Karlheinz Stockhausen on 9/11

Well, what happened there is, of course—now all of you must adjust your brains—the biggest work of art there has ever been. The fact that spirits achieve with one act something which we in music could never dream of, that people practise ten years madly, fanatically for a concert. And then die. [Hesitantly.] And that is the greatest work of art that exists for the whole Cosmos. Just imagine what happened there. There are people who are so concentrated on this single performance, and then five thousand people are driven to Resurrection. In one moment. I couldn't do that. Compared to that, we are nothing, as composers. [...] It is a crime, you know of course, because the people did not agree to it. They did not come to the "concert". That is obvious. And nobody had told them: "You could be killed in the process."


Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer
Born, 22 August 1928 – Died, 5 December 2007

Singapore artists at the Jakarta Biennale

Click here for the original article!

You are invited!

Dear Friends,

I have been invited to share a work for Jakarta Biennale 2009 which is scheduled to take place from 06 - 27 February 2009 at the Galeri Nasional, Jakarta, Indonesia (amongst its other venues, check out www.jakartabiennale.com).

With funds allocated as my artists' per diem, I have decided to set up a 'college' of sorts, one that I am calling 'Jakarta Biennale Community College'. It is an open school by all, for all.

I would like to call upon any of you who might be interested in sharing some knowledge with the public to come forward and contribute to the college's curriculum.

Participation and facilitation of workshop/lecture/lesson/tutorial/seminar e.t.c is not limited to any specific audiences or subjects. You might want to share some secret knowledge of astronomy, maybe a traditional grandmother's recipe, a conspiracy theory, perhaps a secret martial arts system or even, a technological breakthrough. Each session provides a modest allowance of 100,000 Indonesian Rupiah for its facilitator/s.

Should you be interested in spreading some love at the Jakarta Biennale Community College, please communicate your intentions to Miss Diah Sekarwidhi through an email to JktBiennaleCommunityCollege@gmail.com.

Your participation is our treasure. :)



cheers,
Khai

Performativity 3

Screen shot of:
Relation in Time (2008)
Khairuddin Hori & Maria Chua

Two Coats of Paint - Performativity #3

Two Coats of Paint
Third installment of the Performativity series

What: Performance art video exhibition

Artists: Khai Hori (Singapore)
Veliana Veli (Indonesia)
Thao Nguyen (Vietnam)
Maria Chua (Malaysia)

Where: Praxis Space
LASALLE College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
Singapore 187940

Dates: 5 – 13 Nov 2008

Project Abstract
Derived from combining Performance Art and TV, Performativity was first jointly curated by Thanavi Chotpradit (Thailand) and Khairuddin Hori showcasing performance-centered video pieces by emerging artists from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and The Philippines. It was launched at VER Gallery (Bangkok) belonging to internationally acclaimed artist and Hugo Boss Prize recipient Rirkrit Tiravanija in 2006. Last month, Performativity 2, consisting of video pieces by seven Singaporean artists had a one-month screening at 24HR Art, The Northern Territories’ Center for Contemporary Art in Darwin, Australia.

It’s upcoming third installation subtitled Two Coats of Paint will be exhibited at Praxis Space, an experimental gallery dedicated for students and alumnus of LASALLE College of the Arts from 5th to 13th November 2008.

Two Coats of Paint suggests a destruction (of sorts) through an action not dissimilar to laying fresh paint over a masterpiece. In this instance, the four artists will respond, adapt, appropriate, borrow and even steal from classic pieces of performance-centered video art by European and American avant-gardes from the 1960s to the 1980s such as John Baldessari, Marina Abramovich, Bruce Nauman and Yoko Ono.

This collaborative endeavor also extends the tutelage between former tutor and LASALLE alumnus (Khairuddin Hori) and his students (Veliana Veli and Maria Chua).

If you happen to be in Darwin, Australia in the next 12 days...

WHAT:
Performativity 2
A screening of performance based videos by 7 Singaporean artists curated by Khairuddin Hori.

ARTISTS:
Michael Tan, Siti Salihah, Lilpinkdevil, Kimberly Shen, Ezzam Rahman, Urich Lau & Khai Hori

WHERE:
24 HR ART, The NT Centre for Contemporary Art
Vimy Lane, Parap, Darwin NT 0820, Australia
www.24hrart.org.au/

DATE:
12 Sep – 18 Oct 2008

Was in the papers recently!

News report in The Straits Times with regards to HAO's fundraising.

HAO - Confronting the Future of Arts & Culture from Asia

Stop wondering! Here's HAO, the Summit and workshop sessions with emerging Asian artists, art managers and curators you have been dreaming about!




WHERE
Sentosa Island, Singapore

WHEN
9 – 12 September 2008

ORGANISER
The Substation – Singapore’s leading non-profit contemporary arts centre

CONVENOR
Khairuddin Hori


AIMS OF HAO
• The HAO Summit aims to nurture a sustainable and informed fellowship of future Asian contemporary arts leaders, professionals, and visionaries to take art into the future, through inspiration and professional mentorship.

• We aim to transform the fellowship and networks forged through the HAO Summit into long-term action and information exchange networks across Asia. The HAO Summit will be the first of other meetings, summits and events of the fellowship.

Click here for the HAO website and updates!

HAO FUNDRAISER - Interdependence 101

Semerah Padi, revisited (2005 - 2008)
84 x 118 cm
Digital print on photographic paper
Edition: Unique (1 each only)

These digital prints are new works that continue a series from an earlier exhibition, Labilabu, commissioned by The Esplanade and first presented at the Esplanade Tunnel in 2005. Called Semerah Padi, revisited, the series reconstructs and appropriates various characters and scenes from the classic P Ramlee film of the same name, with models donning costumes replicating the originals from the film. However, details of the costumes and models are obscured through a deliberate pixillation of the images.

8 of these prints are up for sale to raise funds for his HAO, an arts summit that I am convening with organisational support from The Substation. HAO: Confronting the Future of Arts and Culture from Asia, will be held in Singapore from 9 – 12 September 2008, coinciding with the time of the Singapore Biennale.

Half the proceeds from the sale of each of these one-off prints – priced at $3200 each - will be set aside for bursaries to enable young artists, curators and arts managers from South-east Asia and Asia to travel to Singapore to attend this Summit.


Semerah Padi, revisited (2005) layout of installation at the 80 meters Esplanade Tunnel in 2005


The sale of just one of these prints can fund the travel, accommodation, food and full participation costs for one Asian participant to HAO. We know that there are some young artists particularly from the Southeast Asian region, who would love to attend the HAO Summit but cannot afford to pay the full costs. Your contribution will be offered as a bursary to these participating artists/curators/art managers.

The prints can be purchased as individual works; however, some prints form natural pairs in dialogue, and can be purchased as pairs. Buyers of the prints are invited to participate in the HAO Summit too. The amount from the sale that goes towards the HAO Summit - $1600 out of $3200 – will be a donation to The Substation and qualifies for double tax-exemption, as The Substation is an Institute of Public Character (IPC). The other $1600 is the value of the artwork. The Substation itself does not take a commission from the sale.

Should you wish to view images of the works, please contact Audrey Wong at tel. 6337 7535 or email: audrey@substation.org, or myself at email: khaihori@gmail.com.

MAT* Never Die!

I am sad to announce that Reconstructing Sentol, to be shown at The Cathay as part of the Month of Photography 2008 mid next month has been unceremoniously withdrawn. Whether or not I will show it sometime somewhere else, we will just have to wait and see. But if anyone wants to offer me a show with it, please do not hesitate to contact me at khaihori@gmail.com.


* To be pronounced 'mutt' not 'matt'

Reconstructing Sentol

Preview to a series of work to be shown at Month of Photography festival at The Cathay (Handy Road) in Singapore in June. Will provide details soon! :)