Pink Gajah’s Magic Labs platforms new original works paired with various artists from different backgrounds; to create space and workshops for the possibility of new approaches to art making and taking risks with new original ideas from a spectrum of artists.
Centre 42 first supported the pilot edition of the Pink Gajah Magic Lab in 2016. In the second installment in 2017, the Magic Lab 2 invited two young artists John Chow and Claire Teo as laboratory participants to work together to explore the physicality of text, image, poetry and shapes through movement. The lab work started in May 2017 with Pink Gajah’s artistic director as Lab mentor and Catherine HO as director mentor. In December 2017, an open sharing and workshop session will introduce the public to the work processes and project of John and Claire, as well as share Sharda’s blend of methodologies on devising text and movement for the stage in a participative workshop.
Magic Lab 2 will culminate in a work-in-progress showcase held at Pink Gajah’s new home studio Rumah Gajah. Titled Alter Egos, the play explores physical imagery and text set in a house. Text written by Eugenia Tan, directed by Catherine Ho, and performed by Lab 2 participants John Chow and Claire Teo.
Magic Lab 2 was developed under Centre 42's Basement Workshop (now known as the Creation Residency). Read about Basement Workshop here.
