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For someone with such a long list of achievements under his belt, Mark Chan isn\u2019t one to dwell on the past. The 63-year-old Chinese brush painter isn\u2019t any ordinary Singaporean artist. He\u2019s also a former national swimmer, music director and renowned composer who\u2019s worked with the likes of Andy Lau and Tracy Huang. Mark doesn\u2019t like the term \u201cjack of all trades\u201d, but we\u2019d like to think of him as a polymath of sorts. We sit down with him to chat about his passion for music<\/a> and Chinese brush painting, and his views on preserving Chinese arts in Singapore.<\/p>\n

Mark Chan: Composer, music director and artist extraordinaire<\/h2>\n
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We spotted this picture of a dashing young Mark at the age of 27. Photography: Danial Zahrin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From the first second you meet Mark, you know he\u2019s not afraid to speak his mind. He greets us at the front door of his home, all ready to get down to business. \u201cJust tell me what you need from me, and what you want to know,\u201d he says. You can tell he\u2019s done this several times before.<\/p>\n

Mark\u2019s living room is filled with stacks of paintings in preparation for Email and Eternity<\/a> \u2013 his upcoming show at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) on 1 and 2 October. Other than his current pursuit, his walls and shelves are bare of reminders of old achievements. The only trace you\u2019ll find of past successes is in two huge boxes he begrudgingly pulls out from storage (at my insistence).<\/p>\n

\u201cIn case you haven\u2019t realised, I\u2019m not very sentimental. I don\u2019t like looking at the past, maybe I\u2019m just kind of freaky that way,\u201d he jokes.<\/p>\n

He leaves me to trawl through his collection. I find a treasure trove of photographs, posters and newspaper clippings from days of old. But Mark insists that he never goes through them. That’s evident in the way his eyes light up in excitement when he finds an aged photo of his family. \u201cI didn\u2019t even know I had this!\u201d he exclaims and snaps a picture of it with his Samsung Galaxy flip phone (I know, very edgy).<\/p>\n

That\u2019s just the way Mark works \u2013 he\u2019s a forward-looking person. So it might take you by surprise that as an artist in Singapore, his current chosen mode of expression is traditional Chinese brush painting and Chinese musical instruments.<\/p>\n

Falling in love with Chinese ink on paper<\/h3>\n
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Photography: Samantha Yeo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

His first brush with the mao bi (pun intended) came many years ago when Mark was only 27. Mandarin wasn\u2019t his forte, but he had to pick it up to work with pop singers in Taipei.<\/p>\n

\u201cA year before I left for Taipei, I couldn\u2019t read and write the language. I couldn\u2019t come to grips with how to write the various characters,\u201d he shares. Eventually, he decided to learn Mandarin with the help of the mao bi and Chinese ink, and that\u2019s when everything changed.<\/p>\n

As a composer-singer-songwriter, music is Mark\u2019s pride and passion. For many years he kept himself busy with it, leaving his experience with calligraphy and brush painting behind him. But in 2015, when an injury robbed him of his ability to play instruments, he began exploring other mediums to express himself. That\u2019s when his interest in Chinese brush painting was reignited.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrush on paper is very much like a musical performance. Once you start painting, you can\u2019t stop. You have to carry on. It\u2019s very unforgiving,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s a real synchronicity to it, very much like music and performing. Chinese brush painting has its own culture and aesthetic, and I fell in love with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all in the way we adapt<\/h3>\n
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Photography: Samantha Yeo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I request to see him practise his calligraphy and watch as Mark uses the mao bi to deftly paint beautiful Chinese characters onto a large sheet of paper. It\u2019s obvious he\u2019s enamoured by this traditional art form.<\/p>\n

So when I ask about his thoughts on the preservation of Chinese arts in Singapore, his response takes me by surprise. I was convinced he\u2019d tell me how imperative it is to pass it down to the youth. Instead, he challenges this notion.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditional arts or music also has to evolve. As a composer, I\u2019m comfortable with bringing the past forward and making something new out of it,\u201d he says. Mark believes the key to building interest in Chinese arts is to transform it into something younger generations can resonate with. For example, if you listen to the music he\u2019s composed in Email and Eternity, you\u2019ll hear swirling, hypnotic melodies with a dash of contemporary playfulness in between.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if you ask young people to listen to a song played on an erhu from hundreds of years ago. Of course, they won\u2019t find it interesting,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I try not to think of transmission \u2013 things will die and flourish naturally. If artists don\u2019t produce interesting work, people will not fall in love with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The past and present collide in his work<\/h3>\n
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Photography: Samantha Yeo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This blend of old and new is exactly what you\u2019ll find in Email and Eternity this October<\/a>. To Mark, this show is about finding meaning in uncertain times. It showcases his Chinese brush painting skills in combination with contemporary music that\u2019s played on traditional Chinese instruments like the erhu and the sheng.<\/p>\n

Mark says the inspiration comes from parallels he\u2019s spotted between 2003 and 2022: SARS and the invasion of Iraq, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. I\u2019d like to think of it as an ode to Mark\u2019s ever-changing, ever-evolving mediums and modes of expression. One that isn’t stopped by the passing of time or injury.<\/p>\n

So, what’s next for Mark? Well, you can expect to see more of him in the coming months. The artist extraordinaire is keeping himself busy with painting commissions (and an upcoming collaboration with NLB in 2023). We hear there’s even a novel in the works!<\/p>\n

Perhaps that\u2019s how this polymath continues to stay relevant in 2022. And maybe that\u2019s the way our local Chinese arts scene can continue to survive and thrive in the future. Not through remaining as it were, but growing and changing with the times, come what may.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For someone with such a long list of achievements under his belt, Mark Chan isn\u2019t one to dwell on the past. The 63-year-old Chinese brush painter isn\u2019t any ordinary Singaporean artist. He\u2019s also a former national swimmer, music director and renowned composer who\u2019s worked with the likes of Andy Lau and Tracy Huang. 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