SWF POP #10: Refugees of White Noise

SWF POP PRESENTS: REFUGEES OF WHITE NOISE MARC NAIR X TIM DE COTTA The world is in retreat from itself. While we deny rights to refugees fleeing from war and tumult, we are oblivious to a constant assault of white noise on our senses, a blatant blaring that wears us down. Marc Nair and Tim De Cotta explore these frequencies through poems and songs that take on, among other things, surveillance, the great flood and email etiquette. Laid-back bass grooves and lines of poetry weave together in this performance at *SCAPE by spoken word artist Marc Nair and bass maestro Tim De Cotta. Come and listen to songs and poems that tell of quiet evenings, a flood and musings on the state of our land. This is a FREE event. --- MARC NAIR is a poet and photographer from Singapore. He has published six volumes of poetry and has also been featured in a number of anthologies. His latest book is Spomenik, a collection of poems and photographs from the Balkans. Marc has been part of the poetry slam scene in Singapore since 2003, and has represented Singapore competitively at international slam competitions. He was the 2015 Writer-In-Residence at Gardens by the Bay and has performed poetry in over ten countries. He is the co-founder of Mackerel, a culture magazine. marcnair.com | mackerel.life TIM DE COTTA is a vocalist, bassist, songwriter and producer who believes in keeping his art pure. He is a solo artist, sessionist and is the backbone behind bands such as TAJ, L.A.B, neoDominatrix and Kilo Habit. His roots are hip-hop and R&B and his diverse influences will be showcased in his solo debut EP, Warrior, to be launched in 2016. He is also the director of Getai Group, organising eclectic indie music gigs for local bands. www.timdecottamusic.bandcamp.com