- Natascha Borowsky & Minstrel Kuik Ching Chieh

Date  :13th Sep ‘08 (Saturday)

Time :8 pm

German artist Natascha Borowsky and malaysian artist Minstrel Kuik Ching Chieh will each introduce their work. Though both artists work with a camera, their approach and ideas lead to quite a dierent body of images. Subsequently the artists will talk about their previous experiences with artist residencies in France and Germany, discuss the benets/problems and share information on places to go.

Natascha Borowsky born in Germany, is currently working as artist-in-residence at Lost Generation Space on invitation of the Goethe Institute. She studied with Bernd and Hilla Becher at theAcademy of Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany, graduating as master student. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Germany and abroad.

Since 2006, she has been teaching at the University of Krefeld, Germany. The approach to her work being a conceptual one, the artist is engaged in an ongoing project, using found objects and material and an analogue largeformat camera.

Minstrel Kuik Ching Chieh Born Malaysian, has a bachelor degree in painting from the National Taiwan Normal University in Taiwan. Later, she graduated from The Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie of Arles and from The Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Versailles, France. As a jet-lagged artist and photographer, she experiments with the syndrome of desynchronosis of her epoch. By using herself as the bridge of the in-betweens, she goes into the external conicts between day and night, here and there, self and otherness, sex and gender, individual and nation… Recently, being and time.

The unknown
Sebuah pameran berkumpulan oleh 8 bakat muda:

Aisyah Baharuddin
Avroco
Farhana Tajali
Haslin Ismail
Khairul Azmir Shoib
Melissa Lin
Rahmat Haron
Tan Sei Hon

pada hari Sabtu, 16 Februari 2008 jam 3.30 ptg
on Saturday, 16 February 2008 at 3.30 pm

Pameran akan berlangsung dari 6 – 23 Februari 2008
The exhibition is from 6th – 23th February 2008

RSVP: Gallery +603 2161 7341 / 012 3872404
Gallery hours : 10am to 6pm (Mon-Sat)

RA Fine Arts, No. 6,
Jalan Aman,Off Jalan Tun Razak,
55000 Kuala Lumpur

Kakiseni’s Zedeck Siew has written a review here.

The map to Lost Generation Space is here.

taken from valleyofhope.blogspot.com

“I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival on 8-9 December 2007 – PRESS STATEMENT

background

SEVENTY-seven years ago, in an isolated valley of Bukit Lagong, Sungai Buloh, Selangor, a group of Malays, Chinese, Indians and Eurasians set up a contained community. They lived in harmony and interdependently of each other.

They were leprosy patients, sent to live in the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement, where they found hope and
dignity. It was a heaven that allowed them to re-define themselves as human beings and enabled them to make friends and sustain friendships, express their feelings, form families and be individuals who contributed to their own community.

From the time it was built in 1930, Sungai Buloh was one of the biggest leprosy settlements in the-then British Empire, and the second biggest in the world. It was equipped with advanced facilities and planned following the principals of a garden city. It was a pioneer project based on the “enlightened policy” of segregating leprosy patients in a self-supporting community. Over the years, the settlement also became a research centre for leprosy.

Since its establishment, the settlement has been relatively undisturbed due to the public’s fear of, and the stigma attached to leprosy.

Recently, the government announced plans to preserve part of the settlement as a national heritage. But 40 acres (16.19ha) of the settlement has been surrendered to the government, to make way for the medical faculty of the Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).

The project has threatened to destroy Sungai Buloh’s authenticity and wholeness as one of the most perfectly planned and impressive leprosarium models in modern history. It will also erase evidence of the country’s contribution to the history of humankind.

Preserve the Sungai Buloh Leprosy Settlement

The Sungai Buloh leprosy settlement has marked a very significant stage in Malaysian history in relation to medicine, planning, architecture and social cultural aspects.

The rediscovery of this historical place is one of the most exciting milestones in our modern heritage and preservation. It is like a modern ‘ancient site’ that awaits people to uncover and interpret on how an isolated world had been planned, structured and functioned to self-sustain a group of humans, being socially, culturally and economically separated from society.

There are significant values of Sg Buloh Settlement as described below meets all the criteria of the National Heritage Act 2005, Part X, Section 67(2), Items (a)-(i) which entitles it to be preserved under the National Heritage Act 2005. They are:
1. The legacy of Garden City Planning
2. Pioneer of Self-Supporting prophylaxis Settlement
3. Legacy of multi-racial living environment
4. Exceptional example of modern sub-culture
5. Renowned famous leprosy research center
6. Rare example of a group of colonial buildings

Who are we “Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group”?

When the East part of the leprosy settlement was demolished, it was only a matter of time before their legacy is lost forever. Afraid that this might happen, we formed a group and called it, “Save Valley of Hope”. The research, documentation, shooting and program organization began to enliven this leprosy settlement. Our group members include lecturers, social workers, university and college students.

The solidarity group’s effort is only in its initial phase considering our government had not realized the importance of preserving this potential World Heritage. The members of the group are volunteers and goes through an ongoing expansion.

“I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival Coming Soon!!!

Refer to the above matter, we, Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group, together initiated by Sg.Buloh Settlement Council, will organize a carnival for the public titled , “I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival, on 8-9 December 2007, in collaboration with the World Human Rights Day.

Our objective is to preserve Sg Buloh Settlement as a heritage for mankind. This 2 days carnival is expected to attract 300 people including children and adults.

Through this carnival, we believe we can:
- Firmly acknowledge the immortality right of living of the lepers patients in Sg Buloh Leprosy Settlement.
- Introduce the Valley of Hope, educate and create awareness among the public regarding the importance of preserving heritage.
- Assemble the support and strength of all groups, in collaboration of saving and preserving the Sg Buloh Leprosy Settlement as National Heritage.

Following are the details of the carnival

Initiated by: Sungai.Buloh Settlement Council
Organiser: Save Valley of Hope Solidarity Group
Co-organiser: Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Youth, Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) and Lost Generation Space
Supportive Media: Photo Creator Magazine

Title: “I Love Valley of Hope” Carnival
Date: 8 – 9 December 2007 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 8 Dec (10am)- 9 Dec (3pm)
Venue: Dewan Orang Ramai, Sg.Buloh Leprosy Settlement
Programme:

Background

Lastly, Valley of Hope Solidarity Group hope that the public will join us together in the carnival. In the mean time, we also hope to have sponsorship from the public on running this programme.

Any donation or sponsorship, please bank in to KL& Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Youth Section. Please state

“Donate/Sponsor to I Love Valley of Hope Carnival” on the receipt and send it to 03-22724089.

Bank: Public Bank Berhad
Account’s name: The KL & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall
Account’s number: 3077138310

For further details and enquiry, contact Ms Chua 012-7355025 or Ms Choong 019-3503563 and also visit our website:

http://valleyofhope.blogspot.com/

Posted by 旨祥 at 11:03 AM 1 comments  

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Wok the Rock presented VideoBattle! 70 video works from Indonesia and Beyond at LostGen on the 28th of Oct 2007. It was drizzling, so we put out the bbq in the newly converted garage space into lepak area- the menu was fresh fish bbq to perfection, with crispy skin and moist flesh, lovingly marinated mushrooms and good for you tou foo..too bad if you missed out.

Although the turn out wasn’t as good as we would have liked, a nice bunch of people came, and it was cozy. Why? because the video screening was intimate and homely, with the atmosphere of friends chilling out on a sunday night, enjoying food and videos. Which is what is was, as Wok the Rock explained, screenings in Yojakarta were often like this, friendly with people lying down on the carpet and sitting around on beanbags- beats the formal projection on the big screen…

Wok made his way around, chatting with people, and explaining some Indonesian terms, and speaking about the videos submitted- a couple of hilarious performance art videos from a performance artist in China (Staged accidental deaths, and flipping in and out of bed- bodies contorted strangely) A video sent in by a by day accountant, weird and wonderful grind music videos, animation by Eko Nugroho who was recently here for his exhibition, and other bits. Other bits included a Nico video, flies copulating, time lapses, and candid videos. Quite ecletic and fun.

The guitar also made its rounds, to the sounds of the Velvet underground, which has been floating in the air ways these couple of days at Lost Gen….

We have more things lined up in November, so come along, bring your friends, till the next update, ta!