Experimental and Improvisation music event

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EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.), in cooperation with Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, Angely Chi and www.musikeRAW.com presents Active | De-Active: An Inventive Music Festival 2010.

Active | De-Active is an international festival to be held in the Philippines that focuses on two exciting frontiers of music — experimental and improvised music. The event is scheduled to take place this coming October 9, 12, 13, 15 and 16 at various selected venues in Cavite, Manila and Davao.

The festival will consist of a series of live performances, workshops, presentation of methods and practices, creative collaborations and artist-talks by international and local participating artists, in an effort to present and exchange artistic ideas and musical experiences that will contribute to the appreciation and understanding of these developments in new music.

This will provide a platform for informed discussions of the cultural, developmental and educational aspects of improvisation and experimentation in music, and at the same time to present the artistic or technical practices embodied in it. The festival is also an attempt to gather a community of experimental musicians, improvisers, new media art practitioners, musicologists, and teachers who can share and exchange knowledge that would benefit the understanding of improvised and experimental music.

Schedule:

9 October | 6pm | Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue

free admission

(Block 11 Lot 9 Congressional Road, Bgy. Sta.Fe Dasmariñas, Cavite - near De La Salle University – Dasmariñas)

http://www.myspace.com/siningdikato

First Half:

>artists talk by Luo Chao Yun, Sabu Toyozumi and Dok Natividad (?)

General Topic: Improvisation Music

Second Half:

>Performance

1. Double Burner

2. Luo Chao Yun Music Group + Sabu Toyozumi

3. Washing Machine

4. Seido

5. Elemento

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12 October | 8pm | Tomato Bomb Hq

php150 inclusive of one (1) beer

(No. 63-B, Xavierville Ave. Loyola Heights, Quezon City - near Xavierville Royale Condo)

http://tomatobomb.wordpress.com/

>Performance

1. Elemento

2. Luo Chao Yun Music Group + Sabu Toyozumi

3. Terraformer

4. Blend:er + Inconnu Ictu

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13 October | 7pm-10:30pm only | Penguin Gallery

php100

(9815 Kamagong St. corner Anubing St. Makati City)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Davao-City/Durian-Bar/43140148812?ref=ts#!/pages/Makati-Philippines/Penguin-Gallery/68824851120?ref=ts

>Performance and presentation by Mannet Villariba and Tengal

1. Mannet Villariba (presentation/performance)

2. Luo Chao Yun Music Group + Sabu Toyozumi

3. Caliph8 + Tengal (presentation/performance)

4. Lakbay Lahi

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15 October | University of Mindanao

(Mini-Auditorium, Matina Campus, Davao City)

http://umindanao.edu.ph/

First Half:

>Workshop by:
8:30pm - 12pm

Erick Calilan - 'Project Sabotage: A workshop on Circuit Bending'
Luo Chao Yun and Sabu Toyozumi - Improvisation Music
Charles Fournier - On Electronic Music

Second Half:

>Performance / Open Forum
2pm - 5pm

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16 October | 8pm | Durian Bar

php100 inclusive of one (1) beer

(Madrazo Compound., C. Bangoy Sr. St. Davao City)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Davao-City/Durian-Bar/43140148812?ref=ts

>Performances by:

1. Luo Chao Yun + Sabu Toyozumi

2. Charles Fournier

3. Lirio Salvador

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PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

This event is brought to you by EXperimntation In Sound art Tradition in partnership with Espasyo Siningdikato creatiVEnue, www.musikeRAW.com and Angely Chi; with the support of Tomato Bomb HQ, Penguin Gallery, University of Davao, Durian Bar, ANIKcessories, Sonic Mind Fields Bookstore, Dighay Gulay, Seido and Genevieve, Souk Kafe, Sambalikhaan Foundation; The Japan Foundation-Tokyo for Sabu Toyozumi’s sponsor; Council For Cultural Affairs Republic of China (Taiwan) for Luo Chao Yun Music Group’s sponsor.

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COMING SOON THIS OCTOBER

EXperimentation In Sound art Tradition (E.X.I.S.T.) is proud to present Active | De-Active: An Inventive Music Festival. It is the first international festival to be held in the Philippines that focuses on two exciting frontiers of music — experimental and improvised music. The event is scheduled to take place this coming October at various selected venues in Manila, Cavite and Davao (details soon).






It will consist of a series of live performances, workshops, presentation of methods and practices, creative collaborations and artist-talks by international and local participating artists, in an effort to present and exchange artistic ideas and musical experiences that will contribute to the appreciation and understanding of these developments in new music.


Active | De-Active will provide a platform for informed discussions of the cultural, developmental and educational aspects of improvisation and experimentation in music, and at the same time to present the artistic or technical practices embodied in it. The festival is also an attempt to gather a community of experimental musicians, improvisers, new media art practitioners, musicologists, and teachers who can share and exchange knowledge that would benefit the understanding of improvised and experimental music.

COMING SOON THIS OCTOBER!

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BEDROOMLAB 3 AT THE LIVING ROOM: ARTIST TALK | INTERNATIONAL NETWORK MEETING | OPEN DISCUSSION | LIVING LABS | FREE BOOZE+FOOD | NO DAMAGE

BedroomLab functions as an informal art platform, wherein open discussions, brainstorming sessions, lectures, network meetings, performances, hands-on workshops, demonstrations and public gatherings take place.

The first edition (BedroomLab.01) tackled two local artists who focus on sound to talk about the gritty details of their works in electronic video and sound, then subsequently presented it via collaborative performance. On the second edition (BedroomLab.02), brainstorming sessions alongside open discussions with various artist communities in Manila and Cavite regarding not just the development and continuation of artistic sonic and visual art projects; but the "collaborative futures" of these communities.

SABAW Media Art Kitchen and Visual Pond present BedroomLab.03, ADE DARMAWAN of Ruangrupa. Ruangrupa is an artists' initiative established in 2000 by a group of artists in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is a not-for-profit organization that strives to support the progress of contemporary art ideas within the urban context and the broader scope of the culture by means of exhibitions, festivals, art labs, workshops, research, and journal publication.

For his talk, Darmawan will discuss the history, network and survival of artist initiatives in Indonesia, drawing from his experience in Ruangrupa and a recent exhibition he co-curated featuring twenty-one Indonesian artist initiatives and collectives. He will also talk about ruangrupa's ongoing Art Lab, a project designed for conducting research and creative collaborations on urban and media issues. It serves as a collaborative platform for individual artists as well as interdisciplinary groups from Indonesia and abroad, presenting in various formats such as exhibitions, events, publications, websites and interventions in public spaces. Under the umbrella of "Urban Mobility", two thematic Art Lab projects are presented each year for 2008-2010. Darmawan will talk about the past projects of 2008-2009 [2008: “Kendaraan (project on people's desire on Vehicles)” and “Desain Kota Dalam Kota (City Design in The City) ”; 2009 “Transaksi (Transaction)” and “Teknologi Virtual Komunikasi (Virtual Communication Technology)] and converse on this year's work in progress, “Kota lama (Old City)” (2010), and “Kota Masa Depan (Future City)”.

Darmawan will also talk about his own artistic projects, which look into ideas of industrial products and consumption and production mechanism, attempting to see the layers of reality and illusion that is generated by it. He is currently working on a project on the history of consumption, harking back to the colonial era.

Open discussions with the audience are highly encouraged, so please be prepared for some prolonged chit chat over food and beer. Drinks and finger food will be served.

Free Entrance.

AUG 31 - 8PM til early morning (we have a lot of booze)

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Ade Darmawan

Darmawan was born in 1974 in Jakarta, Indonesia, then moved to Yogyakarta (central Java) for 5 years to study at Indonesia Art Institute of (I.S.I), in Graphic Art Department. A year after his first solo exhibition in 1997 at the Cemeti Contemporary Art Gallery, Yogyakarta (now Cemeti Art House), he stayed in Amsterdam for two years post-graduate residency program at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Art) - Institute for Advance Art Studies and Research - Amsterdam, Netherlands. Back from Amsterdam in 2000 and with five other artists from Jakarta, he founded ruangrupa - an artists' initiative space.

He has been actively working as visual artist with works ranging from objects, installations, digital prints and public art. As an artist and curator he has participated in many art projects and exhibitions in several cities in Indonesia and abroad, such as in Amsterdam, Seoul, New York, Buenos Aires, Durban, Tokyo, Bangkok, Mumbai, Mexico City, Istanbul, and Sydney.

From 2006-2009 he was a member of Jakarta Arts Council, and the artistic director of Jakarta Biennale XIII-ARENA 2009. Now he lives and works in Jakarta as an artist, teacher, and director of ruangrupa.

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ruangrupa - www.ruangrupa.org

Since 2003, ruangrupa organizes the bi-annual OK.Video Jakarta International Video Festival. In 2004 ,ruangrupa in collaboration with Jakarta students from several universities organized the Jakarta 32 ‘C, a bi annual festival for students visual arts productions. ruangrupa as an artists collaborative platform also actively participate in exhibitions and projects in Indonesia and internationally, such as the Gwangju Biennale 2002 and the Istanbul Biennale 2005. ruangrupa is member of Arts Collaboratory, a platform for visual artists’ initiatives from Africa, Asia and Latin America.

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bedroomLab is a new program facilitated by SABAW Media Art Kitchen, a not-for-profit organization whose primary interests lie in curatorial and research-based production towards the imminent intersections of art and technology; as well as networking cultures from information and communication carried via modern electronic media.

bedroomLab is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental art, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of sound and visual culture. bedroomLab presents creative projects that experiment with new aesthetic parameters and new forms of cooperation, develop possibilities for informational and economic self-determination, and reflect on the role of contemporary art against the backdrop of technological and social transformations. Now more than ever, media art emerges as a laboratory for multiform experiments and as an active agent that allows for new cultural techniques to be tested and proffered to the wider world. We have had a particular interest in creating an open dialogue between the artistic and scientific dimensions, a linkage with a long experimental pedigree.

VISUAL POND is a non-profit organization committed to the visual arts. Based in Manila, Visual Pond aims to be a dynamic player in the Philippine contemporary art scene through projects that engage and promote local artists both here and abroad. We at Visual Pond envision a contemporary art scene that is vibrant, open to experimentation and supported by the community. By taking initiatives and creating opportunities for artists, we work towards this realization for the visual arts locale. Asides from Manila-based projects, we are also interested in regional and international exchanges on ideas, concepts and possible collaborations with definite end products.

{poster design by Caliph8}

The Crocogator by Ferdz Valencia and Vic Balanon (sound design by Erick Calilan + Inconnu Ictu)

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Electronic Music | Live Cinema | Art Net Meeting | Open Studio | Collaborative Mapping | Living Labs | Open Innovation Communities Featuring: Blend:er (Cavite) Double Burner (Cavite) Inconnu ictu (Manila) INC (Manila) Lirio Salvador (Cavite) nea (SG/AMS/SI) Tengal (Manila) Ugong (Cavite) Washing Machine (Cavite) Eric Diolola (Cavite) ArtNet: SABAW E.X.I.S.T. Espasyo Siningdikato Programme: First Half: > SABAW Interlock Research Presentation > Art Network Meeting: Espasyo Singingdikato, E.X.I.S.T., SABAW, Innovative Noise Collective Moderated by Tengal Second Half: > Live Cinema: Treatment for Film for 9 Scenes (Tengal) > Conductors of the Pit (feat. T / Inconnu ictu / nea) > Double Burner > Special performance: (super group presenting Lirio Salvador, Inconnu ictu, Ugong, Blend:er, Tengal, INC) > Washing Machine > Eric Diolola > INC (Mitch Garcia, Ian Madrigal) bedroomLab functions as an informal lab of sorts, wherein open discussions, brainstorming sessions, lectures, network meetings, performances, hands-on workshops, and public gatherings take place. The first edition (bedroomLab.01) tackled two artists to talk about the gritty details of their works both in electronic video and sound, then subsequently presented it via live performance. This second edition will be focused more on brainstorming sessions, open discussions with various artist communities in Manila and Cavite regarding not just the development and continuation of artistic sonic and visual art projects; but the "collaborative futures" of these communities. bedroomLab is a new program facilitated by SABAW Media Art Kitchen. bedroomLab is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental music, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of sound and video culture. bedroomLab presents creative projects that experiment with new aesthetic parameters and new forms of cooperation, develop possibilities for informational and economic self-determination, and reflect on the role of contemporary music against the backdrop of technological and social transformations. Now more than ever, music emerges as a laboratory for multiform experiments and as an active agent that allows for new cultural techniques to be tested and proffered to the wider world. Your orbiting visual and sound bedroomlaboratories are charting new ways of audio and video interaction in the Philippines and beyond. We have had a particular interest in creating an open dialogue between the audio and video dimensions, a linkage with a long experimental pedigree. poster by nea

bedroomLab by SABAW Media Art Kitchen

August 3, 2010 | 9:00 PM
Mag:net Cafe Katipunan located at 335 Katipunan Avenue, Loyola heights
Quezon City, Philippines

LIVE CINEMA | ARTIST TALK | ELECTRONIC MUSIC | REALTIME AUDIOVISUAL | SYNAESTHESIA | EXPERIMENTS | LIVE IMPROV

Featuring:

Caliph8 | Tengal | Edsel Abesames | Khavn dela Cruz | Inconnu ictu | il Primitivo | Ampon collective



Programme:

First Half:

>Artist talk on Live Cinema (facilitated by Tengal)
>Live Cinema performance: Treatment for a Film in 9 Scenes
>Live Cinema performance: Khavn dela Cruz, Edsel Abesames, & Inconnu ictu perform "Mondomanila"

Second Half:

>Artist talk on improvisation in electronic music & true school hip hop culture in PH (facilitated by Caliph8)
>Performance by Caliph8, Il Primitivo & Ampon




bedroomLab is a new program facilitated by SABAW Media Art Kitchen.

bedroomLab is dedicated to contemporary electronic, digital and experimental music, as well the diverse range of artistic activities in the context of sound and video culture. bedroomLab presents projects that experiment with new aesthetic parameters and new forms of cooperation, develop possibilities for informational and economic self-determination, and reflect on the role of contemporary music against the backdrop of technological and social transformations. Now more than ever, music emerges as a laboratory for multiform experiments and as an active agent that allows for new cultural techniques to be tested and proffered to the wider world.

Your orbiting visual and sound bedroomlaboratories are charting new ways of audio and video interaction in the Philippines and beyond. We have had a particular interest in creating an open dialogue between the audio and video dimensions, a linkage with a long experimental pedigree.

OF NOISE AND MEN by Mikey “Billy B.” Abola

Here's a write-up / gig report of Noises at the Park by Mikey 'Billy B.' Abola.



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OF NOISE AND MEN

As it lit up at the backdrop of the stage, the dated, almost iconic, neon-blue sign read: Concert at the Park. “Oh my God! Ingay lang ‘to!” exclaimed a middle-aged man sitting at the bleachers of the ampitheater at Rizal Park. The man was reacting to an emcee’s introduction to the evening’s free musical presentation, where words like “electronica-punk,” “experimental,” and “edgy” were used. I asked myself, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

The program was underway and as it progressed, there was something noticeable on most of the people’s faces—befuddlement if not confusion, irritation if not outright anger. In hindsight, what unfolded was pretty much the intertwining of various mediums: theater, poetry, film, and, I guess, something that can be described as music. Honestly, I’m not too sure about what I heard. But for the rest of the audience, especially the children who covered their ears, the performance probably sounded a lot like, well, noise.



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