Muhammad Akbar

Teenage Love: Tough Years, Precious Period

2011-12-27T22:41:00.001-08:00

Teenage Love: Tough Years, Precious Period

2011

Cassettes, glass, aluminum cabinet

80x50x15 cm

exhibited in The Other "I" October 2011

Mocca Rockumentary: Life Keeps on Turning

2011-12-06T22:24:00.000-08:00

My video for "I Would Never (live)" will be featured on this rockumentary

Mocca adalah Arina (vokal dan flute), Riko (gitar), Toma (bass) dan Indra (drum). Sebuah band story-telling asal Bandung yang sukses menelurkan 5 album sepanjang perjalanan musiknya: My Diary (2002), Friends (2004), OST Untuk Rena (2005), Colours (2007), dan Mini Album (2010).

Band yang terbentuk tahun 1999 ini dikenal dengan lagu-lagu andalannya, Secret Admirer, Me and My Boyfriend, dan I Remember. Band dengan nuansa musik swing, indie, pop, waltz, folk, jazz dan kadang bossa nova ini tak terasa sudah 12 tahun mewarnai dunia musik tanah air.

Singkat cerita, pertengahan Juli lalu, Mocca memutuskan untuk vakum karena Arina, akhirnya memutuskan menikah dan tinggal bersama suaminya, Cris Miller, di Amerika Serikat.

“Ide untuk membuat film ini muncul dari keinginan kami saja, untuk mendokumentasikan momen konser terakhir mereka. Kami tahu akan kapasitas dan nama besar band ini, sehingga sangat sayang jika momen ini terlewat begitu saja,” ujar Ari Rusyadi, salah satu sutradara dari film ini.

Salah satu lagu dalam album My Diary, “Life Keeps on Turning” pun dipilih sebagai judul film, karena menurut Ari dkk, lagu ini sangat pas dengan momen yang dialami Mocca saat itu.

“Makna lagunya kan kayak seseorang yang meninggalkan orang yang disayanginya, tapi kepergian orang itu cuma merupakan fase hidup yang biasa terjadi, kita harus bisa move on dan menjalani hidup seperti biasa. Nggak bisa kita stuck di momen itu, kami sih menganggap judul lagu ini sangat cocok buat judul filmnya, di mana mocca vakum karena ada kepentingan masing-masing personel,” Ari menambahkan.

Film dokumenter musik yang berdurasi 80 menit ini berhasil meng-capture secara visual momen terakhir Mocca di atas panggung maupun di luar panggung. Film ini pun siap mengajak penonton untuk bernostalgia sekaligus menunjukan bahwa band ini memang dicintai dan diapresiasi banyak orang.

Lebih lanjut film ini diharapkan bisa memberikan inspirasi bahwa Mocca adalah 4 orang yang melakukan apa yang mereka suka, dengan tekun dan fokus sampai akhirnya mereka berhasil mengambil hati pecinta musik Indonesia dengan karya-karyanya.

Film ini melibatkan banyak filmmaker muda dari Jakarta dan Bandung, termasuk kawan-kawan Swinging Friends. Film produksi perdana Good News Film ini disutradarai oleh Ari Rusyadi and Nicholas Yudifar. Ari, seorang filmmaker yang baru saja merampungkan film “Jakartarck”, yang sukses diputar perdana di Bike Film Festival, di New York, tahun ini dan sedang melakukan roadshow di 50 kota seluruh dunia bersama Bike Film Festival tadi. Sedangkan Nicho dikenal dengan karya film pendeknya, berjudul “Kabar Gembira”, yang menang dalam ajang Kodak Student Film Competition juga “Titik Nol” yang juga terpilih dalam beberapa festival film internasional. selain itu di film ini terdapat video buatan dari 3 video artists ternama dari Bandung dan Jogja, yaitu Yusuf Ismail dan Muhammad Akbar serta juga videorobber.

Mocca Rockumentary: Life Keeps on Turning rencananya akan tayang perdana dalam event Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (JAFF) di Jogjakarta, 15 dan 17 Desember 2011. Selanjutnya, film ini akan didistribusikan secara independen dan akan digelar pemutaran di beberapa kota besar secara terbuka.

And here are the crews!

Producers
Ari Rusyadi, Vira Yudha
Associate Producers
Anggun Priambodo, Didya Adakita
Line Producer
Chacha Rasyidi Ariefiansyah
Directors
Ari Rusyadi, Nicholas Yudifar
Camera Persons
Yudhistira Purwanto, Ahmad Hasan Yuniardi, Hani Fauzia Ramadhani, Patar Prabowo, Ranggi Arohmansari, Carten Nulagraha, Lingga Murni Andarini, Teguh Rahmadi, Didya Adakita, Ari Rusyadi, Chacha Rasyidi Ariefiansyah, Nicholas Yudifar, Mechsura Wijil K., Chamelia, Efi Sri Handayani, Toma Pratama, Meicy Sitorus, Agung iRockumentary dan 7 orang Swinging Friends lainnya yang namanya tidak mau disebut.
Sound Designer
Satria A. Anggapradja
Editors
Ahmad Hasan Yuniardi, Syauqi Tuasikal
Assistant Editor
Lukman ‘Komplek’ Fauzie
Video Artist
Muhammad Akbar, Yusuf Ismail, Videorobber
DIT
Dida
Poster & Design
Abilaksono

For further information, contact us!
Ari Rusyadi
Nicho Yudifiar
Lingga Murni

Or visit our official page at:
http://moccarockumentary.tumblr.com/
http://www.facebook.com/moccadocumentary

Thank you!

source: http://majalahcobra.com/

YXINE FILM FESTIVAL 2011

2011-12-05T21:23:00.001-08:00

video Telepower will be included in the festival, at the program called In Focus

check it out http://www.yxineff.com/

MOVING IMAGES FROM INDONESIA

2011-12-05T20:40:00.000-08:00

MOVING IMAGES FROM INDONESIA

10.12.2011, 2-7 p.m.
ZKM_Media Theater

Lecture- and video program, curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch
With lectures by Katerina Valdivia Bruch, Agung Hujatnika and Krisna Murti as well as video works by Wimo Ambala Bayang, Reza 'Asung' Afisina, Muhammad Akbar, Nala Atmowiloto, Ariani Darmawan, Yusuf Ismail, Krisna Murti, Eko Nugroho, Anggun Priambodo, Rani Ravenina, Prilla Tania, Ari Satria Darma, Wok The Rock and Tintin Wulia

Temporary presentation of the video works in the exhibition, studio at MNK (1st floor): December 09., 2011 – January 08, 2012

The use of video for artistic purposes in Indonesia dates back to the early nineties when the pioneers Krisna Murti, Teguh Ostentrik and Heri Dono began to experiment with video in order to expand the scope of their artistic creations. However, the influence of video in Indonesian contemporary art is not only the result of an innovation within the artistic field, it is rather a critical positioning towards entertainment industry and, above all, a critique of television.

After the downfall of Suharto's regime (also known as Era Reformasi, from 1998), thanks to the freedom of opinion, the primarily socially oriented focus shifted to more personal and playful works. This second and younger generation of video makers grew up with both television and internet, music videos and the use of mobile devices. Since then, initiatives related to video art and video activism appeared and experiments with video technology spread across the artistic scene.

More than a historical introduction, the talk of Katerina Valdivia Bruch will give an insight about video activism and artists' initiatives that work researching, documenting and disseminating information about video in Indonesia. Furthermore, the artist Krisna Murti will speak about the specificity of Indonesia's video art scene in the context of South East Asia. Following this, the curator Agung Hujatnika will give a review of the OK. Video - Jakarta International Video Festival, a biannual event that takes place in the capital city since 2003, and will talk about the significance of this event for the art scene in Indonesia.

Eve (office woman gaze)

2011-10-05T01:02:00.000-07:00

Electricity : A Reminiscence

2011-08-25T08:44:00.001-07:00

Electricity : A Reminiscence

Parallel Electric sockets & Electric Socket Lamps, TV, CCTV.

2011

Camille (Office Woman Gaze Series)

2011-08-23T08:57:00.000-07:00

Camille (Office Woman Gaze Series)

10 minutes (loop)

HDTV, HDV 1080p, Playstation-3.

2011

Time Will Never Change, But Everything Else Will.

2011-08-21T10:03:00.000-07:00

Time Will Never Change, But Everything Else Will.

12 hours loop video clock, tempered glass, alumunium.

2011

photo by Evan Driyanandra

A Journey to the Top of The Screen & Vanished in the Seemless Horizon

2011-08-19T11:22:00.000-07:00

A Journey to the Top of The Screen & Vanished in the Seemless Horizon

8 minutes

HD video, HDTV

2011

LET'S DIE TOGETHER IN 2012 exhibition

2011-08-08T02:23:00.000-07:00

Pameran 'Lets Die Together in 2012'

Pembukaan Pameran :
Selasa, 16 Agustus 2011
pkl. 17.00 - 20.00 WIB (buka puasa bersama)

Pameran:
16 - 28 Agustus 2011
pkl. 10.00 - 20.00 WIB

Diskusi:
Rabu, 24 Agustus 2011 pkl 18.00 - 20.00
Tempat : Common Room Networks Foundation
Jl. Kyai Gede Utama No. 8 Bandung

Ini adalah sebuah pameran bersama yang menginterpretasikan album ketiga dari Bottlesmoker yang berjudul "Let's Die Together in 2012".

Dalam pameran ini Bottlesmoker mengajak beberapa seniman kota Bandung dari berbagai genre dan generasi untuk bersama-sama menginterpretasi album Bottlesmoker ke dalam bentuk karya yang dipresentasikan ke berbagai media.

Disini Bottlesmoker sama sekali tidak membatasi ruang berekspresi setiap seniman dalam berkarya, melainkan bersama-sama merespon ruang yang ada di galeri Common Room.

Seniman yg terlibat :

1. Gustaff Hariman Iskandar
2. Sir Dandy Harrington
3. Evan Driyananda & Attina Nuraini (Recycle Experience)
4. Muhammad Akbar
5. Sundea (Salamatahari)
6. Doly Harahap
7. Heickel Alkatiri
8. Mufti Priyanka a.k.a Amenk
9. Ageng Purna Galih (wawbaw series)
10. Taufik Akbar a.k.a Fikart
11. Ken Terror
12. Ykha Amelz
13. Marina Tasha Avianty
14. Deden Sambas

Voyeurisme

2011-08-04T09:03:00.000-07:00

Voyeurisme

Dikurasi oleh Sudianto Aly

Galeri Gerilya.

Jl. Raden Patah no. 12, Dago

Bandung, Indonesia

13 - 21 Agustus 2011

buka 18:00-23:00

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Pembukaan:
Sabtu, 13 Agustus 2011
18:00*

Diskusi terbuka:
Rabu, 17 Agustus 2011
18:00*
+ Bersama Bambang Sugiharto, Tisna Sanjaya dan Sudianto Aly

*setelah acara buka bersama

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Kotakotak
Muhammad Akbar
R. Baskoro Gondokusumo
Recycle Experience
Reza Farnanda
Riahardy Mendrofa
Risanda Adisaputra
Tania Hazriandiba

Kurator:
Sudianto Aly

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Bekerjasama dengan:
Omuniuum
Kineruku
Komunitas Telor Asin

Galeri Gerilya Location

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BAYANG Pameran Seni Rupa Kontemporer Islam

2011-08-04T08:47:00.000-07:00

i'm showing my recent work in this exhibition

BAYANG

Pameran Seni Rupa Kontemporer Islam

Kurator :
Rizki A. Zaelani A. Rikrik Kusmara

Pembukaan :
Rabu, 27 Juli 2011 pukul 19.00
Galeri Nasional Indonesia
Jl. Medan Merdeka Timur No.14
Jakarta

Pameran akan dibuka oleh :
Bpk. Ir. M. Hatta Rajasa
(Menko Perekonomian Republik Indonesia)

Pameran Terbuka Untuk Umum
27 Juli - 14 Agustus 2011
Setiap hari pukul 09.00 - 19.00 wib

Harper's BAZAAR ART Jakarta 2011

2011-08-04T08:32:00.000-07:00

my recent work is exhibited at New Media Section at BAZAAR Art Fair 2011

August 4 - 7, 2011

Ballroom 1-2 of The Ritz Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place

Remarkable fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazine, Harper's Bazaar Indonesia proudly presents the annual celebration of art works, Bazaar Art Jakarta 2011. Initially held in 2009, presenting 23 galleries and auction houses with 800 artworks from 252 artists, every year Bazaar Art Jakarta has doubled the numbers of participants, as done in the 2010 event and definitely in the upcoming Bazaar Art Jakarta 2011, the third celebration of the most spectacular and comprehensive art exhibition in Indonesia. Not only will the art display be exhibited for a longer period, but the event will also invite more galleries than ever to participate. Especially for this year's event, Harper's Bazaar Indonesia will also invite guest galleries from across Asia to exhibit the beauty of their crafting expertise. Located in the heart of the biggest city in Indonesia, Ballroom 1-2 of The Ritz Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place is chosen as the perfect venue to allow artists, art works, galleries, auction houses and visitors to interact more intensely. Bazaar Art Jakarta 2011 will be held on August 4 - 7, 2011 with the opening party (Vernissage) held on August 3, 2011.

http://www.artjakarta.com/

2011-08-03T01:11:00.001-07:00

MEMBAJAK TV

6 - 21 Agustus 2010

Senin-Sabtu pukul 11:00-20:00 WIB

Minggu pukul 11.00-15.00 WIB (Hari libur nasional tutup).

diskusi:

Sabtu, 06 Agustus 2011 pukul 16.00 WIB,

Speaker Anggun Priambodo (Seniman Video)

Ruddy Hatumena (Anggota kelompok seniman, Tromarama).

Opening:

Sabtu, 06 Agustus 2011, pukul 18.00 WIB.

artists:

Anggun Priambodo, Forum Lenteng, Henry Foundation, HONF (House of Natural Fiber), Irwan Ahmett, Jompet Kuswidananto, Melati Suryodarmo, Muhammad Akbar, Nanang R. Hidayat, Prilla Tania, Reza Afisina (Asung), Tintin Wulia, Tromarama, Wimo Ambala Bayang dan Yusuf Ismail.

Televisi—yang dikuasai oleh kekuatan politik dan korporasi—telah membentuk dan mengkonstruksi realitas, perilaku dan identitas budaya masyarakat sehingga kemudian muncullah generasi yang memaknainya dengan berbagai cara: kesadaran untuk membuat jarak budaya, mempertanyakan, menggoda, mengkritik, mengintervensi, merefleksi, dan bahkan menawarkan solusi.

Kemunculan generasi baru pembuat video ini memperlihatkan kaitan erat antara kemajuan teknologi media dengan budaya televisi di Indonesia melalui tiga hal utama: perkembangan teknologi, relasi sejarah politik informasi pertelevisian dengan perkembangan video seni, dan kemunculan generasi pembuat karya video yang berusia di bawah 30 tahun—yang merupakan generasi “asuhan” budaya televisi. Posisi kultural yang dilakoni para pembuat video ini berseberangan dengan kelompok masyarakat yang memaknai teknologi televisi semata-mata sebagai konsumsi, hiburan, atau gaya hidup.

Sebagai survei dan pemetaan karya-karya video, Pameran Seni Video ini berharap bisa memberikan tawaran data, informasi, dan inspirasi bagi masyarakat luas mengenai strategi untuk dapat hidup berdampingan dengan teknologi media televisi secara sehat, serta memahami mata rantainya dengan kekuatan politik dan korporasi/pasar.

Galeri Salihara menyelenggarakan Pameran Seni Video “Membajak TV” dengan semangat semi retrospektif, menampilkan karya-karya video dari sejumlah seniman yang diciptakan dalam kurun 1998 (pasca Reformasi) sampai dengan 2010, melalui seleksi dan proses kurasi yang dilakukan oleh seniman dan pengamat seni media baru, Krisna Murti.

Komunitas Salihara;

Jl. Salihara 16, Pasar Minggu,

Jakarta Selatan 12520. Tel: 021-789-1202

Ipiet di 0856-4999-0204 ipiet@salihara.org, www.galeri.salihara.org.

Contemporary Landscape

2011-07-03T07:30:00.000-07:00

please come to see my latest work in this exhibition :)

Exhibition runs fro 2 - 27 July 2011

Lawangwangi – Art and Science Estate
Jl. Dago Giri 99 Mekarwangi Bandung
Phone. +62 22 250 4065 / +62 812 147 4946
www.artsociates.com

Participated Artists :
Aditya Novali, Agus Budiman, Albert Yonathan, Alghori, Amalia Kartika Sari,
Andy Dewantoro, Anggoro Prasetyo, Awan Simatupang, Baihaqi Hasan, Budi Adi Nugroho,
Eddi Prabandono, Henricus Napitsunargo, Hilman Hendarsyah, Jatiwangi Art Factory,
Joko Avianto, Leonardiansyah Allenda, M.Akbar, M.Irfan, M.Ridwan,
Manuel Heischel (cikcuk), Maridita Sutantio, Mariam Sofrina, Meizan Diandra,
Prananda Luffiansyah, Prilla Tania, Rama Surya, Reggie Aquara, Rudi ST. Darma,
Sarah Lena Dorn, Willy Himawan, Yudi AB, Yudi Andhika (Yellow Dino), Yona Yunistia.

Derau: Pameran Seni Bebunyian

2011-07-03T07:26:00.000-07:00

Mencari Ilham dari Bunyi Derau
Pameran Seni Bebunyian: [Derau] | Nu:SubstanceFestival/2011/Polarities
Pembukaan: 1 Juli 2011, Pk. 19.00 – end.
Pameran: 1 – 16 Juli 2011, 10.00 – 15.00 WIB

Eksperimentasi seni bebunyian merupakan salah satu kegiatan yang paling sering dilakukan di Common Room pada sepanjang tahun 2007 – 2011. Beberapa diantara prosesnya ada yang dikembangkan secara terencana dan konseptual, selain juga ada proses yang intuitif atau bahkan spekulatif. Tidak mengherankan apabila kemudian upaya eksperimentasi ini merambah wilayah eksplorasi yang begitu luas; mulai dari eksplorasi penggunaan instrumen bambu yang dimainkan secara manual sehingga dapat menghasilkan karakter bunyi yang unik, sampai pada eksplorasi berbagai piranti dan sumber bebunyian akustik, elektronik, maupun digital.

Proses eksperimentasi bebunyian yang berkembang di Common Room juga tidak dibatasi oleh cara maupun teknologi media yang digunakan. Hal ini sengaja diupayakan untuk menembus berbagai kemungkinan yang ada dalam ranah eksplorasi yang nyaris tak berujung dan bertepi. Sebagai hasilnya kita kemudian dapat melihat sebagian dari beberapa karya hasil eksperimen tersebut dalam pameran ini. Meski sayup-sayup, secara perlahan eksplorasi seni bebunyian ini mampu menjelma menjadi sebuah praksis seni alternatif yang sekaligus menjadi buah persilangan dari eksplorasi di bidang seni dan pemanfaatan teknologi media. Selain memiliki aspek audial yang sangat dominan, beberapa diantara karya yang dipamerkan juga memiliki elemen visual yang kuat.

Secara garis besar, kumpulan karya dalam pameran ini dapat kita lihat sebagai proyeksi imajinasi kolektif serta agregasi ingatan dari setiap peserta yang memiliki latar belakang dan pendekatan kekaryaan yang bermacam-macam. Beberapa diantaranya ada yang mencoba untuk menelusuri teks serta mengabarkan narasi tentang kehidupan masyarakat urban, selain juga kritik terhadap kondisi lingkungan yang berkelindan dengan refleksi tentang perkembangan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi. Lebih jauh, pameran ini juga sekaligus dapat dilihat sebagai sebuah upaya untuk menalar kembali relevansi penggunaan teknologi media dalam kehidupan kita. Dalam konteks ini barangkali dapat kita tenggarai bahwa penggunaan teknologi media telah semakin melekat dengan keseharian kita, sehingga juga perlu dikembangkan untuk menjadi instrumen bagi proses kritik dan refleksi; selain juga wahana untuk berfikir dan berimajinasi.

Kyai Gede Utama, 28 Juni 2011

*Kegiatan ini merupakan bagian sekaligus pembukaan Nu:SubstanceFestival/2011/Polarities

SWEET AGONY

2011-05-31T04:43:00.000-07:00

SELAMETAN DIGITAL - All Night Long Video and New Media Arts

2011-05-10T21:46:00.000-07:00

To officiate the new Langgeng Art Foundation (based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia), we cordially invite you to our inauguration night:

SELAMETAN Digital
All Night Long Video and New Media Arts

“SELAMETAN” is a Javanese-Indonesian concept of a community gathering, where neighbors and friends are invited to a celebration of an important occasion, to pray and hope for a better future and, most of all, to gather in a convivial sphere. In Yogyakarta, the city where LAF resides, an all night-long wayang performance (shadow puppet play) usually becomes the central part of “selametan”. SELAMETAN Digital is our own version of such long and deep-rooted tradition.

As much as this tradition is still practiced, we are also witnessing that in many ways our life activities and artistic expression drawn by and into digital technology. We are embracing all new forms of art and cultural expressions which in the process of ‘becoming’. We are witnessing, with enthusiasm, how new technologies becoming part of our daily lives, and shaping our contemporary culture. SELAMETAN Digital is an all-night long video and new-media works viewing session to inaugurate Langgeng Art Foundation.

This is a 12-hours only event!
From Thursday, 12 May 2011, 16:00
Until Friday, 13 May 2011, 04:00

The first video will be screened on 18:00.

The inauguration speech by the founder of Langgeng Art Foundation Mr. Deddy Irianto and our first director Mr. Enin Supriyanto will start at 19:00 and ends at 19:30.

The people in the foundation are:
Mr. Deddy Irianto, founder and advisory board; Mr. ST Sunardi, advisory board; Mr. Hendro Wiyanto, advisory board; Ms. Tanty Edowaty, steering committee; Ms. Aisyah Hilal, steering committee; Mr. Enin Supriyanto, director; Ms. Grace Samboh, executive director; Ms. Ditya Sarasiastuti, operational manager; Mr. Tony Godfrey, academic board; Mr. Goenawan Mohammad, academic board

Participating artists are:
Ade Darmawan (Indonesia); Anggun Priambodo (Indonesia); Douglas Davis (USA); Genevieve Chua (Singapore); Harwan “Aconk” Panuju (Indonesia); Joseph Beuys (Germany); M. Adel Pasha (Indonesia); Miltos Manetas (USA); Muhammad Akbar (Indonesia); Nam June Paik (Korea); R.E. Hartanto (Indonesia); Reza “Asung” Afisina (Indonesia); Sara Nuytemans (The Netherlands); Su Tomesen (The Netherlands); Tromarama (Indonesia); Wimo Ambala Bayang (Indonesia); Wok The Rock (Indonesia); Yusuf Ismail (Indonesia); 10 Years of Video Art in Indonesia (curated by Hafiz, Indonesia); Green Papaya Projects (selected works, Philipines); akumassa (selected works, Indonesia); OK Video Militia (selected works, Indonesia); Video Battle (selected works, Indonesia)

We would be very honored if you are interested in coming down to Yogyakarta for our inauguration night.

–
Langgeng Art Foundation

Postal address:
Jl. Suryodiningratan 37
Yogyakarta 55141
Indonesia

[p] (62)274-417043
[f] (62)274-317712

M Akbar at Trah project | Sarupaning Beja | An audio visual collaboration project

2011-01-29T01:37:00.000-08:00

Trah project | Sarupaning Beja | An audio visual collaboration project

CCF Bandung

Jl. Purnawarman 32 Bandung

12 Februari 2011

18.00 WIB

Deskripsi singkat

Sarupaning mengisyaratkan manusia tak ada yang berbeda. Semua sama, tak ada yang berlebih, puntak berkurang. Hakikatnya manusiamemang sama. Namun kenyataannya saat ini keluar dari hakikat itu sendiri. Manusia saling berlomba untuk menyombongkan dirinya, keadaannya. Merasa paling hebat dari yang lain. Sarupaning beja merupakan sebuah doa. Doa kepada yang terlebih dulu hidup, dan sebagai pengingat kepada yang masih hidup. Sarupaning beja berasal dari Indramayu, sebuah doa kepada para karuhun, mengiringi kesenian gmbyung, untuk mengingatkan kemballi akan hakikatnya sebagai seorang manusia.

Sebuah presentasi hasil pendokumentasian budaya khususnya seni musik pada kehidupan yang lampau yang akan dikolaborasikan dengan musik kontemporer dengan kemasan yang moderen.. Sehingga pertunjukan ini dapat memberikan pengalaman yang berbeda apabila kita melihat trahnya( garis keturunan ) dari segi zaman maupun seniman-seniman yang terlibat dalam pertunjukan ini.

Selamat menikmati kolaborasi yang indah ini., dan tentu saja setelah menyantap semua sajian, akhir kesimpulan akan menjadi sebuah refleksi kehidupan, merasa merefresh jalur yang telah ditempuh, pun menyadari akan hakikatnya sebagai mahluk ciptaan Tuhan. Suguhan yang akan membuat kita eling. Ya eling-eling kana jatina, kana dirina, kana hirupna.

^.^ Sinta Ridwan

trah - layung beureum by megigime

MULTIMEDIA ARTS IN INDONESIA ( Ruang Rupa 10th Anniversay - Expanding The Space & Public )

2010-12-29T01:05:00.000-08:00

MULTIMEDIA ARTS IN INDONESIA

07•01•11 -27•01•11

Curator : Hendro Wiyanto
Artists :
Yogyakata : Geber Modus Operandi, Vensha, AG Kus Widananto (Jompet), Agus Suwage, Performance Fucktory, House of Natural Fiber
Jakarta : Krisna Murti, Tintin Wulia, Ade Darmawan, Hardiman, Radjab, Hafiz.
Bandung : Widiyanto Nugroho, Commonroom, Muhamad Akbar, Prillia Tania.

at Galeri Cipta II, Taman Ismail Marzuki. Jakarta
Opening Ceremony: 07•01•11 (19.30)

Open hour: 10.00-20.00 (Tuesdays to Sundays, closed on public holidays)

ARTIST TALK
Friday, 27•01•2011 (15.00-17.00)
Galeri Cipta II - Taman Ismail Marzuki
Speakers: Widianto Nugroho (Indonesia), Tintin Wulia (Indonesia), HONF Collective (Indonesia)
Moderator: Hendro Wiyanto (Indonesia)

Bagaimana hubungan antara seni rupa dengan perkembangan teknologi media, khususnya di Indonesia sekarang ini? Bagaimana seniman menyikapi perkembangan baru di sekitar pokok soal ini? Apakah sebagai sikap ‘estetis’ yang baru, sikap politik seni atau sebuah keniscayaan karena perkembangan teknologi informasi dan komunikasi itu sendiri tak terelakkan oleh siapa pun, di mana pun? Sejumlah seniman, setidaknya lebih kurang dalam dua dekade terakhir ini, dapat ditengarai semakin tampak giat bekerja dengan medium-medium baru, atau katakanlah memasuki gelanggang ‘seni rupa media baru’ di kancah yang semakin global. Apakah media baru akan mengenyahkan yang lama, menggantikannya dan bahkan menggusurnya? Apa kontribusi seniman melalui riset-riset media yang mereka tempuh? Di ranah mana kontribusi para seniman itu berada? Pameran Multimedia Arts in Indonesia (Seni Rupa Multimedia di Indonesia) menunjukkan penampang perkembangan seni rupa di ranah yang jarang diungkap ini dan melibatkan beberapa seniman Indonesia.
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How do art and media technology development relate, especially in the context of Indonesia today? How do artists address the newest developments around this main subject? Whether as a new ‘aesthetic’ gesture, as a political art pose, or more as a certainty since the growth in information and communication technology is inevitable to anyone, whoever and wherever s/he is? A number of artists in at least these last two decades could be suspected to be increasingly productive by the utilization of new media, in other words they are entering the ‘new media art’ realm in a more globalized scene. Is new media rendering the old ones obsolete, replacing them, and even obliterating them? What is the contribution of artists given through their media researches? In which realm would these artists’ contributions better serve their function? The Multimedia Arts in Indonesia exhibition presents the cross-section showing the growth of this rarely discovered realm of art and involving Indonesian artists.

www.ruangrupa.org

RECORDED WAVES: Moving Images from Indonesia

2010-11-10T01:26:00.000-08:00

RECORDED WAVES: Moving Images from Indonesia

curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Artists: Muhammad Akbar, Tiong Ang, Nala Atmowiloto, Wimo Ambala Bayang, Ari Satria Darma, Henry Foundation, Krisna Murti, Eko Nugroho, Anggun Priambodo, Wok The Rock, Prilla Tania, Tintin Wulia.

OPENING: (Friday) 19 November, 2010; 7pm

Address:
Para/Site Art Space
Tel: +852 2517 4620
Fax: +852 2517 6850
G/F, 4 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

http://www.para-site.org.hk/

Warm regards,

Katerina Valdivia Bruch

www.artatak.net

M. Akbar aka Killafternoon perform withKillafternoon with Andit Records

2010-11-03T01:12:00.000-07:00

OK Video Retrospective Documentation

2010-10-03T22:21:00.000-07:00

OK.Video - Jakarta International Video Festival. A Retrospective.
Curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Exhibition: September 3rd – October 16th, 2010
at Art and Culture International e.V.

OK.Video - Jakarta International Video Festival. A Retrospective.

2010-08-20T07:54:00.000-07:00

OK.Video - Jakarta International Video Festival. A Retrospective.
Curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Vernissage: Thursday, September 2nd 2010, 7 pm

Muhammad Akbar · Wimo Ambala Bayang · Tiong Ang · Reza 'Asung' Afisina · Nala Atmowiloto · Henry Foundation · Andry Mochammed · Krisna Murti · Ari Satria Darma · Anggun Priambodo · Prilla Tania · Tintin Wulia

Exhibition: September 3rd – October 16th, 2010
at Art and Culture International e.V.

Programme:

Talk about artists´ initiatives and the video art scene in Indonesia.
A talk by Hafiz and Katerina Valdivia Bruch
September 7th, 2010, 7.30 pm

Address:
art and culture international e.V.
c/o KunstBüroBerlin
Uhlandstraße 162
D-10719 Berlin
www.art-cult.org
Opening hours: Wed-Fr. 12-7 pm, Sat. 1-4 pm, and by appointment

This project is supported by Goethe Institute (grant for curators), IfA (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations), Kunst Magazin Berlin, Indonesian Embassy in Berlin and KunstBüroBerlin.
Organised by art and culture international e.V.

More information:
ruangrupa
OK. Video - Jakarta International Video Festival

Download invitation
Exhibition text DE
Exhibition text EN

Presentation of the project 9808, video works related to ten years of Reformasi.
A talk by Hafiz, Artistic Director of OK. Video - Jakarta International Video Festival and Director of Forum Lenteng, Jakarta

Friday, September 3rd, 2010, 6 pm

Address:
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
Education Section
Lehrter Str. 16/17
D-10557 Berlin

Artbook Exhibition CODEX CODE at Ruang Rupa Jakarta

2010-08-03T22:59:00.000-07:00

ruangrupa dan Kedai Kebun Forum

mempersembahkan

Proyek pameran buku

CODEX CODE

Inisiator : Wok The Rock
Produser : Agung Kurniawan

Seniman :
Aprilia Apsari, Ariela Kristantina, Bambang Toko Witjaksono, Bujangan Urban, Cahyo Basuki Yopi, Grace Samboh, Henry Foundation, Ican Harem, Ika Vantiani, Irwan Ahmett, Jim Allen Abel, Malaikat, Marishka Soekarna, Muhammad Akbar, oomleo, Reza Asung Afisina, S.C.A.N.D.A.L., Uji Handoko, Wimo Ambala Bayang, Wiyoga Muhardanto, Wok The Rock.

Pembukaan pameran :
Sabtu, 7 Agustus 2010 jam 17.00 – selesai

Dimeriahkan oleh:
Reading Performance

Pameran :
8 – 21 Agustus 2010 (setiap hari jam 11.00 – 21.00, kecuali hari Minggu tutup)

Tidak dipungut bayaran dan terbuka untuk umum

RURU Gallery
ruangrupa
Jl. Tebet Timur Dalam Raya No. 6, Jakarta Selatan 12820
t/f: +62 21 8304220
e-mail: info@ruangrupa.org
www.ruangrupa.org

CODEX CODE
Bagi seorang individu, membuat sebuah buku di pahami secara umum sebagai kerja produksi yang istimewa dan eksklusif sehingga membutuhkan waktu yang panjang, kekuatan ekonomi dan dipengaruhi oleh strata sosial yang berbelit-belit. Manuskrip yang paling akrab dikenal dan ditulis oleh manusia sejak usia belia adalah buku diary. Karena sifatnya yang sangat pribadi dan sensitif, buku diary bisa dibilang jarang dipublikasikan. Namun, buku diary memiliki nilai historis yang tinggi di saat si empunya telah meninggalkan dunia fana.

Salah satu metode produksi buku yang melawan sekat-sekat strata sosial dan ekonomi adalah munculnya apa yang dikenal dengan istilah Zine. Zine yang pada awalnya dipelopori oleh komunitas penggemar film-film fiksi ilmiah di tahun 1960-an dan kemudian populer di kalangan punk di era 1970-an yang juga dipacu oleh budaya 'do-it-yourself'-nya telah dengan sukses menepis anggapan bahwa membuat buku itu sulit, harus sesuai dengan norma-norma sosial dan aturan baku jurnalistik dan hanya patut diproduksi oleh seorang figur publik. Di saat yang sama, gerakan seniman-seniman fluksus dan dadaisme mulai menggunakan buku sebagai medium berkesenian.

Teknologi informasi dan grafika yang kian maju pesat saat ini tentunya memiliki pengaruh yang sangat kuat dalam memproduksi sebuah buku. Piranti lunak dan format data PDF yang dikembangkan oleh Adobe, weblog dan mesin cetak 'on-demand' beserta teknik penjilidan yang bisa dipesan dalam jumlah satuan telah memungkinkan siapapun untuk memproduksi sendiri sebuah buku dengan mudah dan murah.

Proyek pameran buku ini mengundang beberapa perupa, desainer, penulis, peneliti, penggemar musik, kurator seni hingga blogger untuk membuat sebuah buku. Buku disini dipahami sebagai medium ekspresi seni seperti halnya video, puisi atau lukisan. Buku ini bisa berupa naskah/manuskrip yang hanya memiliki 1 edisi atau diproduksi dalam jumlah banyak.
(Wok The Rock)

Proyek pameran buku CODEX CODE ini sebelumnya telah dipamerkan di Kedai Kebun, Yogyakarta pada Maret 2010 yang lalu.

PAMERAN VIDEO MUSIK EKSPERIMENTAL JERMAN-INDONESIA

2010-07-29T22:56:00.000-07:00

PAMERAN VIDEO MUSIK EKSPERIMENTAL JERMAN-INDONESIA

GoetheHaus
Jalan Sam Ratulangi No. 9-15
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat

Pembukaan:
Jumat 6 Agustus 2010
19.00 WIB
Musik pembuka oleh DJ Danger Dope

Pameran Video Musik:
7-13 Agustus 2010
10.00-17.00 WIB,
Minggu tutup

Diskusi:
Bersama Anggun Priambodo (Pembuat video musik) & Indra Ameng (Kurator)
Jumat, 6 Agustus 2010, 16.00 WIB

Sejak tahun 1998, Festival Film International Oberhausen membuat sebuah program khusus video musik (MuVi Preis) untuk mempertunjukkan video-video musik Jerman dan menjadi festival film internasional pertama yang menerima video musik sebagai ekspresi seni tersendiri, bukan sekadar ilustrasi dan iklan (promosional) musik. Video musik di Oberhausen tidak dinilai dari musiknya, melainkan dari aspek visual atau filmisnya. Lebih jauh, Oberhausen melihat bahwa sebagai bagian dari kebudayaan massa, video musik dianggap varian dari gerakan garda depan (avant-garde).

Experimentelle Deutsch-Indonesische Musikvideos merupakan pameran pertama yang memadukan video musik Jerman dan Indonesia yang berangkat dari gagasan Oberhausen. Pameran akan menampilkan 31 karya video musik eksperimental yang merupakan hasil kurasi dari Festival Film Oberhausen sejak tahun 1998 hingga 2007 yang terkemas dalam program Zur Rettung Der Popkultur: Experimentelle Deutsche Musikvideos 1998-2003 dan 2003-2007. Dari Indonesia, pameran menghadirkan 17 video musik terpilih yang diproduksi dari tahun 2002-2009. Pameran akan didahului sebuah diskusi bersama artis video dan kurator dari Indonesia.

Menghadirkan video musik Indonesia antara lain dari
Seringai, Naif, Lain, Tetty Kadi, Rock n Roll Mafia, Cozy Street Corner, Teknoshit, OK Karaoke, The Jonis, Candyfloss, Zoo, Shark Move, Boys A For Toys, Homogenic, & Club 80s.

Karya video artis
The Jadugar, Eddy Cahyono, Andy Metay, Tromarama, Bayu Bergas, Beni Wicaksono, Gentur Galih Surya, Ari Rusyadi, Cerahati, Muhammad Akbar, & Platon Theodores.

See In Red

2010-07-28T10:34:00.000-07:00

See In Red

03'00" (loop)

single channel, digital frame

2010

Zizi (anchorwoman series)

2010-07-12T04:50:00.000-07:00

Zizi
02' 59" DVD video loop

2010

FIXER | Pameran Ruang Alternatif & Komunitas Seni Rupa di Indonesia

2010-06-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

FIXER | Pameran Ruang Alternatif & Komunitas Seni Rupa di Indonesia | North Art Space Jakarta, 19 – 28 Juni 2010

Pameran ini menampilkan sejumlah organisasi seni yang dikelola oleh seniman, yang selama beberapa tahun terakhir berhasil bertahan dan berperan dalam perkembangan seni rupa kontemporer di Indonesia. Organisasi seniman dalam pameran ini setidaknya mempunyai dua kecenderungan praktik sekaligus. Pertama adalah kerja produksi artistik dimana organisasi/ komunitas tersebut memproduksi karya artistik secara bersama maupun individu sebagai sebuah pernyataan artistik, yang kedua adalah organisasi tersebut memiliki kesadaran publik dengan mengelola, baik secara mandiri maupun kolaborasi, kegiatan untuk publik luas seperti pameran, lokakarya, festival, diskusi, penerbitan, pemutaran film/ video, website, pengarsipan dan penelitian.

Peserta
Akademi Samali (Jakarta), Asbestos Art Space (Bandung), Atap Alis (Jakarta), BYAR Creative Industry (Semarang), Common Room Networks Foundation (Bandung), Forum Lenteng (Jakarta), Gardu Unik (Cirebon), House of Natural Fiber (Yogyakarta), Jatiwangi Art Factory (Jatiwangi), Kampung Segart (Jakarta), Malang Meeting Point (Malang), Maros Visual Culture Initiative (Jakarta), Performance Club (Yogyakarta), ruangrupa (Jakarta), Ruang Akal (Makassar), Ruang Mes56 (Yogyakarta), Sarueh (Padang Panjang), Serrum (Jakarta), Tembok Bomber (Jakarta), Urbanspace (Surabaya), & Video Lab (Bandung).

Kurator
Ade Darmawan & Rifky Effendi

Pembukaan
Jumat, 18 Juni 2010

Pameran
19 – 28 Juni 2010

Dimeriahkan oleh

North Art Space
Pasar Seni Jaya Ancol
Jl. Lodan Timur no. 7
Pasar Seni Ancol
Jakarta Utara 14430
Telp. 021-64710319
URL: http://www.ancol.com

M. Akbar "LOGOCITI" on SURAT NEWSLETTER IVAA

2010-06-07T04:26:00.000-07:00

http://www.ivaa-online.org/home/surat-volume-37/

Lihat! Video art from Indonesia

2010-05-19T03:21:00.000-07:00

Lihat! Video art from Indonesia
Curated by Katerina Valdivia Bruch

Exhibition in Guanajuato and León, Mexico

The exhibition Lihat! (which means look, see, watch in Indonesian language) highlights experimental, but also socio-politically oriented video works. It is an overview of some of the latest video art productions in Indonesia since 2001 until the present.

The exhibition is about current established and emerging Indonesian video artists and comprises works that have been selected in the cities of Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bandung. One part of the exhibition is dedicated to the OK! Video Festival, a biannual event dedicated to video, held in Jakarta since 2003.

Artists presented in León at gallery Jesús Gallardo:

Nindityo Adipurnomo
Wimo Ambala Bayang
Reza 'Asung' Afisina
Muhammad Akbar
Nala Atmowiloto
Henry Foundation
Andry Mochammad
Krisna Murti
Eko Nugroho
Anggun Priambodo
Prilla Tania
Tromarama
Ari Satria Darma
Wok The Rock
Tintin Wulia

In Guanajuato, the exhibition will take place at Plaza de las Artes. This part of the exhibition includes a selection from OK! Video Festival. The selection of videos has been done in collaboration with Ade Darmawan and Hafiz, from ruangrupa.

Screening: April 23rd, 2010, 8 pm
Plaza de las Artes, Guanajuato

Exhibition:
Opening: April 29th, 2010, 8 pm
Exhibition until July 11th, 2010
Gallery Jesús Gallardo, León

Address:
Galería Jesús Gallardo
Videosala y sala blanco y negro
Pedro Moreno 202, esquina Hermanos Aldama
Centro Histórico, León. Gto.
C.P. 37000
México

With kind support from Goethe Institute´s curators programme and ruangrupa

Photos by: Katerina Valdivia Bruch
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CRASH PROJECT: Image Factory

2010-03-11T20:27:00.000-08:00

a group exhibition by 20 artists.

Curated by Asmudjo Jono Irianto.

13-28 March 2010

Opening : Saturday, March 13^th 2010, 12 noon

there will be lunch gathering & artist talk afterwards!

Ade Darmawan

Agan Harahap

Agung Nugroho Widhi

Anang Saptoto

Angki Purbandono

Aqiq AW

Davy Linggar

Deden Hendan Durahman

Dimas Arif Nugroho

Edwin Roseno

Hafiz

Hendry Foundation

Indra Ameng

Indra Leonardi

Jim Allen Abel

Julia Sarisetiati

Mateus Bondan

Muhammad Akbar

Oom Leo

Reza Afisina

Tromarama

Wimo Ambala Bayang

SIGIarts Gallery

Jl. Mahakam 1 No. 11
Jakarta 12150

Indonesia
P. + 62 21 7260949
F. + 62 21 7261017

CODEX CODE

2010-02-25T10:17:00.001-08:00

CODEX CODE

3 - 27 Maret 2010
Kedai Kebun Forum
Jl. Tirtodipuran No. 3 Yogyakarta 55143

Pembukaan Pameran: Rabu. 3 Maret 2010. 19:30

Aprilia Apsari, Ariela Kristantina, Bambang Toko, Wok The Rock, Uji Handoko, Ican Harem, Farah Wardani, Oom Leo, S.C.A.N.D.A.L, Grace Samboh, Malaikat, Muhammad Akbar, Wiyoga Muhardanto, DailyWhatnot.COM, Irwan Ahmett, Wimo Ambala Bayang, Cahyo Basuki Yopi

Lihat selengkapnya untuk paparan konsep CODEX CODE .

Bagi seorang individu, membuat sebuah buku dipahami secara umum sebagai kerja produksi yang istimewa dan eksklusif sehingga membutuhkan waktu yang panjang, kekuatan ekonomi dan dipengaruhi oleh strata sosial yang berbelit-belit. Manuskrip yang paling akrab dikenal dan ditulis oleh manusia sejak usia belia adalah buku diary. Karena sifatnya yang sangat pribadi dan sensitif, buku diary bisa dibilang jarang dipublikasikan. Namun, buku diary memiliki nilai historis yang tinggi di saat si empunya telah meninggalkan dunia fana.

Salah satu metode produksi buku yang melawan sekat-sekat strata sosial dan ekonomi adalah munculnya apa yang dikenal dengan istilah Zine. Zine yang pada awalnya dipelopori oleh komunitas penggemar film-film fiksi ilmiah di tahun 1960-an dan kemudian populer di kalangan punk di era 1970-an yang juga dipacu oleh budaya 'do-it-yourself'-nya telah dengan sukses menepis anggapan bahwa membuat buku itu sulit, harus sesuai dengan norma-norma sosial dan aturan baku jurnalistik dan hanya patut diproduksi oleh seorang figur publik. Di saat yang sama, gerakan seniman-seniman fluksus dan dadaisme mulai menggunakan buku sebagai medium berkesenian.

Teknologi informasi dan grafika yang kian maju pesat saat ini tentunya memiliki pengaruh yang sangat kuat dalam memproduksi sebuah buku. Piranti lunak dan format data PDF yang dikembangkan oleh Adobe, weblog dan mesin cetak 'on-demand' beserta teknik penjilidan yang bisa dipesan dalam jumlah satuan telah memungkinkan siapapun untuk memproduksi sendiri sebuah buku dengan mudah dan murah.

Proyek pameran buku “Codex Code” ini mengundang beberapa perupa, desainer, penulis, peneliti, penggemar musik, kurator seni hingga blogger untuk membuat sebuah buku. Buku disini dipahami sebagai medium ekspresi seni seperti halnya video, puisi atau lukisan. Buku ini bisa berupa naskah/manuskrip yang hanya memiliki 1 edisi atau diproduksi dalam jumlah banyak. Format buku bisa berupa fisik atau digital (PDF, weblog, multimedia interaktif). Hal ini tergantung dari konsep penciptaan.

Pameran ini nantinya diharapkan dapat memberikan sebuah tawaran media yang dapat dieksplorasi lebih jauh. Sebagai sebuah ruang yang selalu bergerilya dengan ide-ide alternatif, KKF melihat buku seni. manuskrip, serta codex, adalah sebuah bahasa terlupa yang patut mendapat tempatnya kembali.

DARK

2009-12-05T00:18:00.000-08:00

"Dark"
music by Candyfloss
video by M. Akbar

This video consists of objects, subjects & sceneries which i captured randomly, with lots of interruption to each image by doing off focusing the lens, i also use super8 aesthetic approach, such as shakey, flickery, less frame rates & off focusing image, it represent memories and blurry dreams of an anonymous objects in there, the music also represents this kind of impression

you can see some lo res video preview here

LAGU GAMBAR GERAK:opening night Festival FIlm Pendek KONFIDEN 2009

2009-11-17T08:59:00.000-08:00

Malam Pembukaan Festival Film Pendek Konfiden 2009
Kamis, 19 November 2009, pukul 20.00 di Kineforum, TIM.

VIDEO ART : INDONESIA - BERLIN & BEYOND

2009-10-27T11:48:00.000-07:00

VIDEO ART : INDONESIA - BERLIN & BEYOND
By Krisna Murti and Kathrin Becker
3 - 5 November 2009

Krisna Murti Works and lives in Bandung.
He finished his study in the Faculty of Arts and Design - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Bandung in 1981. He has carried out his solo and group exhibition since 1980. In his twenty-years of involving and working in arts, Krisna has listed 15 solo exhibitions The exhibitions - regional and international - were carried out, among others, in Jakarta, Singapore, Taipei, Perth, Bangladesh, Fukuoka and Berlin. In 1999 he published his book entitled "Video Public" and in present, 2009, he publish his 2nd Book entitled “ Essay on Video Art and New Media, Indonesia & Beyond “

Kathrin Becker is Berlin based curator and work currently as the head of the n.b.k. Video-Forum. The Video-Forum was establisehd in 1971 and is the eldest video collection in Germany. We have ca. 1000 works of international video artists from the early years of video art in the late 1960s to the present.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Soemardja Gallery

Session 1

Presentation about Video Art in Berlin and Beyond
by Kathrin Becker

Moderator Deden Durachman, M.Sn
Speaker Kathrin Becker

09.00 - 09.20 WIB Introduction
09.25 - 10.35 WIB Screening no. 1 : Berlin Hot Shots

Video works from the n.b.k. Video-Forum, selected by Kathrin Becker

The video screening consists of work by Berlin based artists from the collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum, the eldest video collection in Germany. It mirrors the international situation within the art scene of Berlin and shows work with different formal and thematic approaches, with a strong focus on stages performances. From the attempt to fly with a self-constructed balloon (Aschenbrenner) via the performance of a group of disabled actors who claim their role in society (Erikssaon) to the animated text and visual fragments based on Alexander LurijaÂ´s "The man in a shattered world" (Florenty), the screening offers a entertaining and at the same time inspiring selection of "Berlin hot shots".

videoworks from Marc Aschenbrenner (1971 in Linz/Austria, lives in Berlin), Elise Florenty (1978 in Bourdeaux/France, lives in Berlin), Ninon Liotet /Olivier Schulbaum (1972 in Chaumaont/France/1971 in Saint-Dizier/France, live in Berlin), Michel de Broin (1970 in Montreal/Canada, lives in Berlin), Ina Wudtke (1968 in Germany, lives in Berlin), Annika Eriksson (1956 in Malmoe/Sweden, lives in Berlin), Corinna Schnitt (born 1964 in Duisburg, lives in Berlin).

10.40 - 12.00 WIB Discussion 1
12.05 - 13.05 WIB Break

Session 2
Presentation & Discussion on Book Launching :
ESSAY ON VIDEO ART AND NEW MEDIA. Indonesia and Beyond by Krisna Murti

Moderator Aminudin TH Siregar

Speakers 1. Krisna Murti
2. Bambang Sugiharto

13.15 - 13.45 WIB Presentation from Krisna Murti
13.50 -14.20 WIB Presentation from Bambang Sugiharto
14.30 - 15.30 WIB Discussion

15.45 - 16.00 WIB
Launching the Book by Giving the Book
to Biranul Anas, the Dean of FSRD ITB
and Kathrin Becker, Video Forum Germany.

16.15 - 17.00 WIB Coffee break and Penanda tanganan Buku oleh Krisna Murti

Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Soemardja Gallery

Session 1
A Sense of History
All video works from the n.b.k. Video-Forum, selected by Kathrin Becker

09.30 - 10.45 WIB Screening no. 1 : TV as a creative medium? about the interference of video art & TV

The commented video screening gives an overview over the 40 years of video art history. Taking its starting point from the technological precondition of video art, the development of the Sony Portapak video camera in 1965, the screening consists of four different chapters:

1) TV as a creative medium? About the interference of video art and TV
2) VideoPerformances: Relations between Body, Media and Space
3) Female Trouble: Video and Feminist practice
4) Hi and low: Video reflecting the media

The screening start with the works from Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) and Nam June Paik (1932-2006)

11. 00 - 12.00 WIB Discussion 1
12.05 - 13. 00 WIB Break

Session 2

13.15 - 13..50 WIB Screening 2 : VideoPerformances: Relations between Body, Media and Space

videoworks from Peter Campus (1937 New York, lives in East Patchogue, New York), Joan Jonas (1936 in New York, lives in New York, Richard Serra / Nancy Holt (1939 in San Francisco, lives in New York / 1938 in Worcester, MA, lives in Galisteo, New Mexiko).

14.00 - 14.25 WIB Screening 3 : Female Trouble: Video and Feminist practice

videowork from Marina Abramovic (1946 in Belgrad, lives in New York)

14.30 - 15.00 WIB Screening 4 : Hi and low: Video reflecting the media
videoworks from Ant Farm (USA), BjÃ¸rn Melhus (1966 in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, lives in Berlin)-Co-Production of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein

15.15 - 16.15 WIB Discussion

16.30 - 16.45 WIB Conclusion-end.

3 - 5 November 2009
MINI ART SPACE
Soemardja Gallery, FSRD ITB

Day 1 : 3 November 2009
09.00 - 17.00 WIB
Screening no. 1 : Picturing Places Around The World
The screening consists of works of international artists that are part of the n.b.k. Video-Forum, the eldest video-archive in Germany. It focuses on interventions of artists in the urban space or their analysis of urban phenomena. The screening has six different "stops" in six different places of the world: 1. Stop: Hamburg: Food Shopping : videoworks from Christian Jankowski (1968 in GÃ¶ttingen, Germany, lives in Berlin, Hamburg, New York); 2. Stop: Mexico. Wild dogs : videoworks from Francys Alys (1959 in Antwerp (Belgium), lives in Mexico-City; 3. Stop: Bukarest/Romania: A man with a door on his back: videoworks from Calin Dan (1955 in Arad, Romania, lives in Amsterdam and Bucharest); 4. Stop: Jerusalem: Being a Palestinian Girl : videoworks from Larissa Sansour (1973 in Jerusalem, lives in Kopenhagen); 5. Stop: Berlin: Two Lonely Men : videoworks from Artur Zmijewski(1966, Warsaw, Poland, lives in Warsaw), Shahram Entekhabi(1963 in Beroujerd, Iran, lives in Berlin); 6. Stop: Somewhere in the virtual worlds : videoworks from Domingo Molina CortÃ©s (1975 in Dillenburg, lives in London)

Day 2 : 4 November 2009
09.00 - 17.00 WIB
Screening no. 2 : Single DVD from Fischli / Weiss

Day 3 : 5 November 2009
09.00 - 17.00 WIB
Screening no. 3 : Single DVD from Joseph Beuys

BEYOND THE DUTCH: Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the visual arts, from 1900 until now

2009-10-16T21:43:00.000-07:00

Beyond the Dutch
Indonesia, the Netherlands, and the visual arts, from 1900 until now
16 oct 2009 - 10 jan 2010

The Dutch colonization of Indonesia has left many traces in the development of both countries. This also applies to the visual arts. Between 16 October 2009 and 10 January 2010, the Centraal Museum presents a major retrospective, which is fully dedicated to the interaction between the Dutch and Indonesian visual arts. ‘Beyond the Dutch. Indonesia, the Netherlands and the visuals arts from 1900 until now’ offers an innovative insight into the influence of Dutch culture on Indonesian visual arts and vice versa. The exhibition analyses the cultural legacy of colonialism and the drastic changes that came forth from the process of decolonization. We also take a look at the present situation: are there still collective influences? ‘Beyond the Dutch’ stimulates the audience to look at the Indonesian visual arts from a different point of view.

From a different point of view
People look at the world around them from their own cultural framework. Customs, traditions and ideas about beauty originate, to an important extent, from education and surroundings. This also goes for the interpretation and experience of the visual arts. The Dutch museum-goer in general has a view that is determined by Western art criteria. How can you learn to rate works of art from other cultures at their true value? And what are the consequences for your personal opinion and ideas about visual arts? The exhibition ‘Beyond the Dutch’ asks these questions, on the basis of three crucial periods from Dutch-Indonesian history.

Collective history
‘Beyond the Dutch’ focuses on three periods: cultural influencing during the colonial period of about 1900, the consequences of decolonization and independence (about 1950) and the present period of post-colonialism (about 2000). From each period a selection of works is showed which together presents us with a good impression of collective influences within the visuals arts. There are works on display by more than forty artists including Raden Saleh, Abdullah Suriosubroto, Jan Toorop, Isaac Israels, Affandi, Hendra Gunawan, Sudjojono, Piet Ouborg, Charles Sayers, Heri Dono, Agus Suwage, Mella Jaarsma and Tiong Ang.This major retrospective shows how Indonesian artists over the years have broken new ground; they are 'Beyond the Dutch'.

Presented with the exhibition is a publication written in both Dutch and English, edited by Prof. Dr. Kitty Ziljmans, Dr. Remco Raben and Meta Knol, curator of the exhibition, and published by KIT Publishers, Amsterdam.

MuMO : Must More Video Show

2009-10-12T00:43:00.000-07:00

Different artists from across Asia join forces in a first-time collaborative video showcase at PointB (71 North 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York). MUST MORE, Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries, presents contemporary and innovative video works created by artists from Burma, China, Indonesia, Taiwan, and Thailand. The exhibition will be unveiled on Friday, 16^th October 2009, 7-11pm.

MUST MORE, Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries is a must-see video show portraying the latest trends and experiments in the videoarts field – presenting a snapshot of contemporary Asian videomaking. The showcase highlights artistic practice in contemporary and global Asia, a region signified by the explosion of images and the massive practice of imagemaking. The thirteen videos featured are not another “Made in China” mass-produced commodity, but solid works of art that resist a pictorial and/or narrative representation of their respective countries. More than any other exhibition, the videos on showcase include recent works by both emerging (virtually struggling for MoMa’s recognition) and established artists whose works represent the rapidly transforming visual culture of the region and changing state of the political and social landscape.

Behold and join!

MUST MORE

Visual Voice from Five Asian Countries

Show Unveil: Friday 16^th October 2009,7-11pm

Venue: PointB. 71 North 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York (L train to Bedford Avenue)

Free and open to the public

For inquiries please call 347-993-6030 or email pravdavero@gmail.com

MODUL8 2.6 BETA

2009-09-18T12:09:00.000-07:00

Modul8 2.6 will be released soon...

Check this awesome modul8 2.6 BETA test by VJ Donkie

VJ DONKIE MODUL8 2.6 BETA TEST, PLAY, VJING ( HONG KONG ) from Vj Donkie on Vimeo.

"Hello everyone,

GarageCUBE has released a public beta of modul8 v2.6. It includes several new features and fixes as well as compatibility with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. This public beta is free for testing to all registered users and will expire at the end of this month. The final release will be a paid upgrade of 49 euros. For users who purchased modul8 within the last year the upgrade is free. DO NOT USE THIS VERSION OF MODUL8 FOR PRODUCTION PURPOSES."

posted Monday, September 14 by Ilan Katin from Modul8.us

images & words taken from

www.modul8.us

JOGJA ART FAIR #2 Spacing Contemporary

2009-08-11T02:55:00.000-07:00

M. Akbar is participated in

JOGJA ART FAIR #2

Spacing Contemporary

18 August – 5 September 2009

Spacing Contemporary

Tuesday, 18 August 2009, starts at 7.30 p.m.

Taman Budaya Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Guest of honour : dr. Oei Hong Djien

Performance Music by :

Acapella Mataraman

Seek Six Sick

For further information please contact :

heripemadartmanagement@gmail.com

artfairjogja@gmail.com

Taman Budaya Yogyakarta

Jl. Sriwedani No.1 Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Daily open : 19 August – 5 September | 09.00 a.m. – 09.00 p.m.

www.artfairjogja.com

TÉLÉPOWER (2009) video by Muhammad Akbar

2009-07-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

TÉLÉPOWER

07:40

single channel

2009

OK VIDEO FESTIVAL 2009: COMEDY

2009-07-09T07:11:00.000-07:00

OK. VIDEO: COMEDY -

4th Jakarta International Video Festival 2009
Exhibition, workshops, discussions, and award for the best works
July 28 August 9 2009 / National Gallery of Indonesia

COMEDY is an effective way to free ourselves from anxiety. As a critique that disguise itself as a form of entertainment, comedy helps us to reflect, laugh at ourselves, protest without anger, and turn calamity into hilarity. As a way to communicate, comedy never dies and has been accompanying us since time immemorial, from the form of comedy that uses the body as a medium to one that uses the audio-visual language.

OK. Video: Comedy will look at comedy as a form of communication using the medium of video, which responds to a variety of problems in critical ways. From the problems of the city, politics, power, modernity, technology, economy, generation, gender, tradition, religion, mass media, identity, pop culture, art, daily lives, to the general election. OK. Video Festival is focused on non-narrative video works and open for reconstructions, recording manipulations, and an array of experiments of the audio-visual language. We receive video works with a variety of approaches to comedy—from jokes, parodies, to absurd, satirical, sarcastic, vulgar, as well as tragic comedy.

OK. Video—Jakarta International Video Festival is a biannual video festival held since 2003 by ruangrupa, a contemporary art organization in Jakarta, Indonesia.
OK. Video is one of the events organized by ruangrupa to discuss the social and cultural phenomena in Indonesia and the international world within a festival with a specific theme.

www.okvideofestival.org & www.ruangrupa.org

JOGJA ART FAIR #2 Spacing Contemporary

2009-06-27T11:33:00.000-07:00

The Jogja Art Fair is going to be held for the second time, on August 2009. after the submission time ended, the jury has selected the works and the artist.

So these are the names of the artists who was their work selected to be the part of this prestigious art fair which is curated by Aminudin TH Siregar can be viewed here, don't forget to visit Jogja Art Fair #2 's website, In this event one of my video work also selected.

Selected Participant JAF #2 - Spacing Contemporary

Scheduled on

18 August - 5 September 2009

TAMAN BUDAYA YOGYAKARTA

We're All Millionaires

2009-06-27T09:55:00.000-07:00

We're All Milionaires was opened at A.O.D., you know what? i think this project has a great success, here's some small amount of photo from the event, taken by Ratna. other pics can be found in these site Footurama, Dailywhatnot, Faridkun, Frames Magazine

TIKA's the Headless Songstress

2009-06-14T09:07:00.000-07:00

after years of absence, TIKA is resurfacing with a new album titled "the Headless Songstress"....
this time merging with four scalawags to become TIKA & the dissidents.

Catch "the Headless Songstress" when she flies your way. You never know what she brings with her.

more info at www.suaratika.com
or follow their tweets at www.twitter.com/suaratika

The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009

2009-05-29T01:15:00.000-07:00

The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen is an annual international short film festival which takes places at the Lichtburg movie theater in Oberhausen, Germany. It was founded in 1954 as "Westdeutsche Kulturfilmtage" and is considered to be the oldest short film festival in the world. Famous directors like Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese, George Lucasor Werner Herzog have participated in the festival. (http://en.wikipedia.org)

My three video (Evergreen, Direct Action, Noise) was participated and screened in this prestigious short film festival on the program called Unreal Asia, i was invited by one of the festival's curator David Teh.

To see more information you can visit the Oberhausen Short Film Festival's site and you can also download the festival catalogue.

WE'RE ALL MILLIONAIRES (exhibition)

2009-05-28T06:03:00.000-07:00

June 13-27, 2009

@ A.O.D. Art Space
Jl. Panglima Polim V no.38
Jakarta, Indonesia

Opening Party: June 13th, 7 PM

Participating Artists:

Ahmad Nursalim, Albert Yonathan, Andriew Budiman, Andro M. M. Napitupulu, Annisa Utami, Archer, Arthur Paath, ASTRONAUTBOYS, Carolina Montejo, Christina Phan, Danang Hadi Phe, Darbotz, Dhanny Sanjaya, Farid Rakun, Fauzy Prasetya, Harry Mahardika, Irfan Wahyudi, Julia Sarisetiati, Karna Mustaqim, MEI.collectiv (Jessica Resmond & Jorge Bachman), Mohamad Haikal Azizi, Muhammad Akbar, M Hendra Permana, Nuri Fatima, R. Yuki Agriardi, Rega Ayundya Putri, Tandya Rachmat Sampurna, The Slyndicates, Theresia Agustina Sitompul, Tisa Granicia, Top Changtrakul, Toto Nugroho, Tromarama, Widi Yanto, Yaviz Basalamah, Zulkifi

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"We’re All Millionaires" is a group show of contemporary artworks that are to be sold for 1 Million Rupiah. The exhibition concept aims to poke fun at the cultural misconceptions of the term “millionaire”, and address the oddities of art economics and ownership status.

This will be the first collaboration between C&C Projects and A.O.D. The goal of "We’re All Millionaires" is to find and present artists who are pushing new ideas and new ways of seeing. C&C+A.O.D. is dedicated to providing these artists and their audience with an alternative to the high-end gallery system.

http://candcprojects.com/millionaires/

EVERGREEN (2008)

2009-05-28T05:45:00.000-07:00

EVERGREEN
00:08:03

HD single channel

2008

A place where trash from the near cities ends up. There are people who survive by collecting trash and sell it to the recycling company, living wild dogs and singing birds. Wild grasses grow on polluted soil, as well as irony in a strange and new planet built by the modern civilisation.

THE SMOKING BROTHERS (2008)

2009-05-28T05:10:00.000-07:00

THE SMOKING BROTHERS
00:08:11

HD single channel

2008

NOISE

2009-05-28T05:03:00.000-07:00

NOISE
00:04:06
DVD single channel

2008

A girl speaks Japanese while subtitles written in modified ancient Sunda script (Aksara Sunda) appear. As the use of this script was forbidden during the colonial era, it is strange to modern Sundanese people. Thus, despite the subtitles, any information is just perceived as noise by
the Sundanese and the non-Japanese.

DIRECT ACTION (2007)

2009-05-28T04:17:00.001-07:00

DIRECT ACTION (2007)
video by Muhammad Akbar
00:02:07

The upside-down flag is a way of flag desecration besides burning it that has become a custom
for protesters in Third World countries to express their hate towards their enemy country’s policies. On the other side, this upside down flag also represents the distress in their own countries.

YOUNG TOURISTS FROM THE NEAR COUNTRIES (2006)

2009-05-28T03:24:00.000-07:00

YOUNG TOURISTS FROM THE NEAR COUNTRIES (2006)
Video By Muhammad Akbar
00:04:13

This video is a reconstruction of my experience when having difficulties to find the differences among students from Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines in a welcoming party of Southeast Asian students exchange. It is not merely due to their physical resemblance, but also the way they dress up which did not clearly show any national resemblance, but also the way they dress up which did not clearly show any national identities, as they forllow a global trend of fashion such as making up their hair colour and wearing international brand t-shirts. What I could do is just asking each of them a same question: “Where do you come from?”. This work is an imagined trivia inspired by the current situation of culture in Southeast Asia. (Artist’s statement)

this video won the 1st grand prize of ASEAN New Media Art Competition 2007

THE AFTERNOON CITY AIR

2009-05-28T02:47:00.000-07:00

THE AFTERNOON CITY AIR (2006)
video by Muhammad Akbar
00:04:39

2009-05-27T12:26:00.001-07:00

for more information about the works
don't hesitate to contact to:

killtheafternoon@gmail.com

2009-05-27T12:25:00.004-07:00

ARTIST

Tommy Aditama Putra

Paper Moon Puppet Theater

2009-05-27T12:25:00.003-07:00

Exhibition & Screening

2009-05-27T12:25:00.001-07:00

Muhammad Akbar was born in 25 January 1984, graduated from Arts & Language Teaching Faculty in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, as a visual artist, experimental short film, video art, media art. he works in graphic design, VJ-ing, motion with a nickname Killafternoon. he also exhibit & screen his works in film festival and art exhibition, his works also collaborate with bands & musicians in the subculture music scene. a vocalist of a noise rock band A stone A, also work as music Producer in Fix Future, member of new media art group Wayang Cyber, member of Video Lab, member of an open community called Open Labs, he was working in iF venue, an alternative space in Bandung

Muhammad Akbar
born, Bandung January 24, 1984,

Education:

Bachelor of Education, Faculty of Art & Language Teaching,
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Bandung (2001 - 2007)

Magister of fine arts, Faculty of Art & Design
Institut Teknologi Bandung. Bandung (2009 - present)
 
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS

2005

PAMERAN DAUN MUDA 3 kota group exhibition, Galeri Padi, Bandung

VIDEOBATTLE 8^th Round. Video Battle, Jogjakarta.

3^rd ASIA EUROPE - ART CAMP exhibition with Video Babes @Selasar Soenaryo. Bandung

BOEMBOE FORUM 2005 (short film forum & screening), Teater Utan Kayu, Jakarta.

REC-it 3 VideoBabes, Bandung.

BANGKOK EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL Bangkok. Thailand

ARE WE EXIST Video Exhibition with VIDEOLAB. BTW space. Bandung

“Do It Yourself” Poster Common Room. Bandung

IMAGINED COUNTRIES. Wayang Cyber performance collaboration with Mizuho Matsunaga. iF venue. Bandung ID

2006

ANDRY MOCH.'s ME & MAYHEM group exhibition, Sunday’s movie club. Bandung

ART FEST VIDEO LAB screening, presentation, & discussion. Parahyangan University. Bandung.

BANDUNG - SINGAPORE DISPLACEMENT PROJECT Common Room & Sculpture square. Bandung & Singapore. ID, SIN.

ART & RESISTANCE groups workshop & exhibition. Galeri Soemardja & Sanggar Luhur. Bandung. ID

BANDUNG NEW EMMERGENCE group exhibition, Selasar Soenaryo Artspace. Bandung. ID

HETERO UTOPIA urban video international exhibition ARTEPOLIS, Galeri Soemardja. FSRD ITB. Bandung.

OPEN HOUSE 12th BUTTON BUTON KULTUR 12. Bandung. ID

2007

ASEAN NEW MEDIA ART COMPETITION. Galeri Nasional. Jakarta. ID

OK VIDEO. MILITIA. Galeri Nasional. Jakarta. ID

LOWAVE-intercity. Video screening, CCF, Rumah Buku, Common Room, Bandung. ID

BASIC FRAME, Yogyakarta International Video festival, House of Natural Fiber, Yogyakarta. ID

2008

GANESHA FILM FESTIVAL. Liga Film Mahasiswa ITB. Bandung. ID

VIDEO SONIC ART. Galeri Soemardja, FSRD ITB. Bandung. ID

CELLSBUTTON #2. House of Natural Fiber. Yogyakarta. ID

NIKE SPORTSWEAR RE-MASTERED. Senayan City. Future10 & Dailywhatnot Jakarta. ID

15x15x15 METAPHORIA. Scale base artwork exhibition. Galeri Soemardja.Bandung. ID

South East Asia Video – Bombay Sapphire Art Project 2008. Valentine Willie Fine Art. Kuala Lumpur. MY

NU-SUBSTANCE. Galerti Kita, Common Room. Bandung, ID

VIDIOT. HOLLAND-INDONESIA VIDEO FESTIVAL. Rumah Seni Yaitu. Importal. Semarang. ID

2009

DEER ANDRY. A Solo Exhibition by Andry Moch. Realized by His Friends & Families. S.14, Ruang Rupa, Mess56 Bandung, Jakarta, Yogyakarta. ID

OBERHAUSEN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2009. Kurztfilmtage, Oberhausen. DE

WE’RE ALL MILLIONAIRES. A.O.D. Gallery, C+C project. Jakarta. ID

OK VIDEO. COMEDY. National Gallery Indonesia. Jakarta. ID

JOGJA ART FAIR#2. Taman Budaya Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta. ID

MuMo: MUST MORE VIDEO SHOW. B-Place. New York. US

2010

CODEX CODE. Kedai Kebun Forum, Co2, Ruang Rupa. Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Jakarta. ID

CRASH PROJECT: IMAGE FACTORY. Sigi Arts. Jakarta. ID

Lihat! Video art from Indonesia, Gallery Jesús Gallardo, León. Mexico

FIXER | Pameran Ruang Alternatif & Komunitas Seni Rupa di Indonesia. North Art Space Jakarta. ID

PAMERAN VIDEO MUSIK EKSPERIMENTAL JERMAN-INDONESIA. GoetheHaus. Jakarta. ID

7Inch. video sreening. S.14. Bandung. ID

Zurcher Theater Spektakel. Zurich, Switzerland

OK.Video - Jakarta International Video Festival. A Retrospective. KunstBüroBerlin. Berlin. DE

Sang Ahli Gambar dan Kawan-Kawan, A Tribute to S. Sudjojono. Padi Art Ground. Bandung. ID

Recorded Waves. Para/site Art Space. Sheung Wan. HK

INFLUX: Multimedia Art Stratiegy in Indonesia. DECOMPRESSION #10 - ruangrupa's 10 years Galeri Cipta II. Jakarta. ID

2011

Sarupaning Beja. Audio Visual Music Performance with TRAH. CCF. Bandung. ID

Selamatan Digital. Langgeng Art Foundation. Yogyakarta, ID

FILM FORUM. HBK. Braunchweig.DE

SWEET AGONY. Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace. Jakarta. ID

DERAU. sound art exhibition NU-SUBSTANCE. Common Room & Studio Rosid. Bandung. ID

CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE. Lawangwangi Art & Science Estate. Bandung. ID

BAYANG. Islamic Contemporary Art. National Gallery. Jakarta. ID

VOYEURISME. Galeri Gerilya. Bandung. ID

BAZAAR ART. Harper's Bazaar. Grand Indonesia. Jakarta. ID

MEMBAJAK TV. curated by Krisnamurti. Salihara. Jakarta. ID

LET'S DIE TOGETHER IN 2012. curated by Bottlesmoker. Common Room Networks Foundation. Bandung. ID

OK VIDEO. FLESH. Galeri Nasional. Jakarta. ID

Catching The High TIde: Video Art from Indonesia, Institute of Contemporary Art, LaSalle College of Arts Singapore, SG

The Other “I”. Contemporary Art & Fashion Exhibition. Padi Artground. Bandung ID

YXINE Film Festival. Infokus program. Vietnam

Moving Images from Indonesia. ZKM - Center for Art and Media. Karlsruhe. DE

PRIZES & AWARDS
Bandung Music Video Festival 2006. Best 10 music video of "AstoneA - burn the lung" 2006
ASEAN New Media Art Competition 2007. ASEAN 1st grand prize winner 2007
Best Video Art. Ganesha Film Festival. LFM-ITB. Bandung. 2008

RUNNING MAN video installation (NIKE SPORTSWEAR RE-MASTERED

2009-05-27T12:22:00.000-07:00

The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009

2009-04-29T01:47:00.000-07:00

To see more information you can visit the Oberhausen Short Film Festival's site and you can also download the festival catalogue.

testing

2009-04-06T06:13:00.000-07:00

yep this is nice... the website is coming... soon... be patient OK

SAW & DRILL (2008)

2008-10-20T03:49:00.000-07:00

SAW & DRILL

Video and sound installation (2008)

by Muhammad Akbar

Saw and Drill is a video work in the TV Tortoure series i made, i was having an experiment with sound and how sound make real time interlace or distorted screen by creating high gain harshy noise sound which affects the TV monitor by hacking in through the audio input.

this series was my first experiment, the idea of torture came refered to the concept of creation process, the function of hardware/tools basically by torturing or destroying some materials little by little, the torture organized by a blue print of a human brainware which is in certain time it represents the process of creation, by the end of the process of the torture, it creates a object.

these two torture method was exhibited in "Metaphoria" 15x15x15 scale base artwork project vol.2 2008 at Soemardja Gallery in ITB.

Southeast Asian Video Screening : Bombay Sapphire Art Projects 2008

2008-10-09T02:41:00.000-07:00

Bagasworo Aryaningtyas, Cinanti Astria, Febie Babyrose, Maulana Muhammad Pasha, Muhammad Akbar, Otty Widasari, Ruddy Hatumena, Wimo Ambala Bayang, and Yusuf Ismail.

Southeast Asian Video Screening : Bombay Sapphire Art Projects 2008

Our first line-up for the Bombay Sapphire Art Projects this year is the Southeast Asian Video Screening to be held at Valentine Willie Fine Art Project Room from 20 September - 11 October 2008. The screening highlights some of the most exciting and challenging screen-based practices from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

Working in collaboration with curators around the region, the exhibition brings together video works and experimental films from four neighbouring countries, providing Malaysian audience with a rare opportunity to study and compare the various trends and styles in video art that has emerged through the different contexts and cultures that have made Southeast Asia a diverse and complex region.

From Indonesia, art curator Agung Hujatnikajennong features in his broad yet in-depth survey, some of the most exciting artists from Bandung, Yogyakarta and Jakarta working with the video medium. Manila-based film critic and lecturer Alexis Tioseco will compile a selection of video works that not only looks into the formal innovation of emerging Filipino names but also engages with the socio-cultural history of the nation.

'The More Things Change...', curated by David Teh, will showcase Thai experimental shorts from this year's Bangkok Experimental Film Festival. Last but not least, Simon Soon and Erna Dyanty will curate a Malaysian survey that identifies various approaches and trajectories in local experimental film-making. (Bombay Sapphire Art Projects 2008)

Neural 33, Scripting Green

2008-07-17T09:17:00.000-07:00

The new Neural issue is out. Subscribe now. You can also buy the magazine from the closest of the almost 200 stores stocking it. A back issues pack is available.

Issue #33, summer 2009

Centerfold: 'Common Flowers' by Shiho Fukuhara and Georg Tremmel.

new media art
.Amy Franceschini / Futurefarmers interview.
.Beatriz da Costa interview.
.HeHe interview.
.Transmediale report.
.Green Platform report.
.news: X-Train, Dead Pixel in Google Earth, TimeStopper, Suffering Machine, Thumbarumba.
.reviews:
. ..books/dvds/floppys: White Heat Cold Logic, New Media in the White Cube and Beyond, Optical Vacuum, nkdlunch.mp4, tapetrff.mp4, Synthetic Times: Media Art China.

emusic
.Jacob Kirkegaard interview.
.The Owl Project interview.
.news: MusMusopen, Decryptopattern, Sound Chaser, Strobovj, Felix's Machines.
.reviews:
..books/dvds: The Movement of People Working, Nocturne, Trax Rednight/Notterossa, Explicit Content Only, Harmonic Ratio.
.cd reviews: AtomTM, Shinkei / Luigi Turra, Pioneers-The Beginning Of Danish Electronic Music, Domenico Sciajno, Yaco, Monoton, DNE, Phroq, Rhythm, Muslimgauze, Ibitsu, Michael Peters, Israel M, Mikhail, Source Records 1-6 Music Of The Avant Garde 1968-1971, Thanos Chrysakis, The Smiling Buddhas, Frank Rothkamm, Nicolas Bernier, Pato.

hacktivism
.Guerrilla Gardening interview.
.Esther Polak interview.
.Eco-Pornography and the Alt-Economy.
.news: Wikileaks, Internet-avgift, Feral Trade, Bicycle Built for Two Thousand, Oil Prospecting.
.reviews:
..books: FLOSS+Art, Wizzywig, volume 1: phreak, volume 2:hacker, Cyberchiefs, Animal Spirits, Experimental Geography.

Tribute to Koil : Kami Percaya Kaupun Terbakar Juga

2008-07-14T08:50:00.000-07:00

Cd tribut ini merupakan salah satu bentuk kecintaan fans terhadap band yang menginspirasi dan mencerahkan hari-harinya. Dibuat sebanyak 100 kopi secara fisik dan tidak diperjualbelikan, sedikit meniru band kecintaannya dibagikan secara gratis melalui internet, berharap juga, siapa tau ada yang kemudian berminat jadi sponsor untuk memperbanyak cd secara fisik. namanya juga usaha. yang pasti, sebagai salah satu bentuk kecintaan fans terhadap band-nya, ini adalah sesuatu yang patut dihargai dan diacungi jempol, antara tidak ada kerjaan atau superkaya atau mungkin kebutaan terhadap cinta. mari kita nikmati dan unduh beramai-ramai, vive le koil!

kami percaya kaupun terbakar juga
tribut to koil

Track :
01. the moms berdarah – burung hantu
02. midnight soul – dosa ini tak akan berhenti
03. screaming factor – ini semua hanyalah fashion
04. amazing in bed – lagu hujan
05. lullaby for michelle – pudar
06. blackstone boredom – nyanyikan lagu perang
07. marianna en de bastard – karat
08. monsternaut – tidak berarti
09. aneka digital safari – semoga kau sembuh addiction of violence mix
10. a slow in dance – aku lupa aku luka
11. psickot – mendekati surga (by adikissmix)
12. M1D1D4T4 – mendekati Surga

silakan download disini : Kami Percaya Kaupun Terbakar Juga

untuk membaca lebih jauh, silakan klik : bakar2009

THE TUBES

2008-06-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

The Tubes, the istallation was exhibited in Video Sonic Art for the first time, at Galeri Soemardja ITB, curated by Michael Sheridan in 2008, organised by Intermedia studio at the Faculty of Art and Design at ITB

2010 the works also exhibited at "INFLUX: Multimedia Arts in Indonesia" organised by RuangRupa, exhibited at Galeri Cipta, Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta.

2011 The Tubes also exhibited in "Membajak TV" (Hijacking TV), curated by Krisnamurti at Galeri Salihara

The Tubes

4 various size TV sets

2008

EAT (FILM) YOUR VICE (2008)

2008-02-14T10:05:00.000-08:00

EAT YOUR VICE

i made this conceptual chaotic & rough fashion video for local concept clothing line EAT, it represents their latest products at the new season in 2008, the music provided by a talented indie rock musician Shorthand Phonetics.

enjoy! :)

KLEPTO OPERA -Dandelion Song Video (2003: a memory of Andry Moch. and to my very first music video)

2007-05-28T22:51:00.000-07:00

This is the official video of Klepto Opera's "Dandelion Song", a memory to my old friend, a very talented young artist Andry Moch. (R.I.P.) when we used to work together and also to my very first music video, i made this video with him, the idea came when i was making a lots of contact with a psychedelic noise band from Surabaya called Klepto Opera, we communicate through emails, the band gave me their album in cassete format, I was quite happy to found a unique sound of their music (back on that day it's hard to find local band with other genre beside Heavy metal, Punk or Hardcore)

Especially Dandelion Song, the depressive & dark mood of the song was very intense, it creates lots of horror images in mind, so i put it in a sketches and discuss it with Andry Moch to develope the idea together, so Andry came up with the costume specially the mask, he shown me a book full of punk rock photography from 70's to the early 90's, i forgot the name, he was showing a band photo of The Heartbreakers (a.k.a. Johnny Thunder and The Heartbreakers) they're wearing shirt with small red blood pain splash right on the position of the heart, so we plan to create a blood splash as we seen on the book.

When Vidy help splasing the red paint, it's splash too much, so we just splash it all over the shirt, the shooting takes only two days, in a small rehearsal studio in Dago with & the stree of LIngkar Selatan, near Andry's house, we shoot it in Hi8 video camera, all the cast in this video are the old formation of A stone A; Ori, Amenk, & Erwin. this is the first time i learn video editing, Meizal Rossi taught me.

inspired by the costume of The Heartbreakers (band) and a serial killer in a slasher B-movies, The video tells the story about a band who love blood, murders, and all of them are young workers who works in corporate office, the video represents the dark & scary mood of the music.

Directed & Produced by Muhammad Akbar and Andry Moch.
Camera: Muhammad Akbar
Costume: Andry Moch, Vidya Sukma
casts: Andry Moch., Mufti "Amenk" Priyanka, Ori Riantori, Erwin "Ewing" Windhu Pranata
Editing by Meizal Rossi & Muhammad Akbar