December 23, 2008

SicKL Open Lab (SOL) 004: Special Holiday Season Party Lab



SicKL Open Lab (SOL) is back with its 4th season with a special holiday edition! Hot steamboat is served, and you can dance! SOL 004 December season will feature a multi-disciplinary performance by Chan Seau Huvi (performance art), Au Sow Yee (video), Yong Yandsen (video + sound) and Kok Siew Wai (voice), electroacoustic music by musician/music scholar Affendi Ramli and an experimental DJ set with light installation by Jazmok (Bintang Bendehara), Ronnie Khoo (Furniture), Fahmi Fadzil (Projek Wayang) & Lisa Foo.
Come join us, and bring your friends!

------------------------------------------------

Event: SicKL Open Lab (SOL) 004
Date & Time: 27th December 2008, Saturday, 7:30pm
Address: 73, 3rd Floor, Amber Business Plaza, Jalan Jelawat 1, 56100 Cheras, KL. (Just a minute walk from Star Line LRT, ‘Cheras’ station.)

For driving instructions: Yandsen 012-9198031 (map attached)
Admission by donation
Attire: light and easy … cuz we are hot!
You are welcome to bring your favorite booze (there is a 7-11 nearby)!

------------------------------------------------
ABOUT THE ARTISTS/MUSICIANS:

CHAN SEAU HUVI is a performance artist and a video artist. She is graduated from l’école superièure d’art d’Aix en Provence, France. Huvi starts producing videos for her performance since 2002. She is currently living and working in Kuala Lumpur.

AFFENDI HJ RAMLI born in Ipoh, Malaysia, currently he is a doctoral student, under supervision by Dr. Hasnizam Abdul Wahid at the Faculty of Arts and Creative, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Recently he has won the “Best Jury’s Selection Award 2007” in Bourges, Paris. Affendi Hj. Ramli is one of the music lecturers in Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tg. Malim, Perak, lecturing composition, violin and music technology. He received his Bachelor of Music from Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia and Master of Arts in Audio Production from University Of Westminster, United Kingdom.
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 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.
FAHMI FADZIL is a performer and writer. He is a member of Five Arts Centre, principal coordinator of Projek Wayang, and partner at Bright Lights At Midnight. Initiated in 2006, Projek Wayang is an experimentation group interested to search, investigate, explore and construct forms of wayang that resonates within an urban, contemporary and cosmopolitan context.

LISA FOO is the co-founder of FOTA Design in 2007 and a design practice in architecture, interior and sculpture. Graduated with BA in Architecture from the University of New South Wales, Sydney at the end of 2003, and after a spell of almost two years with a large commercial practice, Lisa has reveled in the opportunity to design an experimental private house in Kuala Lumpur to strike out on her own. Her involvement in the arts emerged in November 2007 when she was an artist participant at numerous 'Arts for Grabs' event organized by the Annexe Gallery, Central Market, Kuala Lumpur. In the event, her collaboration with her friend formed LFSS and created luminous eco-light sculpture from recycled plastic bottles.

FOTA Design --- www.fotadesign.net
LFSS --- www.lfss-create.blogspot.com
Art 2 Play --- www.art2play.blogspot.com
-------------------------------------------------

SicKL OPEN LAB (SOL) is a monthly art laboratory where artists come together to show individual’s work and form new collaboration. SiCKL will provide the environment for artistic expression, improvisation, experimentation, learning and collaboration. In each lab session, we encourage artists from different backgrounds to experiment with each other to create new work. We welcome artists from all disciplines.

Dare to experiment! Surprise us and surprise yourself!

SOL happens bi-monthly on the last Saturday of every month @ 8pm unless otherwise notified.
For more information, please contact:
SicKL (Studio in Cheras, KL)
Siew Wai at swsuny@hotmail.com / kokbuffalo@yahoo.com
Sow Yee at truely_au@hotmail.com

-------------------------------------------------