Nu-Substance : Resonance
open culture, technology, and urban ecology

On Monday, October 19 2009, Nu-Substance Festival was officially opened at 19.30 pm, at the CCF auditorium on Jl. Purnawarman, Bandung. The event was opened by Gustaf Hariman Iskandar, as the director of Common Room. This festival is held by the OpenLabs community, as part of Helar Fest that opened two days ago.

Nu-Substance : Resonance is an interactive visual art exhibiton entered by young artists who mostly came from Bandung, with themes such as open culture, technology, and urban ecology. Amongst them are; Rizaldi Fakhruddin (Walk), Yusuf Ismail (Natural born  Contemporary Killer), Isha Hening (Slow Mo Smile), Artiandi Akbar dan Kukuh Rizal Arfianto, Sandy A. T. and Yugie Kertaatmaja (Frame X Unframed), and many more.

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At the beginning of the opening, most of the artists ‘guided’ the guests with a short presentation about each of their works. The creation that drew the most attention is a video collaboration by Sandy A.T. and Yugie Kertaatmaja called Frame X Unframed. It’s formed by five screens that’s shot with a single projector, when usually a single projector only shoots one screen. Sandy (also known as Ate),an artist admitting that he is in a lot of trouble, claimed that this resulted work wasn’t planned at all, in fact, it was made in only 2 hours, a.k.a. an injury time type of work. Yugie then added that the limitation of time was the main drive behind their creativity.

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Another attention-grabbing creation is from Yusuf Ismail, titled Natural born Contemporary Killer. FYI, this work was also accepted at the Oke Video Festival and was exhibited in Galeri Nasional Jakarta (the Jakarta National Gallery).

Besides exhibiting the works of Bandung’s young artists, this event also showed off a 24 hour 1 minute video compilation resulting of the workshop. Nu-Substance Festival will last until October 30, and on the 22nd, there will be a presentation/discussion held for the public.

*photos courtesy of Satrio Cito Josai

 
 

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