Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Media Philosophy (magna cum laude): European Graduate School
Master of Arts in Literature: Nanyang Technological University
Master of Arts in Media Philosophy(with distinction): European Graduate School
Bachelor of Communications (Honors), 2nd Upper: Nanyang Technological University |
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European Graduate School: Europäishe Universität Für Interdisziplinäre Studien,
Saas Fee, Switzerland |
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- Doctor of Philosophy in Media Philosophy (magna cum laude)
- Assistant Director: Coordinator (Singapore)
- Dissertation supervisors: Prof (Dr) Avital Ronell, Prof (Dr) Wolfgang Schirmacher & Prof (Dr) Werner Hamacher
- Additional readers: Prof (Dr) Larry Rickels & Dr Josh Eidem
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- Media, Philosophy & Psychoanalysis with Slavoj Zizek;
- Philosophy, Ethics, Art with Alain Badiou;
- Finitude in Philosophy, Literature and Art with Avital Ronell;
- Exteriority: Blanchot, Foucault and Levinas with Werner Hamacher;
- Experimental Cinema with Barbara Hammer;
- Schopenhauer and Contemporary Philosophy with Wolfgang Schirmacher;
- Art, Community and Freedom with Jean-Luc Nancy;
- Gilles Deleuze and Science with Manuel DeLanda;
- Ideas and Power with Carl Mitcham;
- Lyotard in a Post-911 World with Victor Vitanza;
- Experimental Architecture with Lebbeus Woods;
- Confessional Cinema with Caveh Zahedi;
- Political Activism: Multiplicity and Empire with Michael Hardt
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| Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
2008 |
- Master of Arts in English Literature
- Thesis Supervisors: Asst Prof (Dr) Brendan Quigley and Assoc Prof (Dr) Neil Murphy
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- Singapore Literature with Tamara S. Wagner
- Singapore Literature with Sim Wai Chew
- Introduction to the Study of Literature with Terence Dawson
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European Graduate School: Europäishe Universität Für Interdisziplinäre Studien,
Saas Fee, Switzerland |
2006 |
- Master of Arts in Media Philosophy(with distinction)
- MA Thesis supervised by Prof (Dr) Wolfgang Schirmacher and Prof (Dr) Avital Ronell
- Teaching Assistant for Prof (Dr) Werner Hamacher – 2005/6
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| Significant Courses: |
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- Media, Philosophy & Psychoanalysis with Slavoj Zizek;
- Philosophy, Ethics, Art with Alain Badiou;
- Finitude in Philosophy, Literature and Art with Avital Ronell;
- Exteriority: Blanchot, Foucault and Levinas with Werner Hamacher;
- Homo Sacer with Giorgio Agamben;
- Cinema for the New Millennium with Peter Greenaway;
- Media Aesthetics with Wolfgang Schirmacher;
- Poetry and Philosophy with Judith Balso & Michel DeGuy;
- Heidegger: Philosophy and Art with Chris Fynsk;
- Audiovisual History and Technoculture with Siegfried Zielenski.
- Cyberocracy: Tomorrow Now with Hendrik Speck & Bruce Sterling
- Literary Cinema with Volker Scholondorff
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Teaching Experience
Research Fellow: Centre for Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
- August 2009 to present
- Selected course: Sympathy for the Devil; on Reading, Literature, and Art
Teaching Fellow: English Division, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
- Jan 2008 to June 2009
- Selected course: What is Cinema
Teaching Assistant: English Division, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University
- Jan 2006 to Dec 2007
- Singapore Literature with Asst Prof (Dr) Tamara S. Wagner
- Singapore Literature with Asst Prof (Dr) Sim Wai Chew
- Introduction to the Study of Literature with Assoc Prof (Dr) Terence Dawson
Teaching Assistant: European Graduate School
- Sept 2005 to August 2006
- Exteriority: Blanchot, Foucault and Levinas with Prof (Dr) Werner Hamacher
Relief Teaching: Catholic Junior College
- Jan to April 2005
- General Paper Enrichment Classes
Relief Teaching: CHIJ St. Joseph’s Convent
- Jan to March 1998
- English and English Literature at Sec 3 level
- Co-form tutor
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Research Interests
Post-structural philosophy with an emphasis on the seduction of communication and literature.
The virtuality of the real and the real of the virtual: rhizomatic networks and the simulacra.
The masochistic contract
Popular culture and its perverse core
Ethics and pre-relational relationality
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Media Experience
Partner: The Plastic Troika 2007 - 2009
- Pro-bono branding alliance
- Creation of brands
- Creation of publics and management of the media in which the brand communicates with its publics.
Selected Clients
- Singapore Women’s Everest Team
Senior Writer: The Enigmatic Army 2006 - 2009
- Creation the brand The Enigmatic Army and the personas associated with the label
- Creation of publics for the bands associated with the record label
Selected Bands
- La’Dies
- Tripartite Conspiracy
- Labyrinth[5]
- MAsquer
- Crazimals
Owner: Leitmotif 2000 - 2004
- Conceptualization of advertisements
- Copywriting
- Art Direction
- Account management
- Co-ordination of production of advertisements
Selected Clients
- Punch Video (S) Pte Ltd
- LK Communications Pte Ltd
- Mezzotint Design Consultants
- Shin’st
Internship: Ogilvy & Mather Singapore Jun – Dec 2003
- Copywriter
- Selected jobs: Canon, ESPN, NIKE, The Economist, DHL
Selected Media Awards
- Wildcard – Short & Sweet Singapore 2007
Pure Sugar: Play
Co-written with Esther Tan
Performed at The Arts House (22 April, 2007), Singapore.
- Special Jury Mention – Sidewalk Cinema, Wien 2006
NeKan She Ma: Film
Co-written and co-directed with Kenny Png.
- Finalist – Crowbar Awards 2004
Ambient media advertisement for The Economist
TVC for Ministry of Community Development and Sports
- Bronze – Crowbar Awards 2003
Ambient media advertisement for AWARE (Association of Women for Action and Research)
- Nomination - Creative Circle Awards Singapore 2003
Canon radio advertisement campaign
- Bronze – Creations Awards 2002
Poster for the Singapore Anti Narcotics Association
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