BUKU MINI has come to a close ! Thank you all contributors and visitors !
We're in the midst of archiving the bukus, so stay tuned for updates on our site!
Photo and documentation by Lucas Tan
BUKU MINI has come to a close ! Thank you all contributors and visitors ! We're in the midst of archiving the bukus, so stay tuned for updates on our site! Photo and documentation by Lucas Tan
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There’s been a handful of exhibitions in 2013 revolving around the idea of the small. Small and beautiful, small yet significant, small but meaningful, small and etc, always small accompanied by something considered special. Perhaps it signifies Singapore becoming itself. Much harped upon by its leaders and commentators, size becomes the one obvious thing to engage. Buku Mini, as the name captures succinctly, is a show of tiny books. Despite its relatively quiet approach, its clever method raises it above the small exhibitions of the year. Walk into the white cube of the exhibition space and you’re greeted by four walls with tiny books standing on tiny shelves. Next to the door, several magnifying glasses sit on logs (with stories of their own) for you to pick. With a magnifier in hand, you go forth like an old-timey Sherlock to peer into the little books. The very small size of the books and their texts and images mean you have to look hard at them to figure out what they say. The magnifier helps, but it has a peculiar effect. It draws what is usually an instant glance into a long gaze, and in the act of looking are your thoughts attenuated as well. In that opportunity of time, you begin to ponder the things within the books and soon realise the text is written in “was”, “were” and “yesteryear”. In one, pictures of past journeys taken with family and friends. In another, memories of meaningful possessions. In yet another, a dead moth glued to the pages. It becomes apparent; what is contained within these pages overflows their limited, fragile frames and fills you, the viewer, with an intimate sense of another’s memories. You peek through each book as though through a keyhole into the artist’s life, and feel like a voyeur, but privileged with permission. Some may look upon this as maudlin sentimentality, and it may be, but the emotional tone is well balanced enough that it does not fall precipitously into such criticism. A bookful of fingernail paintings, another with its pages ripped out and pasted on a plastic sheet hammered by a nail into the wall and, as though its delicate size didn’t threaten its existence already, one book lay hauntingly damaged and charred by flame. Pieces such as these add different facets to the exhibition to give it a fullness of character. In sum a splendid show. You’ll sit in the middle of it all contemplating the thoughts they trigger in your own head a while. Buku Mini is showing at Mi Casa Su Casa, 112A Rowell Road, from 13 Dec 2013 to 1 Jan 2014. Opening Hours:
14, 15, 21, 22 Dec: 10.00 am - 6.00 pm 24, 26 Dec: 1.00pm - 5.00 pm 23, 30 Dec: 6.00pm - 9.30 pm 1 Jan: 11.00am - 3.00 pm Website: http://micasasucasajia.weebly.com/buku-mini.html NOTICE
Here's a video overview of the BUKU MINI exhibition that launched last Friday evening! Swing by to handle and read the miniatures - yes they do have content! Mi Casa Su Casa will open her door for viewing at the following dates and time : Sat 21 Dec, 10am - 6.30pm Sun 22 Dec, Tue 24 Dec, Thu 26 Dec, 11am - 5.00pm Mon 30 Dec, 6.00pm - 9.30pm Wed 1 Jan, 11am - 3pm If you'd like to visit at any other day and time, please write to us at [email protected]. We will try our best to accommodate! If you're wondering, we used the track, I Wake Up and You Smile, by Pill-oh, for this video. Have a listen to their sounds here. You can get your copy from our local independent record label and publishing house, Kitchen-Label
What our visitors do to things around Mi Casa Su Casa never fail to pleasantly surprise us.
We found this around the space after everyone left tonight after the opening :3 Can the person(s) who do this please own up? Our dear friend, Clarence, came by earlier before the opening to take some overview photos of BUKU MINI. Click on the image below for more photos!
Dear Friends, Thank you for coming to the launch of Buku Mini! Hope the magnifying glasses were useful! Have a good rest! We'll be open tomorrow (10am - 5pm) and Sunday (10am - 2pm). See you! Dear Friends, thank you for coming to the launch of BUKU MINI! We hope that the magnifying glasses were useful. Have a good rest! We are open tomorrow (10am - 5pm) and Sunday (10am - 3pm).
You will find more photos of the opening party here. See you! We're nearly 20 days to the opening of BUKU MINI and our friends have sent in some exciting work in progress images of their tiny artist books! Dear Friends, We have planned 2 complementary workshops in the weekend of the launch of BUKU MINI. The suggested course fee will be used to cover some materials provided. We have limited spaces, so please rsvp to [email protected] soon to sign up! More information will be sent to you upon confirming your place in the workshops.
x Sea of love! MCSC Dear Friends and Family, You're invited to join us in the launch of Buku Mini, a miniature book show, which will open on Friday, 13th December 2013 at 6.00 p.m. The exhibition will continue through Christmas and will end on 1st Jan 2014. Visiting hours after the opening is by appointment only. See you there! x Sea of love! Mi Casa Su Casa |
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