SicKL Open Lab 003: October 2008

Dear friends,

SicKL Open Lab (SOL) is back with its third season this coming Saturday (25th October) at 8pm!
In this SOL 003 October lab, we've invited musician-sound artists Ronnie Khoo (Furniture) & Jazmok (Bintang Bendehara) to test out several sound experimentations on their savvy laptops. Also on the bills are experimental video shorts from Lesly Leon Lee, and Felix Wong and Mohd Fuad Bin Md Arif.
Come out, wear light, stay tuned, and feel the heat at SicKL!

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Venue: Studio in Cheras, KL (SicKL)
No. 75, 3rd Floor,
Amber Business Plaza,
Jalan Jelawat 1,
Cheras 56100, Kuala Lumpur.
(1 minute walk from Cheras LRT Station, Star Line)

Date & Time: 25th October at 8pm

ADMISSION BY DONATION

For driving directions: Yandsen 012-9198031

*Please wear casual and light cause we are warm!

*You are welcome to bring your brooze!

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RONNIE KHOO
broken electronic keyboard + laptop

Ronnie Khoo is a recording enthusiast who works from a home studio. His projects include playing in rock bands, scoring for independent film, and tampering with electronic equipment to make them squeal in unexpected ways.


JAZMOK
Laptop & Kaoss Pad

Jazmok is a malaysian-based sound artist. His favourite music instruments are mobile gadgets,as the medium of producing his sound.He is interested in malay classical rhythm and other native cultures in malaysia.The sound characteristic of Jazmok is describe as various of oscilator wave and ambient with gong atmosphere. He loves experimenting with sound and had produce several of interactive installation while performing.


MOHD FUAD BIN MD ARIF
Video “I was dupe” (10 mins)

Synopsis:
I am here to satisfy my alter ego which is highly motivated to the idea of making you hate me (in what I’m doing). So this could be my first and could be my last coming here.

Bio:
MOHD FUAD BIN MD ARIF is currently a lecturer in the Faculty of Art & Design at UiTM Shah Alam.


"The Dogs" by Felix Wong (30 mins)

Synopsis:
Confession of a gangster, facing ordinary dilemma just like you and me. We then will see unexpected “elegant” life of gangsters.


LESLY LEON LEE
Video “Search For” (11 mins)

Synopsis:
Friends, lovers, relationships, spirit, gods, religion. We search for concrete holds of meaning in them in this sometimes meaningless life. Where then is meaning in anything? As the existentialists say, the only meaning is this life is ours to create. With that comes great freedom and meaning. But also, an abyss or our greatest nightmare.

Bio:
A lover of all forms of arts, from painting to photography to film to music, he is always challenging himself to come up with genuinely original works. Yes, some say everything has been done before and there is no such thing as pure originality. But he feels it’s something worth striving for, though in the end it may not exist. Deeply connected with nature, he feels most at home in the thick of a forest, with all the wild creatures. He expounds uniqueness and hates the globalisation and homogenisation of humanity. Still struggling between the gray areas of believing in something and keeping it to himself versus spreading it, since he believes that the main reason of strife and wars is one party trying to change another’s views to that of her own. But at the same time, isn’t sharing what makes us unique? When does sharing cross the line into force feeding? Visit http://beinglll. net for more works.


SOL happens bi-monthly on the last Saturday of the month.


For more information, please contact:

Siew Wai: swsuny@hotmail. com / kokbuffalo@yahoo. com
Sow Yee: truely_au@hotmail. com