Monday, June 25, 2012

Roma Arts presents in collaboration with Common Room a talk by Marika Constantino on 98B, 4July 15:00




Roma Arts presents
in collaboration with Common Room Networks Foundation

4 July at 15.00
A talk by Marika B. Constantino

Marika B. Constantino will talk about artist initiative space 98-B in Manila, the Philippines (http://www.98-b.org/)

Moderared by Roy Voragen (founder Roma Artshttp://fatumbrutum.blogspot.com/)

At:
Common Room Networks Foundation
Jl. Kyai Gede Utama no. 8, Bandung, Indonesia
Twitter: @CommonRoom_ID
http://commonroom.info

Free admission

Marika B. Constantino shares 98B’s experiences, challenges and possibilities in running an alternative art space in Manila, Philippines.  98B is a multi-disciplinary COLLABoratory.  It seeks to collaborate with artists, designers, curators, writers, musicians, filmmakers, activists, educators, researchers, cultural workers, performers, architects and students together with the general public.  Marika B. Constantino will share 98B’s projects and initiatives in the hopes of creating ties, facilitating exchanges and generating dialogues with other creative individuals in Bandung.

Marika B. Constantino is a visual artist who has participated in exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad. As a freelance writer, she has contributed to a number of publications. She shares her various experiences in the art practice to a wider audience as an educator and an independent curator.  Her early exposure to art and her boundless fascination for the creative process resulted with a degree from the UP College of Architecture, and she continued her studies at the UP College of Fine Arts, with Art History as her major. Marika B. Constantino is continually striving to balance the cerebral, conceptual and experiential aspects of art with life in general.  Currently, she is the Special Projects Head of 98B COLLABoratory.

Bandung Network 4


Singapore-based artist Linda Sim Solay (http://lindasim.com/) is in her final week of her Roma Arts residency, but she will return in October to present her work at the French Cultural Institute in Bandung (http://www.institutfrancais-indonesia.com/bandung). A day after Linda Sim has left, Manila-based artist Marika B. Constantino will arrive in Bandung for a two-week stay at Roma Arts. She is a visual artist who has participated in exhibitions in the Philippines and abroad. As a freelance writer, she has contributed to a number of publications. She shares her various experiences in the art practice to a wider audience as an educator and an independent curator.  Her early exposure to art and her boundless fascination for the creative process resulted with a degree from the UP College of Architecture, and she continued her studies at the UP College of Fine Arts, with Art History as her major. Marika B. Constantino is continually striving to balance the cerebral, conceptual and experiential aspects of art with life in general.  Currently, she is the Special Projects Head of 98B COLLABoratory (http://www.98-b.org/). She is also a member of CANVAS on project basis (http://www.canvas.ph/). During her stay in Bandung, she will create a mural in front of Jalan Cibeunying Kolot III no.41, the location of Roma Arts. And July 4 at 15.00, she will give a talk about 98B at Common Room Networks Foundation (http://commonroom.info), for more information on this talk see the next post.

Artist-in-residency Linda Sim Solay at Roma Arts update2



Roma Arts will present the work by artist-in-resident Linda Sim Solay at Institut Francais Indonesia in Bandung early October.

Monday, June 18, 2012

artist-in-residency Linda Sim Solay at Roma Arts update





Linda Sim Solay (www.lindasim.com) is conducting a month-long residency at Roma Arts, Bandung, during which time she is creating an installation titled Samtana, i.e. stream of consciousness. For this installation she is glueing crystal glasses into a column of three to four meters. The last image is a 3D rendering of how this column of crystal glasses - lighted from below and above - could look like in a space. The presentation will also include scent and sound.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Tisna Sanjaya - Cigondewah, Bandung
















I am writing an essay on Tisna Sanjaya’s project in Cigondewah, Bandung, for Singapore Architect (its next issue is on sustainability), above a few photos I took in Cigondewah that I do not submit to the magazine. Commenting on Cigondewah in southwest Bandung, Tisna Sanjaya says that prosperity is for some and private but pollution public. Moral hazard is toxic... In the case of Cigondewah, we can claim that a more sustainable city is a more just city. Tisna Sanjaya's public art in Cigondewah is a form of urban politics: he calls for poetic justice, which requires imagination and compassion (mixed with a good sense of humor so not to despair).

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

artist-in-residency Linda Sim Solay at Roma Arts




Singapore-based photography and installation artist Linda Sim Solay (www.lindasim.com) is doing a month long residency at my place Roma Arts during which time she is creating an installation titled 'Samtana' (a Sanskrit term for stream of consciousness), which will consist out of a column of old crystal glasses, which have been in her family for generations, through which light will shine, and she will also add sound and scent. The column of glasses will reach somewhere between 3 and 4 meters, through which light will travel from above and below. She is working in a focused and productive way. And it's a delight to have her stay at my place here in Bandung.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Theresia Agustina Sitompul - Prints from the Book of Genesis: Seeds of Peace




Theresia Agustina Sitompul - 'Prints from the Book of Genesis: Seeds of Peace'.
A solo exhibition at Lawangwangi, Bandung.
The exhibition is curated by Asmudjo J. Irianto.
The opening is Saturday 16 June.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Bandung Network 3

Singapore-based photography and installation artist Linda Sim Solay will arrive today in Bandung and she will stay at my place, Roma Arts, for a month as an artist-in-resident. Check her website: http://www.lindasim.com/

Friday, June 1, 2012

Art Jog 12






Looking East: 14-28 July, Taman Budaya, Yogyakarta

Commissioned work:
01 Angki Purbandono Yogyakarta
02 I Made Widya Diputra Yogyakarta
03 Joko Dwi Avianto Bandung

Special invitation:
04 Ashley Bickerton Bali
05 Damien Hirst UK
06 Wim Delvoye Belgium

Selected:
07 @name Yogyakarta
08 A.C Andre Tanama Yogyakarta
09 Aan Arief Rahmanto Yogyakarta
10 Adi Gunawan Yogyakarta
11 Adi Panuntun Jakarta
12 Aditya Novali Solo
13 Afdhal Yogyakarta
14 Agan Harahap Jakarta
15 Agapetus A Kristiandana Yogyakarta
16 Agung Hanafi a.k.a. Pekik Yogyakarta
17 Agung Kurniawan Yogyakarta
18 Agung Nugroho Widhi Yogyakarta
19 Agung Tato Suryanto Surabaya
20 Agus Heru Setiawan Yogyakarta
21 Agus Prasetyo Yogyakarta
22 Agus Triyanto BR Yogyakarta
23 Agustina Tri Wahyuningsih Yogyakarta
24 Ahdiyat Nur Hartarta Bandung
25 Ahmad Fuad Osman Malaysia
26 Anang Saptoto Yogyakarta
27 Andang Kelana Jakarta
28 Anggun Priambodo Jakarta
29 Anton Afganial Solo
30 Anton Subiyanto Yogyakarta
31 Antoni Eka Putra Yogyakarta
32 Arya Pandjalu Yogyakarta
33 Arya Sukapura Putra (a.s.p) Yogyakarta
34 AT. Sitompul Yogyakarta
35 Awan Simatupang Jakarta
36 Azhar Horo Yogyakarta
37 Bagus Pandega Bandung
38 Bambang Pramudiyanto Yogyakarta
39 Bayu Widodo Yogyakarta
40 Bayu Yuliansyah Yogyakarta
41 Beatrix Hendriana Kaswara Bandung
42 Bob Sick Yudhita Yogyakarta
43 Budi Kustarto Yogyakarta
44 C. Roadyn Yogyakarta
45 Claudia Dian Bandung
46 Dadi Setiadi Yogyakarta
47 Dadlan Afrelno Yogyakarta
48 Danang Pambayun Yogyakarta
49 Dedy Sufriadi Yogyakarta
50 Deni Rahman Yogyakarta
51 Dipo Andy Yogyakarta
52 Dwi Joko Haryanto Yogyakarta
53 Eddi Prabandono Yogyakarta
54 EddiE haRA Swiss
55 Eddy Hermanto Bandung
56 Eddy Susanto Yogyakarta
57 Edo Pillu Yogyakarta
58 Eko Nugroho Yogyakarta
59 Eldwin Pradipta Bandung
60 Endang Lestari Yogyakarta
61 Erianto Yogyakarta
62 Farhan Siki Yogyakarta
63 Fauzi As'ad Liechtenstein
64 Fida Irawanto Yogyakarta
65 Fillipo sciascia Bali
66 Galam Zulkifli Yogyakarta
67 Giring Prihatyasono Yogyakarta
68 Gusmen Hariadi Yogyakarta
69 Hafiz Jakarta
70 Handiwirman Saputra Yogyakarta
71 Haris Purnomo Jakarta
72 Heri dono Yogyakarta
73 Herik Yogyakarta
74 Hojatul Islam Yogyakarta
75 I Gede Made Surya Darma Bali
76 I Gusti Ngurah Udianata (Rahman) Bali
77 I Gusti Ngurah Udiantara (Tantin) Yogyakarta
78 I Made Wiguna Valasara Yogyakarta
79 Idi Pangestu Yogyakarta
80 Iswanto Hartono Jakarta
81 Ivan Sagita Yogyakarta
82 Iwan Effendi feat Papermoon Yogyakarta
83 Jana Laurens Medan
84 Julia Sari Setiati Jakarta
85 Karyadi Yogyakarta
86 Krisgatha Achmad Jakarta
87 Krisna Murti Jakarta
88 Kusmanto Yogyakarta
89 Laksmi Sitaresmi Yogyakarta
90 M. A Roziq Yogyakarta
91 M. Andi Dwi Yogyakarta
92 M. Ihsan Yogyakarta
93 M. Irfan Yogyakarta
94 Mahardika Yudha Jakarta
95 Marco Cassani Bali
96 Mella Jaarsma Yogyakarta
97 Moelyono Tulungagung
98 Mouna Malang
99 Muhamad 'Ucup' Yusuf Yogyakarta
100 Nasirun Yogyakarta
101 Nindityo Adi Purnomo Yogyakarta
102 Nurrachmat Widyasena Bandung
103 Oky Rey Montha Yogyakarta
104 Ostheo Andre Yogyakarta
105 Pande Ketut Taman Jawa Tengah
106 Pandu Pribadi Magelang
107 Parallab Bandung
108 Patriot Mukmin Bandung
109 Paul Kadarisman Jakarta
110 Pintor Sirait Bali
111 Pupuk Daru Purnomo Yogyakarta
112 Putra Eko Prasetyo Yogyakarta
113 Qoyim Bana Nasution Bandung
114 Ragil Adi Winata Semarang
115 Ratna Harwiyati Bontang
116 RE Hartanto Bandung
117 Recycle Experience Bandung
118 Rega Ayundya Putri Bandung
119 Restu Ratnaningtyas Yogyakarta
120 Rieswandi Bandung
121 Rifqi Sukma Yogyakarta
122 Riono Tanggul Nusantara Yogyakarta
123 RM Soni Irawan Yogyakarta
124 Romi Armon Yogyakarta
125 Ronald Ventura Philipines
126 Rudayat Bandung
127 Rudi Mantofani Yogyakarta
128 S Teddy D Yogyakarta
129 S. Dwi Stya ( Acong ) Yogyakarta
130 Samsul Arifin Yogyakarta
131 Seruni Bodjawati Yogyakarta
132 Siddhartha Kandahdjaja Bandung
133 Sigit Pamungkas Sukoharjo
134 Sigit Santoso Yogyakarta
135 Sri Astari Jakarta
136 Suparman Yogyakarta
137 Surajiya Yogyakarta
138 Tara Astari Kasenda Bandung
139 Teguh Agus Priyanto Bandung           
140 Theo Fritz Hutabarat Bandung
141 Tintin Wulia Australia
142 Tisna Sanjaya Bandung
143 Titarubi Yogyakarta
144 T-KA_T-KI (Trinodal Group) Yogyakarta
145 Tommy Aditama Putra Bandung
146 Tulus Rahadi Ngawi
147 Ugo Untoro Yogyakarta
148 Uji Handoko Yogyakarta
149 Vasiliki Ralli Yogyakarta
150 Willis Turner Henry Singapura
151 Wilman Syahnur Yogyakarta
152 Wisnu Auri Yogyakarta
153 Yudi Sulistyo Yogyakarta
154 Yuli Prayitno Yogyakarta
155 Yustoni Volunteero Yogyakarta

Art writing in 11 statements


Art Writing emerges as a practice.
Art Writing is a possible form of the liberty of the image.
Art Writing names an approach within contemporary culture that, in wanting new potentials, embraces writing as a problematization of the object of art, its dissemination and forms of exhibition.
Art Writing does not take modalities of writing as given, rather it tends to, and experiments with, non-division between practice and theory, criticism and creativity.
Art Writing sustains all forms of art criticism, including the experimental and the hybrid. The art work may be intensely engaged with, or it may be the starting point for fictional and poetic developments.
Art Writing is in the situation of a fulcrum.
Art Writing is an anthology of examples.
Art Writing is re-invented in each instance of Art Writing, determining its own criteria.
Art Writing addresses material literary forms, which draw attention to the spatiality of writing and the physicality of its support, but the interests of Art Writing diverge from those of literature.
Art Writing involves relations between people, as discursive. In so far as it is art, Art Writing can engage public space no longer sustained by ground, including that of truth.
Art Writing institutes such public space without truth, and sometimes disappears into it.

Maria Fusco, Michael Newman, Adrian Rifkin and Yve Lomax (see here)

Bandung Network 2

Geraldine Kang and Godwin Koay, visual artists from Singapore, spent some time at Roma Arts in Bandung. Their work is part of the exhibition Still Building, which is still ongoing at Selasar Sunaryo Art Space (the catalog can be downloaded here).

Flow - contemporary art from Indonesia in Berlin



Exhibition at the Michael Janssen Gallery in Berlin curated by Rifky Effendy.