matteo-lucchetti/eurozone-lan-fang-republic
The Eurozone as a Lan Fang Republic | Manifesta Journal Europa. Anno 2012. Lan Fang Chronicles, a project by Choy Ka Fai. Photograph by Vivian Lee During a recent visit to the Singapore Arts Festival, along the hectic program and the delights offered by the so called Switzerland of the South East Asia, I had the luck to encounter the complex and multifac...
07/06/2012
The art of history: Singaporean artist Choy Ka Fai rediscovers lost republic | Art Radar Asia Singaporean artist Choy Ka Fai’s project “Lan Fang Chronicles 2012″ was part of the Singapore Arts Festival, held from 18 May to 2 June 2012. The show weaves together fact and fiction to create a tangible legacy for what was possibly the first democratic republic in Southeast Asia.
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Part speculative history. Part documentary fiction. A romance of obscurity.
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CNA Interview
Lan Fang Chronicles 2012 - A mini documentary The Lan Fang Republic began in 1977 with Luo Fang Bo, a Hakka Chinese who united his group of hardworking god miner comrades in West Borneo to establish the ...
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Lan Fang Chronicles 2012
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Hakka Hero!
S’pore Arts Fest 2012! Hakka hero! Hotel haunts! One of the things I particularly like about this year’s line-up is the number of small, experiential, site-specific shows. They’re like a whiff of fresh air in these types of big festivals. You’ve got a bunch this year and today, I caught my first two, which somewhat echo each other’s themes: Lan Fa...
http://www.artsrepublic.sg/lanfangchronicle2012-interview/
兰芳 以及其所创造的 很久很久以前,是谁的外曾祖父南下落户在马来群岛,凭着勤快聪敏的本事开荒垦地,更受到苏丹的赏识,让他策马郊野,所经之地皆归其所有...... 很久很久以前,是谁的祖父乘坐狭长木舟划过幽僻的婆罗洲内陆水道,不知名的两岸树木遮去半边天光,鸟鸣山愈静 ...
21/05/2012
performance photos by Law Kian Yan
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