Salty / Xi Jie Ng 黄晞竭
[email protected]
The Inside Show
http://crci.art/the-inside-show
Variety show project made with prisoners at Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Co-creator, director, editor
Columbia River Correctional Institution Artist in Residence Program
Co-facilitator of AiR program at minimum-security men’s prison, Portland OR, USA, 2017
http://crci.art
The Grandma Reporter
thegrandmareporter.com
Publication on senior women’s culture, in partnership with Hollywood Senior Center, Portland OR, USA, 2016-present (supported by Regional Arts & Culture Council grant, Oregon)
Issue 1- Style | Issue 2- Intimacy (Best Senior Lifestyle Magazine 2019, Willamette Weekly)
It’s Lucky When You Can Find Something
Performance lecture, Hollywood Senior Center, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Canton Grill Degustatory Research
Co-created with Eric J Olson, ten-course conceptual dinner combining culinary art, oral history, and reenactment, at Canton Grill, part of Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Grandparents Residency
Project with grandparents Teo Siew Lan, Tam Cha Boo and Kuek Thiam Huak, Singapore, 2017-present
How are you? I'm good, how are you? I'm good.
Project investigating greetings, East Portland Arts & Literary Festival, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Autumn Weaves
Performance with Jiko and Ashi
East Portland Arts & Literary Festival and IntersectFest, Portland OR, USA, 2018
I would sit on his lap
Film, 9 min
Made at Rockland Residency, WA, USA, 2018
Porous Wonder
Central Library, at Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Writing workshop exploring wonder and magic in children’s literature, as well as childhood memories and the subconscious
The City Seal of Portland, Oregon
Portland City Hall, at Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Workshops & session to design, vote for and inaugurate new Portland City Seal
Long-Distance Calls
Open Signal, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Curator, filmmaker for night of films made about, by, with and for seniors
Portland Tropical Gardens
Director Park, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Indoor tropical garden featuring myriad explorations and programming on the tropical, with Ralph Pugay, Shawn Creeden, Erika Dedini & Michael Stevenson Jr.
Tropical correspondent and programming:
Pickled 菜心相印
film with Wen Lin Tan
4 min, 2017
Ampang, Malaysia
At the 6th No Borders Project
It has been been suggested that more is known about the moon than the deepest parts of the ocean
Performance, Renee Sills' Astrology With Artists exhibition at Works Progress Agency
bunion2bunion
bunion2bunion.info
Interdisciplinary exploration with collaborative projects, sculptures, events and a performance
Portland OR, USA, 2017
Part of the Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize exhibition at Autzen Gallery, Portland State University
Funeral In 25 Objects
funeralin25objects.com
with Michelle Tan
Singapore, 2017
Online platform - "25 Singaporean politicians are each gifted an object from the recently shut down Sungei Road Market, along with a personalised haiku"
Naming Me 自己取名字
Collaborative project with Mandarin immersion students of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
Portland OR, USA, 2017
Cafeteria Staff Exchange Program
with Spencer Byrne-Seres, featuring Laura Booth, Monique Lopez and Irene Prasad from the Native American Youth & Family Center, and Ruby Sims-Suell and Virginia Mulbey from Martin Luther King, Jr. School
Collaborative project exploring cafeteria lunches, nutrition, and the human relationship to food. Culminated in lunches of 15 dishes for 100 people, with a placemat from which the lunches were eaten.
Part of Assembly organised by the Portland State University art & social practice program
Portland OR, USA, 2017
The Braiding Association
Founded with Roz Crews
A club to explore intimacy and cultures through braiding
Portland OR, USA + Singapore, 2016
How to play by the creek
Costume, identity and performance project at Creek College
Johnson Creek, Portland OR, USA, 2016
Mimpi Manis
Installation & performance at Field Day
Hong Lim Park, Singapore, 2016
Bindi Roadside Spa
http://bindiroadsidespa.weebly.com
Participatory project exploring self-care, where facials were given to migrant workers
Part of Octopus Residency
Little India, Singapore, 2016
The Silence Experiments
Interactive performance as Pierrot
- Post-Museum, 2011
- Arteles Creative Centre, Finland, 2014 (on residency)
- Elsewhere Museum, USA, 2015 (on residency)
- Sarecha village, India, 2016 (on residency)
- Urban Ventures, Singapore, 2016
Falling in love with a stranger
Interactive performance as Pierrot
- Performance Quinquennial organized by Panoply; Grace Exhibition Space, NYC, USA, 2015
- Prototype Thursdays, organised by Hyphen with Kult Kafe, Emily Hill, Singapore, 2016
Sab Kuch Milega
Collaborative short film with villagers of Sarecha, 16 mins
On residency at Sowing Seeds, organised by Kaman Art Foundation
Sarecha village, Jodphur, India, 2016
Orbicularis Ouroboris
Juggling film featuring Luther Bangert, 5 mins
Haw Par Villa, Singapore, 2016
Roles: filming and editing
Singapore Minstrel
singaporeminstrel.com
Feature documentary, 87 mins
Singapore, 2015
Director, producer, co-cinematographer, editor
Screenings:
- Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland OR, USA
- Likewise, Portland OR, USA
- 5th Ave Cinema, Portland OR, USA
- St. Luke's Eldercare, Singapore
- National University of Singapore Centre for the Arts
- Jaipur International Film Festival, India: nominated for best documentary feature
- Film Fest Dokumenter, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Asian Doc Showcase
- Indian Cine Film Fest, Mumbai; Winner: best director of documentary feature
- The Projector, Singapore
- Cebu International Documentary Film Fest, documentary feature competition
- Singapore Film Festival, New Delhi
- International Premier: Asian American International Film Fest, New York City: International Showcase. Nominated for emerging director of documentary feature.
- *SCAPEMEDIA screen, Singapore
- Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore: Stories That Matter
- World Premier: Official Selection, 26th Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Panorama
Energy is always conserved, never created or destroyed
Site-specific installation with embroidered textile, digital audio, and collaged secondhand/antique collection materials
On residency at Elsewhere Museum
North Carolina, USA, 2015
The Handbook of Everyday Secrets
http://handbookofeverydaysecrets.weebly.com
Participatory project with a group of people connected to the Bendemeer neighbourhood
Singapore, 2015
The Swan of Tuonela
Animated film, 4 mins
On residency at Arteles Creative Centre, supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore)
Finland, 2014
Co-director/producer/editor/performer
- Nominee, Best Editing & Best Experimental, 6th Singapore Short Film Awards (2015)
- Winner, Best Experimental, CUNY Asian American Film Festival (2015)
- 38th Asian American International Film Festival 2015, Art House Shorts
- Tropfest South East Asia, Coffee Shorts (2015)
- 12th Singapore Short Cuts (2015)
- co:lab by Asian Film Archive
Lintukoto
Series of images
On residency at Arteles Creative Centre, supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore)
Finland, 2014
I am a beautiful beached whale by the Straits
Film, 19 mins
Commissioned by the National Arts Council (Singapore) for Silver Arts Festival
Roles: director, producer, editor
Singapore, 2014
Museum of Things I Want to Forget
thingsiwanttoforget.com
Online participatory art project
Co-creator
2013
Oomoonbeings by Singapierrot
Outdoor performance, commissioned by National Heritage Board for Singapore Night Festival 2013, 30 mins
Co-director/performer
Singapore, 2013
Wishmoon by Singapierrot
Interactive performance art at Action Parties #3, Dbl O Art Space
Co-performer
Singapore, 2012
Leo XIII Dream
Interactive performance-installation at Re: Almost Left Behind by Thespis (directed by Tan Liting and Thong Peiqin), The Substation, Singapore Arts Festival 2011
Creator/performer/installation design and creation
Singapore, 2011
Post-Love
Film, 19 mins
Co- director/producer/editor/cinematographer
Singapore, 2011
- Singapore Film Commission Short Film Grant
- International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec 2011
- Nominee, Best Documentary, Singapore Short Film Awards 2011
- OPEN show 2, Post-Museum, 2011
- Singapore Indie Doc Fest 2011
- Sinema Showoff, 2011
[email protected]
The Inside Show
http://crci.art/the-inside-show
Variety show project made with prisoners at Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Co-creator, director, editor
Columbia River Correctional Institution Artist in Residence Program
Co-facilitator of AiR program at minimum-security men’s prison, Portland OR, USA, 2017
http://crci.art
The Grandma Reporter
thegrandmareporter.com
Publication on senior women’s culture, in partnership with Hollywood Senior Center, Portland OR, USA, 2016-present (supported by Regional Arts & Culture Council grant, Oregon)
Issue 1- Style | Issue 2- Intimacy (Best Senior Lifestyle Magazine 2019, Willamette Weekly)
It’s Lucky When You Can Find Something
Performance lecture, Hollywood Senior Center, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Canton Grill Degustatory Research
Co-created with Eric J Olson, ten-course conceptual dinner combining culinary art, oral history, and reenactment, at Canton Grill, part of Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Grandparents Residency
Project with grandparents Teo Siew Lan, Tam Cha Boo and Kuek Thiam Huak, Singapore, 2017-present
How are you? I'm good, how are you? I'm good.
Project investigating greetings, East Portland Arts & Literary Festival, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Autumn Weaves
Performance with Jiko and Ashi
East Portland Arts & Literary Festival and IntersectFest, Portland OR, USA, 2018
I would sit on his lap
Film, 9 min
Made at Rockland Residency, WA, USA, 2018
Porous Wonder
Central Library, at Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Writing workshop exploring wonder and magic in children’s literature, as well as childhood memories and the subconscious
The City Seal of Portland, Oregon
Portland City Hall, at Assembly, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Workshops & session to design, vote for and inaugurate new Portland City Seal
Long-Distance Calls
Open Signal, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Curator, filmmaker for night of films made about, by, with and for seniors
Portland Tropical Gardens
Director Park, Portland OR, USA, 2018
Indoor tropical garden featuring myriad explorations and programming on the tropical, with Ralph Pugay, Shawn Creeden, Erika Dedini & Michael Stevenson Jr.
Tropical correspondent and programming:
- Tropical Correspondence Episodes 1-3
- Thinking About Home series: panel discussion on tropical as place and home with Kayla Wiley & Hunter Shobe; Tropical Food Circle; The Power of Rice by Kayla Wiley; Longing for Tropical Homeland by Xi Jie Ng
Pickled 菜心相印
film with Wen Lin Tan
4 min, 2017
Ampang, Malaysia
At the 6th No Borders Project
It has been been suggested that more is known about the moon than the deepest parts of the ocean
Performance, Renee Sills' Astrology With Artists exhibition at Works Progress Agency
bunion2bunion
bunion2bunion.info
Interdisciplinary exploration with collaborative projects, sculptures, events and a performance
Portland OR, USA, 2017
Part of the Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize exhibition at Autzen Gallery, Portland State University
Funeral In 25 Objects
funeralin25objects.com
with Michelle Tan
Singapore, 2017
Online platform - "25 Singaporean politicians are each gifted an object from the recently shut down Sungei Road Market, along with a personalised haiku"
Naming Me 自己取名字
Collaborative project with Mandarin immersion students of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School
Portland OR, USA, 2017
Cafeteria Staff Exchange Program
with Spencer Byrne-Seres, featuring Laura Booth, Monique Lopez and Irene Prasad from the Native American Youth & Family Center, and Ruby Sims-Suell and Virginia Mulbey from Martin Luther King, Jr. School
Collaborative project exploring cafeteria lunches, nutrition, and the human relationship to food. Culminated in lunches of 15 dishes for 100 people, with a placemat from which the lunches were eaten.
Part of Assembly organised by the Portland State University art & social practice program
Portland OR, USA, 2017
The Braiding Association
Founded with Roz Crews
A club to explore intimacy and cultures through braiding
Portland OR, USA + Singapore, 2016
How to play by the creek
Costume, identity and performance project at Creek College
Johnson Creek, Portland OR, USA, 2016
Mimpi Manis
Installation & performance at Field Day
Hong Lim Park, Singapore, 2016
Bindi Roadside Spa
http://bindiroadsidespa.weebly.com
Participatory project exploring self-care, where facials were given to migrant workers
Part of Octopus Residency
Little India, Singapore, 2016
The Silence Experiments
Interactive performance as Pierrot
- Post-Museum, 2011
- Arteles Creative Centre, Finland, 2014 (on residency)
- Elsewhere Museum, USA, 2015 (on residency)
- Sarecha village, India, 2016 (on residency)
- Urban Ventures, Singapore, 2016
Falling in love with a stranger
Interactive performance as Pierrot
- Performance Quinquennial organized by Panoply; Grace Exhibition Space, NYC, USA, 2015
- Prototype Thursdays, organised by Hyphen with Kult Kafe, Emily Hill, Singapore, 2016
Sab Kuch Milega
Collaborative short film with villagers of Sarecha, 16 mins
On residency at Sowing Seeds, organised by Kaman Art Foundation
Sarecha village, Jodphur, India, 2016
Orbicularis Ouroboris
Juggling film featuring Luther Bangert, 5 mins
Haw Par Villa, Singapore, 2016
Roles: filming and editing
Singapore Minstrel
singaporeminstrel.com
Feature documentary, 87 mins
Singapore, 2015
Director, producer, co-cinematographer, editor
Screenings:
- Columbia River Correctional Institution, Portland OR, USA
- Likewise, Portland OR, USA
- 5th Ave Cinema, Portland OR, USA
- St. Luke's Eldercare, Singapore
- National University of Singapore Centre for the Arts
- Jaipur International Film Festival, India: nominated for best documentary feature
- Film Fest Dokumenter, Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Asian Doc Showcase
- Indian Cine Film Fest, Mumbai; Winner: best director of documentary feature
- The Projector, Singapore
- Cebu International Documentary Film Fest, documentary feature competition
- Singapore Film Festival, New Delhi
- International Premier: Asian American International Film Fest, New York City: International Showcase. Nominated for emerging director of documentary feature.
- *SCAPEMEDIA screen, Singapore
- Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore: Stories That Matter
- World Premier: Official Selection, 26th Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Panorama
Energy is always conserved, never created or destroyed
Site-specific installation with embroidered textile, digital audio, and collaged secondhand/antique collection materials
On residency at Elsewhere Museum
North Carolina, USA, 2015
The Handbook of Everyday Secrets
http://handbookofeverydaysecrets.weebly.com
Participatory project with a group of people connected to the Bendemeer neighbourhood
Singapore, 2015
The Swan of Tuonela
Animated film, 4 mins
On residency at Arteles Creative Centre, supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore)
Finland, 2014
Co-director/producer/editor/performer
- Nominee, Best Editing & Best Experimental, 6th Singapore Short Film Awards (2015)
- Winner, Best Experimental, CUNY Asian American Film Festival (2015)
- 38th Asian American International Film Festival 2015, Art House Shorts
- Tropfest South East Asia, Coffee Shorts (2015)
- 12th Singapore Short Cuts (2015)
- co:lab by Asian Film Archive
Lintukoto
Series of images
On residency at Arteles Creative Centre, supported by the National Arts Council (Singapore)
Finland, 2014
I am a beautiful beached whale by the Straits
Film, 19 mins
Commissioned by the National Arts Council (Singapore) for Silver Arts Festival
Roles: director, producer, editor
Singapore, 2014
Museum of Things I Want to Forget
thingsiwanttoforget.com
Online participatory art project
Co-creator
2013
Oomoonbeings by Singapierrot
Outdoor performance, commissioned by National Heritage Board for Singapore Night Festival 2013, 30 mins
Co-director/performer
Singapore, 2013
Wishmoon by Singapierrot
Interactive performance art at Action Parties #3, Dbl O Art Space
Co-performer
Singapore, 2012
Leo XIII Dream
Interactive performance-installation at Re: Almost Left Behind by Thespis (directed by Tan Liting and Thong Peiqin), The Substation, Singapore Arts Festival 2011
Creator/performer/installation design and creation
Singapore, 2011
Post-Love
Film, 19 mins
Co- director/producer/editor/cinematographer
Singapore, 2011
- Singapore Film Commission Short Film Grant
- International Ethnographic Film Festival of Quebec 2011
- Nominee, Best Documentary, Singapore Short Film Awards 2011
- OPEN show 2, Post-Museum, 2011
- Singapore Indie Doc Fest 2011
- Sinema Showoff, 2011
Residencies and Awards
Artist In Residence, Center for Visual & Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2019-20
Signal Fire residency, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Nominated for Emerging Artist residency at Centrum, USA, 2019
Rockland Residency, rural WA, USA, 2018
Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize, second place, Portland OR, USA, 2017
Grandparents Residency, Singapore, 2017-present (self-created)
National Arts Council (Singapore) postgraduate scholarship, 2016
Sowing Seeds by Kaman Art Foundation, Sarecha, Jodphur, India, 2015
Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 2015
Arteles Creative Center, Finland, 2014
Artist In Residence, Center for Visual & Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2019-20
Signal Fire residency, Portland OR, USA, 2019
Nominated for Emerging Artist residency at Centrum, USA, 2019
Rockland Residency, rural WA, USA, 2018
Arlene Schnitzer Visual Arts Prize, second place, Portland OR, USA, 2017
Grandparents Residency, Singapore, 2017-present (self-created)
National Arts Council (Singapore) postgraduate scholarship, 2016
Sowing Seeds by Kaman Art Foundation, Sarecha, Jodphur, India, 2015
Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, 2015
Arteles Creative Center, Finland, 2014
Training
I have trained in movement, dance, contact improvisation, butoh and clowning with Mari Osanai, Giovanni Fusetti, Vangelis Legakis, Li Yongwei and Maureen Fleming
I have trained in movement, dance, contact improvisation, butoh and clowning with Mari Osanai, Giovanni Fusetti, Vangelis Legakis, Li Yongwei and Maureen Fleming
Teaching
Instructor, Intro to Art & Social Practice, Portland State University, 2018
Teaching assistant, Intro to Art & Social Practice, Portland State University, 2017 (taught by Amanda Leigh Evans)
Teaching assistant, Museum in a Public School – King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland State University, 2017 (taught by Harrell Fletcher and Lisa Jarrett)
Instructor, Intro to Art & Social Practice, Portland State University, 2018
Teaching assistant, Intro to Art & Social Practice, Portland State University, 2017 (taught by Amanda Leigh Evans)
Teaching assistant, Museum in a Public School – King School Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland State University, 2017 (taught by Harrell Fletcher and Lisa Jarrett)
Publications and Writing
- The Grandma Reporter: Issue 2, Intimacy, 2019
- The Grandma Reporter: Issue 1, Style, 2016
- Contributed to Social Forms of Art Journal, 2018
- l for luna, 2018
- Contributed to Social Objects: Essays, Interviews, Projects and Interventions, by Socially Engaged Craft Collective, 2017
- Permanent Bruises, a bunion2bunion publication, 2017
Poetry and creative non-fiction also in POSKOD, QLRS, Ceriph, Wallflower Mag, Balik Kampung as well as Russian publications textonly & To go to S’pore
- The Grandma Reporter: Issue 2, Intimacy, 2019
- The Grandma Reporter: Issue 1, Style, 2016
- Contributed to Social Forms of Art Journal, 2018
- l for luna, 2018
- Contributed to Social Objects: Essays, Interviews, Projects and Interventions, by Socially Engaged Craft Collective, 2017
- Permanent Bruises, a bunion2bunion publication, 2017
Poetry and creative non-fiction also in POSKOD, QLRS, Ceriph, Wallflower Mag, Balik Kampung as well as Russian publications textonly & To go to S’pore