600 Images/60 Artists/6 Curators/6 Cities:
Bangkok/Berlin/London/Los Angeles/Manila/Saigon
600Images/60Artists/6Curators/6Cities
Curators/artists Varsha Nair from Bangkok, Judy Freya Sibayan from Manila, Sara Haq from London, Karla Sachse from Berlin, Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza from Los Angeles and Sue Hajdu from Saigon developed an unprecedented exhibition impressive in the total number of artists involved (ten from each city), the number of images exhibited (600 images), and with the least
This network of 6 curators in 6 cities has explored the possibilities of curating entirely through the net, one exhibition of 600 city-images by 60 individuals artists, photographers, architects and graphic designers. A set of 600 black and white digital images will be reproduced by each city and exhibited simultaneously in June 2005 in several cities/galleries around the world.
Bangkok/Berlin/London/Los Angeles/Manila/Saigon
takes advantage of cyberspace as a dematerialized and democratic space allowing for 1) borderless crossings 2) freedom from the tyranny of real space and real objects 3) digital information to be rhizomatically transmitted, trafficked, circulated and networked to all parts of the world and 4) great speed of access amongst a vast number of actors who live in different localities but are connected intensely via the net.
Eventually, what this project involves are individuals, not nations; restaurant/cafe galleries, not super-museums; the production and circulation of only social and culture capital not economic capital. It does not define places and spaces as in the binary notions of the local and the international; centers and peripheries. Thus, no hierarchy of power is established or maintained. All 6 cities are local. All 6 cities are centers.
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Bangkok
| Venue 1: | Gallery F-Stop @ Tamarind Café Sukhumvit Soi 20, Bangkok 10110. |
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| Phone: 02 663 7421, 02 663 4261 http://www.galleryfstop.com | |
| ` | Gallery F-Stop @ Tamarind Café is a Café gallery that shows |
| exclusively photographic work. This is the first curated show taking | |
| place in the gallery. | |
| Exhibition Dates: | June 4 – July 18, 2005 |
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Opening Reception: Gallery Hours: |
June 4, 2005 from 6 to 8 pm Monday to Friday 3 pm to midnight, Saturday & Sunday 10 am to midnight |
| Venue 2: | British Council |
| 254 Chulalongkorn Soi 64 | |
| Siam Square, Bangkok | |
| Phone: 02 252 6136 – 8 ext 108 http://www.britishcouncil.or.th | |
| Exhibition dates: | From June 4 – 29, 2005, the images will be installed in a looped |
| projection on plasma screens at the British Council. |
The exhibition in Bangkok is supported by:
Epson (Thailand) Co. Ltd., British Council, The Royal Photographic Society of Thailand, Goethe-Institut Bangkok, art4d.
Exhibition design at Gallery F-Stop by thingsmatter
Participating are
Bangkok :
Jerome Ming, Pinaree Sanpitak, Sutee Kunavichayanont, Montri Teomsombat, Tintin Cooper, Pratchaya Phinthong, Manit Sriwanich poom, thingsmatter: Savinee Buranasilapin and Thomas Dannecker, Nabwong Chuaychuwong, Liliane Zumkemi.
Curator: Varsha Nair
Berlin :
Susanne Ahner, Joergen Borg, Reiko Kammer, Thomas Ness, Peter Oehlmann, Christine Radack, Joachim Richau, Maria Sewcz, Matthias Wermke, Ulrich Wuest.
Curator: Karla Sachse
London:
Marcus Kern, Margareta Kern, Raimi Gbadamosi, Eldina Begic, Bill Blanco, Saki Satomi, Wanda Hu, David Ramkalawon, Ivan Coleman, Miranda Gavin.
Curator: Sara Haq
Los Angeles :
Annabelle Aylmer, Kireilyn Barber, Jack Butler, Rachel Fermi, Bia Gayotto, Victoria Martin, Yong Soon Min, Mark Nelson, John O'Brien, Alan Valencia.
Curator: Maryrose Cobarrubias Mendoza
Manila :
Mark Gary, Eddie Boy Escudero, Poklong Anading, MM Yu, Neal Oshima, Jezer Maducdoc, Neil Lucente+Claudine Sia, Jose Enrique Soriano, Paulo Alcazaren, Yumi Roth.
Curator: Judy Freya Sibayan
Saigon :
Nguyen Nhu Huy, Rich Streitmatter-Tran, Motoko Uda, Ngo Dinh Truc, Bui The Trung Nam, David Hodkinson, Hoang Duong Cam, Fabrice Lecouffe, Phuong M. Do, Ryuzo Fukuhara.
Curator: Sue Hajdu
International exhibition venues and dates:
Berlin Prenzlauberg Museum, June 4 thru July 3, 2005
London The Great Eastern Hotel, May 28 thru 23, 2005 http://www.great-eastern-hotel.co.uk
Los Angeles The Brewery, May 28 thru June 25, 2005 http://www.oversight.com
Manila Lumiere, June 6 thru July 7, 2005
Saigon Lawrence S. Ting Building, June 28 thru July 11, 2005
Bangkok Plan
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