Navigating the sublime and the profane

 I wrote two essays to accompany the Frying Tahu (http://fryingtahu.tumblr.com/) exhibition, Soemardja Gallery, Bandung, 4-12 July 2013:

“Navigating the sublime and the profane,” see here: http://bit.ly/1aeobRO

and:

“The Sublime, Ludwig Wittgenstein and the transcendental in dialog,” see here: http://bit.ly/14XqzIM

The first of the above two mentioned essays is a short, personal essay; the second, on the other hand, is a longer and more academic essay. The reader can decide for her- or himself in which order to read these two essays.

Above artwork is by Bandung-based artist Maradita Sutantio, http://maradiata.wordpress.com/

Tisna Sanjaya’s Cigondewah Cultural Centre: Art, waste and urban politics in Bandung

Roy Voragen, "Tisna Sanjaya’s Cigondewah Cultural Centre: Art, waste and urban politics in Bandung,” Singapore Architect 275: 132-137; <http://bit.ly/10z4xgi> 

RE-ENTRY#1 Rudi Abdalah

In collaboration with Galeri Gerilya, Roma Arts presents RE-ENTRY#1, a talk with Bandung-based performance artist Rudi Abdalah. April 1, Rudi Abdalah performed at The Substation, Singapore, in a program organized by R.I.T.E.S. or Rooted In The Ephemeral Speak. In this talk, he will discuss his performance piece, what the value is of going abroad and what we can learn from his trip to Singapore and his dealings with The Substation and R.I.T.E.S., which was founded to encourage exchange among performance artists from different backgrounds and generate wider appreciation for performance art.

Moderated by Rifda Amalia

Free admission & open for the public

Friday 28^th of June at 3PM

Galeri Gerilya

Jalan Raden Patah 12, Bandung

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Video documentation of Rudi Abdalah's performance at The Substation:
https://vimeo.com/68209543

valise

The very same container ship that brought me Tanto’s watercolor drawings, brought me a valise – a valise filled with letters from the poet Marije Langelaar (mostly dated from the late-nineties). In a much earlier life – before WWII – this valise traveled by boat from Rotterdam to NY. By now, this valise has crossed two oceans – no more unpacking for this valise though, it stays in Bandung (for now, I must add).

R.E. Hartanto's (better known as Tanto) long lost Amsterdam drawings resurfaced... These drawings were made during his residency (2001-2002) at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten.

Bandung Network 9

After having finished her residency at JAF, Mae Aguinaldo stays a day at our place before flying back to Manila.

Bandung Network 8

For the next two weeks Irwan Bagja Dermawan - better known as Iweng - and Jenni Maria Savela will stay at our place.

Above is a photo of Iweng's mural at the fly-over in Bandung.

A video of this mural: Gift for the city.

Kristoffer Ardeña - Roma Arts artist-in-residency - Documentation

Bandung, Indonesia, 9 – 23 May 2013

Kristoffer Ardeña

Roma Arts artist-in-residency

In collaboration with Selasar Sunaryo Art Space, Irfan Hendrian Studio, Oma Anna Handwork, and Visual Arts Study Program at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design, ITB

Documentation can be downloaded here (Issuu) and here (Box).

Above photo was taken by Deden Hendan Durahman during Kristoffer Ardeña's talk at ITB.

Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi

Dear Curator Curate Me: Chabib Duta Hapsoro and Rizki Lazuardi

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

Dear Curator Curate Me is a project by Kristoffer Ardeña.

The booklet is designed by Irfan Hendrian and hand-made by Oma Anna. 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.

The making of the Dear Curator Curate Me booklet: sorting the pages

The making of the Dear Curator Curate Me booklet: printing the cover

The cover is made on a hand press at the Oma Anna studio (a video of the printing process).

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:

Selasar Sunaryo Art Space: http://www.selasarsunaryo.com/   

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.

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.

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) 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 3^rd Bucharest Biennale (Romania), 3^rd 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) 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 3^rd Bucharest Biennale (Rumania), 3^rd 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)

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

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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 and 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.

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

http://vimeo.com/64228373

Audrey Wong

The Substation (Singapore)

http://www.substation.org/

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

http://vimeo.com/64221778

John McGlynn

Lontar (Jakarta)

http://www.lontar.org/

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

http://vimeo.com/64212247

Gustaff Iskandar (http://gstff.wordpress.com/)

Common Room Networks Foundation (Bandung)

http://commonroom.info/

See also http://gstff.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/berbagi-cerita-tentang-common-room-di-s-14/ and http://commonroom.info/2012/common-room-networks-foundation-common-room-track-records-2001-2012/

Part 4

http://vimeo.com/64204560

Question & Answer session