Since the last last STUDIORAMA session held last April, which was very succesful, the STUDIORAMA returns with an event that is going to stimulate your senses called . On the 8th of November, at 8 PM, Cafe Mondo will hold this third installment of the series that showcases music from makers with a varying taste in music.
MINDZAPP concentrates on experimental music – from guitar noises to layers and layers of synthesizers has been served. Zbigniew Karkowsi, a Polish noise artist and Kazuhisa Uchihashi, an improvisation musician from Japan are two of the artist that has played in the two previous events.
In this third edition, a local musician, who has released Pasaraya, an album released by an American record label, Constellation Tatsu, last June. The decision to let Sawi play was not without reason, the team behind it believes in his music and Pasaraya. Playing together on the session will be – the solo project of vocalist and guitarist of Sigmun, Haikal Azizi. Bin Indris will show the acoustic side of Haikal.
MINDZAPP III will have a balanced mood with the combination of Sawi’s electronic masterpiece and Bin Idris’ acoustic flow. Not to forget the DJ set with Maverick and Jirapah’s frontman Ken Jenie to bring more fun to the party. MINDZAPP III will be an adventure of musical transcendence thanks to the curated line-up by the STUDIORAMA team.
Scroll through photos above to watch Mindzapp III's trailer as well as an explanation of what Mindzapp is.
Studiorama presents:
with:
Bin Idris
Maverick DJ Set
Ken Jenie (Jirapah) DJ Set
08/11/2013
19:00
Cafe Mondo
Jl. Kemang 72 I
Kemang
Jakarta
Last week, we posted a blogpost about the upcoming Original Soundtrack & Music Inspired by Rocket Rain album. The album will contain the featured songs in the film, it will also feature some songs that are inspired by Rocket Rain-a feature film by the director/visual artist Anggun Priambodo.
The first single of the album was revealed today - a song by Jirapah titled “Crowns”. Another good news is that you can also watch the video as it goes online earlier today. Directed by Anggun Priambodo, the video contains vintage footage of a Sundanese wedding ceremony.
The video for Crowns is a perfect music video as the song and the visuals support each other. It combines the melancholic tone of the song with the vintage footage of the wedding ceremony. The combination of the musical and the visual give viewers a romantic feeling when watching the video.
In addition to Jirapah's Crowns, there will be more musicians contributing in the "Original Soundtrack & Music Inspired by Rocket Rain album" such as White Shoes and The Couples Company, Zeke Khaseli, The Kuda, Frigi Frigi and many more. So be sure to check out Rocket Rain's Facebook page to get more information about the upcoming album and probably the upcoming music video as well.
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Dia.lo.gue Artspace presents an exhibition entitled . This exhibition will feature two of Jakarta’s young, talented artists: and . These artists’ artworks are curated by Mitha Budhyarto.
Blink / Glance / Gaze is an outcome of the artists’ exploration about the fact that we capture things through our eyes everyday. We might not be aware that this is essential as it affects our way to perceive our surroundings, whether it is a blink, glance, or gaze.
In Blink / Glance / Gaze, Yaya will display her artworks: the photographs that based on her exploration of the act of “kamisan,” a non-violent protest that regularly held by Kontras every Thursday (Kamis) in front of the State Palace. Angela, on the other hand, works on illustrations that reflect the complexities of personal narratives through mixed media.
Through their artworks, Angela and Yaya tell us that there is a strong relationship between how we perceive what we see and our memories and yearnings. This exhibition invites us to ponder about the way we see and interpret everything we see everyday, throught the blink, the glance, and the gaze.
This exhibition will be held for a month in Dia.lo.gue Artspace, Kemang as an extension of its annual programme, Exi(s)t. 2013. Also, there will be an artist talk titled “Ways of Seeing” that will be held on the same day.
If you read our Interview with Anggun Priambodo, then you'll know that the visual artist has a feature film in the works titled Rocket Rain, and that he is very fond of music. Putting his visual talent and enthusiasm for music together, Priambodo is planning to release a very special soundtrack. Not only will it feature music found in the film, but also music inspired by Rocket Rain, making us curious of the interpretations. Check out the line up below, it is a very good one. The official release date of the record has not been released yet, but one can assume that the orange-colored 'Coming Soon' means... that it is coming soon!
featuring:
Zeke Khaseli
White Shoes and the Couples Company
Oom Leo & Maya Norman
Yirfani
Jirapah
Dick Tamimi & The Friendly Love
Sajama Cut
Harlan
The Kuda
Frigi Frigi
Rocket Rain Website
Rocket Rain Facebook
Rocket Rain Twitter
When we look at the pictures above, we might be sure that the picture is a photograph. But surprisingly, this picture is an oil painting created by Gregory Thielker. He is an American artist who graduated from the Painting department of Washington University.
These paintings are part of Thielker’s Under the Unminding Sky" – a project he worked on from 2005 until 2010. This series was born through his exploration of the feeling when driving through the rain and looking at the pouring rain from the car’s window. They are are compiled from the photographs he took while driving in the rain with the windshield turned off – to create a constantly changing lens for the way we see the landscape. Thielker stated that the paintings in this series reflect his interest of how the roadways potray and control how we experience various landscapes.
These paintings are beautifully mindblowing, not only because they look extremely real, but also because these paintings evoke strong feelings and memories about wandering in the middle of the pouring rain. For myself, personally, these painting remind me of the rainy days during the end of last year. I remember I felt upset when I knew that it was raining outside because it would be hard for me to catch the bus to go home in the rain. But as much as I hate rainy office days, I would stop and stand in front of the window to watch rain because it is always delighful to watch the rain.
Photographer spent 30 days in a Tokyo train station to capture the few faces of the 8 million commuters moving in and out of the trains between 7.45 and 8.45 AM every morning. Entitled Tokyo Compression," each photograph was taken at one of the Odakyu Line stations in Tokyo, where every 80 seconds a new trains stops and commuters are pushed againts the window.
Spending 30 days 2 inches away from the train windows, Wolf didn’t make the commuters feel any more cheerful. In fact, nobody was pleased with his presence since he made them aware of the horrible situation they are in and they were ashamed of it. It is the downside of mega metropolitan cities. It's a horrible situation in which commuters are breathing other people’s sweat and perfume, being squashed against the next person, and the worst part is: it is all man made.
The book presented by Wolf contains portraits of Japanese people inside the crowded train who has been pressed againts a window. The expressions given by the commuters were characterized as tramatised and woeful. Wolf adds that some people shut their eyes or hid their face with their hands when realized their picture was being taken by Wolf, but the truth was they couldn’t move, shift or even get off the train. It was as if they thought that by closing their eyes, Wolf will go away.
When published in 2010, Martin Parr, a fellow photographer, selected Tokyo Compression as one of the 30 most influential photobooks published between 2001 and 2010.
