tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90231661329178825042024-03-05T08:44:26.862-08:00poogendapoodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-18945679134533319382010-06-11T13:48:00.000-07:002010-06-11T13:50:13.369-07:00The Happening is Hap}pening! - tattoo workshop and intermedia art performance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZXoLnZZXvdHpu465Glq0iGeq_lpBbaFUMgl6utHotd9yu3FZ0lmSUlaEjVTLAQvwL4u9OmN69qbPiI-Toi1sEqxbPl06X4cW4XwXok9l6vtb3PanP5LRupVahTdSqJH67sQVBZr1EWU/s1600/flyer+happening.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ZXoLnZZXvdHpu465Glq0iGeq_lpBbaFUMgl6utHotd9yu3FZ0lmSUlaEjVTLAQvwL4u9OmN69qbPiI-Toi1sEqxbPl06X4cW4XwXok9l6vtb3PanP5LRupVahTdSqJH67sQVBZr1EWU/s400/flyer+happening.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481621194734594722" border="0" /></a>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-83459407117463761582010-03-17T21:38:00.000-07:002010-05-16T20:13:47.276-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI80IKXjh5toLDCTzp5FFN9krvw5fgUOcW6qQru0TGrnU75xATK6rgFejoTPygJP_G12sJqNOqIaYNSzEuEBXYGDlls8H76zODcHJHyS1GKky8JJA2-BEJ4jinLeCH7_AH1S9b_oNIIw/s1600/flyer+promo+bukamulut_web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI80IKXjh5toLDCTzp5FFN9krvw5fgUOcW6qQru0TGrnU75xATK6rgFejoTPygJP_G12sJqNOqIaYNSzEuEBXYGDlls8H76zODcHJHyS1GKky8JJA2-BEJ4jinLeCH7_AH1S9b_oNIIw/s400/flyer+promo+bukamulut_web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472071476186911874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="color: rgb(251, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:6px;"><span style="font-size:18pt;"><b><br />BUKA MULUT!</b></span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:12pt;">A performance art event<br /><br />featuring:<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><br /><b>AISHA BAHARUDDIN<br />BEBE<br />SIMON SOON<br />CHI TOO<br />INTAN RAFIZA<br />NIKI O<br />SAFRIMAN<br />RAHMAT HARON<br />RAY LAGENBACH<br />TAN ZI HAO<br /></b><br /><b>+ JO KUKATHAS as emcee!<br /></b><br /><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(251, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><b>SATURDAY<br />20 MARCH 2010<br />8.30 – 10pm<br />The Terrace @ DAVE’S Pizza Pasta Vino, 1Utama Shopping Centre<br /></b></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">*Happy hour until 10pm! RM35/jug<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(251, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">contact: +6017 356 6206 / +6019 649 2772<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Supported by:<br />DAVE’s Pizza Pasta Vino<br />and Instant Café Theatre House of Art & Ideas @ CHAI<br /></span></span><span style="color: rgb(251, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">------------------------------<wbr>--<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:12pt;"><b>FOOD<br /></b><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">To be honest the last thing I want to do is write an essay about food. All you need to know about food you can learn from cookbooks, your father, your grandmother, Asian Food Channel, or just... eating it. Anyone who wants to deconstruct a char keuy teow instead of savoring those slippery folds, moist with grease, between their lips, must be bereft of some common virtue.<br /><br />Furthermore, food is one of those last Malaysian frontiers where we are as confident in our identity and as sexy in that confidence as an Italian in a perfectly cut suit. We may not know what it means to be truly Malaysian, but damn, we know our food is shiok. When it comes to food at least, we're comfortable with who we are. This lack of self-consciousness is becoming all too rare in our culture, and I don't want to defile that sacred ground with identity politics and cultural theories. I don't think my parents sponsored four years of tertiary education abroad so that I could come home and write about nasi lemak in ways they can't understand.<br /><br />When I was still in school, my parents took their life savings (including their childrens' education fund) and started a restaurant business. For a few years my terrace-link home in Taman Tun was a commissary cum warehouse - the rooms were taken over one by one until at one point all five of us (myself, my parents and two other siblings) were sleeping in the master bedroom. Eventually, the 'Proudly A Malaysian Discovery' Dave's Deli business took off, and we moved into a bigger house and a relatively comfortable life. Interesting trivia: many people around my age have told me that they had their first date and similar rites of passage in a Dave's Deli outlet, usually over the 1/4 Roast Chicken with gravy and mash.<br /><br />Although they couldn't be prouder now, in the early days I know that I disappointed my parents by choosing an art career instead of the family business. Putting food on the table literally involved putting food on tables, so walking away from the communal rice bowl affected how I related to food, wealth, and the family unit. It taught me alot about independence - on the one hand, the guilt of abandoning a life-time of values and the terrible shame of asserting individual freedom against collective well-being; on the other, the discovery of the full range of yourself, the useful strengths and humiliating weaknesses, as in a golf swing or a muscle. Malaysians have been taught that merdeka is a joyful business, all parade and celebration, because we (?) well someone, anyway, achieved it. Oh yes, but independence applied at the personal level is also a painful business, and that pain makes it undeniably ours - because we practice it.<br /><br />Back to food. Five years into this profession, I wish that art was more like food. I wish that ideas in this country were more palatable, more sedap in the making. I wish I could slurp art down in 5 minutes at a kopitiam during lunch, that we could gather together around it, arguing about where to find the best this or that, and make plans for outstation trips just to try some far-out speciality. My brain hurts over how we can extend culture as a form of open, universal hospitality, instead of the invite-only feasts offered in galleries or art spaces. For years, my family has been coming to my exhibitions. Once or twice they even did the catering! I think it's time to change things up a bit, hence my plan to organize a performance art event over two nights at Dave's Pizza Pasta & Wino, which is a fine dining restaurant in 1Utama shopping centre, where Darren, my older brother, is head chef.<br /><br />It is an attempt to test out new audiences and new spaces, to see how artists and public interact in an unfamiliar setting. If artists continue to present their ideas to the same limited audience of art enthusiasts, we are doomed to stagnation and self-indulgence - like the cook who makes the same dish over and over because she knows it will go down well.<br /><br />And also... after some time poking around in the wilderness, perhaps I long to bring back to the family table, and offer in the spirit of humility, my search for independence. I hope it's good eating.<br /><br />- Sharon Chin</span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue;"><br /></span></span></span>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-23721379895973662082010-02-04T03:25:00.000-08:002010-02-04T03:27:00.050-08:00HOWARD ZINN : YOU CAN'T BE NEUTRAL ON A MOVING TRAIN screening<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBw4_dDnAio1euZm-YM5E-r7dJnAHyS3iNhrnsYiMpLzl8xgOJmIBaK4Dq9WHFmNCIl2e2mt_NiO4HObyh4Dyi9l6k5SJDzGZgzhVRxtEnHXlhvKaFz_3wWJ95sfcEcXltOUUk5FacEPQ/s1600-h/HOWARD+FLYER+web.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBw4_dDnAio1euZm-YM5E-r7dJnAHyS3iNhrnsYiMpLzl8xgOJmIBaK4Dq9WHFmNCIl2e2mt_NiO4HObyh4Dyi9l6k5SJDzGZgzhVRxtEnHXlhvKaFz_3wWJ95sfcEcXltOUUk5FacEPQ/s400/HOWARD+FLYER+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434348146118037346" border="0" /></a>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-36438557592498680812010-01-26T09:11:00.000-08:002010-01-26T11:50:15.902-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eWoJ1bbeJuSVgLVeJKHWzpm50FJNVa2jZFXbxZxrQDyvOs9IMjAhq_uZXLkxhWbWzMQVHUGlsy6hdNPdQCYThJX8Ob2bIE9AqCav_PNNQ6gpz4Azzkyjt7PPLJ_BR9YsiW1HwqE0V9E/s1600-h/FreePalestine5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6eWoJ1bbeJuSVgLVeJKHWzpm50FJNVa2jZFXbxZxrQDyvOs9IMjAhq_uZXLkxhWbWzMQVHUGlsy6hdNPdQCYThJX8Ob2bIE9AqCav_PNNQ6gpz4Azzkyjt7PPLJ_BR9YsiW1HwqE0V9E/s400/FreePalestine5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431097539860713602" border="0" /></a><br /><p>Palestina, sepanjang sejarah perjuangan rakyatnya melawan israel dalam memerdekakan tanah air mereka, belum pernah berdepan dengan pergeseran sesama sendiri, sehebat sekarang ini, hinggakan sanggup berbunuhan. Begitulah kurang lebih penjelasan komrad Salah Al-Salah dari <a href="http://www.pflp.ps/english/">Barisan Pembebasan Rakyat Palestin</a>, tadi malam di rumah Gerak Budaya, saat dirinya seorang lelaki seusia 73 tahun, menjelaskan pertentangan semasa antara PLO (Al-Fatah) dan Hamas.</p><p>biarpun dirinya sudah bercucu, kini Salah Al-Salah tetap bersemangat berkhidmat dalam jawatankuasa pelarian rakyat Palestin. Salah menjelaskan, ribuan tahun lamanya, rakyat Palestin telah hidup bersama, tak mengira agama, suku, keturunan, bangsa. Malah dalam sejarah percubaan mematahkan perlawanan rakyat Palestin sejak pemerintahan Mandat Inggeris lagi (dengan dasar pecah dan perintahnya)perbezaan - pergeseran - pertentangan sesama barisan rakyat Palestin melawan zionis israel, belum pernah menciptakan keadaan permusuhan sesama rakyat Palestin sehebat ini. Biarpun di zaman Mandat Inggeris lagi, zionis israel telah mencuba memecah belahkan perlawanan rakyat Palestin dengan jahatnya menanamkan bibit permusuhan di antara orang2 kota dan org2 desa atau di antara penganut Kristian dan Islam Palestin. namun ianya tidak pernah berhasil. meskipun benar, di mana-manapun wujud perbezaan cara tindakan, atau pergeseran idea taktik strategi, namun sebelum ini kontradiksi dapat diselesaikan tanpa memecahkan kekuatan perlawanan rakyat Palestin, seperti yang sedang terjadi, Hamas dan Fatah saling berbunuhan.</p><p>tapi begitulah perjalanan sejarah manusia yang tidak habis-habis dengan dialektika, pertentangan, baik buruk, hitam putih, yin yang, hubungan-hubungan dua (atau jutaan-bilionan-mega-giga) unsur yang saling berlawanan, menghasilkan unsur-unsur kebaharuan sementara, meneruskan sejarah hinggalah titik tamat kewujudan alam - yang terlalu jauh di luar batas pengetahuan manusia. </p><p>ya sejarah manusia dan peradabannya, menurut Karl Marx adalah sejarah perjuangan kelas, tetapi ia juga adalah sejarah pengkhianatan, begitu kata2 cukup lantang <a href="http://tukartiub.blogspot.com/">Hishamudin Rais </a>bersuara memulakan huraiannya tentang perjuangan rakyat Palestin. Selain tamu jemputan Komrad Salah Al-Salah, forum anjuran<a href="http://www.msri.org.my/"> MSRI</a> itu juga turut menampilkan Hisham sebagai pembicaranya. Hisham pernah ke Beirut dalam Perang Saudara di Lebanon, pada perjalanan pelariannya di tahun-tahun romantika anak muda revolusioner 1970 an, ikut bersama dengan PLO menentang kekejaman puak Kristian kanan Falangis dan zionis Israel.</p><p>mungkin juga lebih tepat dalam menghuraikan sejarah perjuangan perlawanan rakyat tertindas adalah sejarah pengkhianatan. pengkhianatan kepimpinan perjuangan rakyat yang akhirnya mematahkan, melumpuh, menyusahkan atau di titik-titik tertentu menghancurkan satu-satu gerakan rakyat itu.</p><p>Kelihatannya komrad Salah Al Salah berkongsi pandangan dengan Hisham, bahawa PLO, Al-Fatah dan Yaser Arafat telah mengkhianati perjuangan rakyat Palestin dengan meletakkan senjata Al-Fatah dan akhirnya menandatangani perjanjian Oslo.</p><p>Hisham juga (tak perlulah pulak nak diterangkan siapa mamat ni) memandang persamaan suasana dan keadaan sejarah penindasan dan perlawanan rakyat di Palestin dan Malaysia. Persamaan yang berpunca dari orang2 yang sama juga (pegawai penjajah Inggeris) yang pernah bertugas pada zaman pemerintahan Mandat Inggeris di Palestin, dengan memainkan peranan penting perampasan kemerdekaan tanah air dan manusia Palestin serta pembentukan negara haram Zionis Israel. Pegawai2 Inggeris yang sama ini jugalah yang datang ke Tanah Melayu, merampas hak dan menghancurkan gerakan kemerdekaan rakyat di sini, misalnya Setiausaha Pemerintahan Mandat Inggeris di Palestin, Gerald Templer, yang dikenang Hisham dalam bahasa Inggeris, <em>"that was beautifully assasinated by The Malayan Communist Party."</em></p><p>berbalik kepada soal pengkhianatan kepimpinan gerakan rakyat Palestin, <a href="http://uknowsanasini.blogspot.com/">Yunos Ali</a>, seorang aktivis, sarjana sosiologi, pesara ahli akademik, juga seorang bekas gerilyawan skuad komando Al Fatah di Beirut, berkongsi cerita pedih lagi sayu, kisah bagaimana dia pernah diarahkan pimpinan Al Fatah untuk membunuh pejuang Palestin daripada kelompok PFLP. "<em>Fatah is very reppresive</em>," tutur Yunos. Dia enggan mengikut arahan tersebut, dan nyaris dikenakan tindakan Mahkamah Tentera.</p><p>Kita perlu memandang perjuangan Palestin sebagai perjuangan membebaskan tanah air daripada perampasan zionis israel untuk kebebasan, hak-hak demokratik dan kemerdekaan warganya. Palestin bukanlah konflik agama atau konflik bangsa Arab dan Yahudi. Buktinya, sepanjang masa sejarah perlawanannya, rejim-rejim tidak demokratik di negara-negara Arab sering menyumbang kepada kehancuran gerakan rakyat Palestin, malah ikut sama dengan zionis israel menindas rakyat Palestin, seperti misal kata Mesir yang enggan membenarkan bantuan makanan sampai ke wilayah Gaza yang terkepung, malah ke tahap hasad dengki menanam besi-besi bagi menutup lorong2 'tikus' bawah tanah menghubungkan Gaza dan Mesir. atau seperti Arab Saudi - dengan bingung kecelaruan menjadi penjaga Kaabah dan juga boneka sekutu Amerika Syarikat - pendukung utama kewujudan zionis israel.</p><p>Palestin bukan perang agama Islam dan Yahudi. Palestin adalah makna hak, merdeka kebebasan, dan kemanusiaan dalam pengertiannya yang paling asas, bahawa kita, di manapun, kita sebutkan di Malaysia, di Singapura, di Iraq, Afghanistan, di Burma, di Thailand, di Patani, di Asia, Eropah, Afrika, Amerika Selatan, malah di israel dan Amerika Syarikat sendiri, sesiapapun tak akan tunduk pada kekejaman manusia bersenjata, kedamaian cinta sejahtera kehidupan masa depan bersama adil dan saksama untuk semua adalah cita-cita. tidak salah untuk bercita-cita dan menurut teman jauhku Salabi, salah itu biasa. ha.ha.ha.</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p>begitulah aku menghabiskan hujung mingguku. tengahari ke petangnya ke acara forum Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia, awal malam ke forum Palestin, kemudian tengah malam Sabtu sampai ke pagi Ahad berforum pulak bersama poodien, avroco dan nik bin jidan tentang tentang hidup, seni, seks, seksualiti, seksis, seksisme, berahi, politik cinta, paranoya kuasa, penipuan nostalgia sistem hidup masa lalu, kepura-puraan warisan yang telah lama pupus dan hilang; kini ekonomi wang yang menilaikan segala-galanya - ke tahap ekstrem tanpa sedar menjadi berhala baru sembahan manusia moden yang kununnya patuh beragama atau setia berprinsip dalam kira-kira akaun dosa dan pahala, keterpisahan di pinggiran bayang-bayang ke kayangan mimpi-mimpi bersinar bintang-bintang, atau hasrat melihat kedatangan banjir besar memusnahkan segala-galanya yang kunun gah gagah memeras, menenggelamkan serakah ketamakan dan angkuh kesombongan, suatu keanehan nikmat, kegagalan-kegagalan indah (atau secara <em>oxymoron</em> nya - untuk menyedapkan hati sendiri - dapat kita sebut sebagai kehodohan yang cantik).</p><p><br /></p><p>*tulisan diambil dari blog teman di <a href="http://sampahseni.blogspot.com/">sampahseni.blogspot.com<br /></a></p><p>*catatan pada ahad, 24 jan 2010</p><p>*dipinjam pakai untuk ulasan satu hari itu yang sebahagiannya dilalui bersama.</p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-3124435915678740142009-12-06T08:03:00.000-08:002009-12-06T08:39:11.228-08:00who owns the idea?<p></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8A7bGwXtiwP84992PBULF5x_Y2_v8H8Uhmwe4w0KK1ZCSAP7qBbivD_wf9ko78YtNEfklDqFk-p6vetRwj0n5LBXXY0eOntJQnWSTd2tQP_w5gDw70zrcGOcYxFrTJMH-rKyvFkLi_0/s1600-h/cover+farish+noor+dsgn.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq8A7bGwXtiwP84992PBULF5x_Y2_v8H8Uhmwe4w0KK1ZCSAP7qBbivD_wf9ko78YtNEfklDqFk-p6vetRwj0n5LBXXY0eOntJQnWSTd2tQP_w5gDw70zrcGOcYxFrTJMH-rKyvFkLi_0/s400/cover+farish+noor+dsgn.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412154825249392258" /></a></p><p>Aku beli buku ini pada hari yang sama ia dilancarkan di Annexe Gallery, tapi di tempat yang berbeza di Shah Alam. Ada jualan buku buku sempena acara Frinjan 6.0. Perkara pertama yang menarik perhatian aku adalah design/rekaannya. Tetapi ada terlintas aku pernah lihat design seperti ini dahulu, rekaan kulit hadapan sebuah majalah sastera, seni, politik kontemporari dari Amerika, <a href="http://www.believermag.com/">The Believer</a>.<p> <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 341px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe-vA-IPz7JNCde95omv8GPipUARt5weSHVH-VTxdzt95RlHcwCKTUNP_4eS7z3xhMAOnKXAcjRQjqK3CLIvzeeQ1fDS-ETC_5CjH-_HjzA250wwuXIvHkN5UvJbb1j27Zh_deM6AmumI/s400/the_believer_39.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412157026717103858" /><br />Di muka dalam buku terbaru yang memuatkan tulisan Farish Noor ini dinyatakan 'book layout and typesetting by Liza Manshoor dari<a href="http://eclecticdsgn.com/"> eclecticdsgn.com</a>. Dalam websitenya menyatakan alamat firma design ini di Kuala Lumpur dan Boston.</p><p>Entah kenapa ingatan aku terus teringat kepada majalah The Believer ini semasa pertama kali melihat rekaan kulit sampul untuk buku terbaru tulisan Farish A. Noor ini. Mungkin kebetulan idea komposisi nya lebih kurang sama, atau juga mungkin dia memang suka dan minat karyanya Dave Egger, author dan juga pereka konsep untuk majalah The Believer ini. <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/eggers/eggers.html">Dave Egger</a> juga founder kepada indiependent publishing house, <a href="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/">McSweeney</a>.</p><p>Rujuk di <a href="http://thingstolookat.blogspot.com/search/label/Dave%20Eggers">sini </a>juga.</p><p>Lebih melucukan, pada masa yang sama aku membeli buku Farish A.Noor ini juga, aku beli buku ini yang tanpa disedari sehingga pulang kerumah yang ianya masih ada sedikit karakter rekaan dan skima warna yang kali ini aku percaya ini memang kebetulan!</p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1lhiDsSq9tgjGP9SoyR0XsVlOmlXf3n3Ki02Jjwzc47FF8BgFnuzLyMyaFRLsazN2sCFOUaGdYlbUYQKXdjts7mf0QDwt8YsNCQAVz5bmV7VIYE1j9dvsVIT86-5QJxRIYVMtxIprZQ/s1600-h/Untitled-4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj1lhiDsSq9tgjGP9SoyR0XsVlOmlXf3n3Ki02Jjwzc47FF8BgFnuzLyMyaFRLsazN2sCFOUaGdYlbUYQKXdjts7mf0QDwt8YsNCQAVz5bmV7VIYE1j9dvsVIT86-5QJxRIYVMtxIprZQ/s400/Untitled-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412163315268755266" /></a><br /><p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-74189912926438314282009-12-01T05:06:00.000-08:002009-12-01T05:20:05.879-08:00BIRUSHANAH | KL | 15 FEBRUARY 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUUv_W_-ZstmEK3HLsrWzr10W3_EwjF2k2tOSAkIOyIERHyyNGaekpq9pTu_b0qa73rbmsmp6Lbc17dh-A__F7tZy9xgnLy5wMfpGQJs6zjXWpTrujypfgYRLCtImpcaU2VMlQm8Kf7g/s1600/birushanah+tour.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUUv_W_-ZstmEK3HLsrWzr10W3_EwjF2k2tOSAkIOyIERHyyNGaekpq9pTu_b0qa73rbmsmp6Lbc17dh-A__F7tZy9xgnLy5wMfpGQJs6zjXWpTrujypfgYRLCtImpcaU2VMlQm8Kf7g/s400/birushanah+tour.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410253851287824466" /></a><br /><p>be prepared... coming to K[hel]L February 15th 2010..</p><p>www.myspace.com/BIRUSHANAH<br /></p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-43272744651081032252009-10-28T18:49:00.000-07:002009-10-29T23:25:13.492-07:00[ BREAK] JUSTICE YELDHAM SHOW | 3 nov 2009, Tuesday | 8.00 pm | Allunan Symfonny Studio, Sunway<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2HxLVehKOXifTUNdTvQajrPwYvZvvhI459tXDIvmNOnTSQ5fNnjcIgAgYyJYllUPcQ02CZBC4-7M36Yj4H45vBgvQKeVMTPA8268eyDB4U2wpPulWmu1RthZrA8loLi2kYagsc-OXoA/s1600-h/flyer+WEB.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq2HxLVehKOXifTUNdTvQajrPwYvZvvhI459tXDIvmNOnTSQ5fNnjcIgAgYyJYllUPcQ02CZBC4-7M36Yj4H45vBgvQKeVMTPA8268eyDB4U2wpPulWmu1RthZrA8loLi2kYagsc-OXoA/s400/flyer+WEB.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398261060270608258" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">--Formerly a turntablist – "in the loosest sense" -Justice Yeldham, aka Lucas Abela, is known world wide for his miced-up performances of triangular sheets of glass - wired to a super utility belt of effects pedals - which he plays with his mouth, hyperventilating and getting some of the freakiest industrial sounds you’ll hear in modern music, which, despite their nightmarish variety, Yeldham plays with practiced precision. Performances are intensely physical or ‘neo-brutalist’ and not for the faint-hearted.<br /><br />* taken from www.infonews.co.nz<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-size:130%;">[ JUSTICE YELDHAM SHOW ]</span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Sydney sound performance act<br /><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;">3 NOV 2009</span> (tuesday)<br /></span><span style="color:#99ff99;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />8PM to 12PM</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="color:#99ff99;">ALLUNAN SYMFONNY STUDIO, CAFE AND DISTRO</span><br />27-2, Jalan PJS 8/12, Dataran Sunway Mentari<br />46150 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan (go to maps.google.com.my an paste the whole address for map!) <br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/allunansymfonny">http://www.myspace.com/allunansymfonny</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">facebook: Allunan Symfonny Studio, Cafe and Distro<br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />local supporting acts:<br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">JERK KEROUAC</span><br />http://www.myspace.com/jerkkerouac<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://jerkkerouac.bandcamp.com/">http://jerkkerouac.bandcamp.com/</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">PAKATAN HARAMJADAH</span><br />http://pakatanharamjadah.wordpress.com/<br />http://www.myspace.com/pakatanharamjadah<br /></span><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />TADPOLE</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />http://www.myspace.com/tadpolerulezzz<br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6666;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />+ 1 MORE special ACT!</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br />RM5 entrance fee.<br /><br />contacts: 013 243 7092<br /><br />SEE YOU THERE!<br /><br />------------------------------<br /><br />Justice Yeldham:<br /></span><p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Justice_Yeldham/<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/justice_yeldham?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=artist_about">http://www.ozarts.com.au/artists/justice_yeldham?SQ_PAINT_LAYOUT_NAME=artist_about</a></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aNVpS7DLOXA&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-16107487933646250142009-10-06T18:06:00.000-07:002009-10-06T20:17:50.698-07:00STEVE TOWSON S.E ASIA TOUR 2009 | 12TH OCT 2009 | 6.30pm to 12.00pm | FNBHOUSE | PETALING JAYA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeAbuYLGPO4sOgAJB3Qm6cJob1cdw60_0FU2xOLSaM9ucB23Aebi2BNaZXNjxOr-2JdBzSpzZXI-3TfGPrYVx5sQnMAbIAPg6V6oWupJsfKvIzve1JGZATc268imR0oOXI5XtEwjAYbQ/s1600-h/for+blog2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyeAbuYLGPO4sOgAJB3Qm6cJob1cdw60_0FU2xOLSaM9ucB23Aebi2BNaZXNjxOr-2JdBzSpzZXI-3TfGPrYVx5sQnMAbIAPg6V6oWupJsfKvIzve1JGZATc268imR0oOXI5XtEwjAYbQ/s400/for+blog2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389684377050632530" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#ffcccc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">INVITATION TO STEVE TOWSON S.E ASIA TOUR SHOW !</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Steve Towson, folk/punkrocker from Australia will tour South East Asia again this October! He will play shows in Phillpines, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. On 12th october, Monday, night time, we are organizing one punk as folk ACCOUSTIC show for him at FoodNotBombs house </span><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Petaling Jaya, No.14 Jalan Jelawat 8/10, Section 8, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;">. This is the final show for the tour!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">It's an outdoor show, on the front yard of the single storey terrace house with the nice park/playground in front of it. Imagine some kind of house party with proper performances and there's no entrance fee but will ask for people kindness to donate some money. Pls Pls Pls!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">The show will start at 6.30 pm until 12 pm. Do come early, on time and support everyone and each other!!</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Here is the agenda:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Screening:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">1.Running by Mien - a documentary on Refugees in Malaysia / 30 minutes</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> *</span><a href="http://running-suaram.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">website</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;"> *Mien Ly is an independent filmmaker. She will be around for the screening. Take this chance to discuss/talk to her.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color:#33cc00;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">The Supporting Acoustic (or turn acoustic) Acts:</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> 1. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">The Pips - </span></b><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thepips666"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.myspace.com/thepips666</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">2. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Wolf of Spunky Funggy - </span></b><a href="http://www.myspace.com/spunkyfunggy"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.myspace.com/spunkyfunggy</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">3. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Azreen Azzamuddin - </span></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfiEMzTVd8E&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbangunproject%2Ewordpress%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfiEMzTVd8E&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbangunproject%2Ewordpress%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> 4. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Cakap Rakyat - </span></b><a href="http://www.cakaprakyat.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.cakaprakyat.blogspot.com/</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Meor - </span><a href="http://www.pestajiwa.net/2008/05/meor-seru-video-klip/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.pestajiwa.net/2008/05/meor-seru-video-klip/</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> 5. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">The Garrison - </span></b><a href="http://www.myspace.com/beatgarrison"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.myspace.com/beatgarrison</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">6. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Azmyl Yunor - </span></b><a href="http://yat.ch/yunor/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://yat.ch/yunor/</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> 7. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Always Last - </span></b><a href="http://wearealwayslast.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://wearealwayslast.blogspot.com/</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Poetry | words:</span></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> 1. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Rahmat Haron - </span></b><a href="http://sampahseni.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://sampahseni.blogspot.com/</span></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">2. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Fared Ayam</span></b></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">3. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Illya Syahirah</span></b></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p></b><span style="font-family:arial;">4.</span><b><span style="font-family:arial;"> Shaira Amira - </span></b><a href="http://legasisembilanbelas.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://legasisembilanbelas.blogspot.com/</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;"> 5. </span><b><span style="font-family:arial;">Ashraf Ishak - </span></b><b><a href="http://ashrafishak.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://ashrafishak.blogspot.com/</span></a></b></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p></b><b><span style="font-family:arial;">6. Tshiung Han See - </span></b><b><a href="http://hanless.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://hanless.blogspot.com/</span></a></b></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:arial;"> 7. Elaine Foster - </span></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DYJt11vLE"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4DYJt11vLE</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><o:p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="color:#33cc00;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Vegan food! </span></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:arial;">Chocolate cake? vegan bread? Pau? Cookies? Pizza? Ketupat? Thilaga? This is limited! Come early to have a taste on our special vegan recipe. You’ve been warned.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">bring your stuff for sale or give away: indieDIY music records, zines, books, newsletters, phamplet, propaganda, artworks, dolls, toys, alcohol, grass, drinks, food, love, etc </span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> ------------------------------------------</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Some read up on the man:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Steve Towson is taking stock of what has been, and what may become, with the release of his latest CD, a retrospective album of re-recorded material spanning his career since 2001.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">His one man, one guitar approach allowed him to play “anywhere, anytime”, which he did with prolific intensity. In addition to taking his music to audiences within the relatively safe political climate of Australia, Steve has toured throughout South-East Asia numerous times. Despite the tight or turbulent political atmosphere in some countries, Steve has been unwavering in his advocacy for equitable social change.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">A musical broadening occurred in 2006, when collaboration with fourteen musicians in Australia and SE Asia allowed Steve to develop the concept of his new backing band The Conscripts. He invited five musicians into the studio to work on a full-length release. Titled Shah Mat, it was an album of musical and lyrical diversity, which received strong support from Triple J’s Short.Fast.Loud and community radio, and was compared musically to Nick Cave, The Clash, The Pogues, The Ramones and Leonard Cohen.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Since the end of the Conscripts project, Steve has returned to his early “anti-folk” recordings, and responded to punters’ calls for a compilation of favourite tracks from his first three albums. The resulting retrospective CD (self-titled, 2009) is an exposition of simplicity, passion and raw honesty. His sincere lyrics are accompanied only by his characteristic guitar performance. The release is now on offer independently and during Steve’s launch tour in Oct 2009.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Steve Towson:</span></p><p><a href="http://www.stevetowson.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.stevetowson.com/</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/stevetowson"><span style="font-family:arial;">www.myspace.com/stevetowson</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7PBg1-1V4"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt7PBg1-1V4</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31IfEMuKvM"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O31IfEMuKvM</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">7X0X7 collective, singapore:</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/iheart7x0x7"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.myspace.com/iheart7x0x7</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Papakerma records, malaysia:</span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="http://www.papakerma.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.papakerma.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">FoodNotBombsKL</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.fnbkl.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.fnbkl.blogspot.com</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://www.mockmeat.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://www.mockmeat.wordpress.com</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">more info:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none; text-autospace:none"><a href="http://ricecooker.kerbau.com/2009/09/10/friday-2nd-to-monday-12th-october-2009-steve-towson-sea-tour-2009/"><span style="font-family:arial;">http://ricecooker.kerbau.com/2009/09/10/friday-2nd-to-monday-12th-october-2009-steve-towson-sea-tour-2009/</span></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">SEE YOU THERE!!</span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OML9CcdzF7tIVwxuFVolqmgwueRuLJ46hB7eFZRPJHTSk-RWPDDgG-WIKa7vjOXb6qVA47yw5Miq167273eqFaCQ55Xd0eQo6wrnnJDcCuuv5CecfuZ4Yi0oxYknjwkWRAZq3UvMKjA/s1600-h/map+to+FNBhouse.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OML9CcdzF7tIVwxuFVolqmgwueRuLJ46hB7eFZRPJHTSk-RWPDDgG-WIKa7vjOXb6qVA47yw5Miq167273eqFaCQ55Xd0eQo6wrnnJDcCuuv5CecfuZ4Yi0oxYknjwkWRAZq3UvMKjA/s400/map+to+FNBhouse.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389684591472601746" /></a><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></p><object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Dt7PBg1-1V4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-19715291898848664332009-09-08T21:48:00.000-07:002009-09-10T06:33:41.871-07:00Kaulah Lembu! Akulah Lembu!<p align="justify">Kali ini lembu menjadi subjek popular. Semua orang bercakap, menulis mengenai lembu, paling tidak pun pada yang peduli. Pertunjukan paling gempar dan menggegarkan satu negara yang sekarang ini sedang cuba ada gesaan untuk berubah. Kalau bukan pada orang-orang biasa yang sentiasa meyusuri longkang mungkin hanya di peringkat politik nasional. Atau mungkin juga benar apa yang di panggil 'rakyat' betul sedang, dan mahu berubah, merujuk keputusan mengundi pilihanraya umum lepas atau rujukan yang 'membenarkan' para politikus dalam kata katanya. (Kotak itulah semuanya tanda demokrasi, sumber nyawa, hidup mati, berserah dan meyerahlah segala alam!!) <br /><br />Kalaulah pertunjukan di Shah Alam pada 28 haribulan August 2009 yang lepas itu adalah satu pertunjukan seni persembahan alangkah bangganya aku menjadi seorang 'wannabe' seniman. Impak visual arca hidup (atau mati) yang ternyata berkesan menggerakkan warga untuk mempersoalkan nilai nilai besar yang berkesedaran dalam minda yang menjadi pemandu nadi tenaga gerak untuk mengangkat satu jari. Satu impian semua seniman yang mahu karyanya berkesan sehingga sebegitu (tapi entah apa silapnya ia hanya jadi barangan niaga dan suka benar 'dipentaskan' dan terpisah jauh dari kehidupan. Kita yang akhir zaman ni makin kuat cekaman rantai di kaki dengan definisi yang makin ketat sukar untuk bawanya kembali ke pentas sebenar...khususnya dipentas Malaysia nih...duh duh duh..alasan!) Paling tidak pun ramai yang terkesan berasa bangga, berharapan, sombong, bongkak, bersemangat, pandai, kesal, marah, kecewa, menyampah, runsing, gelabah, terkejut dan ada juga yang tenang (terutama bagi yang faham sangat permainannya). <br /><br />Sebetulnya memang lagaknya betul betul seakan atau meniru persembahan seni dari asas fundamentalnya lagi iaitu subjek, bentuk dan isi, juga kepalsuan dan keplastikan yang pasti. Ternyata peniruan ini sudah jadi benar mungkin? Mungkin ini ya satu persembahan seni pikirku, yang berjaya kerana dapat mengganggu seluruh warga. Kejayaannya mengangkat perkara yang tidaklah terlalu penting dan mengejek tahap imaginasi hingga dapat menjadikan penipuan dan peniruan sebagai suatu yang sahih. </p><p align="justify">Atau ini tandanya kita ini sebenarnya berada dalam negara fasis yang membengkak dan sedang terdedah daging dagingnya dari balutan rapi? Sebahagian dari aku mengatakan keterlaluan untuk membuat pertuduhan sebegitu, fasis itu sejarah lama akhir abad ke19 dan awal abad ke20 di Eropah dahulu, mana mungkin sekarang di sini. Tapi ciri cirinya sama: menghadkan imaginasi pada sempadan negara (dan segala yang bersangkutan dengannya; ultra nasionalis contohnya); mengulangi penipuan berulang ulang sehingga menjadi kebenaran, dan juga betapa ia begitu 'catchy' sehingga keyakinannya diguna pakai dari hooligan, gangster, orang orang gedebe jalanan sehingga pada pemerintah tertinggi negara, tepat!<br /></p><p align="justify">Berbalik pada subjek lembu. Amat rapatlah dia dengan perumpaan, 'bodoh seperti lembu'. Terang dan simbolik yang tidak bersimpang siur untuk dirungkaikan, khususnya pada yang dikontruksi sosial kesedarannya dalam budaya melayu.</p><p align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_O7sgKqzwiZXd0UF_A5s04qFtyvcZdA-Wmqz3TBLXxRH_mhnMqnlyMH0Dkk8I4G2jfRN5ltOCnbKUJCNYmJLRT6HWQGEZXxG77FmY2PGoXzUZo-7JqqNk-IXi9yrTUWXWj-rRmsAvYE/s1600-h/work01+negaraku+web.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_O7sgKqzwiZXd0UF_A5s04qFtyvcZdA-Wmqz3TBLXxRH_mhnMqnlyMH0Dkk8I4G2jfRN5ltOCnbKUJCNYmJLRT6HWQGEZXxG77FmY2PGoXzUZo-7JqqNk-IXi9yrTUWXWj-rRmsAvYE/s320/work01+negaraku+web.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379331547018762386" /></a></p><p align="justify">Aku pada 22 Ogos sebelum kejadian gempar itu, siap membuat satu kolaj digital yang di beri tajuk Negaraku dengan mengambil subjek kerbau, yang menghantar mesej simbol yang sama. Kerbau - lembu, mungkin akibat fungsinya dan karakter yang sama, ia membawa simbol yang sama, 'macam kerbau dicucuk hidung', orang yang mengikut apa sahaja kata tuannya. Kolaj ini juga respon dari amarah rasa pada permainan -permainan politik nasional akhir akhir ini yang terlalu menyesakkan. Ia satu respon terus aku terhadap pemerintah yang terlalu membodohkan rakyatnya, atau menganggap rakyat terlalu bodoh dengan pernyataan -pernyataan rasmi dan tindakan yang terlalu mengejek kepandaian orang ramai. Entah ini satu kebetulan atau apa (ada yang suka bergurau dengan kata seperti 'tanda tanda kenabian'!). Ia juga mengingatkan aku pada sebelum itu, bulan Julai, seorang kawan seniman, yang mempamerkan karya lukisannya di sebuah galeri di ibukota dengan bersubjekkan lembu: </p><div align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieReT5KCqYd5JxMalwJHR6YCva8hSN4M7_ayMCA13ep5XVhFoJmImK6KqubKgtsFvpGJ1MwvtAgb7qDcoKQs3KoPVHoxG7wjINnLhgF3RW0uEyC4NinfCVbiZ5UHnqMEWp75GAUFZNVmI/s1600-h/Zul+lembu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieReT5KCqYd5JxMalwJHR6YCva8hSN4M7_ayMCA13ep5XVhFoJmImK6KqubKgtsFvpGJ1MwvtAgb7qDcoKQs3KoPVHoxG7wjINnLhgF3RW0uEyC4NinfCVbiZ5UHnqMEWp75GAUFZNVmI/s400/Zul+lembu.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379331945670560178" /></a>yang bertajuk Destructive Behaviour : After Ahmad Zaki. Daripada temuramah atau perbualan dalam laman web yang mendokumentasikan aktiviti kesenian lokal: <a href="http://www.arterimalaysia.com/2009/07/14/interview-pameran-dari-kerana-mata/">Arteri</a>, kata pelukisnya ia juga menggunakan perlambangan yang sama. Tetapi dalam perbualan santai aku dengannya sendiri lukisan ini juga mengejek sikap seniman seniman senior lokal yang terlalu eliitis dan penting diri sendiri sahaja, langsung tidak ada kontribusi pada masyarakat seni, kalau tidak pun pada masyarakat luas, yang aku akui memang benar. Akhirnya berbalik pada perangai dan 'attitude' juga dan selepas tu berleterlah dengan situasi kesenian yang tidak dihargai khalayaklah, tidak berpijak dibumilah, apalah, tanpa melihat diri sendiri. Samalah dengan yang lain lain juga, dengan ruang selesa mereka, celaka! </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Tetapi tidaklah rasanya karya dia atau aku ini berjaya menggegar seperti persembahan di hadapan bangunan SUK kerajaan Negeri Selangor, Shah Alam, pada 28 Ogos lepas (tidak juga pada seni maju tinggi konseptual yang itu) Kerana apa? Kerana ia bukanlah seni, bebas dari klarifikasi seni, rapat dengan hidup. Ternyata 'bukan seni' harus jadi realisasi baru. Mengangkat semuanya sampailah kepada sampah sebagai seni atau sampah seni juga satu pengulangan yang sama. di rel keretapi yang sama. Ternyata pada kesedaran situasi yang sekitar ini ia harus jadi BUKAN SENI! Mungkin 'BUKAN' sahaja. sintak sintak yang membentuk kata SENI selepas bukan juga harus dibuang. Sebab sudah terjangka, ada ukuran, banyak yang suka mengukur, ada ramai yang bina pentas, kukuh dan tegap. Lupakanlah.<br /><br /><br />Poogenda </div>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-25550941449648624982009-08-26T15:38:00.000-07:002009-08-29T23:36:03.342-07:00my artworks | WORK series-digital collage | August2009<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjcihdQzpxyQYLOEmnDhhg66V6r5yJhVv9F16pZmt5jc-EXu0EKzzRpb57F17HWr-up3oyx9xXvLSkKYCuo2QFhmXFW3AD5q9-nwhQdUGH70xclWoACfD4Y3fQAyY2nw3lk2UeW6GU74/s1600-h/work01+negaraku+web.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjcihdQzpxyQYLOEmnDhhg66V6r5yJhVv9F16pZmt5jc-EXu0EKzzRpb57F17HWr-up3oyx9xXvLSkKYCuo2QFhmXFW3AD5q9-nwhQdUGH70xclWoACfD4Y3fQAyY2nw3lk2UeW6GU74/s400/work01+negaraku+web.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374406601432678498" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">work01 negaraku | 30 cm x 23 cm | digital collage | 2009</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">*the regime from the past will do anything to keep staying in power. You dont know the pleasure becoz you isn't there. The buffalozation continues.. obviously there's no power without control. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy8ae7HqgbKsGVoSprfSXEC0uW9MqPoxwaW9FJZH4wx1RWKz_coF0qUVp-Qg6BJLXrCXPP-1S9tpsGFdeGY5iP6EZwgfGCA6ckj6u6-ZOqB1bUNngrJwepSkc0W1DMXxfIGTmWX_qLEoQ/s400/work02+panggung+raya+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374409880803384226" /><span style="font-family:arial;">work02 panggung raya | 30 cm x 23 cm | digital collage | 2009</span></p><br /><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dK5EdDqDb9DnieAZraJQjTSYRmmlmOFResmyzyqbHv15t8dgq72vRcVOrkjxvDhEEdnL5GORsDYDXA11NN9XEplSBLDtBiQhwnjGKOdOFjKizDeD0az4u72xSUNSyLfIhHgMaCTVUkQ/s1600-h/work03+the+(other)+great+malaysia+landscape+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-dK5EdDqDb9DnieAZraJQjTSYRmmlmOFResmyzyqbHv15t8dgq72vRcVOrkjxvDhEEdnL5GORsDYDXA11NN9XEplSBLDtBiQhwnjGKOdOFjKizDeD0az4u72xSUNSyLfIhHgMaCTVUkQ/s400/work03+the+(other)+great+malaysia+landscape+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374406370981667138" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">work03 the (other) great malaysia landscape | 30 cm x 23 cm | digital collage | 2009</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTYiBAqp7akHLAHm3JjhTu53k8TtjSUSliX_gorOfNVaVTvwLJr8H58IRsqZ5wz4oiFEZC-oqowQWEPwP7NplLJXib2E-AAvZ7DaR1TDPAadkzXRm1HMDL3m_QFIRtUILVBoyWF6kFo8/s1600-h/work04+pecah+dan+perintah+web.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirTYiBAqp7akHLAHm3JjhTu53k8TtjSUSliX_gorOfNVaVTvwLJr8H58IRsqZ5wz4oiFEZC-oqowQWEPwP7NplLJXib2E-AAvZ7DaR1TDPAadkzXRm1HMDL3m_QFIRtUILVBoyWF6kFo8/s400/work04+pecah+dan+perintah+web.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374406183895653362" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">work04 pecah dan perintah | 23 cm x 30 cm | digital collage | 2009</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0SM3lVwl1wH_mCJBs2nK_LD-Fk234JRdGmvd6ayewKBx4NE3sQ5h_l_O8OjXTxKQHdcArD8apoOA3ff43BtsEjvbEysagBinQ8qqiWWVqmoX7NMB2b-_BrpmyK90MJQLBinHTBAd1Ak/s1600-h/work05+love+will+tear+us+apart+(again)+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH0SM3lVwl1wH_mCJBs2nK_LD-Fk234JRdGmvd6ayewKBx4NE3sQ5h_l_O8OjXTxKQHdcArD8apoOA3ff43BtsEjvbEysagBinQ8qqiWWVqmoX7NMB2b-_BrpmyK90MJQLBinHTBAd1Ak/s400/work05+love+will+tear+us+apart+(again)+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374405955447650610" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">work05 love will tear us apart (again) | 30 cm x 23 cm | digital collage | 2009</span><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9lG77-UuIZd5s1ycZbKOgv0biwQPxOZvWh5shSfgs6HYt_RBCOfC3BGxvnCZWfx41OnX7L5ITtUrH3Gd-0Jvwvyx8zpo0uaH_wYQ5TuEQEMW9Utt2jK0if2peFMQfPFIzLEkGWl_Ybs/s1600-h/work06+menggapai+bintang+web.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 307px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS9lG77-UuIZd5s1ycZbKOgv0biwQPxOZvWh5shSfgs6HYt_RBCOfC3BGxvnCZWfx41OnX7L5ITtUrH3Gd-0Jvwvyx8zpo0uaH_wYQ5TuEQEMW9Utt2jK0if2peFMQfPFIzLEkGWl_Ybs/s400/work06+menggapai+bintang+web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374405816114454978" /></a>work06 menggapai bintang | 30cm x 23 cm | digital collage | 2009</p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">These collage works were done in the same manner of doing traditional paper collage work, where images of random source were used, borrow, taken, adopt and recycle and rearranged to put a new life, meaning, purpose, context and narration. Collage technique can be traced from early history of paper making in China, but in the modern art sense it was began by the cubist. Then, by the surrealist, dada, pop, etc and develop into different type of material from paper to assemblage, photomontage and with the electronic media now become digital. Creating a collage has, for the most part, become easier with the advent of computer software.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />While doing this, one of my attentions is about the copyright matters. The idea about who owned the image. The appropriation in visual culture has always been part of human history where people learn and progress by ‘appropriating’; borrowing (or resisting) image, sound, concept from the surrounding world and created art out of it. Despite the long and important history of appropriation, this artistic practice has recently resulted in contentious copyright issues which reflect more restrictive copyright legislation especially in United States, and soon everywhere. People being sued in the absurd amount for just participate in the humyn creative practices in creating new culture. So it obvious that this laws are more about control, power, money and arrogant of the past. </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">Can you make sense of the news reported in December 2008; Damien Hirst, the richest living artist from UK send a demand through Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) to 16 years old street artist, for appropriated the photo of his artwork into collage work?</span><span style="font-family:arial;">*</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> It was the image of the diamond encrusted skull artwork by Damien Hirst, tittled For The Love of God that was sold for 100 million! (not the exact amount but around this figure, probaly more!). Now the law continues to dominate and seeking into digital age, without understand the discourse of ‘originality’ in visual culture (or with deep understanding of it). </span></p><p align="justify"><span style="font-family:arial;">The digital and nature of internet world seems to go oppose to ‘top-down, closed, proprietary structure’ and giving way toward more democratize, bottom-up, participatory structure to society and culture. Through the democratizing power of digital technology and the Internet, we can place the tools of creation and distribution, communication and collaboration into the hands of the common person — and with a truly active, connected, informed citizenry, hopefully the injustice and oppressive structure will slowly dying out! <br /><br />Well, my digital collage works were not powerful enough to win the continuous battle, or breaking any new bound. Despite it try to imitate to the very conventional practice of collage work; leaving the cut imperfect, no ‘wow’ tricks, minimum tool used and pretty much ‘looking into the art’. <br /><br />Am I going to be the next victim of copyright infringement of using the image of, Najib Tun Razak, Sukhoi Jet, Petronas Offshore, Giant, Tesco, KLCC, Buffalos, Ronald Mcdonald, Mickey Mouse, Hollywood Celebrities, Christina Aguilera, the U.S Army, Putrajaya, U.S Money Notes, Iraqi Kid, Dam in Pertak, Agosta Submarine, Rubber Taper, Hungry Children, Family in Poverty, Oil Palm, Padi, Measat Satellite, RazakSat Satellite, Victorian Chair, Low Cost Flats, Police Malaysia, Protester, Beaches, Skies, Mountains, Genting, Construction, Various Politicians and Leaders, Bahakula, The Devil, Proton Saga Car, Malaysia Highways, Factories, Flying Pigs, Eye-Chart, Cupids, Freyja, Baphomet, Nunu’s Eye, Illumined Eye, Clarus Camera, Stars, Squatters, Damien Hirst’s ‘In The Name of God’, Joseph Beuys, Traditional Fishing Boat and Rice? So what these ordinary everyday mediation of images mean to you? What power of the particular image could you understand? What these words of syntax above means to you? What interrelation/interconnectedness that you can feel? What this commodities means to you? Can I say something?<br /><br />poodien <br />August 2009</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">*check out for more <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/hirst-demands-share-of-artists-16365-copies-1054424.html">here</a> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and <a href="http://www.artdesignandpublicity.com/2009/06/the-lawyercriticwhen-appropriation-becomes-copyright-infringement.html">here</a></span><br /></p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-14011442485284270972009-08-23T09:42:00.000-07:002009-08-29T23:11:01.181-07:00my artworks | CINEMARAMA exhibition | november 2008<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxs9XgnjvmuklMRqv6eyyN25IERwSUSgdjqcVn4as7Gh2-x8daOqDnCRdu_oCI5C6AjL1H7_L9z1QLijmMmBSHgUJDQkNyLP0zaN4LKaSZtyx2nc4M3_E6g0SvQsl1KdJgoO5nvt-QBd0/s1600-h/kepong+womyn+and+children+first+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxs9XgnjvmuklMRqv6eyyN25IERwSUSgdjqcVn4as7Gh2-x8daOqDnCRdu_oCI5C6AjL1H7_L9z1QLijmMmBSHgUJDQkNyLP0zaN4LKaSZtyx2nc4M3_E6g0SvQsl1KdJgoO5nvt-QBd0/s400/kepong+womyn+and+children+first+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373218113095118962" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">kepong : womyn and children first | charcoal on canvas | 91.4 cm x 106.8 cm | 2008 | *sold!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bgwFCO6_0LBwDmVZZzT9e2LkHYQJLksyat-ROit2RhN9lvKk0l7NflL96vaEkCpZBnV5focHRRMfTA-IHGUr83NGwVRX7UHfQzhkhs__Nw1MLv2gmjroAg-vtH7Uz_YIvVItPZcIa0k/s1600-h/kepong+the+widow+copy.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4bgwFCO6_0LBwDmVZZzT9e2LkHYQJLksyat-ROit2RhN9lvKk0l7NflL96vaEkCpZBnV5focHRRMfTA-IHGUr83NGwVRX7UHfQzhkhs__Nw1MLv2gmjroAg-vtH7Uz_YIvVItPZcIa0k/s400/kepong+the+widow+copy.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373217357958043474" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">kepong : the widow | charcoal and acrylic on canvas | 91.4 cm x 106.8 cm | 2008 | *still available!</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qZV3kg_QWYAdEAgR-S3E2UIRZPmt2Faq0qgO_C195yjpdg65OPaAQedszUnc-XZ2VPPtB0suPiEmMIUxxUYlonBjMLoF82BW5jcMF0gHBBGVAMAR8ePgFXwbEb_L-HJPZpfz1Nwv2XA/s1600-h/potemkin+odessa+step+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qZV3kg_QWYAdEAgR-S3E2UIRZPmt2Faq0qgO_C195yjpdg65OPaAQedszUnc-XZ2VPPtB0suPiEmMIUxxUYlonBjMLoF82BW5jcMF0gHBBGVAMAR8ePgFXwbEb_L-HJPZpfz1Nwv2XA/s400/potemkin+odessa+step+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373215244083578898" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">potemkin: odessa step: the cry | charcoal and acrylic on canvas | 91.4 cm x 106.8 cm | 2008 |*still available!</span></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31K74fi86WyPFSPrvsIx7l9qrb2_ZUmVQjMBNtVabzhlLkr9VRkipXF2pupOnpYcpQ8sSbmVU3mDLs0CNC1V_PLVMKZXs2BCu5tizULNREFM57SWh_Y5_-E4QdFW_zHAl4Y8tS7gkavA/s1600-h/potemkin+womyn+cryingjpg+copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 344px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31K74fi86WyPFSPrvsIx7l9qrb2_ZUmVQjMBNtVabzhlLkr9VRkipXF2pupOnpYcpQ8sSbmVU3mDLs0CNC1V_PLVMKZXs2BCu5tizULNREFM57SWh_Y5_-E4QdFW_zHAl4Y8tS7gkavA/s400/potemkin+womyn+cryingjpg+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373215077452151714" /></a></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">potemkin : screaming womyn | charcoal and acrylic on canvas | 91.4 cm x 106.8 cm | 2008 |*sold!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">these are my artworks, charcoal and acrylic on canvas. exhibited at 360 Studio Gallery, Desa Park City, Selangor, Malaysia with 2 other artists under a show tittle "Cinerama". I was invited by a friend, Fathullah Luqman to join the exhibition with the theme related with movie/film. Basically my shit, i just freeze scenes in two separate propaganda movies; battleship potemkin, 1925 by Sergei Eisenstein in Russia, a pro communist and bukit kepong, 1981 by Jins Shamsuddin, the anti communist movie from Malaysia. I select two scenes from each movies, choose the higly emotional, close up scene with scenes of womyn and children.. dont ask me why.. pikir la!</span></p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-8124259678779497582009-08-09T19:52:00.000-07:002009-08-10T00:56:11.060-07:00Pariah Negara . Pariah Kapital . Penjara Kuasa<p align="justify"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqThyphenhyphenEM3lP5OP2ZpR6vPAPj7fl5azsJkPxB9StJoiamEl655XYUrddI1DEYaj8CKVcKv6DaVOa-8Pp1KildayrEK_trcHnmOOP0igmWTXHnPNgVD3LVsIv0H5Nj-8sSoj81iKLyJMM09Y/s1600-h/voice_of_freedom_zm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqThyphenhyphenEM3lP5OP2ZpR6vPAPj7fl5azsJkPxB9StJoiamEl655XYUrddI1DEYaj8CKVcKv6DaVOa-8Pp1KildayrEK_trcHnmOOP0igmWTXHnPNgVD3LVsIv0H5Nj-8sSoj81iKLyJMM09Y/s400/voice_of_freedom_zm.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368163615852951170" /></a><br /></p><p align="justify">Ada usul terbaru mahu melaksanakan penapisan media internet di malaysial. macam celaka! Gerakan terdesak oleh kerajaan pemerintah yang makin terdedah pekungnya yang sedikit sebanyak (atau banyaknya) berpunca daripada ciri bebas/demokratik medium internet menjadi media rakyat yang terlepas daripada cengkaman kawalan pemerintah, melahirkan jalur naratif/cerita yang berbeza beza atas sesuatu subjek dan perlahan lahan membunuh "master narrative" satu jalur cerita sahaja atas apa apa realiti, tiada rasa, tiada imajinasi/khayalan. </p><p align="justify">Apa apa lah alasannya untuk kawalan: menjaga moral, menjaga keharmonian kaum, menjaga jaga, cukup untuk jadi bahan jenaka sahaja. Kalau lah tidak ada apa lagi di sekekeliling masyarakat dan kesedarannya yang mampu menggembirakan kamu mungkin ini dan apa lagilah kenyataan dan tindakan ahli politik lokal mungkin mampu jadi bahan jenaka bermutu. Cuma awas menjadi penonton persembahan mereka ini tiketnya tidaklah murah dan enteng, tiketnya jiwa jiwa manusia! </p><p align="justify">Atau juga mungkin kerajaan pemerintah terhasut dengan peniaga usahawan yang progresif maju dan pintar sekali dalam memahami "human behaviour" atau "human nature" atau "zeitgeist" zamannya, rancak mencucuk perlunya sistem penapisan ini, supaya dapatlah mereka menyediakan perisian komputernya, gajet-gajet yang perlu dipasang pada setiap komputer di tanah Malaysia ini, mengira ngira berapa banyak kertas dollar yang dapat dikumpulkan. Pasangkan pelobi - pelobi yang bijak, salam berlapik dengan <a href="http://malaysiakini.com/news/110085">rais yatim</a> dan kuncu kuncunya, Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi dan Kebudayaan Malaysia.... Budaya apa? taik! </p><p align="justify">Tidakkah memang jelas yang sebenarnya ia permasalahan gila kuasa? Tentang kegugupan mahu terus berada di atas dengan apa sajalah jalannya. Untuk menjaga keharmonian kaum ke, keharmonian pemerintah (dan perniagaannya)? Merekalah sang chauvinis yang mencucuk perkauman sejak dulukala. Ulang tayang permainan lama yang sudah dapat dihidu, bosan. Tidakkah sudah jelas yang <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Malays_National_Organisation">umno</a> lah yang memerintah ketika <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_13_Incident">rusuhan kaum 1969</a> dulu? Dengan permainan yang sama juga diulang tayang apabila kuasa sudah tergugat, di tahun 2009 ini (dan sebelum sebelumnya). Tidakkah jelas coraknya? </p><p align="justify">Maka bersidanglah raja raja dan mesin mesin hantu disekelilingnya, tentang korban apa untuk kerusi emas yang sudah bersalut jiwa dan darah dan bermacam korban ini. Boneka boneka apa yang boleh bersuara dengan punggungnya, bongkak dan busuk... Macam yang bawah ni;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pyL3zR-TOPI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">poogenda</p><p align="justify">--------------------------------------------------------</p><p align="justify">* <a href="http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/heartfield/">ilustrasi</a> diatas adalah karya, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heartfield">John Heartfield</a>, bertajuk "The Voice of Freedom in the German Night on Radio Wave 29.8" yang bermediumkan photo montaj, satu perlawanan visual menentang kawalan media ke atas imajinasi kolektif negara di zamannya yang dicengkam fasis German.</p><p align="justify">*lihat <a href="http://malaysiakini.com/news/110048">sini</a>, dan <a href="http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/art-harun/34727-is-malaysia-going-to-be-another-village-idiot">sini</a> </p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify"> </p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9023166132917882504.post-14447746616320308272009-08-07T00:38:00.000-07:002009-08-07T00:58:10.095-07:00findars performance lab -art performance<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYX9_swpG-pOf0tDBHkTqUKHCT1OD9tYdx5RrUngqsGo7x26januGIReibPMaaHgfFIADBwvkGrWSBzAqAKc7lAE-jkxh3swceZW9NXR73Rur9IZMCIDx1TH3h2v4dEYtKsxn7wSNRyY/s1600-h/performance+lab.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYX9_swpG-pOf0tDBHkTqUKHCT1OD9tYdx5RrUngqsGo7x26januGIReibPMaaHgfFIADBwvkGrWSBzAqAKc7lAE-jkxh3swceZW9NXR73Rur9IZMCIDx1TH3h2v4dEYtKsxn7wSNRyY/s400/performance+lab.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367123696388566466" /></a><br /></p><p>i will do 'a not funtional body action' + manipulative objects tonite at <a href="http://findars.blogspot.com/">findars space</a>, central market annexe, with other non/artists friends, rahmat haron and Exicrot from Indonesia. come!</p>poodienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197317522813329890noreply@blogger.com0