Friday, May 17, 2013

Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi



Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (http://www.selasarsunaryo.com/) 19 May-8 June 2013

Dear Curator Curate Me (http://www.dearcuratorcurateme.info/) is a project by Kristoffer Ardeña (http://www.ardena.info/).

The booklet is designed by Irfan Hendrian (http://www.regmart.net/) and hand-made by Oma Anna (http://www.omaanna.com). The limited edition booklet can be downloaded here (Issuu) and here (Box).

Dear Curator Curate Me in Indonesia is coordinated by Roma Arts (http://fatumbrutum.blogspot.com/).

Kristoffer Ardeña selected 15 videos and this selection travels around the world, each place where this selection makes a stop a curator is invited to develop a discourse on these videos. Dear Curator Curate Me at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space is this project’s debut, which will continue in the Philippines, Spain, Peru, etc. This project reverses the roles of the artist and the curator in a witty manner by emphasizing the curatorial essay. This traveling project aims to show how in different contexts around the globe curators can respond to the same collection of videos and slowly this project will turn into an archive of a curatorial discourse with its many contrasting voices.
 – Roy Voragen (project coordinator Dear Curator Curate Me Indonesia & Roma Arts)

The making of the Dear Curator Curate Me booklet: the binding




The Dear Curator Curate Me booklet is designed by Irfan Hendrian and hand-made by Oma Anna.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro and Rizki Lazuardi



19 May 3pm, Roma Arts artist-in-resident Kristoffer Ardeña (1976, Philippines) will present Dear Curator Curate Me at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space with Chabib Duta Hapsoro and Rizki Lazuardi as the curators. Kristoffer selected 15 videos and this selection travels around the world, each place where this selection makes a stop a curator is invited to develop a discourse on these videos. Dear Curator Curate Me at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space is this project’s debut, which will continue in the Philippines, Spain, Peru, etc. This project reverses the roles of the artist and the curator in a witty manner by emphasizing the curatorial essay. This traveling project aims to show how in different contexts around the globe curators can respond to the same collection of videos and slowly this project will turn into an archive of a curatorial discourse with its many contrasting voices.

The opening will be officiated by Pak Krisna Murti and the opening will be followed by a curatorial talk at which the artist is present.

For more information:
Kristoffer Ardeña: http://www.ardena.info/
Dear Curator Curate Me: http://www.dearcuratorcurateme.info/
Selasar Sunaryo Art Space: http://www.selasarsunaryo.com/   

Friday, May 10, 2013

Ghost - curated by Rizki Lazuardi



Ghost is an exhibition curated by Rizki Lazuardi at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space in collaboration with Roma Arts and Dear Curator Curate Me, the exhibition opens May 19, 2013.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Bandung Network 7



With a 14 hour delay, Kristoffer Ardeña has arrived in Bandung and he will stay at Roma Arts until May 23. He is the fourth artist from the Philippines visiting Roma Arts in one year. The first was Mark Salvatus, who was here exactly a year ago for a short stay (he is the founder of 98B). The second was Marika Constantino (head special projects 98B), she gave a talk about 98B at Common Room and she created a mural at Roma Arts. And the third was Jef Carnay, he gave a talk on On Pins and Needles at Galeri Gerilya and he created an installation and performance at Asbestos. Kristoffer will give a talk at ITB’s Visual Arts Study Program (15 May 2pm) and his project Dear Curator Curate Me will open 19 May at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Public talk at ITB: Kristoffer Ardeña



Public Talk

Wednesday 15 May, 2pm

Kristoffer Ardeña

Studio Seni Grafis/Intermedia (lantai2)
Visual Art Study Program
ITB
Jalan Ganeca 10, Bandung

Wednesday 15 May, 2pm

Open for the public and free admission (limited seats)

Roma Arts artist-in-resident Kristoffer Ardeña (1976, Dumaguete; www.ardena.info) lives and works in Madrid/Spain and Manila/Philippines. He has created individual projects in Museo Carrillo Gil and Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo del UNAM, both in Mexico, Vargas Museum and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila (Philippines), Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum (Madrid), La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo in Murcia), Spain. He has also participated in various collective projects, among them the 3rd Bucharest Biennale (Romania), 3rd Guangzhou Triennale (China), Konstholl C in Stockholm (Sweden), Caixa Forum in Barcelona and La Casa Encendida in Madrid (Spain), Casino Forum d’Art Contemporain (Luxembourg), Apexart in New York (USA), Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Mexico) and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Medellin (Colombia).

Termasuk seniman-magang di lingkar Roma Arts, Kristoffer Ardeña (1976, Dumaguete; www.ardena.info) hidup dan bekerja di Madrid/Spanyol and Manila/Filipina. Proyek-proyek individual yang digagasnya antara lain di Museo Carrillo Gil dan Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo del UNAM, keduanya diselenggarakan di Meksiko, Vargas Museum dan the Cultural Center of the Philippines di Manila (Filipina), Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Museum (Madrid), La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporáneo di Murcia (Spanyol). Ia juga turut ambil bagian di berbagai proyek-proyek kolektif, beberapa di antaranya adalah 3rd Bucharest Biennale (Rumania), 3rd Guangzhou Triennale (Cina), Konstholl C di Stokholm (Swedia), Caixa Forum di Barcelona dan La Casa Encendida di Madrid (Spanyol), Casino Forum d’Art Contemporain (Luksemburg), Apexart di New York (AS), Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual (Meksiko) dan the Museo de Arte Moderno di Medellin (Kolombia).

(Poster design: Irfan Hendrian - http://www.regmart.net/)

Thursday, May 2, 2013

The buoyant counterweight of a paper trail




Roy Voragen
“The buoyant counterweight of a paper trail”
My review - see here - of Prilla Tania’s solo exhibition E at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (exhibitions runs until May 11).
Tempo Magazine, 5 May 2013, 60-61

Photo: Prilla Tania, Larung (courtesy Selasar Sunaryo Art Space).

Dia.Lo.Gue. - exi(s)t



My dear friends at Dia.Lo.Gue. are looking for young, talented & Jakarta-based artists for their exi(s)t project:

EXI(S)T adalah proyek pameran yang akan diselenggarakan tiap tahun oleh Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace. Kegiatan ini bertujuan untuk menjadi lebih dari sekadar ‘ruang kosong’ dimana karya-karya seni dipamerkan, tetapi menjadi semacam inkubator untuk berbagai potensi artistik.
Berbeda dengan program-program yang sudah ada, EXI(S)T ditujukan bagi mereka yang sudah bukan lagi mahasiswa, yang juga ingin membuat karya seni. EXI(S)T mengajak mereka untuk ‘keluar’ (to exit) dari jalur-jalur yang sudah mereka jalani untuk ‘ada’ atau ‘hadir’ (to exist) di peta seni rupa Indonesia, Jakarta khususnya. Disini, kami tertarik bukan hanya pada ‘produk akhir’, tapi berbagai tukar-pikir dan obrolan intensif yang membentuk sebuah karya seni dan juga sebuah pameran.
Deadline: 17 Juni
Informasi lebih lanjut: http://dialogueexist.wordpress.com/
Dia.Lo.Gue.
Jalan Kemang Selatan 90A, Jakarta

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Coming soon! Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi




Selasar Sunaryo Art Space and Roma Arts present the exhibition ‘Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi’, which will run from 19 May until 8 June at Ruang Sayap (Wing Gallery), Selasar Sunaryo Art Space. On opening day there will be a curatorial talk. Dear Curator Curate Me is the brainchild of the Filipino-Spanish artist Kristoffer Ardeña. Kristoffer Ardeña will conduct an artist-in-residency at Roma Arts, he will be present at the opening of ‘Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi’ and he will also give a talk at ITB’s art school, 15 May at 2pm. For more information see the website of Selasar Sunaryo Art Space and the website of Dear Curator Curate Me.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Art & Sustainability seminar - video documentation


Video documentation of the seminar ‘Towards Financial Sustainability: Funding strategies in managing art and cultural organizations’, at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, in collaboration with Roma Arts, Bandung, 10 December 2011; see also http://fatumbrutum.blogspot.com/2011/12/seminar-invitation-funding-strategies.html

(Files needed to be compressed, but audio is still ok.)

Part 1
Audrey Wong
The Substation (Singapore)
See also Roy Voragen, “Performative Space: The Substation, Art and Culture in/of the City-state Singapore,” IIAS Newsletter 62 (Winter 2012): 40-41; http://www.iias.nl/the-newsletter/article/substation-art-and-culture-inof-city-state-singapore

Part 2
John McGlynn
Lontar (Jakarta)
See also Roy Voragen, “Lontar: found in translation, Publishing Indonesian literature in English,” IIAS Newsletter 58 (Autumn/Winter 2011): 38-9; http://www.iias.nl/the-newsletter/article/lontar-found-translation

Part 3
Gustaff Iskandar (http://gstff.wordpress.com/)
Common Room Networks Foundation (Bandung)

Part 4
Question & Answer session

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Contemporary Arts Bandung - website




Contemporary Arts Bandung (http://contemporaryartsbandung.com/) – founded in 2013 by Irfan Hendrian (artist and graphic designer), Rifda Amalia (artist) and Roy Voragen (art writer and founder of Roma Arts) – is a website promoting everything related to the arts: exhibitions, workshops, seminars, talks, etc. The aim of the website is to garner wider appreciation for the diverse forms of the arts in Bandung.

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Contemporary Arts Bandung (http://contemporaryartsbandung.com/) – didirikan sejak tahun 2013 oleh Irfan Hendrian (seniman dan desainer grafis), Rifda Amalia (seniman) dan Roy Voragen (art writer dan pendiri Roma Arts) – adalah sebuah website yang bertujuan untuk mempromosikan segala hal yang berhubungan dengan seni: pameran, workshops, seminar, diskusi, dll. Tujuan utama website ini adalah untuk menyatukan apresiasi yang lebih luas dari berbagai bentuk kesenian di Bandung.

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Whip it up! Cemeti Art House and 25 years contemporary art



Roy Voragen
"Whip it up! Cemeti Art House and 25 years of contemporary art"
IIAS Newsletter #63 (Spring 2013): 36-37
See here

Image above: Tintin Wulia

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Sunday, February 10, 2013

The Big Shift - Ellert Haitjema - Cemeti Art House



HotWave#5 artist-in-resident Eller Haitjema (from the Netherlands) did a residency at Cemeti Art House in 2012 and he recently published his book The Big Shift, which includes my essay (for my essay see here).

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Substation


Open publication - Free publishing - More art space



Roy Voragen
Performative Space
The Substation
Art and Culture in/of the City-state Singapore
IIAS Newsletter 62 (Winter 2012): 40-41

Bandung Network 6



The last couple of days Soledad and Stan of String Theatre (UK) were staying here. Yesterday they gave a performance and workshop at Oma Anna. Later this month they participate in Pesta Boneka, which is organized by Papermoon in Yogyakarta.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Review of ‘The Gathering of Histories’ seminar at ITB


Open publication - Free publishing - More art history



Roy Voragen, “Art Histories: The Aporias of Modernization in Southeast Asia,” Tempo Magazine, 9 December 2012, 76-7. This essay is a review of ‘The Gathering of Histories’: An International Seminar on Art History and Visual Culture in Southeast Asia, at ITB’s art school, Bandung, 12 November 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Documentation Roma Arts artist-in-residency Jef Carnay


Open publication - Free publishing - More asbestos


Documentation of Roma Arts artist-in-residency Jef Carnay
Bandung, November 2012
Supported by: Valentine Willie Fine Art
In collaboration with:
Oma Anna
Asbestos Art Space
and Galeri Gerilya

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Remember



Jef Carnay's Roma Arts artist-in-residency has come to an end and he returned to Manila. For his residency, we collaborated with Asbestos Art Space (performance & installation) and Galeri Gerilya (presentation and performances) in Bandung.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

QUALIA





Qualia
by Jef Carnay
curated by Roy Voragen
Roma Arts presents Qualia by Jef Carnay at Asbestos Art Space

Jef Carnay is a Manila-based visual and performance artist. Qualia is the result of his residency at Roma Arts, Bandung, November 2012. Carnay’s presentation includes a new installation and performance at Asbestos Art Space. And Qualia is based on the artist’s everyday experiences in Bandung during his residency.

Opening & Performance 24 November 7pm
Until 27 November 7pm

Asbestos Art Space
Jalan RAA Martanegara 86 Bandung

About Jef Carnay
Jef Carnay is a Manila-based visual and performance artist who exhibits his works in local and international art galleries, museums and alternative spaces; he performed at both local and international art events; he also curated live art performances. He’s fascinated with people’s behavior in situations, and he plays around the ideas of ‘what if’s: possibilities of alternative situations and narratives. He’s in constant collaboration with the many inside ‘himself’. He also explores humor, for it’s easier to swallow a bitter pill of reality when it’s coated with a little loony sugar. He’s now exploring the concept of what’s seen against what’s being experienced: what actually can be seen doesn’t tell the whole story, there is always more of what is physically present, some intangible concealed notions alongside the evident. And Qualia is based on the artist’s everyday experiences in Bandung during his residency at Roma Arts, Bandung, November 2012. Carnay’s presentation includes a new installation and performance at Asbestos Art Space, 24-27 November 2012.


Tentang Jef Carnay
Jef Carnay adalah seorang seniman rupa (visual) dan seni pertunjukan berbasis di Manila, yang telah memamerkan karya seninya di galeri lokal/internasional, museum dan ruang-ruang alternatif. Selain itu dia juga kerap melakukan kurasi pada beberapa seni pertunjukan secara langsung. Carnay selalu tertarik akan perilaku individu maupun kelompok orang dalam berbagai situasi, dan bermain dalam ranah ide konsep ‘bagaimana bila’: kemungkinan yang menghadirkan situasi dan narasi alternatif. Secara terus menerus, dia selalu berkolaborasi dengan berbagai figur yang berbeda di dalam ‘dirinya’. Dia juga mengeksplorasi humor,  yang memudahkan dia untuk menelan pil pahit realitas kehidupan ketika hanya dibalut oleh secuil gula kegilaan. Pada saat ini dia melakukan eksplorasi  konsep apa yang dilihat terhadap apa yang dirasakan: apa yang sebenarnya bisa dilihat belum tentu menunjukkan keseluruhan cerita, selalu ada sesuatu yang lebih dari sekedar kehadiran fisik dan beberapa hal abstrak tersembunyi dalam wujud gagasan bersama bukti kehadirannya. Pameran bertajuk Qualia didasarkan pada pengalaman keseharian sang seniman di kota Bandung selama program residensinya di Roma Arts, Bandung, November 2012.  Presentasi Carnay pada kesempatan ini menghadirkan karya instalasi baru dan seni pertunjukan di Asbestos Art Space, 24-27 November 2012.

About Roma Arts
Roma Arts, founded in 2011, promotes passionate, ambitious and focused ways of producing, presenting, experiencing, and writing about the diverse forms of arts. Roma Arts gives keen attention to art practices, forms of presentation, experiencing the arts, and discourses on art. In 2012, Roma Arts started a residency program to foster creative person-to-person contacts.
Roy Voragen 

Tentang Roma Arts
Roma Arts, didirikan pada tahun 2011, mempromosikan cara memproduksi, presentasi, mengalami, dan menuliskan pelbagai bentuk seni. Roma Arts memberikan perhatian khusus pada praktek pengkaryaan, bentuk-bentuk presentasi karya, penghayatan seni dan wacana seni. Pada 2012, Roma Arts menginisiasi program residensi untuk memelihara hubungan kreatif secara personal.
Roy Voragen 


Jef Carnay’s Roma Arts residency is supported by Valentine Willie Fine Art


November 16 at Galeri Gerilya Jef Carnay presented On Pins and Needles, and we invited performance artists to respond to the presented videos. Jef responded to a video by the late Marcus Vinicius. Jef's performance was a beautiful homage as well as a farewell.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

On Pins and Needles - a selection




On Pins and Needles

Roma Arts artist-in-resident Jef Carnay will present On Pins and Needles at Galeri Gerilya 16 November 5pm. This TUTOK project is a collection of performative videos and live art documentation from around the world.

Friday 16 November 5pm

With impromptu live performances!

Galeri Gerilya
Jalan Raden Patah 12 Bandung

Selection of videos from the On Pins and Needles Project:

Anida Yoeu Ali – 1700% Project

Opaline Santos

Jef Carnay – Note to self: It can get cold. Keep yourself warm.

Kosal Khiev – Why I Write

Marcus Vinicius – The artist is warrior

Qualia by Jef Carnay



Qualia by Jef Carnay

Roma Arts presents Qualia by Jef Carnay at Asbestos Art Space

Jef Carnay is a Manila-based visual and performance artist. Qualia is the result of his residency at Roma Arts, Bandung, November 2012. Carnay’s presentation includes a new installation and performance at Asbestos Art Space. And Qualia is based on the artist’s everyday experiences in Bandung during his residency.

Opening & Performance 24 November 7pm

Until 27 November 7pm

Asbestos Art Space
Jalan RAA Martanegara 86 Bandung

Jef Carnay is a Manila-based visual and performance artist who exhibited his works in local and international art galleries, museums and alternative spaces; he performed at both local and international art events; he curated local live art performances. Currently he is one of the board of trustees of the Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization (FILVADRO), moreover, he is a member of the core committee of TutoK (an artists initiative). He is an active member of NeWorlDisorder, an open, collaborative and loose multimedia art initiative. He is also a convener of the art event 'Bulong', a night of poetry, songs and other performances. And he is the lead vocalist of the band 'earthfishfish'.

Roma Arts, founded in 2011, promotes passionate, ambitious and focused ways of producing, presenting, experiencing, and writing about the diverse forms of arts. Roma Arts gives keen attention to art practices, forms of presentation, experiencing the arts, and discourses on art. In 2012, Roma Arts started a residency program to foster creative person-to-person contacts.
Roy Voragen


Jef Carnay’s Roma Arts residency is supported by Valentine Willie Fine Art

Drawing workshop Jef Carnay at Oma Anna


Yesterday Roma Arts artist-in-resident Jef Carnay gave a drawing workshop at Oma Anna to the neighborhood kids. He asked them to draw him as they see him, 12-year old Nadhilah gave him a slimmer appearance...The kids had so much fun that they asked Jef to come back next week!

Sunday, November 11, 2012

On Pins and Needles by Jef Carnay





Roma Arts artist-in-resident Jef Carnay is a Manila-based performance artist and he will present On Pins and Needles at Galeri Gerilya 16 November 5pm. This TUTOK project is a collection of performative videos and live art documentation from around the world.


Saturday 16 November 5pm

With impromptu live performances!

Galeri Gerilya
Jalan Raden Patah 12 Bandung

Jef Carnay is a visual and performance artist who  exhibited his works in local and international art galleries, museums and alternative spaces; he performed at both local and international art events; he curated local live art performances. Currently he is one of the board of trustees of the Filipino Visual Arts and Design Rights Organization (FILVADRO), moreover, he is a member of the core committee of TutoK (an artists initiative). He is an active member of NeWorlDisorder, an open, collaborative and loose multimedia art initiative. He is also a convener of the art event 'Bulong', a night of poetry, songs and other performances. And he is the lead vocalist of the band 'earthfishfish'.

Roma Arts, founded in 2011, promotes passionate, ambitious and focused ways of producing, presenting, experiencing, and writing about the diverse forms of arts. Roma Arts gives keen attention to art practices, forms of presentation, experiencing the arts, and discourses on art. In 2012, Roma Arts started a residency program to foster creative person-to-person contacts.


Jef Carnay’s Roma Arts residency is supported by Valentine Willie Fine Art

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Bandung Network 5



Manila-based artist Jef Carnay (http://langoyisdalangoy.wordpress.com) comes to Bandung for his residency at Roma Arts. He will show work he creates in Bandung at Asbestos and he will also give a presentation at Galeri Gerilya.

Sunday, October 28, 2012



Linda Sim Solay's solo exhibition Continuum of Consciousness at IFI-Bandung has been closed. The exhibition brochure can be downloaded here. The next artist-in-resident at Roma Arts will be Manila-based performance artist Jef Carnay, who will stay in Bandung in November.