reflex reaction @ FNBKL, 23/08/08

reflex reaction (Yandsen, Kok Siew Wai and perhaps Aziz) will be jamming on this Saturday, 23rd August at the new FNBKL base in PJ.

Here is the full list of happenings of this particular event.

ACTION REACTION! -an introduction to fnbkl's new space – a day of happenings-community gathering, diy activism, discussion, sharing, skill sharing, exhibition and performances
23rd August 2008, Saturday, 2pm
no14. Jalan Jelawat 8/10, Seksyen 8, Petaling Jaya.

THE (DE)PROGRAMS:
discussion/sharing

1. NO G8 japan holidarity – Yew Hun and Alind – 2.30pm to 4.30pm
The last G8 meeting was being held at Hokkaido Japan and for the first time friends from FNBKL and Kudeta join the massive protest and resist against capitalism, establishment, environment, and globalization. They will share their insight and experience there with vivid and vibrant photographs.

2. sepuluh tahun sebelum merdeka – Fahmi Reza – 4.30pm to 6pm
fahmi reza the director of the award winning film-'the most understanding human rights film' of freedom filmfest 2007 –will share his experience of making the film, the independent screening tour around the country, the present feedback, future plans and other things that he wants to share. http://10tahun.blogspot.com/

3. massa kritikal bike ride – Massa Kritikal – 6pm to 7pm
Massa Kritikal is a 'critical mass' chapter in Kuala Lumpur. They started the movement over here after the first bike parade in July last year. It's an autonomous decentralized movement where people make an effort to build a community of cyclist to ride in every city in the world as a direct action and to campaign for bicycle use in the city.
http://massa-kritikal.blogspot.com/
*whoever who wants to participate in the fun ride to fnbhouse pj from KL on the day of the event, massa kritikal will gather at the annexe central market, KL at 2.30 pm

4. community banner and flag making – Massa Kritikal – 7pm
the gang will invite people to participate in the banner and flag making that will be held at the park in front of the fnbhouse.

screening -7pm to 8pm
1. Tragedi Kg Berembang
-the documentation of wayang kadbod (shadow puppet) performed by the kids of Kg Berembang, telling their story of the tragedy of being evicted from their land and kampung by the city council and developers/corporation to give way to build condominiums.
shot by : Ebrahim Harris,
Edited by: Jimmy Choong
2006
19 minutes

2. A Place Called Chiapas
-documentary about Zapatista movement in Chiapas
92 minutes

accosutic/sound performance - 8pm to 11pm
1. wolf of spunky funggy
http://www.myspace.com/spunkyfunggy
2. D.E.P
http://dullentertainmentprogramme.blogspot.com/
3. the garrison
http://www.myspace.com/beatgarrison
4. gangan ensemble (manila and KL)
http://www.gangan-series.blogspot.com/
5. reflex reaction
http://emacm.blogspot.com/
6. aiman of civil disorder and F.R.U
http://www.myspace.com/civildisorder153
7. lai kong
8. ENJOI
our bukit bintang buskers- percussion, didgeridoo, jembe, etc
9. pancaroba

+open mics!! (if we still have time.. should be end before 12pm)

visual/painting/drawing/photo/scratch
1. farhana
2. yew hun
3. abroko
4. poodien
5. melissa lin
6. rahmat haron
7. bebe
8. the mockmeat collective

to other groups, idealist, human rightist, artist ,activist ,tactivist, collectives:
Be impulsive, imaginative, and take this opportunity to bring down whatever you have (propaganda, fliers, zines, posters, old clothes, anything) to the space. Trade, sell, spread, or give it out for free. We welcome anything and everything! We need you!
Then again, if you really wanna, you can always call Poodien at 013 243 7092 or 03 79550941

++ map to venue ++

CHOPPA Call For Artists 2008 & 2009

The CHOPPA Series is a monthly experimental music night in Singapore held on the last Sunday of every month. The organisers are currently looking for artists/musicians to perform for the remainder of 2008 and into 2009. If you're interested, please get in touch with Darren Moore through email dazzimoore[[at]]gmail[[dot]]com.

GOH LEE KWANG forthcoming releases 2008

++ SOLO ++

2008 Cicadas I (Why Not Ltd, cdR)
2008 Stormy Weather, Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia. (Compost and Height, online) .link.
2008 Max Attacks vol.1 (New Directions, online) .link.
2008 Warm & Meaty (New Directions, online) .link.

++ COLLABORATION ++

PM (Duo with Olaf Hochherz)
2008 PM (Private 3"cdR, limited)

upcoming in Oct:
Draw Sound(working title, text in chinese, english title for ISBN
registration only) - a collaboration release by Kuenstlerhaeuser Worpswede + Herbal Records
book (drawing)+ 3"CD

GOH LEE KWANG European Tour Dates

++ AUGUST ++

August, 23 2008 at Hermannshof, Hannover.
solo, and duo with Ignaz Schick. Stereo DJ mixer.

August, 26 2008 at Bankenhoff,Worpswede.
duo with Birgit Ulher, stereo dj mixer!


++ SEPTEMBER ++

September 12 - 14 2008 at Künstlerhäuser Worpswede,
GOOD VIBRATIONS sonic & video solo exhibition

September, 15 2008 at alberto ukeban,Berlin.
duo with Olaf Hochherz, stereo dj mixer!

September, 17 2008 at Eletronic Church,Berlin.
duo with Olaf Hochherz, stereo dj mixer!

September, 19 2008 at Salon Bruit,Berlin.
solo, stereo dj mixer!

BUTOH JAM! 26 July 2008

Time & Date: 26 July, 2008, 8:30pm

Venue: The Annexe Galleries, Central Market

Admission: RM20 general, RM10 student

Lena Ang and Lee Swee Keong, two distinctive forces of Butoh in Malaysia, collaborate in a fun interactive evening of butoh jam. In this one off event, Lena Ang and Lee Swee Keong, together with musicians, Jerome Kugan and Kok Siew Wai will demonstrate the power of butoh improvisation where creativity knows no boundaries.

Come embrace butoh in its rawnest sense!

A short Q & A will follow this session.

CHOPPA monthly series 26th July 2008 (Singapore)

Join us for Choppa July this coming sunday at Night and Day from 8pm where we have a great night of music lined up.

This Choppa we feature Iron Egg - an electro-acoustic trio featuring Darren Moore (percussion/laptop), Tim O'Dwyer (sax) and Brian O'Reilly (visuals/electronics). The trio members will also be performing individual solo sets to get things going before they join forces for their finale.

Please join us on our sonic adventures!

@ Night and Day
139 Selegie Rd from 8pm

Entry is $16 and includes a complimentary drink

--
Darren Moore
458 Siglap Rd, #04-04
Singapore 455938
Mob: (+65) 8151 3006
www.myspace.com/darrenmooremusic

Email: Darren Moore dazzimoore{{at}}gmail{{dot}}com

The State of Freezing:
Experimental Films & Videos by Tony Wu
+ Taiwan Experimental Film & Video Festival

An event organised by SiCKL




















凝結狀態－吳俊輝個展 + 台灣實驗電影展

The State of Freezing－Experimental Films & Videos by Tony Wu
+ Taiwan Experimental Film & Video Festival

Date: 24th July 2008 (Thursday)
Time: 8pm
Venue: Annexe @ Central Market
Enquiries: 012-266-1579 / 012-695-7987

吳俊輝為美國Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts 藝術創作碩士，美國San Francisco Art Institute藝術創作學士。他是2006年臺北雙年展的參展藝術家之一，作品曾經在世界許多著名實驗電影展以及紐約現代美術館(NYMoMa)、法國龐畢度藝術中心等知名藝術中心與美術館放映。近期更被臺北目前最具前瞻性的當代藝術畫廊之一“新苑藝術”簽約成為旗下藝術家。吳俊輝也是臺灣世新大學廣電系電影組的助理教授，也曾策劃多個影展的實驗電影單元，並曾擔任臺灣境內多個影展的評審。

Tony Wu was born in Taitung in 1966 now lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.holds a MFA degree from Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts (U.S.A) and BFA from San Francisco Art Institute (U.S.A). He is one of the selected artists for 2006 Taipei Biennial. His experimental films have been shown in various experimental film festivals around the world, New York Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou and various other art centers and museums. Tony is also the Associate Professor of Shih Hsin University ( Taiwan) and has curated a number of experimental films programme in Taiwan.

放映作品 List of Experimental Films that will be shown ：

吳俊輝個展 Experimental Films and Videos of Tony Wu

【公墓4】Cemetery 4
【回家庭電影】Go Home Movie
【感傷之旅】Sentimental Journey
【諾亞諾亞】Noah Noah
【歐洲甦醒】Europe Resurrection


台灣實驗電影展 Taiwan Experimental Film and Video Festival

【Characters】陳欣緯by Chen HsinWei
【動物私語】江淑婷Animagemalanguage by Chiang Shu-Ting
【清相蜜掬】蔡弦剛 Qing Xiang Mi Ju by Hsuan-Kang Tsai
【飄浮Ⅱ-西門町】宇中怡Levitate II – XiMending by Yu Chung-I
【飄浮Ⅳ-番茄汁】宇中怡Levitate IV – tomato juice by Yu Chung-I
【阿嬤】蘇明彥My Grandma by Ming Yan, Su
【回家】李明宇GOING HOME by Ming-Yu, Lee
【斷章】鮑孟德Looking at HE by Meng-De Bao
【nocho ice】李俊宏 by Chun-Hong Lee

Interview with Kok Siew Wai

Off the Edge interviews Kok Siew Wai on SiCKL, EMACM, music, Malaysia and much more.
A .pdf file of the article can be found here.

JUSTICE YELDMAN, 18th July 2008
http://www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham
http://www.dualplover.com/justice.htm















with
MINDFUCKINGBOY (Singapore)
ANAM (Scotland / Ireland)
LOVE AFFAIR (Malaysia)
KROSOT (Malaysia)

DATE : 18th July 2008 (Friday)

TIME : 8:00pm

VENUE :
studio in cheras kl,
75, tingkat 3,
amber business plaza
jalan jelawat 1,
cheras 56100
kuala lumpur

MAP / DIRECTIONS : http://www.emacm.org/studio/map_sickl.jpg

ENTRY : RM10 (ONLY)

JUSTICE YELDHAM (AUSTRALIA)

'What's been described as "a trumpet player trapped in a two dimensional universe" is in fact the unique audio work of Justice Yeldham, a maverick musician with an unhealthy obsession with sheets of broken glass. By pressing his face and lips against the glass whist employing various vocal techniques ranging from throat singing to raspberries, he turns disguarded household windows into crude musical instruments. Resulting in a wide variety of cacophonous noises that are strangely controlled and oddly musical.'

'Justice Yeldham is the latest alter-ego of Australian sound performer Lucas Abela, whose past sonic experiments were conducted under monikers like A Kombi, Dj Smallcock & Peeled Hearts Paste. Initially classed as an experimental turntablist, although his early work rarely resembled anything in the field. Early feats, saw him stab vinyl with Kruger style stylus gloves, bound on electro acoustic trampolines, drag race the popemobile across Sydney Harbour Bridge, perform deaf defying duet duels with amplified samurai swords, hospitalised by high powered turntables constructed from sewing machine motors, record chance John Peel sessions with the Flaming Lips, & be Otomo Yoshihides' favourite entry into his Ground Zero remix competition; 'Consummation' even though instead of sampling the CD he destroyed it using amplified skewers! '

http://www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham
http://www.dualplover.com/justice.htm

MINDFUCKINGBOY (SINGAPORE)

'About Mindfuckingboy : Creating noise is like being free. Free from everyone's control. Free from conventional boundries and rules of music that were set by other people. Music played by mindfuckingboy is inspired by the nihilistic view on human life, played without much conscious self-control. Its a way of expressing my supressed and the most intimate feelings which cannnot be phrased into words. Countries which i have played in : Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and Switzerland'

http://www.myspace.com/mindfuckingboy

ANAM (SCOTLAND / IRELAND)

'Anam was founded by Claudine Gabriel and Alan McLean who will perform a new piece, 'No Hands' as a duo. Claudine is Irish. She studied contemporary dance and performing art in the UK and performed music and dance across northern Europe, working with contemporary, popular, traditional and jazz groups. Alan studied Philosophy in his native Scotland and started playing electric guitar a year ago. Musically, 'No Hands' focusses on many ways to produce (and hear) a single note using electric guitar and electronics. Alan describes the note E as "deep blue". Claudine performs with voice, movement and the bohdran, the traditional Irish hand drum. The piece is a delicate interaction between the duo, an exchange of movement for music and music for movement.'

LOVE AFFAIR (MALAYSIA)

'love affair started out early 2000 but due to bad music and trips, the affair had to be postponed before it got out of hand. if you notice the strings on the thirsty fishes, you will know that children hang from it to get from point a to b as opposed to the evil mothers who forces their children to eat vegetables and sleep at 9, while driving their minivan around under the influence of suburban pharmaceutical. finally the red elephant asked us to start the affair back again, just to help the rebellion eventhough we used to love each other but we still need the affair to get on living with the beasts and even more important is each other. love affair is an addition by addiction. always will and always has. lets start the affair!!'

http://www.myspace.com/wehateloveaffair

KROSOT (MALAYSIA)

Some tasty 'lo-fi noise manipulation' from Krosot is all you need to send your ears STRAIGHT TO HELL.

http://www.myspace.com/mykrosot

NYOBA KAN BUTOH FESTIVAL 2008

Kok Siew Wai will present her video art as part of the NYOBA KAN BUTOH FESTIVAL.
The festival runs from the 3rd to the 26th of July.
Her video art will be presented as part of "She walks in beauty like the night" which occurs on the 3rd week of festival - 17th to 20th of July - at the Annexe, Central Market.
For complete details, please visit http://nyobakan.blogspot.com

HSBC Young Composers Workshop 08 Facts
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New at this year's HSBC Classics Piano Festival is the Young Composers Workshop, the premiere New Music event of the year.

17 young composers from around the country from Sabah to Sungai Petani are participating by submitting an original work for a chamber ensemble of flute, oboe and piano. A selection panel of established Malaysian composers chaired by Chong Kee Yong and comprising Ahmad Muriz Che Rose and Saidah Rastam will select five compositions to be workshopped and performed at a concert presentation on 13 July 2008.

A rehearsal workshop on Friday 11 July 08 at 8.30pm at Indicine is open to the public free of charge.

Finals Concert - Sunday 13 July 08 at KLPac Pentas 2 at 11 am (Tickets Rm
20 / 15 concession)
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The Young Composers Workshop 08 culminates in a concert on 13 July 08 at Pentas 2 at 11 am. Undoubtedly THE contemporary music event of the year at home, it not only showcases the compositions of the workshop finalists, but also premieres by Malaysian composers Johan Othman and Ng Chong Lim.

You will be the first to hear Johan Othman's opera in progress in an excerpt prepared specially for this workshop titled "Dying In Order To Live" for soprano and piano. His delightful work "the dancing mouse" for voice and harp, based on texts by William Radice, also gets a Malaysian premiere after its world premiere on 16 June 08 in Hamburg. Ng Chong Lim also shares with you his new piano solo work, just as the ink dries on his brand new score. Piano Festival Competition semifinalist also makes an
encore of his competition piece, Chong Kee Yong's Splattered Landscape.

Five new works by our workshop finalists will form the centre-piece of the concert. You can expect bold, innovative styles as well as that touch of Malaysian that inevitably finds its way into our local music. Some of the pieces will be beautifully lyrical, others excitingly experimental. The submissions to the workshop have been of exceptional quality, and Malaysia's young composers are a force to be reckoned with!

Our dedicated musicians, pianists Chee Su Yen, Joyce Ho and Lee Yin Hwa together with oboist Yong How Keen and flautist Vincent Kok will perform the works of the young composers. And guest performers harpist Tan Keng Hong and soprano Chin Yen Lin join us to make this concert of premieres truly special.

SOL 0001
June 28th 2008




















FINALLY, OUR FIRST PROGRAM IS HERE FEATURING THE DARE DEVILS(AND ANGELS) OF ART EXPERIMENTATION!

The SicKL Open Lab (SOL) is launching its first season with new works in poetry, experimental music, video and film on this coming Saturday, 28 June at the Studio in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur (SicKL).

SOL 0001 kicks off its first program with voice composition by Tham Kar Mun- featuring Tham Kar Mun, Yandsen, Kok Siew Wai and Wong Perng Fei; Malaysia premiere experimental video and film works by Au Sow Yee, Huvy and Wong Fe Lik; and a multidisciplinary performance with poetry and visual arts by Tan Yan Tee, Chen Lin Loong, Law Yee Wan and Looi Yook Tho.

*****
SicKL Open Lab (SOL) is organized by Studio in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur (SicKL). SicKL has gathered a group of young artists from different disciplines to share ideas and passion in art, and work together to bring new voices to the local art scene. SOL is the outcome of this collective philosophy.

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. This open platform is free to perform, to exhibit, to experiment and to collaborate. We welcome artists from all disciplines.

*****

SOL happens on the last Saturday of every month at 8pm. Please contact us to confirm the dates.

For more information, please contact:
Siew Wai: swsuny((at))hotmail((dot))com / kokbuffalo((at))yahoo((dot))com
Sow Yee: truely_au((at))hotmail((dot))com

** Next SOL: 26 July 2008 **

Address & Map to SiCKL available here:
http://www.emacm.org/studio/map_sickl.jpg

Studio in Cheras KL
75, Tingkat 3,
Amber Business Plaza,
Jalan Jelawat 1,
Cheras 56100
KL

New release on

HERBAL INTERNATIONAL

SiCKL OPEN LAB: CALL FOR ARTISTS
















Dear Friends,

Please come join us at SicKL's new monthly program!
We are now officially calling for local and regional
artists!

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. This open platform is free to perform, to
exhibit, to experiment and to collaborate. We welcome
artists from all disciplines.

Dare to experiment! Surprise us and surprise
yourself!

SOL happens on the last Saturday of every month at
8pm.

For more information, please contact:
SicKL (Studio in Cheras, KL)
Siew Wai: swsuny||at||hotmail||dot||com / kokbuffalo||at||yahoo||dot||com
Sow Yee: truely_au||at||hotmail||dot||com

ERICA EATON
"ARTS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE"

Sunday 11th Mary 2008

event organised by SiCKL