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Roma Arts, founded in 2011 by Bandung-based art writer Roy Voragen, promotes passionate, ambitious and focused ways of producing, presenting, experiencing, and writing about the diverse forms of the contemporary arts in Indonesia. Roma Arts gives keen attention to art practices, forms of presentation, experiencing the arts, and discourses on art. Roma Arts organizes workshops, artist talks, seminars and roundtable discussions in collaboration with art spaces around Bandung. In 2012, Roma Arts started a residency program to foster creative person-to-person contacts. Roma Arts had so far guests from Japan, Singapore and the Philippines (Roma Arts collaborates with Manila-based artist initiative space 98B COLLABoratory). Artist-in-residents have the option to do a site-specific project at Roma Arts or make an exhibition elsewhere, for which Roma Arts collaborates with existing art spaces, options for an art space will depend on the needs of a particular artist. Furthermore, Roma Arts mentors artists to help them create and exhibit a project. Roma Arts does not have its own space and for each project needs to be collaborated and each project requires finding the optimal collaboration form. At the initiative of Irfan Hendrian, Roma Arts started in 2013 Contemporary Arts Bandung to promote the diverse forms of the arts in Bandung.
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SEMINARS Roma Arts organizes seminars to exchange knowledge and experiences. Moreover, a seminar offers opportunities to build networks across disciplines as Roma Arts aims to invite speakers from different backgrounds, and by doing so audiences become more diverse as well as each speaker attracts different people.
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Towards financial sustainability: Funding strategies in managing arts and cultural organizations Venue: Selasar Sunaryo Art Space Date: 10 December 2011 Speakers: John McGlynn – founder of and Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Lontar Foundation: www.lontar.org Audrey Wong – The Substation (former artistic director), Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore; www.substation.org and www.lasalle.edu.sgindex.php/about-us/ faculty-members/775 Gustaff H. Iskandar – founder and director of Common Room Networks Foundation: www.commonroom.info The aim of this seminar was to exchange ideas on how to make art and cultural organizations financially sustainable. Through presentations and discussion we learned from each other’s successes and failures in managing art and cultural organizations, which could lead to structural improvements that, in turn, could make art and cultural organizations in Indonesia more selfsustainable in the future. Video documentation available here: https://vimeo.com/RoyVoragen
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Public Art/Public Space: Art, architecture & everyday life Venue: Common Room Networks Foundation Date: 21 September 2012 Speakers: Gustaff Iskandar – founder and director of Common Room Networks Foundation: www.commonroom.info and www.gstff.wordpress.com Marco Kusumawijaya – architect, urbanist, founder and director of Rujak Center of Urban Studies: www.rujak.org and www.mkusumawijaya.wordpress.com Heru Hikayat – curator and program manager PLATFORM3: www.infoplatform3.wordpress.com Rika Febriyani – urbanist and philosopher: www.warungjakarta.blog.com and www.youtube.com/user/ RikaAndSilviaProject/videos Muhammad Albaiquni Zico – artist: www.zicoalbaiquni.blogspot.com Performance artist Fajar performed Kueh Senyum during the intermittence: www.kuehsenyum.tumblr.com The speakers discussed different approaches on public space in Indonesian cities and how artists, urbanists and architects can contribute to the political aspects of public space.
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Art and Law Venue: Visual Art Study Program, ITB Date: 4 October 2013 (public lecture) and 5 October 2013 (workshop) Speakers: Mariska J. van Zelst-de Wit, LL.M – legal advisor collections at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (www.rijksmuseum.nl) The public lecture was introduced and the subsequent Q&A session was moderated by Ranti Puji Agusti. Mariska J. van Zelst-de Wit focused on issues of freedom of expression, artistic freedom, intellectual property rights, copyright and contract law in connection to the arts. Material used for the public lecture and workshop, including presentations by Mariska J. van Zelst-de Wit, can be downloaded here: http://bit.ly/1b54o98
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The Re-Entry program is used to exchange practical information and experiences of artists who have been for a period abroad and recently returned to Bandung.
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Rudi Abdalah Venue: Galeri Gerilya Date: 28 June 2013 Moderated by Rifda Amalia 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 (www.rootedintheephemeralspeak. com); video documentation of the performance was screened and discussed (www.vimeo.com/ user18902589).
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Berkolaborasi dengan PLATFORM3, Roma Arts (fatumbrutum.blogspot.com) mempersembahkan Re-ENTRY No 2, sebuah diskusi dengan R. Yuki Agriardi (www.agriardi.com). Selepas kuliah desain interior di ITB, Agriardi melanjutkan kuliah ke Inggris, hingga mendapat gelar MA dalam desain dari Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. Agriardi baru saja pulang ke Bandung. Biasanya orang Indonesia suka minta oleh-oleh, namun kali ini kami mengundangnya untuk berbagi, tentang pengalamannya hidup, kuliah, dan berkarya di mancanegara; sebagai tambahan gizi bagi jiwa kita. Diskusi akan dimoderatori oleh Kiki Rizky Soetisna P.
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Yuki Agriardi (www.agriardi.com) recently finished his MDA from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London.
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ARTIST-in-RESIDENCY Through its Artist-in-Residency program, Roma Arts aims to foster connections within the Southeast Asian region by inviting artists and curators from across the region to work for a period in Bandung.
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Linda Sim Solay Singapore-based artist Linda Sim Solay (www.lindasim.com) spent the month of July, 2012, in Bandung. And October 2012 she returned for her exhibition.
Continuum of Consciousness An installation by Linda Sim Solay Venue: Institut Franรงais IndonesiaBandung Date: 12-25 October 2012 (artist talk at 14 October) Exhibition leaflet: http://bit.ly/17H0IHm
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Marika Constantino 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.
A talk by Marika Constantino about 98B COLLABoratory Venue: Common Room Networks Foundation Date: 4 July 2012
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Marika Constantino Balancing Paradoxes and Paradigms A permanent mural by Marika Constantino Venue: Oma Anna and Roma Arts Date: 8-12 July 2012 Documentation of her residency: http://bit.ly/171k4Zj
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Jef Carnay Jef Carnay is a Manila-based artist (www.langoyisdalangoy.wordpress. com). He 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.
In collaboration with Oma Anna, a two-day drawing workshop for children was organized.
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Jef Carnay On Pins and Needles Venue: Galeri Gerilya Date: 16 November 2012 On Pins and Needles, a TUTOK project, is a collection of performative videos and live art documentation from around the world (www. onpinsandneedlesproject.wordpress. com). At Galeri Gerilya, we screened four videos out of this collection to which performance artists responded. The screenings and performances were followed by a talk with the artists.
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Jef Carnay Qualia An installation and performance by Jef Carnay Venue: Asbestos Art Space Date: 24-27 November 2012 Jef Carnay’s residency was supported by Manilla Contemporary. Documentation of his residency: http://bit.ly/1aWqJDt
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Kristoffer Ardeña 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).
Public Talk Venue: Studio Intermedia, Visual Art Study Program, ITB Date: 15 May 2013
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Kristoffer Arde単a Dear Curator Curate Me This (www.dearcuratorcurateme.info) is a project by Kristoffer Arde単a for which he 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.
Venue: Selasar Sunaryo Art Space Date: 19 May-8 June 2013 Curators: Chabib Duta Hapsoro & Rizki Lazuardi The opening was followed by a discussion with the curators and artist. Booklet with the curatorial essays (handmade by Oma Anna): http://bit.ly/11JCHPi Documentation of his residency: http://bit.ly/HpLGeP
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Furthermore, some art professionals spent time at Roma Arts without developing a project: artist Mark Salvatus (www.marksalvatus.blogspot.com; he is the founder of 98B); Mayumi Hirano, curator at Koganecho (Yokohama, Japan; www.koganecho.net); and artist and curator Jason Wee (he is also the founder of Grey Projects; www.greyprojects.org).
General information on the residency program: http://bit.ly/1bRdPVE
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EXHIBITIONS Roma Arts supports Indonesian artists by developing a body of work that is conceptually and visually ready to be exhibited.
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Godspeed Four durational performances by Bandung-based performance artist Rudi Abdalah (1982; www.vimeo.com/user18902589). Venue: PLATFORM3 Date: 10-14 October 2013 1. Devotion Thursday 10 October 2-10pm 2. The Underdog Friday 11 October 2-10pm 3. Fellowshit Saturday 12 October 2-7pm 4. Godspeed Sunday 13 October 2-3pm (followed by a discussion) Images of the performances: bit.ly/1bTdGWe
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In 2013, Roma Arts founded Contemporary Arts Bandung at the initiative of Irfan Hendrian, who is its project manager. Contemporary Arts Bandung is an online portal – its main platform is the website (www.contemporaryartsbandung.com), but it also includes Facebook (www.facebook.com/ContemporaryArtsBandung; 700 likes at 26 December 2013) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/ArtsBdg; 715 followers at 26 Desember 2013) – to promote everything related to contemporary arts and culture in Bandung: exhibitions, workshops, seminars, talks, etc. The aim of the website is to garner wider appreciation for the diverse forms of the contemporary arts and culture in Bandung. Furthermore, the website provides information on open calls for residency programs, scholarships, etc. The website also offers detailed information on art venues, including a map, and a list of links to Bandung-based artists, designers, writers and collectives.
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29 May 2013, Contemporary Arts Bandung organized a gathering at Institut Franรงais Indonesia-Bandung with the program managers of all art venues in Bandung to familiarize the program managers with Contemporary Arts Bandung. The meeting also functioned as an informal way for the program managers to network.
Contemporary Arts Bandung also works as a media partner, among others for Spot Art (www.spotart.sg) and Bandung Contemporary (www.bandungcontemporary.com).
Contact us at info@contemporaryartsbandung.com
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COLLABORATORS Unless otherwise indicated, all in Bandung: 98B COLLABoratory (Manila) www.98-b.org Asbestos Art Space asbestosartspace.wordpress.com Common Room Networks Foundation www.commonroom.info Galeri Gerilya www.facebook.com/GaleriGerilya Grey Projects (Singapore) www.greyprojects.org Institut Franรงais Indonesia-Bandung www.institutfrancais-indonesia.com/bandung Manila Contemporary www.manilacontemporary.com Oma Anna www.omaanna.com PLATFORM3 www.platform3.net Selasar Sunaryo Art Space www.selasarsunaryo.com Visual Art Study Program, ITB www.art.itb.ac.id
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CONTACT INFO Roy Voragen Artistic director +62(0)8-18219502 royvoragen@hotmail.com
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