PRESS KIT and PROGRAMME: Insular Languidity (2012)

CONCertS, artist talks, Workshops, &PARTIES

presented by fete dela wsk, greenpapaya, 98b, and subflex

SCHEDULE Dec 12 / Green Papaya: 20:00 [Artist Talk] One Man Nation (Tara X) Dec 13 / B-Side: 21:00 [Concert]: Subflex presents: One Man Nation / House of Natural Fiber / Bent Lynchpin / Gangan Ensemble, CJ Wasu, many others...

Dec 14 / Terminal Garden: 20:00 [Presentations] [Performance] & [BBQ Party]: Marko Kosnik and House of Natural Fiber Dec 15 / 98B: 15:00-18:00 [Artist Talk]: Kingdom of Rebel

SATU - Next Wave, Installation House of Natural Fiber [HONF]

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The fellowship of electricity

SATU Next Wave, installation [left], Electrophonic Analog, performance [above] by Indonesian collective, House of Natural Fiber (HONF)

The Kingdom of Rebel Many have taken a utopian view of the deterritorialization of music production, as it reterritorialized in “home studios” or “bedroom labs”.

As well as the evidence of Aphex Twin, Squarepusher and a good proportion of those involved in the nebulous genre ‘electronica’. Fete dela WSK praises the creative potential of this underheard-of autonomy. For the first time in history, creative output and the means of its distribution have been inextricably linked. Along with the rhetoric of freedom comes a puritanical praise for self-teaching (diy), as technoautodidacts master new machinery, software, concepts and programming.

Electric Church Electricity threatened music (let alone trad. art) as purity of human expression, and also of innate 'talent', as it first distanced the musician from the sound, and second, masked the inadequacies of technique. Amplification takes over from the human voice, or music as expression of human feeling, emotion or subjectivity (often through approximation of voice). What you hear is revealed as electrically driven movements of air; sound is materialized, and becomes other to the expressing body. Music is now evidently prosthetic, mediated through machinery, and this shakes the belief in the centeredness,

intention and authenticity of musical creation.

Surplus sound is a key characteristic of electrified music, and as the 1960s go on, distortion and feedback, pushing the machinery beyond limits, offers another layer of noise that is both literal and noise in the sense of being unwanted, excess, waste. These noises are quickly used, and become techniques, but along the way, they operate as a way of maintaining a community. We can take "church" as meant in the most general sense, as a way of capturing an elective community that somehow bonds together, in this case in excessive performance.

-Tengal

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CONCertS

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talks,Workshops,PARTIES

OPEN:SHARING:POSTING

the practice of diy [do it yourself] and diwo [do it with others] in subculture movement A) HONF will present briefly their projects during 10 years of becoming an open community. They will also present some of their last projects under their 3 new platforms: 1. V.U.F.O.C an extraterrestrials study centre : Micronation/Macronation, an interactive art platform project produced for democratizing food and energy.

2. HONFablab Digital Fabrication Lab: WIN+PLAY consists of a series of activities, which have commenced since April 2012.

In this competition, four teams that represent their respective university not only designed and produced a window display in accordance to the store’s brief, but also received workshops on idea exploration, design, entrepreneurship and product finishing.

3. HONFactory Media Culture: ALT:US#1-4 is a project by HONFactory and initiated by Ican Harem and Gentur Suria. This project aims to build a real communication in digital or analog way.

B) Marko Kosnik (b.July 1 1961, Kranj), one of the pioneers of European interactive communication projects, will talk about his work. During the eighties he collaborated with several extreme alternative groups (Junajtit Adis, Laibach, Cavis Negra, Most), primarily as a creator of concepts, scripts, music, video and ambient projects. Since the beginning of his collaborative projects he was producing creative environments, open labs and media platforms, dealing with synchronization of authors from different backgrounds and self organization. Crossing from acoustic studies of subterranean Karst to performances and installations with sonorostatics (electro-acoustic plates) he entered performance with own productions of Egon March Institute, and started building interactive environments in 1993. The circle of collaborators in his projects since 1991 has been largely international; e.g., collaborations with Van Gogh TV, Universcity TV, and STEIM. He held numerous performances, lectures and workshop tutorships (MUU, Architonomy, Media Feedback) around Europe, and has initiated educative media environments (Ministry of Experiment).

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kingdom of rebel

Kingdom Of Rebel is a platform made by HONF in 2003, this platform provide facilities for creative thinkers in realizing innovative ideas into reality, it will produce people people with creative mindset to built a new system, whether it is a result of adoption, adaptation, or innovation.

1. ENERGY ROOM - Chandra Danu Kumoro [Abah] and Sostenes Alfonsos– [10 minutes] They are the founder of ENERGYROOM, a party organizer and DJ management. Colorize the Yogyakarta nightlife on raves and club party since 2002.

2. OPEN APPARREL - Stella Maris and Ratna Djuwita [10 minutes] A platform that tries to open new opportunities for the fashion industry in Indonesia, or more broadly. By nature generic and DIY to develop ideas and creativities, so it can compete in local and international markets, developing secondary industries, increase employment opportunities and open new possibilities 3. CANGKANG SERIGALA - Ican Harem [10 minutes] Cangkang Serigala is a unique band that using black metal karaoke as their main performance platform. They are actively involved in urban art and underground music movement.

4. Area XYZ – Irvin Domi [10 minutes] Areaxyz.com Web is about youth culture of music, art, events, lifestyle, clothing and anything else that is very close to the activities of young people passionately energetic and creative.

5. Sound Boutique – Lintang Enrico [10 minutes] Soundboutique Forum established since 2005, which is forum for electronic musician in Yogyakarta. Soundboutique held a electronic music festival continuesly called “Electrocity”

Total: 50 minutes, Venue: 98B Arts Collaboratory, Escolta. Contact: Mark Salvatus, 09393744889

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ARTIST PROFILES dance. For such personifying it in the most experiences i incredible way.” obviously looked – Vincent Moon deep into traditional music, old rituals and uses of music to transfigure the body to some other extents. It’s quite fascinating that such a person like Marc, who is involving himself so much in very Marko Kosnik [Lecture] advanced technology, One Man Nation [Performance] Marko Kosnik will could recall such ancient present the artistic and approaches to music. political journey of a From this film made with "Chia’s artistic identity platform that he has been him in Singapore, my ideas is one that defies the running since the late 80’s. about bridges between artificial borders and He started his carrier in technology and spirituality boundaries of the modern 80's as cofounder of went further. What i had nation state. Going beyond Laibach, writing concepts developed personally for a the notion of the individual as well for the groups few years, this intuition that simply as a constituent of a Junajtit Adis, Cavis Negra, the ultimate goal of nation and its projected and Most. In 1986 he technology in our age is to cultural identity, (s)he founded the Egon March help us to reconnect with bypasses the need for Institute, a creative unit for our own blood, he was mass appeal or approval and instead subscribes to the independent nature that characterises folk – the resistance to a canon.”

– June Yap, The WIRE

theory, research and production in the field of new media; it was in this framework that he realized the bulk of his projects during the nineties.

Since 1991 he has been engaged in corporate interdisciplinary productions, performances and installations, which combine directing, programming of interactive systems, synchronization and transmission via the Internet. He held numerous performances, lectures and workshop tutorships (MUU, Architonomy, Media Feedback) around Europe, and has initiated educative media environments (Ministry of Experiment).

He is one of the pioneers of European interactive communication projects.

“My recent researches have been focused a lot on relationships between spirits and sounds, music and trance, shamanism and

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HOUSE OF NATURAL FIBER [INDONESIA]

Irene Agrivina, co-founder

The House Of Natural Fiber (HONF) is a non profit organization runs by a community of artists, scientists and educators in Yogyakarta. They implement Education Focus Program [EFP] as their curriculum and platform of activities, which is mostly concerned with the needs of cross-collaborative actions responding to technology development and practical use in daily life. Since 1999, they have been concentrating on the principles of critique and innovation. Thinking forward, positivity and creativity have become the vision for HONF. In the implementation of this vision, in every program, they work towards the development of art, science and technology for the society.

Kingdom Of Rebel is a platform made by HONF in 2003, this platform provide facilities for creative thinkers in realizing innovative ideas into reality, it will produce people who are not only a product of the education system with the mindset to become a part of a system but people with creative mindset to built a new system, whether it is a result of adoption, adaptation, or innovation. Kingdom Of Rebel will facilitate a broader international network in knowledge exchange, creating a mutual understanding of local and global issues, cultural differences in practical daily life.

Through the network, the event will produce a joint collaboration, researches and exploration of local inventions, traditional and advance. This tour is an expansion of Kingdom Of Rebel #1-2 which was held in Kuala Lumpur and curated by Majidi Amir and Irene Agrivina. www.natural-fiber.com www.honfablab.org Page 7

ORGANIZERS Fete dela WSK

Fete dela WSK is an independent platform dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental media art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of digital culture in South East Asia and beyond. Since its inception in 2008 as "Fete dela Wasaque", as an annual art festival organized by SABAW Media Art Kitchen has had a particular focus around performances within the field of electronic and digital arts, social interactivity, and innovative music. The platform is comprised of events and activities that critically ruminate the odd relationship between space and the public through the exploration of different venues from the institutional (galleries and museums) to the alternative (public spaces and virtual spaces).

Subflex

“Subflex, the musical performance concert series organized and presided over by Caliph8 (aka Arvin Nogueras, a wildly talented samplist/ DJ). It takes place around 10 o’clock pm every first Wednesday at B-Side, a club in The Collective, a converted warehouse housing a motley collection of independent shops, galleries, and small restaurants on the corner of Malugay and South Super. Subflex essentially showcases jams/improvisations between musicians from different (often wildly different) musical backgrounds.” - Tad Ermitano, SUBFLEX: Manila’s Best Kept Musical Secret, Interakyson.com

Greenpapaya Art Projects Greenpapaya is an independent initiative that supports and organizes actions and propositions that explore tactical approaches to the production, dissemination, research and presentation of contemporary art practice in varied artistic and scholarly fields. It endeavors to provide a platform for intellectual exchange, sharing of information, critical dialogue and creative-practical collaboration among the arts community.

Founded in 2000 by Norberto Roldan and Donna Miranda, it is the longest running independently run creative and multidisciplinary platform in the Philippines.

98b Arts collaboratory

98B is a multi-disciplinary art COLLABoratory. It seeks to establish a convergence with artists, designers, curators, writers, musicians, film makers, activists, educators, researchers, cultural workers, performers, architects and students together with the general public.

It was established in January 2012 as a response to the need for alternative venues in Manila. Deemed as a site for creative sharing, discussion and collaboration, 98B is a community + network + kitchen + shop. The idea is to have a setting where artists and creative individuals from other disciplines can interact and work together while presenting art in different ways; be it a talk, a bazaar, a publication, a meal or a simple gathering.

Contact For: Programme, Marketing: Tengal (09206045559), tengald@gmail.com Artist Info, Talks: Merv Espina (09216653943), videograms.email@gmail.com Concert: Arvin Nogueras (09214947550), cpr008@yahoo.com