Hetero Utopia: Mapping the Urban Terrain This exhibition shows a collection of works that specifically compiled to map out the various urban space complexities in various countries. It presents artworks from artists of different social & political territories in different periods, including some public participatory and online project. This exhibition also tries to portray a comparative study on contemporary urban situation from various urban territories, which will be investigated through personal perspectives and a subjective micro-narration. Most of the works are focusing on city spaces, carefully examining layers hidden beyond building walls and highways. Participating in the exhibition are artists from Indonesia, New Zealand, Denmark, Germany & Austria; as well as the city inhabitants of Bandung.
Apart from video works, this exhibition is equipped by several projects specifically dedicated in conjunction with Artepolis: Creative Culture & the Making of Place. 36 Frames Photography Project involves the public in identifying the visual trajectory around Dago area, thus collectively recognizing the mental map of the participants from their own perception about Dago street. Urban Cartography Project also involves its audience to map out spots with special meanings for the public in Bandung City as a dynamic psychogeography of Bandung from the view of its inhabitants. At the same time, an online project connecting Bandung and Manchester will be commenced as a part of the Futuresonic 2006 event in Manchester. Through a project entitled Luncheon in the Barge Project, several individuals will meet to share stories on the experience of living in Bandung and Manchester, while exploring river/canals in Manchester. These projects can be accessed through www.commonroom.info/bcfnma/futuresonic2006. During the exhibition, the audience may actively participate in the event. In general, some artworks and projects presented in the exhibition show diverse perceptions of the intertwined urban spaces, filled with flux and contradiction. A city is an in between-space where "self" and "the other" confronts, unleashing possibilities of conflicts and negotiations, and thus become a pure representation of chaos and order. Several of the presented videos also show a view of banality tendencies in the dailyscape, as well as wild imaginations, stories, relations between individuals, memories of places, including the anxieties and terrors that are often present in the urban spaces. For this reason, perhaps we could consider the urban spaces as a symbol of many utopian conflicts and enigmas. This presentation is specially commissioned by Department of Architecture, School of Architecture, Planning and Policy Development, Bandung Institute of Technology. Organized by Bandung Center for New Media Arts in conjunction with Artepolis: Creative Culture & the Making of Place. Participants: Platform I (Architecture Galllery - ITB) 36 Frames Photography Project participants: Bondri Cemara, Chendy Oktaviana Y., Christian Aditya, Dadang, Dedi Ruhendi, Eko Kurnianto, Imam Cahyadi, Lunalda Kanzeila, M. Aminullah, Medianna Novita, Mulana Rohimat, Oktavina Qurrota Ayun, OQ Adiredja, Pidi, Reggy, Riswan Andika, Rizki Ardianto Priramadhi, Samuel Unggul, Stevie Stephanie, Syauqi Lukman, Tatat Tresnawatie, Tifa Nurlatifa, Trias Terina, Troy, Utami Karmawan, Vijey and Yustinus Ardhitya. Platform II (Soemardja Gallery - ITB) Muhammad Akbar (Indonesia), Nanna Debois Buhl (Denmark), Tamar Guimares (Denmark), Klaus Ohad Said Auderer (Austria), Daniel Malone, Sriwhana Spong, Kah Bee Chow, Catherine Garet, Janet Lilo, Nova Paul (New Zealand), Prilla Tania (Indonesia) and ruangrupa (Indonesia). Also featuring Recurring Spaces Video Compilation (From the Displacement Project Bandung-Singapore 2006). Including works from Banung Grahita; (IKAL) Chairine Stevanny, Fitriani K.D., Annisa S., Fini Kania; Erik M. Pauhrizi; Gembi & Ageng (Pemuda Elektrik); Muhammad Reggie Aquara; OQ Adiredja; Rizaldi Fakhruddin; Tisa Granicia & Budi Adi Nugroho; and Yusuf Ismail. Organized by Bandung Center for New Media Arts Directed by T. Ismail Reza Produced by R.E. Hartanto Text by Gustaff H. Iskandar Photograph by OQ & LUNA More information please visit http://commonroom.info/bcfnma/futuresonic2006/image/2006/08/hetero-utopia-mapping-urban-terrain.html. Cheers, -Gustaff __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre
