Just saw this announcement while browsing Facebook, "The curated market of all things cool" returns in less than two weeks! Set to be held at Lotte Shopping Avenue (shortened and known to some as LoVe) the tenth Brightspot Market will not only showcase products of local brands' creative labour (many exclusive to Brightspot, btw), but will host a brand new set of features including Bright Ideas, Future Shorts, a showcase for Anggun Priambodo's Rocket Rain, and a kids area called Imagination Factory. For more details, do read the text below, and visit their website as well as their social medias.
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#Brightspot Market 10
Lotte Shopping Ave (Ciputra World)
Thursday Nov 7th
(Private Opening, check back to get info on how to win invitations)
Nov 8th - Nov 10th
(Open to the public)
Over 120 vendors, in a 2500m2+ space
New features:
BRIGHT IDEAS (in the Ice Palace Auditorium (4f))
feat:
Jiffest Showcase
Future Shorts (International Short Movie Festival)
Mini Pecha Kucha Presentations 20slidesX20secs
SAE audio-visual performance & workshop & more
Rocket Rain showcase
IMAGINATION FACTORY Kids Area (3f Atrium)
Kutak-Katik art & craft class
Face Painting
Baloon Guys
Kids Drawing & competition
Kids Costume Rave on Sunday (win prizes for best costumes)
Other kids activities
The last Brightspot Market in Grand Indonesia attracted over whopping 65,000 people over 4 days. There was a huge crowd & traffic + parking was pretty tough on Saturday night & Sunday afternoon. Here are some tips for a pleasant Brightspot:
* Car pool. Go 4 in a car or more. Save parking + it will be more fun & better for the environment
* Come early in the day to beat the crowd & traffic. Stay the whole the day in the mall. There are lots to do: eat, shop some more, eat, see movies, check out Bright Ideas & Imagination Factory
* There will be designated areas for parking in the Danamon Building & ITC. There will be people with pickets. Please park there when needed.
* If you live in the area, walk to Lotte Shopping Avenue : )
Brightspot10 is made possible with support from:
Lotte Shopping Avenue
Mypeople (Instant Messaging available for Apple & Android)
Mini Cooper
Green Sands
& our media partners
Check our website www.brightspotmarket.com
Twitter @brightspotMRKT
Check back soon as in a few days as we will be giving away invitations for opening night on Facebook & twitter
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.
On October 22, Whiteboard Journal hosted our fourth meeting at Kinokuniya Plaza Senayan. Despite the traffic, a solid group of participants came and shared their opinions on art.
While “art” is an extremely broad word is by no means an easy subject to talk about, the fact that its elements can be found in just about any discipline, it is something that many can relate to.
- There are two ways to define of art: 1.) the institutional definition (as validated by museums, galleries, and individuals who are recognized as experts in the field), and 2.) the personal definition (what is relatable to each person).
- Works of art are often seen as statements (i.e. objects that communicate a particular message).
- Context is extremely important in creating, understanding, and appreciating art. It is what makes something significant and meaningful within a certain era or society.
- The problem in Indonesia is that there is a tendency to create without putting too much attention to the local context.
- The creative process – that is, the process of making a piece of art – requires more than the artist’s skills, as it also entails the need to nurture a particular sensitivity to one’s surroundings.
- At this point, honesty is more important than originality. Artists ought to be open about what inspires them and influences their work.
- According to the personal definition of art, it comes down to being honest to oneself instead of pleasing others (although with whom one intends to share the artwork with is also an important factor).
- Art is a person’s attempt to turn his or her feelings into something tangible.
- The purpose of an artwork changes the process.
- Representative vs. non-representative art
- In some cases, it might be a good idea to avoid overanalyzing art since not all works of art contain a hidden meaning.
- Art does not always have to be aesthetically pleasing. It is more about how it affects people emotionally.
- In the end, “Art is not supposed to make you think, it’s supposed to make you feel.”
We would like to thank those who came and contributed to the fourth We Discuss meeting. We hope to see you again in future discussions. Look out for announcements about next month’s discussion on on our website, Facebook page, as well as our Twitter and Instagram account!
After the teasing first Assembly Point, this second edition cements the fact that Asia is brimming with musical creativity as a whole. Collective collaboration between GOODNWS, a music media based in Jakarta, Indonesia and from Singapore Darker Than Wax. From Tokyo to the deepest side of Taiwan, we unearth a new generation of artists who inject into their music, a diverse range of influences. So, in conjunction with our extended family label GOODNWS based in Jakarta, we are back once again presenting you the sonic frequencies in all things Boom-bap, House, Garage, forward funk nuggets and hypnotic loops.
Starting with Japan, the likes of Japan's Sauce 81, Linn Mori and Rigly Chang have been enlisted for the cause. Nobu Suzuki is a highly respected figure in the electronic music scene, and is truly a sound musician in so many levels. Linn and Rigly Chang are part of the younger generation of Japanese beatmakers who are really starting to develop their own forms.
Travelling across to Hong Kong, we have wonderboy J-Hoon who is a multi-talented cat that freestyles, sings and dabbles in the world of Boom Bap and Electro. J-Hoon has also opened up for acts like Daz-I-Kue, Rhettmatic, Eric Lau, Dj Krush and Afrika Bambata, so you know he means business.
Get on their Soundcloud account to listen and download to the whole compilation!
Backstage Life Bareng Grrrl Gang di Episode Kelima Vindy Ngapain?
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Tahun ini Grrrl Gang mendapatkan kesempatan untuk menjadi salah satu line up di We The Fest 2019, dan Vindy diperbolehkan untuk mengikuti aktivitas mereka.
Son of another Indonesian great, multi-instrumentalist-Jack Lesmana, Indra Lesmana is a child prodigy who learned how to master the keys at a young age, with his first performances done at the age of ten to an audience of hundreds and thousands, and his first album released when he was 12 years old. From child to adulthood, Indra Lesmana has dedicated his life to music.
With currently over 50 albums released, his musical endeavors are not restricted to jazz, Indra Lesmana has also released a multitude of critically acclaimed pop records, winning a BASF Award for his meaningful pop numbers. Currently busy promoting the first LLW record, LLW being his modern jazz trio with bassist-Barry Likumahuwa and drummer-Sandy Winarta, Indra Lesmana spared some time our of his busy schedule to talk to W_Music about some highlights from his three decade-long career, LLW, and leaves the viewers and aspiring musicians some words of wisdom. Enjoy!
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