Saturday, August 1, 2009

UN-CUT09 in Denmark


UNCUT09: MALAYSIAN ARTS FESTIVAL 5 -15 August 2009

The first Malaysian Arts festival in Denmark will be presenting a number of recognized artists from Malaysia who will be making live performances within the two weeks. The festival will give the public in Copenhagen and Roskilde a possibility to expand their knowledge of Malaysian art and expression.

The tile ‘Uncut’ has a double meaning. Part of the title is referred to the uncensored and open dissemination of art form. The other part of ‘Uncut is referred to the same word pronunciation in Malay ‘ angkat ‘, which means to lift. One of the festival’s goals is to lift and introduce Malaysian art to a new audience here in Denmark.

The public can experience the dancer and choreographer Aida Redza (b. 1969). Here in Denmark is Aida known for her performance at Kronborg in 2002 and her part in the Images of Asia 2003. Aida is one of Malaysia’s most intense and controversial choreographers. Her dance and choreography explores the relation between dream, play, resistance and revolution from a perspective of a Muslim woman.

20 Malaysian visual artists will exhibit their work in a group exhibition. Among them are National Laureate A.Samad Said, Ruzekki Harris, Samsudin Wahab, Zulkiflee Zainal Abidin, Suddin Lappo, Melissa Lin, Rahmat Haron and Haslin Ismail. The public will have the possibility to participate in a workshop with one of the artists; Fathullah Luqman Yusuff ( b. 1972 ). Fathullah, who is both singer/songwriter and visual artist deals with art therapy as a tool to work with children and teenagers.

There will also be screenings of Malaysian short films. The public can watch film interviews with a couple of the front figures in the Malaysian art world. The films debate about multiculturalism and tradition versus modernity. The interviews also debate the role of art in the society.

At last there will be poetry reading, music and dance performance during the festival while a variety of Malaysian food are being served.


About the organizer:

Uncut09 is organized by Malaysian visual artist Amir Zainorin and volunteers from the association Jambatan in cooperation with Malaysian artist and curator Nur Hanim Khairuddin, who is the editor for art magazine Sentap in Malaysia. Jambatan, which is a Malay word meaning ‘bridge’, seeks to build up a network between Danish and Asian artists. Uncut09 is organized with support from the National Art Gallery Malaysia, University of Science Malaysia, Sentap and Tourism Malaysia.

For further information and press photograph please contact.

Amir Zainorin: amirzainorin@gmail.,com/www.jambatan.blogspot.com

Tel: +45 2940 9896


PROGRAM

The official opening of the Festival will be officiated by H.E. Dato' Kamarudin Mustafa, from Embassy of Malaysia, Sweden on 7 Aug 2009 at 5 pm at Gallery Shambala, Rosengården 7, 1177

København K.

GALLERI SHAMBALA
Rosengården 7, 1177 København K. TEL: 2940 9896
5 – 15 August

Group art exhibition of 20 contemporary artists from Malaysia

Opening time: 15.00- 18.00 Mon-Fri
10.00 – 14.00 Saturday


MUSEET FOR SAMTIDSKUNST
Stændertorvet 3D, 4000 Roskilde. TEL: 4631 6570
14 – 15 August

Screening of films from Malaysia:
Day 1: 14. August KL. 19.00 – 22.00
Video interview and Short films


Day 2: 15. August KL. 19 – 22.00
Video interview and Collection of films from Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, University of Science Malaysia


VERDENSKULTURCENTRET
11 – 13 August
Nørre Alle 7, 2200 København. TEL: 3536 0528

Day 1: Tuesday 11. August


COLLABORATORIUM PROCESS – KL 16.30 – 20.00

A studio based process will facilitate participants to experience a collaborative work with Aida Redza, Fathullah Luqman Yusuff and Amir Zainorin towards giving opportunity to create and showcase an interdisciplinary performance work to be presented on the 13 August.


Day 2: Wednesday August 12. 2009

DANCE WORKSHOPS KL. 10.00 – 19.00
Salen: Verdenskulturcentret

Workshop Fee: 100 Kr. per session


Aida Redza - a Malaysian dancer and choreographer will conduct her first new dance workshop rooted in tradition. The dance workshop is open to all interested in the process of 3R - Ritual, Rhythm, and Repetition in performance of the expressive body. The workshop is open to all interested. There will be two sessions of the workshop; A slow Intermediate class for young and new beginners from 10 - 12 am, and an advance Intermediate class from 5 -7 pm.

Interested participants please contact Aida Redza at tel: +45 2227 9072 or email aida.mohdredza@gmail.com for dance workshop collaboratium process.


COLLABORATORIUM PROCESS – KL 13.00 – 16.00

A studio based process will facilitate participants to experience a collaborative work with Aida Redza, Fathullah Luqman Yusuff and Amir Zainorin towards giving opportunity to create and showcase an interdisciplinary performance work to be presented on the 13 August.


Day 3: Thursday August 13. 2009
SALEN: VERDENSKULTURCENTRET

ARTWORKSHOP - KL. 10.00 – 13.00

An art workshop will be conducted by Malaysian artist Fathullah Luqman Yusuff,

He will be making a group painting workshop session with the theme – spontaneity, impromptu, experimental and playing with color lines.

Participants will be invited to use their whole body in relation to the canvas which is placed on the floor rather than painting on an easel or against the wall.

FREE ENTRANCE

Interested participants please contact Amir at Tel: +45 2940 9896 or email amirzainorin@gmail.com


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SHOW/PERFORMANCE AT VERDENSKULTURCENTRET – KL. 18.00 – 22.00

A special performance will be staged at Salen and Cafetaria Verdenskulturcentret.

kl. 18.00 - 18.45 Poetry reading
Venue: Cafetaria
by Fathullah Luqman, Amir Zainorin and guest poet Ole Lillelund from Denmark.

kl. 19. 00 – 19.30 Music performance
by Fathullah Luqman - singer/songwriter, visual artist and poet.

He is known as an outsider edge musician and since 1997 he's been trained by artists from Malaysia and Indonesia in a more personal method of learning, leaning towards figurative expressionist style. Fathullah has done both solo and group exhibitions and he is also involved in art workshop/art therapy session as a medium to use art to reach out to society especially to teenagers and children.

kl. 19.45 – 20.15 Dance Performance
Venue- Salen
by Aida Redza – dancer and choreographer.


kl. 20.30 – 21.00 Collaboratorium showcase
Venue: Salen
by Aida Redza, Fathullah Luqman and Amir Zainorin.


22.00 Closed

Entrance: 75 kr inclusive of Malaysian food which will be served during the show.


For more information please visit the festival's blog at www.jambatan.blogspot.com

Monday, June 29, 2009

MATAHATI Art Award

For more information please log on to MAE

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Remembering PIYADASA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glFLhpVka5I

Thank you Amir Zainorin for sharing this video in memory of Redza Piyadasa who left us two years ago on 7th May.

RIP

Thursday, April 23, 2009

WUHUU 2009


Music Performance
MEET UNCLE HUSSEIN
STELLAR
MARIONNEXXES
O TWO
WASTED ROOM
MATHARI
BLUEZMOODY
THE HANS
JIWA
KNX
BATU BINTANG
THRENODY
IS THIS THE BAND?
7 COLORS
BONEKA
BACTRIM
THE FALLEN
FLOWERS IN AFFAIR
MUSTARD
MINIE
BLEEDING MASCARA
KILL MY BRIDE

Dance Performance
STAR-D Dance Group

Art & Lifestyle Bazaar
Konspirasiseni
Street Signal
Art Syndrome
Sesak
Bangkit
Branchedhead
Photodojo
Icon clothing design
fine clothing
Urban Rebung
Plussixty Clothing
Makhluk Gorgon
E-ffa Stuffs
Thangkey imaginasi
Anz.closet
muatmuART
Sayasukalah
Ipoh Music Community
korakoraART
O-two sponsor (TBA)
Mancis
Abstrax Jingga
Malaya Distro
Our Happiness Clothing
The Brains
SukaHati Clothing
Thangkey Imaginasi

Graffiti
Super Sunday
Spuxs
Medium Touch
Pentas Event

Theatre
Tronoh Theatre Shop (TBC)

Screening
TBA

Visual Art Exhibition
TBA

Penyertaan utk BOOTH, SCREENING, EXHIBITION dan INSTALLATION MASIH DI BUKA utk penyertaan contact zamir 013 5044 012 / Am 012 9890 524 utk maklumat lanjut

check out WUHUU 2008

Monday, March 30, 2009

OK. VIDEO, JAKARTA



OPEN SUBMISSION!

ruangrupa present
OK. VIDEO: COMEDY
4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2009

Exhibition, workshops, discussions, and award for the best works

28 July - 9 August 2009
National Gallery of Indonesia
Galeri Nasional Indonesia

COMEDY is an effective way to free ourselves from anxiety. As a critique that disguise itself as a form of entertainment, comedy helps us to reflect, laugh at ourselves, protest without anger, and turn calamity into hilarity. As a way to communicate, comedy never dies and has been accompanying us since time immemorial, from the form of comedy that uses the body as a medium to one that uses the audio-visual language.

KOMEDI
adalah cara ampuh untuk melepaskan diri dari kecemasan. Sebagai kecaman kritis yang menyamar sebagai hiburan, komedi membuat kita bisa merefleksikan segala sesuatu, menertawakan diri sendiri, memprotes tanpa amarah, dan mengubah celaka menjadi jenaka. Sebagai cara berkomunikasi, komedi tak pernah mati dan telah menemani masyarakat sejak dulu, dari komedi yang menggunakan medium tubuh hingga kini dalam bahasa audio-visual.


OK. Video: Comedy will look at comedy as a form of communication using the medium of video, which responds to a variety of problems in critical ways. From the problems of the city, politics, power, modernity, technology, economy, generation, gender, tradition, religion, mass media, identity, pop culture, art, daily lives, to the general election. OK. Video Festival is focused on non-narrative video works and open for reconstructions, recording manipulations, and an array of experiments of the audio-visual language. We receive video works with a variety of approaches to comedy—from jokes, parodies, to absurd, satirical, sarcastic, vulgar, as well as tragic comedy.

OK. Video: Comedy akan melihat komedi sebagai bentuk komunikasi melalui medium video yang membicarakan berbagai permasalahan saat ini secara kritis. Dari permasalahan kota, politik, kekuasaan, modernitas, teknologi, ekonomi, generasi, gender, tradisi, agama, media massa, identitas, budaya pop, seni, keseharian, sampai pemilihan umum. OK. Video Festival fokus pada karya-karya video non-naratif (tanpa cerita) dan terbuka bagi rekonstruksi, manipulasi rekaman, dan berbagai eksperimen bahasa audio-visual. Kami menerima video dengan berbagai pendekatan komedi, dari lelucon, parodi, absurd, satir, sarkastik, vulgar, tabu, hingga komedi tragis.

Download Submission at
http://okvideofestival.org/form.html

Video format: DVD, mini DV - PAL and multimedia file
with the duration of 3 to 15 minutes
produced in 2007 – 2009

Deadline: 31 May 2009
Registration fee: none


Send your work to:

ruangrupa
Jl. Tebet Timur Dalam Raya No.6
Jakarta 12820
INDONESIA

p/f: +62-21-8304220

info@okvideofestival.org
info@ruangrupa.org

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OK.VIDEO
OK. Video - Jakarta International Video Festival is a biannual video festival held since 2003 by ruangrupa, a contemporary art organization in Jakarta, Indonesia. OK. Video is one of the events organized by ruangrupa to discuss the social and cultural phenomena in Indonesia and the international world within a festival with a specific theme.

OK. Video - Jakarta Internasional Video Festival adalah festival video dua tahunan yang diselenggarakan sejak 2003 oleh ruangrupa, sebuah organisasi seni rupa kontemporer di Jakarta, Indonesia. OK. Video merupakan salah satu kegiatan ruangrupa untuk membahas fenomena sosial dan budaya di Indonesia dan dunia internasional dalam sebuah festival dengan tema spesifik.

www.okvideofestival.org
www.ruangrupa.org

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

VIDEO ART FROM JAPAN


About the Artists:

Katsuyuki HATTORI, (b.1973) is a Japanese video artist, based in Tokyo. He has been active in producing single-channel videos and collaborated with many artists such as theatre choreographers, contemporary dancers, poets, musicians, and so on. He also produces live video performances. Hattori, who graduated from San Francisco Art Institute, co-founded several important video art organizations in Tokyo such as Tokyo: Spread Video Art Project, Art Lab. Goldenshit, and Video Art Center. His work has been shown internationally in Spain, Canada, Ireland, Australia, France, Mexico, China and Indonesia, amongst many countries.


SATO Hiroaki, (b. 1962) is a video artist cum musician who graduated from Nihon University, College of Art. He is also active in teaching video making and theory of image technology at the Nippon Engineering College and Nihon University College of Art, Department of Cinema. Sato also writes, mostly on video art.