KUALA LUMPUR: To experience a new up-and-coming genre in the art world, pop over to Publika mall for the Media/Art Kitchen – Reality Distortion Field exhibition. Visitors will be able to witness and participate in workshops surrounding media art, an innovative art form like no other.
Media art makes use of video and digital technology and has become increasingly prevalent in the art world. Artists use a combination of familiar everyday day items and computer technology to take viewers into a whole different realm.
In this particular exhibition, artists used unsuspecting but familiar mediums to create spectacular works of art through the use of videos, pictures, shadows, lights and sounds.
Held in commemoration of the 40th year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in 2013, the theme “Media/Art Kitchen” is inspired by and enveloped in the image of a kitchen which is full of daily invention and creativity.
The subtitle, “Reality Distortion Field”, is meant to suggest the kitchen which is considered a sort of workshop or laboratory, as a space where reality is distorted and the impossible becomes possible. The rules appear to be that there are no rules.
Japanese media artist Kuwakubo Ryota sums up his exhibited piece titled 'The Tenth Sentiment'. "I used everyday objects to create my work and technology was used to cast the shadows through the use of light which I attached to the left side of the train."
Likewise Singaporean musician and sound artist Bani Haykal who has an avant-garde approach. "I wanted to create music out of dormant objects. There are no rules in how to interact with then, you can find your own new way on how to approach it," he explained..
In addition to the exhibited art works, visitors will also be able to take part in Media/Art Kitchen’s creative laboratory (lab), workshops, talks and screenings.
This one-of-a-kind exhibition enables visitors to be able to immerse themselves in the art and create their own interpretation of media art through the labs and workshops.
Rather than visitors passively consuming the exhibition, the labs and workshops available are designed for visitors to convert their thoughts and inspiration after seeing the exhibited artwork into an active response.
Some of the labs and workshops available include working with touch and moist synthesizers (TM Synth), pixel-art, experiment converting between sound and light and forms and shadows. Please note that pre-registration to the workshops is advised.
The Media/Art Kitchen exhibition has already taken place in Jakarta last month, and will later travel to Manila and Bangkok later in the year.
"We started planning this event last August in Tokyo with all the other curators. It's great to see it all come together," said Adeline Ooi, one of the Malaysian curators.
The content and size of the exhibition varies in each of the four countries it will be held in. As the project targets a wide range of audiences, each country will feature different artists to fit the specific conditions of each region.
This touring event is jointly organized by a talented group of young curators and artists throughout Southeast Asia and will be showcasing the works of 50 carefully selected artists from all over Southeast Asia.
Two curators from Malaysia, Ooi and Suzy Sulaiman have selected the 13 media artists from Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia for the Kuala Lumpur leg of the exhibition.
The works of Malaysian group Operasi Cassava and media artist Fairuz Sulaiman will be representing Malaysia in the exhibition.
While other artists include Ryota, Horio Kanta, Hagihara Kenichi, Tamura Yuchiro and Yagi Lyota from Japan; Lifepatch and Narpati Awangga from Indonesia; Tad Ermitano from the Phillippines; Bani Haykal from Singapore; Nitipak Samsen from Thailand; and The Propeller Group from Vietnam.
The artist’s works, labs, workshops and talks will be held at Publika mall at Black Box, Art Row and Plan B. The exhibition will be open to the public from 6th to 20th October.
Admission to the exhibitions is free. For more information visit http://mediaartkitchen.tumblr.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/mediaartkitchen.
Limited time offer:
Just RM5 per month.
