The Bonfire 9/1/2020 with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder
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The Bonfire 9/1/2020 with Big Jay Oakerson and Dan Soder
Another Initial Impetus | Session One: Violet Oon
Yet another gallery: another four walls, another fifty pictures, another initial impetus. ALPHA is all this, too. And we believe, more as well.”
—Arthur Yap, Introduction to the catalogue accompanying Alpha Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, October 1971.
Session One of Another Initial Impetus features restaurateur Violet Oon, who recalls her lesser-known lives in the arena of culture, including as one of Singapore’s first arts writers in the dynamic cultural milieu of 1970s and 1980s.
Another Initial Impetus is a series that explores the legacies of the seminal Alpha Gallery and its place in a formative period of Singapore’s cultural history. Established in 1971, the Alpha Gallery was one of the most significant venues in Singapore for contemporary art in its time. Formed in an era of a new modernity catalysed by independence and rapid economic progress, it also became a place of exchange between artists, poets, cultural policymakers and architects.
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ABOUT SUDDENLY TURNING VISIBLE
In 1981, the Filipino artist and curator Raymundo Albano adopted the phrase 'suddenly turning visible' to describe the rapid transformation of Manila's urban landscape. The visibility that Albano was evoking was an aspirational one as the Philippines, along with much of Southeast Asia, had embarked on their most ambitious infrastructural projects so far. The driving force was the logic of developmentalism—a desire for rapid economic growth, in which art had a critical role.
Illuminating the lesser-known links between art and architecture and the role of institutions in the development of art in the region, the Gallery presents Suddenly Turning Visible: Art and Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969–1989).
This exhibition reflects the rapid modernisation of the region during this period, a time when artists and architects articulated new approaches that freely reinvented international art movements such as abstraction, realism and conceptual art in dialogue with folk and vernacular traditions.
It traces this story through three influential art institutions in Manila, Bangkok and Singapore, presenting artworks from the period alongside archives, and newly commissioned and restaged works.
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About the speaker
Violet Oon is a chef, restaurateur and food writer known for the restaurants she co-owns, cookbooks and columns on Peranakan cuisine. Oon’s food career began when she penned her first food column in 1974 for New Nation. She would go on to become a dominant voice in Singapore’s food scene, authoring popular cookbooks including Peranakan Cooking, Violet Oon Cooks and A Singapore Family Cookbook. She was eventually dubbed Singapore’s food ambassador in 1988 by the Singapore Tourism Board and was awarded the Lifetime Achievement for Outstanding Contribution to Tourism at the Tourism Awards 2019. Today, Oon co-owns a series of successful restaurants including National Kitchen by Violet Oon at the Gallery. But what is lesser known about Oon is that, before her foray into food, she started her career as a cultural critic in the 1970s. Her arts reviews from the time included many exhibitions at the Alpha Gallery, some of which are featured in Suddenly Turning Visible.
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DISCLAIMER
This video has been edited for clarity and concision. The comments and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speakers, and do not necessarily represent the views of National Gallery Singapore.
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Most embarrassing DUI stop of this trooper's career?
On July 16, 2020, at approximately 11:31 p.m., Arkansas State Police Trooper Donnie Cheers was on Interstate 55 south at the 8-mile mark running stationary radar when he observed an SUV traveling at a high rate of speed in the far left lane. He activated his rear radar and confirmed the vehicle's speed to be 82 MPH in a 65 MPH zone. Trooper Cheers exited off the highway shoulder and identified the vehicle as a gold Honda Pilot.
Cheers attempted to initiate a traffic stop by activating his blue lights, after which the Honda Pilot continued to Exit 7 in West Memphis, Arkansas. After exiting the interstate, the Honda Pilot pulled into an Applebee's parking lot.
From Trooper Cheers' report, lightly edited for clarity:
After the vehicle stopped, I got out and walked up to the vehicle. I stated who I was and the reason for the stop. I asked the driver for her driver's license, registration and proof of insurance. The female driver, Devan Marie Williams, was only able to produce a paper copy of her driver's license. Upon receiving her driver's license, I could smell the odor of intoxicants. I returned to my patrol car to advise dispatch of my location.
I returned to the Honda Pilot and ordered the driver to exit the vehicle. The driver was adamant that she had not consumed any alcohol. I performed field sobriety tests on Williams, and the clues indicated she was impaired. After completing the field sobriety tests, I gave Williams a preliminary breath test (PBT) and she attempted to manipulate the test. I instructed her to blow harder, as if she was blowing up a balloon. Williams blew harder after a few attempts... at which point she blew a .105 BAC, and stated that she was good.
I informed her that she was over the limit and under arrest. Williams refused to put her hands behind her back and took off to her vehicle, pulling away from me. At that point I tried to remove the keys from the passenger side but was not successful, because Williams put the vehicle into motion. Williams fled east on the South Service Road, through a red light. While carefully looking in all directions to ensure there was no oncoming traffic, I proceeded through the red light. I pursued the vehicle until I lost sight of it on the east side of 7th Street. At this time terminated the pursuit due to not having the suspect in sight.
Devan Marie Williams was arrested on either April 1 or April 2, 2021 — records reflect both dates. On April 5, 2021, William was released on $25,000 bail, with a court date set for May 28. On April 21, a felony information was filed, charging Williams was felony fleeing. She pleaded not guilty to the felony charge, the disposition of which is unclear . We are working to obtain clarification on the outcome of the felony charge, however it appears that Williams may have arranged a deal in which she will plead to (/or was scheduled to plea to...) misdemeanor fleeing. Somehow — in the middle of all that — she managed to earn herself a 15 day sentence for contempt of court. Williams' next court appearance is scheduled for October. More to come.
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