Raya Open House
So I went yesterday to Serdang using the commuter, and I saw these two people wearing pajamas (pink!~ no less) so I thought - oh, they're from Limkokwing and doing some Indie movie or whateva. Then I saw all these Let Arts Movecyou - LAMU. Basicall here's the review:
LAMU - Let Arts Move You
Title : LAMU - Let Arts Move You
Venue : Various Venues
Date & Time : Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007
Tickets : Free
URL : http://www.blog.letartsmoveyou.com
Synopsis : The main idea is straightforward enough - to fill the KTM Komuter trains and train stations with art, and to let the arts move people physically and emotionally.
The Let Arts Move You (LAMU) project brings together 11 Malaysian and regional artists, commuters and the public transportation system in an innovative visual art event in Kuala Lumpur.
It aims at presenting the dynamic and creative situation of urban life in KL, drawing connections between artistic interventions and the rapid pace of urban development.
LAMU provides artists with KTM Komuter trains, the KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations as platforms to create work that actively engage commuters - to bring art to people in real and everyday encounters.
Artworks will be located both inside the train and in the stations and surrounding grounds.
LAMU also aims to take the act of commuting beyond mundane and routine journeys - travelling in public transportation can be a sensorial and educational experience.
Here's the basic schedule of events:
Exhibition (Opening on 27 Oct 2007)
Dates: Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007
Venue: on the KTM Komuter trains (trains No.39 along Rawang-Seremban route), KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations.
Opening
Date: Sat 27 Oct
Venue: KTM Intercity arrival hall, Level 2, Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur (open space in front of KFC)
Open Dialogue / Closing
Date: Mon 29 Oct 2007
Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station and on KTM Komuter train
All art works will be on display from 7am - 11pm daily, from 27 Nov - 4 Nov 2007
Post Exhibition Events
Exhibition of LAMU documentation and process
Dates: December 2007
Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station.
Catalogue
There will be publication of a catalogue after the exhibition featuring the artworks exhibited in LAMU, as well as documenting the process and collective findings from the investigations in the project.
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And here's a more detailed rundown of stuff happening:
Works on KTM Komuter Trains:
Donna Miranda (Philippines) - KL 12 hrs (video and performance art).
Date: Mon 22 Oct (time 10am - 10pm).
Kok Siew Wai (Malaysia) - Untitled (digital prints on train hand railings).
Lau Mun Leng (Malaysia) - Reading Project (performance).
Date: Daily, at 4.33pm. (exact train, carriage and station to alight from tbc).
Li Cassidy-Peet (Singapore) - Dayindayout (digital prints on the ceiling of train).
Muid Latiff (Malaysia) - Merdeka Series (digital prints on overhead display panels).
Wok The Rock (Indonesia) - Trails of Home (photography work on train windows - commuters are welcome to take away their favourite photos).
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Works in KL Sentral station:
Kamal Sabran (Malaysia) - Speed Of Time (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains).
- 1st session: 8am-10am daily
- 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily
- 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily
Sa Dewa (Indonesia) - Spinning Camera (photography work on light boxes located at station).
Shieko Hussien (Malaysia) - mural on 9 feet by 26 feet wall, located at KTM Komuter foyer in KL Sentral station.
Mural will be created daily from 23rd - 27th Oct 2007 (5pm - 10pm), and will be on display for the duration of exhibition.
Urich Low (Singapore) - Finding Substation (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains).
- 1st session: 8am-10am daily
- 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily
- 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily
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Works in Old Kuala Lumpur station:
Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) - Sing Along (mobile music performance and installation).
This mobile work will move between the Old KL station and KL Sentral station during the period of the LAMU exhibition.
Date: Sat 27 - Mon 29 Oct AND Fri 2 - Sun 4 Nov
- 1st session: 1pm - 3pm
- 2nd session: 7pm - 9pm
Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) - sound installation at Old KL station.
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LAMU is organised by Kolektif Pembangun Seni, in partnership with Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad.
The project is supported by Arts Network Asia, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund, MATAHATI and Ganad Media. Our official media sponsor is Kakiseni.com.
This project is also supported and coordinated by Rumah Air Panas.
*Events are subject to change. Do keep checking for updates.
RECOMMENDED! Now this is the kind of arts outreach activity that we need more of! Our arts scene is full of the usual suspects, a number of them social elites (quite of a few of whom would never deign to take the LRT, let alone the commuter trains). So, let's get more ordinary folk into our arts scene and pass the word around about LAMU.
My first thumbs-up goes to the huge Shieko Hussain mural that will be created "live" on the wall of the KTM Komuter foyer at KL Sentral everyday from 22nd - 27th October 2007. It's a very, very rare opportunity to see a public artwork being created in the public eye and it's a process that is not likely to be repeated, given how hush-hush the creation of public artworks are in this country.
Support LAMU, as how we at Kakiseni are doing, and let the arts move you.
LAMU - Let Arts Move You
Title : LAMU - Let Arts Move You
Venue : Various Venues
Date & Time : Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007
Tickets : Free
URL : http://www.blog.letartsmoveyou.com
Synopsis : The main idea is straightforward enough - to fill the KTM Komuter trains and train stations with art, and to let the arts move people physically and emotionally.
The Let Arts Move You (LAMU) project brings together 11 Malaysian and regional artists, commuters and the public transportation system in an innovative visual art event in Kuala Lumpur.
It aims at presenting the dynamic and creative situation of urban life in KL, drawing connections between artistic interventions and the rapid pace of urban development.
LAMU provides artists with KTM Komuter trains, the KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations as platforms to create work that actively engage commuters - to bring art to people in real and everyday encounters.
Artworks will be located both inside the train and in the stations and surrounding grounds.
LAMU also aims to take the act of commuting beyond mundane and routine journeys - travelling in public transportation can be a sensorial and educational experience.
Here's the basic schedule of events:
Exhibition (Opening on 27 Oct 2007)
Dates: Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007
Venue: on the KTM Komuter trains (trains No.39 along Rawang-Seremban route), KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations.
Opening
Date: Sat 27 Oct
Venue: KTM Intercity arrival hall, Level 2, Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur (open space in front of KFC)
Open Dialogue / Closing
Date: Mon 29 Oct 2007
Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station and on KTM Komuter train
All art works will be on display from 7am - 11pm daily, from 27 Nov - 4 Nov 2007
Post Exhibition Events
Exhibition of LAMU documentation and process
Dates: December 2007
Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station.
Catalogue
There will be publication of a catalogue after the exhibition featuring the artworks exhibited in LAMU, as well as documenting the process and collective findings from the investigations in the project.
~
And here's a more detailed rundown of stuff happening:
Works on KTM Komuter Trains:
Donna Miranda (Philippines) - KL 12 hrs (video and performance art).
Date: Mon 22 Oct (time 10am - 10pm).
Kok Siew Wai (Malaysia) - Untitled (digital prints on train hand railings).
Lau Mun Leng (Malaysia) - Reading Project (performance).
Date: Daily, at 4.33pm. (exact train, carriage and station to alight from tbc).
Li Cassidy-Peet (Singapore) - Dayindayout (digital prints on the ceiling of train).
Muid Latiff (Malaysia) - Merdeka Series (digital prints on overhead display panels).
Wok The Rock (Indonesia) - Trails of Home (photography work on train windows - commuters are welcome to take away their favourite photos).
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Works in KL Sentral station:
Kamal Sabran (Malaysia) - Speed Of Time (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains).
- 1st session: 8am-10am daily
- 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily
- 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily
Sa Dewa (Indonesia) - Spinning Camera (photography work on light boxes located at station).
Shieko Hussien (Malaysia) - mural on 9 feet by 26 feet wall, located at KTM Komuter foyer in KL Sentral station.
Mural will be created daily from 23rd - 27th Oct 2007 (5pm - 10pm), and will be on display for the duration of exhibition.
Urich Low (Singapore) - Finding Substation (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains).
- 1st session: 8am-10am daily
- 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily
- 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily
~
Works in Old Kuala Lumpur station:
Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) - Sing Along (mobile music performance and installation).
This mobile work will move between the Old KL station and KL Sentral station during the period of the LAMU exhibition.
Date: Sat 27 - Mon 29 Oct AND Fri 2 - Sun 4 Nov
- 1st session: 1pm - 3pm
- 2nd session: 7pm - 9pm
Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) - sound installation at Old KL station.
~
LAMU is organised by Kolektif Pembangun Seni, in partnership with Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad.
The project is supported by Arts Network Asia, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund, MATAHATI and Ganad Media. Our official media sponsor is Kakiseni.com.
This project is also supported and coordinated by Rumah Air Panas.
*Events are subject to change. Do keep checking for updates.
RECOMMENDED! Now this is the kind of arts outreach activity that we need more of! Our arts scene is full of the usual suspects, a number of them social elites (quite of a few of whom would never deign to take the LRT, let alone the commuter trains). So, let's get more ordinary folk into our arts scene and pass the word around about LAMU.
My first thumbs-up goes to the huge Shieko Hussain mural that will be created "live" on the wall of the KTM Komuter foyer at KL Sentral everyday from 22nd - 27th October 2007. It's a very, very rare opportunity to see a public artwork being created in the public eye and it's a process that is not likely to be repeated, given how hush-hush the creation of public artworks are in this country.
Support LAMU, as how we at Kakiseni are doing, and let the arts move you.