SABAW Presents: BEDROOMLAB 3
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 27th, 2010
BedroomLab functions as an informal art platform, wherein open discussions, brainstorming sessions, lectures, network meetings, performances, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and public gatherings take place.
The first edition (BedroomLab.01) tackled two local artists who focus on sound to talk about the gritty details of their works in electronic video and sound, then subsequently presented it via collaborative performance. On the second edition (BedroomLab.02), brainstorming sessions alongside open discussions with various artist communities in Manila and Cavite regarding not just the development and continuation of artistic sonic and visual art projects; but the “collaborative futures” of these communities.
SABAW Media Art Kitchen and Visual Pond present BedroomLab.03, ADE DARMAWAN of Ruangrupa. Ruangrupa is an artists’ initiative established in 2000 by a group of artists in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a not-for-profit organization that strives to support the progress of contemporary art ideas within the urban context and the broader scope of the culture by means of exhibitions, festivals, art labs, workshops, research, and journal publication.
For his talk, Darmawan will discuss the history, network and survival of artist initiatives in Indonesia, drawing from his experience in Ruangrupa and a recent exhibition he co-curated featuring twenty-one Indonesian artist initiatives and collectives. He will also talk about ruangrupa’s ongoing Art Lab, a project designed for conducting research and creative collaborations on urban and media issues. It serves as a collaborative platform for individual artists as well as interdisciplinary groups from Indonesia and abroad, presenting in various formats such as exhibitions, events, publications, websites and interventions in public spaces. Under the umbrella of “Urban Mobility”, two thematic Art Lab projects are presented each year for 2008-2010. Darmawan will talk about the past projects of 2008-2009 [2008: “Kendaraan (project on people's desire on Vehicles)” and “Desain Kota Dalam Kota (City Design in The City) ”; 2009 “Transaksi (Transaction)” and “Teknologi Virtual Komunikasi (Virtual Communication Technology)] and converse on this year’s work in progress, “Kota lama (Old City)” (2010), and “Kota Masa Depan (Future City)”.
Darmawan will also talk about his own artistic projects, which look into ideas of industrial products and consumption and production mechanism, attempting to see the layers of reality and illusion that is generated by it. He is currently working on a project on the history of consumption, harking back to the colonial era.
Open discussions with the audience are highly encouraged, so please be prepared for some prolonged chit chat over food and beer. Drinks and finger food will be served.
Free Entrance.
AUG 31 – 8PM til early morning (we have a lot of booze)
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Ade Darmawan
Darmawan was born in 1974 in Jakarta, Indonesia, then moved to Yogyakarta (central Java) for 5 years to study at Indonesia Art Institute of (I.S.I), in Graphic Art Department. A year after his first solo exhibition in 1997 at the Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta (now Cemeti Art House), he stayed in Amsterdam for two years post-graduate residency program at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Art) – Institute for Advance Art Studies and Research – Amsterdam, Netherlands. Back from Amsterdam in 2000 and with five other artists from Jakarta, he founded ruangrupa – an artists’ initiative space.
He has been actively working as visual artist with works ranging from objects, installations, digital prints and public art. As an artist and curator he has participated in many art projects and exhibitions in several cities in Indonesia and abroad, such as in Amsterdam, Seoul, New York, Buenos Aires, Durban, Tokyo, Bangkok, Mumbai, Mexico City, Istanbul, and Sydney.
From 2006-2009 he was a member of Jakarta Arts Council, and the artistic director of Jakarta Biennale XIII-ARENA 2009. Now he lives and works in Jakarta as an artist, teacher, and director of ruangrupa.
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ruangrupa - www.ruangrupa.org
Since 2003, ruangrupa organizes the bi-annual OK.Video Jakarta International Video Festival. In 2004 ,ruangrupa in collaboration with Jakarta students from several universities organized the Jakarta 32 ‘C, a bi annual festival for students visual arts productions. ruangrupa as an artists collaborative platform also actively participate in exhibitions and projects in Indonesia and internationally, such as the Gwangju Biennale 2002 and the Istanbul Biennale 2005. ruangrupa is member of Arts Collaboratory, a platform for visual artists’ initiatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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bedroomLab is a new program facilitated by SABAW Media Art Kitchen, a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology; as well as networking cultures from information and communication carried via modern electronic media.
bedroomLab is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of sound and visual culture. bedroomLab presents creative projects that experiment with new aesthetic parameters and new forms of cooperation, develop possibilities for informational and economic self-determination, and reflect on the role of contemporary art against the backdrop of technological and social transformations. Now more than ever, media art emerges as a laboratory for multiform experiments and as an active agent that allows for new cultural techniques to be tested and proffered to the wider world. We have had a particular interest in creating an open dialogue between the artistic and scientific dimensions, a linkage with a long experimental pedigree.
VISUAL POND is a non-profit organization committed to the visual arts. Based in Manila, Visual Pond aims to be a dynamic player in the Philippine contemporary art scene through projects that engage and promote local artists both here and abroad. We at Visual Pond envision a contemporary art scene that is vibrant, open to experimentation and supported by the community. By taking initiatives and creating opportunities for artists, we work towards this realization for the visual arts locale. Asides from Manila-based projects, we are also interested in regional and international exchanges on ideas, concepts and possible collaborations with definite end products.
Unboxing ‘Sink the Bismarck’ — the 82 proof 330ml bottle of beer
Posted by Jayvee at August 26th, 2010
I was able to procure several bottles from the UK’s famously irreverent microbrewery, Brewdog. These were the guys infamous for using squirrel roadkill as decanters for a 110 proof beer that sold for USD $800.00 a bottle. It was on limited run and is now sold out. So technically, Sink the Bismarck is now the strongest beer in the world at 41% alcohol (82 proof).
We can’t wait for Saving Sally
Posted by Jayvee at August 26th, 2010Saving Sally starring Rhian Ramos.
Ms. Cobangbang’s Velvet Landing
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 25th, 2010
Velvet Landing
August 28 – September 26, 2010
Opening reception, August 28 Saturday, 6pm
Velvet Landing is an offshoot of Lena Cobangbang’s previous series Crater Valley Plateau where she has taken pictures of maquettes of mountains, volcanoes and plains carpeted in synthetic polyester. This time she rolls out bales of carpet plains in recreating her very own idiosyncratic comedic garden of errors, where midget clowns are struck by lightning and panthers hide in the artifice of plushy softness. Not so much as a commentary on the failings of urban planning in simulating plains of terrain vagues that are the wanton byproducts of abandoned construction projects, but rather a re-enchantment of such wanton spots as being these wonderland of dark comedies rife of smirking metaphors.
(Don’t worry, we didn’t understand that either. But we certainly would like to see what it’s about-ED.)
The Kobayashi Maru of Love
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 25th, 2010
Though none of us can really explain the title for you, all of us at UNO want you to go to Carljoe Javier’s launch of his new book, The Kobayashi Maru of Love on September 6, 2010. 8 pm @ Ilyong’s. Project 4. Kalantiaw St., Cubao, Q.C
Happy Birthday Julian Casablancas!
Posted by Denise at August 23rd, 2010
…you make me feel like a natural womaaannnn!! 
xoxo,
Denise!
No Fun
Posted by RJ Ledesma at August 22nd, 2010Sometimes working on an issue you really love can only be described with a song (and a live YouTube video)
Watch TRUTHS on ANC, Monday 9:30 pm
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 22nd, 2010TRUTHS is an editorial documentary series, built on investigative reportage and in-depth interviews on the pressing issues of the day. Written and hosted by columnist Patricia Evangelista, directed by filmmaker Kiri Dalena with cinematography by photojournalist Luis Liwanag, TRUTHS is the first of its kind, an opinion column on television in a news channel that seeks to provide more than reportage. Liberal and progressive, it is a show that is unapologetic in its opinions, in a country where “bias” is a bad word.
Pilot is shot entirely on Canon EOS 5D Mark II and Canon EOS 1D Mark IV
EPISODE 1: The Women
On paper, the sentence is imprisonment, up to six years. In the backrooms of Manila slums, and in the emergency wards of public hospitals, the sentence can be death. In 2008, at least 500,000 women resorted to abortion. 90,000 suffered complications. A thousand died.
Abortion is illegal in the Republic of the Philippines. There are no exceptions. TRUTHS looks at one of the great taboos of Filipino society, and explores the reasons behind the choices Filipino women have made in a country where both the law and the Church make abortion a matter of life and death.
Writer / Executive Producer : Patricia Evangelista
Direction: Kiri Dalena
Cinematography: Luis Liwanag
Production Manager: Vincent Bascos
Editor: Majoy Siason
Scoring: Datu Arellano
Researcher: Litz Balane
Technical Assistant: Akira Liwanag
Production Assistants: Nicole Revita, Michelle Penarubia, Rachel Escueta
Special thanks to Likhaan, ISSA and Newsbreak
On Aug. 21, 1983…
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 21st, 2010
From the Philippines Free Press website (www.philippinesfreepress.com.ph)
The following is the full text of a prepared arrival statement of Filipino Opposition leader Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino to be delivered upon his arrival from exile from the United States of America.
“I have returned of my free will to join the ranks of those struggling to restore our rights and freedoms through non-violence.
“I seek no confrontation. I only pray and will strive for a genuine national reconciliation founded on justice.
“I am prepared for the worst, and have decided against the advice of my mother, my spiritual adviser, many of my tested friends and a few of my most valued political mentors.
“A death sentence awaits me. Two more subversion charges, both calling for death penalties, have been filed since I left three years ago and are now pending with the courts.
“I could have opted to seek political asylum in America, but I feel it is my duty, as it is the duty of every Filipino, to suffer with his people especially in time of crisis.
Read the rest here.
UNO Artist of the Week: Prank Sinatra ‘Alright’
Posted by Erwin Romulo at August 16th, 201066 guitars in one video. Superb!
Want to buy a guitar? Contact Mr. Iman “Prank Sinatra” Leonardo. (pranksinatra@gmail.com)
Alright!
Love,
RA Rivera & Furball
