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| Title : | LAMU - Let Arts Move You |
| Venue : | Various Venues |
| Date & Time : | Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007 |
| Tickets : | Free |
| URL : | http://www.blog.letartsmoveyou.com |
| Synopsis : | The main idea is straightforward enough - to fill the KTM Komuter trains and train stations with art, and to let the arts move people physically and emotionally. The Let Arts Move You (LAMU) project brings together 11 Malaysian and regional artists, commuters and the public transportation system in an innovative visual art event in Kuala Lumpur. It aims at presenting the dynamic and creative situation of urban life in KL, drawing connections between artistic interventions and the rapid pace of urban development. LAMU provides artists with KTM Komuter trains, the KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations as platforms to create work that actively engage commuters - to bring art to people in real and everyday encounters. Artworks will be located both inside the train and in the stations and surrounding grounds. LAMU also aims to take the act of commuting beyond mundane and routine journeys - travelling in public transportation can be a sensorial and educational experience. Here's the basic schedule of events: Exhibition (Opening on 27 Oct 2007) Dates: Sat 27 Oct - Sun 4 Nov 2007 Venue: on the KTM Komuter trains (trains No.39 along Rawang-Seremban route), KL Sentral and Old Kuala Lumpur train stations. Opening Date: Sat 27 Oct Venue: KTM Intercity arrival hall, Level 2, Stesen Sentral Kuala Lumpur (open space in front of KFC) Open Dialogue / Closing Date: Mon 29 Oct 2007 Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station and on KTM Komuter train All art works will be on display from 7am - 11pm daily, from 27 Nov - 4 Nov 2007 Post Exhibition Events Exhibition of LAMU documentation and process Dates: December 2007 Venue: Old Kuala Lumpur train station. Catalogue There will be publication of a catalogue after the exhibition featuring the artworks exhibited in LAMU, as well as documenting the process and collective findings from the investigations in the project. ~ And here's a more detailed rundown of stuff happening: Works on KTM Komuter Trains: Donna Miranda (Philippines) – KL 12 hrs (video and performance art). Date: Mon 22 Oct (time 10am - 10pm). Kok Siew Wai (Malaysia) – Untitled (digital prints on train hand railings). Lau Mun Leng (Malaysia) – Reading Project (performance). Date: Daily, at 4.33pm. (exact train, carriage and station to alight from tbc). Li Cassidy-Peet (Singapore) – Dayindayout (digital prints on the ceiling of train). Muid Latiff (Malaysia) – Merdeka Series (digital prints on overhead display panels). Wok The Rock (Indonesia) – Trails of Home (photography work on train windows – commuters are welcome to take away their favourite photos). ~ Works in KL Sentral station: Kamal Sabran (Malaysia) – Speed Of Time (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains). - 1st session: 8am-10am daily - 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily - 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily Sa Dewa (Indonesia) – Spinning Camera (photography work on light boxes located at station). Shieko Hussien (Malaysia) – mural on 9 feet by 26 feet wall, located at KTM Komuter foyer in KL Sentral station. Mural will be created daily from 23rd – 27th Oct 2007 (5pm - 10pm), and will be on display for the duration of exhibition. Urich Low (Singapore) – Finding Substation (video work projected on underground subway wall and exterior body of passing trains). - 1st session: 8am-10am daily - 2nd session: 1pm-3pm daily - 3rd session: 7pm-9pm daily ~ Works in Old Kuala Lumpur station: Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) – Sing Along (mobile music performance and installation). This mobile work will move between the Old KL station and KL Sentral station during the period of the LAMU exhibition. Date: Sat 27 - Mon 29 Oct AND Fri 2 - Sun 4 Nov - 1st session: 1pm - 3pm - 2nd session: 7pm - 9pm Goh Lee Kwang (Malaysia) – sound installation at Old KL station. ~ LAMU is organised by Kolektif Pembangun Seni, in partnership with Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad. The project is supported by Arts Network Asia, Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara, Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund, MATAHATI and Ganad Media. Our official media sponsor is Kakiseni.com. This project is also supported and coordinated by Rumah Air Panas. *Events are subject to change. Do keep checking for updates. RECOMMENDED! Now this is the kind of arts outreach activity that we need more of! Our arts scene is full of the usual suspects, a number of them social elites (quite of a few of whom would never deign to take the LRT, let alone the commuter trains). So, let's get more ordinary folk into our arts scene and pass the word around about LAMU. My first thumbs-up goes to the huge Shieko Hussain mural that will be created "live" on the wall of the KTM Komuter foyer at KL Sentral everyday from 22nd – 27th October 2007. It's a very, very rare opportunity to see a public artwork being created in the public eye and it's a process that is not likely to be repeated, given how hush-hush the creation of public artworks are in this country. Support LAMU, as how we at Kakiseni are doing, and let the arts move you. |
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| posted by Sharon Chin, Tue 16.10.200708:59:06 AM |
| I'm kicking myself for not being in the country to experience this. I support LAMU one hundred and ten percent, especially because I have some insight into what a difficult road it has been to bring this to reality. Malaysia Seni Boleh. D.I.Y. Power, etc. Tahniah...!
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| posted by gradstudent@melbourneuni, Sat 27.10.200722:31:08 PM |
| I think this is a brilliant and brave initiative! Unfortunately, I am also overseas at the moment but I support LAMU 100% too. It is indeed time for the KL art scene to reach out to the general public and not just the affluent and 'intellectual' upper middle class. Good luck LAMU!
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| posted by Tha-B from the super sunday, Sun 28.10.200716:54:55 PM |
| Yeah! check out our artwork at KTM Komuter K.L Central now.. or check me out at http://tha-b.blogdrive.com Cheers..
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| posted by Azmi, Mon 29.10.200711:10:20 AM |
| This is one interesting programe, but how do i get involed in the programe such as this..who can i contact...cuz i and my friends would like 2 join in tbe programe thanks azmi
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| posted by Z.H.Tan, Wed 31.10.200710:36:15 AM |
| LAMU is a good one. New artists exploring new ways, displaying their works in public place. It is time for Malaysians to know more about visual arts in Malaysia instead of leaving a big gap in between. This project is penetrative in terms of how it reaches their audience. But the only thing that I am not that satisfy is the KTM service(well I know LAMU has nothing to do with this). Once I thought of going to those platforms for the performance art, I need to make sure I have enough time to wait for the next train...'gangguan teknikal' always happens, it is like a part of their daily routine. By far the worst experience, I need to wait for apporximately two hours for a train to come, seeing those lights coming forth is like a 'miracle' after the long wait. Anyway, syabas to LAMU.
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| posted by Z.H.Tan, Fri 02.11.200718:15:27 PM |
| I got into train no.39, hoping for someting beyond expectation, or at least appeal to the audience, which is the public, but it's all disappointment; those digital prints are just too small to create an impact, especially Dayindayout, should try it on windows, not all of course; Muid Latiff's works look like cliche advertisments with ostentatious graphic elements etc... Those works of art on the platforms are better.
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| posted by Public arts forever, Sat 03.11.200700:24:18 AM |
| This is a really good effort, and I'm happy to see something like this happening in KL. There are some things that could be improved, like the artwork in the light box. I looked at it but didn't "see" it till someone pointed it out actually. If this is supposed to *bring* art to the masses, then it should make sure the masses *get* to see art... That's what I think anyway. Still I would love to see more art in public spaces and this is a very good beginning.
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