25 August, 2007 | No comments

Nu-Substance Festival 2007: Final Round, Bandung - Indonesia

After having a huge success for series of program and activities in the last two rounds of Nu-Substance Festival 2007, Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records presents the final round of Nu-Substance Festival 2007. Following its previous events, this time the festival is equipped with another series of DIY media workshop, multimedia performance, electronic music concert and party events that presents a wide range of artist, designer, programer and musician from the field of electronic music and media arts.

PARTICIPANTS:
Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA), Java Bass (JKT/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), DxxxT (BDG/INA), Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA), Chainsmokingbastard (BDG/INA), Bayu/Motion Ninja - UVG (JKT/INA), Erik M. Pauhrizi (BDG/INA), Gigi Priadji (BDG/INA), Indra Nugraha (BDG/INA), Sir Dandy (BDG/INA), Ryan Koesuma (BDG/INA), Bramantya Rachman (BDG/INA) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia/ ADGI (JKT/INA)

PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES

• Friday, 31^st of August 2007, 18.30 – 21.00 WIB
  Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

REALTIME CINEMA PROJECT: REALITIES.RMX

Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)

**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

• Saturday, 1^st of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB

Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

DIY Media Workshop (Podcasting, Multimedia Blogging and Graphic Design)

Featuring: Ryan Koesuma (www.deathrockstar.info), Bramantya Rachman (www.qinkqonk.com), Sir Dandy (www.monikceltic.com) & Asosiasi Desain Grafis Indonesia (ADGI)

**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

• Saturday, 1^st of September 2007, 22.00 – 03.00 WIB

Kyooki Lounge, Jl. Braga No: 21

Electronic Music Gathering

Featuring: Tranquility (BDG/INA), DASA (BDG/INA), DMZ (BDG/INA), Xonad (BDG/INA) & Java Bass (JKT/INA)

Visual by Bayu/Motion Ninja - UVG (JKT/INA)

• Sunday, 2^nd of September 2007, 15.30 – 17.30 WIB

Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

Public Discussion

Featuring: Chainsmokingbastard (Biosampler/ UVG), Erik M. Pauhrizi, Gigi Priadji (Souldelay) & Indra Nugraha (Souldelay)

**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

• Sunday, 2^nd of September 2007, 18.30 – 22.30 WIB

Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

Costume Party: Protean Calling!!!

Featuring: Marine (BDG/INA), Egga (BDG/INA), Nightmare Eclectic (BDG/INA), Cheyenne (JKT/INA) & DxxxT (BDG/INA)

**Free admission with limited seat (For reservation please call Common Room, +62.22.70800620)

For more information please call Common Room at +62.22.70800620 or visit us at Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No. 8, Bandung - Indonesia
URL: www.commonroom.info

This program is being initiated by Bandung Center for New Media Arts/Common Room Networks Foundation in collaboration with FFWD Records and supported by Arts Networks Asia (www.artsnetworkasia.org), a group of independent artist, cultural workers and arts activists primarily from Southeast Asia that encourages and supports regional artistic collaboration as well as develops managerial and administrative skills within Asia.

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24 August, 2007 | No comments

IntenCITY/ LOWAVE Video Art & Experimental Cinema Screening , Bandung - Indonesia

IntenCity/ LOWAVE Video Art & Experimental Cinema Screening presenting works from 10 artists who came from 9 countries, which working in the context of urban situation. IntenCity is a compilation of works that is never been published before and offering a new perspective on cityscape and its artistic perception on video art and experimental cinema.

The program is being prepared by LOWAVE, an independent distribution label that offers a new approach in working on urban issues in the context of contemporary cinematography. Some films that is included in this compilation are reflecting a rich and original view from its respective artists, mostly collected in the past three years from various sources and compilation such as City2City, Visions Urbaines, HC Gilje: Cityscapes, and Valerie Pavia.

Within this hybrid mix, most of the artists explores their work from the stream of crowded human interaction, modern buildings and cityscape. Working with fragment of pictures and noises, most of artists tries to reconstruct without neglecting narrative aspect in city life, with realistic, poetic, and Utopian views.

LOWAVE is an independent DVD label with the objective of discovering and promoting contemporary film and video art. Its ambition is to create a new marketplace for the work of cutting-edge artists and filmmakers, under recognized by the traditional distribution channels, by making them accessible to the public via the DVD format. With DVD, experimental film can finally find an audience beyond the film festival circuit. (More info please visit: www.lowave.com).

Besides showing some works from LOWAVE artists, this program is also equipped with special screening that is coordinated by VideoBabes, which will show 10 works from local artists that presents diverse perception on cityscape based on their own perspective. From this compilation, VideoBabes invite us to explores various form of cityscape through rich collection of building blocks and personal memory, besides reflection of urban souls that is appear in public toilets and TV screen, which stuck in the corner of city space. While exploring a distinct form of urban surroundings, this compilation also offers an intimate approach in understanding city life from its inhabitants.

IntenCITY/ LOWAVE video compilation:

HC Gilje (Norwegia) / H.K. Mark I
Marina Chernikova (Russia) / Crossings
Kentaro Taki (Japan) / Exchangeable Cities
Nose Chan (China) / Nil
Valérie Pavia (French) / Esquisses : Berlin - Pigalle – Moscou
Vincent et Franck Dudouet & Adolph Kaplan (French) / Hors Chants
Stefano Canapa (French/ Italy) / Promenaux
Roger Beebe (USA) / The Strip Mall Triology
Ulrich Fischer (Swiss/ Germany) / Es geht auch schneller
Egbert Mittelstädt (Germany) / Fall In Fall Out. Timaios 3rd and 5th Moment

VideoBabes video compilation:

Prilla Tania / A Short Story from Mom and Me
Rizaldi Fakhrudin / One Creative Way to Live in a Creative City
M. Akbar / My Little Corner of the World
oQ Adiredja / Me vs. Angkot
Yusuf Ismail / Flushed Memory
Muhammad Reggie Aquara / Album: Traveling Without Moving
Yusuf Ismail / I hate to be in the middle of the crowd during Saturday night in Dago street
Ariani Darmawan / City of Desire
R. E. Hartanto / City Series No. 2
Andi Bini Fitriani / Urban Puppet

In conjunction with screening program, there will be public discussion that is presenting two artists from LOWAVE:

Silke Schmickl
Silke Schmickl was born in Germany in 1974. She studied Art History and Intercultural Communications in Munich and in Paris where she completed her diploma at the University of Paris (Sourbonne) in 2001. She’s been a researcher at the German Center for Art History in Paris since 2000. She has published a book on Museum Photographs by Thomas Struth. In 2002, she co-founded LOWAVE where she is responsible for the conception and production of art projects as well as their distribution in partnership with international cultural organizations.

Thomas Lambert
Thomas Lambert was born in France in 1977. A film buff since his early days, he’s been exploring different technical aspects of cinema. He completed a degree in cinema in 2004. Since then he’s been working on a number of projects as cameraman, editor, and musician. He is responsible for DVD authoring and project managing the technical requirements of Lowave’s projects.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE & ACTIVITIES

Wednesday, 29th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
Auditorium CCF Bandung
Jl. Purnawarman No: 32

Video Screening:
IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 1

Presentation IntenCITY – LOWAVE:
1. Silke Schmickl
2. Thomas Lambert

Thursday, 30th of August, 06.00 – 09.00 PM
Common Room, Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No: 8

Video Screening:
IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes video compilation part. 2

Public Discussion:
Presenting some artists from IntenCITY – LOWAVE and VideoBabes.

29 – 30 August, 11.00 AM – 06.00 PM
Rumah Buku, Jl. Hegarmanah No: 52

Video installation (loop)

This program is being organized together by CCF Bandung, Goethe-Institut Indonesia , VideoBabes (Rumah Buku) & Common Room Networks Foundation.

More information please contact:
CCF - Bandung, +62.22.421.2417 (Windie)
Rumah Buku, +62.22.203.9615 (Rani)
Common Room, +62.22.70.800.620 (Mbak Nunung)

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24 August, 2007 | No comments

END FRAME VIDEO ART PROJECT II: DAILY DISCLOSURES, CALL FOR ENTRIES

The End Frame Video Art Project II: Daily Disclosures calls for entries to the Philippines ’ video art festival taking place at Shangri-la Plaza on 12 – 16 October 2007 after its first run last year. Presented by Visual Pond, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Listening in Style, Shangri-la Plaza and Rodriguez de Alba Foundation for Creative Advocacy in partnership with Pablo and The One Minutes, the End Frame Video Art Project aims to call attention to and create discussion on video art done by Filipino artists and experimental filmmakers, both here and abroad.

The theme of this year’s video art festival Daily Disclosures calls attention to art in the everyday, particularly the increasing relevance of video art in the face of the constant bombardment of heightened technology in people’s daily activities. Adding an international dimension to the project is the collaboration with The One Minutes, an organization based in the Netherlands that collects one minute video artworks all over the world. As the Philippine partner, Visual Pond is collecting Philippine one minutes through End Frame to enter in The One Minutes Awards in November 2007. All one minutes entered in End Frame will also be eligible for a screening of Philippine one minutes for the Olympic One Minutes exhibit to take place in Beijing in 2008 right before the Summer Olympics.

Those wishing to enter the festival can enter a video artwork of any theme. An artist may opt to submit a one minute work or a work of any length. Filipino citizens/residents as well as those of other nationalities may submit. The videos will be screened by a selection committee composed of Peque Gallaga, Fatima Lasay, Eileen Legaspi-Ramirez, Jun Sabayton and Kidlat Tahimik.

Submission forms along with more detailed information are available at the End Frame website at http://endframe.visualpond.org. Mail or drop off entries, submission forms and resumes in sealed short envelopes at Listening in Style, 5F, Shangri-la Plaza , EDSA, Ortigas.

Deadline for one minute entries is 5 September 2007 and entries of other time lengths must be submitted before or on 12 September 2007. For inquiries, contact Lisa or Rica at +639175357955/ +639178170198 or email visualpond@gmail.com.

*Alternative drop off point: Ateneo Art Gallery, G/F Rizal Library, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines 1108.

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23 August, 2007 | No comments

Submit Your Video On FALSE Channel #1 - Global Warming

FALSE Management kembali menyelenggarakan program kompilasi video sebagai sebuah perluasan apresiasi dan distribusi seni video kepada publik secara lebih luas.

Kali ini adalah sebuah program kompilasi video reguler yaitu FALSE Channel dimana edisi pertama bertemakan global warming.

Kami mengundang segenap khalayak untuk turut berpartisipasi dan mengikuti program kompilasi video ini.

Informasi lengkap mengenai program ini dapat di akses pada alamat berikut: http://falseblog.multiply.com

Persyaratan:

1. Mengisi formulir pendaftaran dengan lengkap dan jelas

2. Karya dikirim dalam bentuk CD / DVD file [data]

3. Format AVI PAL, DV AVI PAL, MPEG 2 PAL, MOV dengan resolusi 720 x 576

4. Durasi maksimal 5 menit, minimal 30 detik

5. Karya yang memiliki dialog dalam bahasa lokal wajib diberi subtitle bahasa Indonesia

6. Dibuat dengan teknik / artistik yang baik

7. Memiliki unsur2 : gagasan yg segar, nakal, menggelitik, eksperimentatif ataupun pemikiran dari sudut pandang yg tidak biasa

8. Kategori yang diterima : film pendek, film dewasa, iklan layanan masyarakat, video art / eksperimental, video musik, video dokumenter

9. Karya sesuai dengan tema yang diangkat dalam setiap edisi kompilasi FALSE Channel

Formulir pendaftaran dapat diambil di:

1. False Management cp Andre : JL Majapahit Timur 19 Tmn Royal 2 Cipondoh Tangerang [08125215963]

2. ruangrupa, Jl Tebet Timur Dalam Raya 6 Jakarta

3. Common Room, Jl Kyai Gede Utama 8 Bandung

4. ruang mess 56, Jl Nagan Lor 17 Patehan Kraton Jogjakarta

5. DKV Universitas Kristen Petra Surabaya cp Diah Ari Tapaning Tyaz

6. Sensorry Film Distribusi cp Arfan Adhi Perdana, Jl Randu Jaya 6 Sukun Klayatan Malang

Atau langsung didownload di http://falseblog.multiply.com/photos/ album/1/entry_ form_FALSE_Channel_1_edition

Batas akhir pendaftaran yaitu 30 September 2007 [cap pos]

Karya dapat di kirim ke

FALSE Management
d/a Andreas Eko, Jl Majapahit Timur 19 Taman Royal 2 Cipondoh Tangerang
Ph. 08125215963

One world order, stop global warming, submit your video to FALSE Channel

Regards,
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13 August, 2007 | 11 comments

Surat Terbuka Mengenai Kasus Sajak Malaikat

Sabtu, 4 Agustus 2007, Khazanah––Lembaran Khusus Budaya di koran Pikiran Rakyat (PR) memuat sajak-sajak Saeful Badar. Senin, 6 Agustus 2007, di halaman depan PR, tepat di sebelah foto besar aksi penjaga gawang Manchester United, ditayangkan kolom kecil “Permohonan Maaf”. Redaksi PR meminta maaf atas pemuatan sajak berjudul “Malaikat” pada Khazanah 4 Agustus 2007. Dikatakan PW Muslimat NU Jabar dan “sejumlah ormas Islam” telah memprotes sajak tersebut karena dianggap menghujat akidah Islam. Redaksi PR dalam pernyataan itu mencabut sajak tersebut dan menganggapnya tidak pernah ada.

Saya sudah beberapa tahun malas membaca sajak. Saya pun tidak membaca rubrik sajak di Khazanah 4 Agustus lalu. Justru pernyataan pencabutan sajak itulah yang membuat saya membaca dan berusaha menyimak baik-baik sajak-sajak Saeful Badar.

Jumat 10 Agustus 2007 sekitar jam 9 pagi saya terima pesan pendek dari Rahim (redaktur Khazanah), “Heru, saya sudah tidak di Khazanah lagi, penggantinya belum ditetapkan, terima kasih atas kerjasamanya selama ini”. Sejak mulai disiarkan sekitar tahun 2000an, tulisan saya memang paling banyak dimuat di Khazanah, termasuk pada masa Rahim menjadi redaktur. Pagi itu saya tidak mencium persoalannya. Sore harinya, saat menghadiri diskusi Kekerasan (di) Media Massa di Pusat Kebudayaan Perancis (CCF) Bandung, dan bertemu beberapa kolega penulis, baru saya mulai menghubungkan pesan Rahim dengan pemuatan sajak Malaikat. Hikmat Gumelar dari Institut Nalar (penyelenggara diskusi) menutup pembicaraannya pada pembuka forum diskusi dengan mendeklamasikan sajak Malaikat.

MALAIKAT

Mentang-mentang punya sayap

Malaikat begitu nyinyir dan cerewet

Ia berlagak sebagai makhluk baik

Tapi juga galak dan usil

Ia meniup-niupkan wahyu

Dan maut

Ke saban penjuru.

(2007)

Ada 3 sajak Saeful Badar lain disamping sajak Malaikat. 2 dijuduli “Pantai Cimanuk”. Satu lagi dimuat paling bawah dijuduli “Penyair”.

Saya punya sejumlah penafsiran atas sajak-sajak Saeful Badar. Tapi dalam surat ini saya akan langsung melompat pada soal paling prinsipil: apa sih artinya sajak itu? Apa artinya sebuah karya seni? Sepanjang pengalaman saya, orang sering sekali mengkonfirmasikan pertanyaan ini pada seniman. Jika bisa berbincang langsung dengan seniman, kelihatannya kesempatan ini amat baik untuk menyoal “arti” karya. “Mas/Mbak, apa sih maksudnya bikin karya seperti itu?”. Bagi saya pribadi pertanyaan kepada seniman ini, sekalipun bisa dianggap informasi dari tangan pertama, tetap tidak bisa dijadikan faktor paling determinan untuk memaknai karya seni.

Ketika karya telah disiarkan, baik pengarang maupun pembaca punya kedudukan setara dalam praktek pemaknaan. Si pengarang dipengaruhi berbagai faktor dalam merumuskan ide dan mewujudkan karya, demikian pula pembaca dalam memirsa karya. Siapakah yang paling berhak memaknai karya seni? Tidak ada. Persis di sini indahnya dunia seni, yaitu suatu alur diskursif. Makna merupakan hasil negosiasi, melalui proses diskusi. Semua orang setara.

Pernyataan bahwa sajak Malaikat menghujat akidah Islam merupakan kesimpulan dari proses memaknai karya dari sebagian pihak. Kesimpulan mengenai makna sebuah karya seni tidak bisa dipaksakan kepada khalayak. Sebagian pihak tidak bisa memaksakan pemahamannya atas sesuatu kepada pihak lain. Pemaksaan semacam ini hanya terjadi di bawah rejim otoriter. Dan kita banyak belajar bahwa di bawah rejim otoriter seni justru sering muncul sebagai oase dari apa yang biasa dikumandangkan sebagai “kebebasan berpendapat”. Kenapa? Sederhana saja, karena prinsip kesetaraan dalam memaknai karya seni.

Saya tidak tahu apakah redaksi PR sebelum mencabut sajak Malaikat berdiskusi terlebih dahulu dengan Saeful Badar. Saya juga tidak tahu apakah memang benar Rahim dicabut kewenangannya sebagai redaktur Khazanah karena memuat sajak Malaikat. Dan kalau ya, saya juga tidak tahu apakah Rahim diajak berdiskusi sebelum pihak redaksi mengambil keputusan. Yang penting adalah, pihak redaksi PR tidak bisa “mencabut” sajak yang telah disiarkan. Ini kan mustahil; bagaimana bisa suatu teks tertulis yang telah dicetak banyak-banyak dan disebarkan kemudian dianggap tidak ada?

Redaksi PR mencabut sajak dengan alasan bahwa ada protes dari sementara pihak. Artinya redaksi PR mengakui bahwa bukan dirinya sendiri yang berkepentingan dengan ruang di PR. Walaupun pihak redaksi adalah pengelola media massa, tetap saja ruang tersebut merupakan ruang publik, artinya banyak yang berkepentingan. Dan makin kentara ke-publik-an di ruang itu makin bagus kualitasnya.

Terakhir, hari ini Senin 13 Agustus 2007 sekitar jam 4 sore, Aminudin TH. Siregar, seorang kolega kurator, mengirim pesan pendek, “sebaiknya penulis-penulis mogok nulis di Khazanah, kalau memang Rahim dicopot karena memuat sajak, jelas enggak fair…saya pribadi bersedia mogok nulis di PR”. Saya sampai sekarang masih ragu apakah boikot merupakan tindakan yang paling efektif. Tapi sesuatu memang harus dilakukan, sebab, sungguh merupakan hal yang sangat tidak wajar jika redaksi PR mengambil keputusan dengan hanya memperhatikan satu warna pendapat dari sebagian pihak. Sungguh merupakan ketidak-adilan jika redaksi PR mencabut sajak dan mencabut kewenangan Rahim tanpa melalui diskusi.

Bandung, 13 Agustus 2007

Heru Hikayat
Kurator seni rupa, tinggal di Bandung

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